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1、高一英语限时阅读（19）ABADweather,badfoodandgrumpy(郁郁寡欢的)people–that’swhatsomepeoplethinkoffirstwhentheythinkaboutBritain.ManyonlinecommentatorsevenjokethatBritonsaresogrumpy(脾气暴躁的)preciselybecauseitconstantlyrainsandtheyarealwayshungry.Infact,manybelievethatBritonsareinhe
2、rently(固有地)negative,incontrasttotheirneighborsacrosstheAtlanticOcean.“Americansaremoreoptimistic,duetothefactthattheyaretoldtheycanbecomethenextpresidentoftheUnitedStates,”RickyGervais,aBritishcomedian,toldonlineforumBigThink.“Britishpeoplearetold,itwon’thappento
3、you.Andtheycarrythat.Theycarrythatwiththem.Wechampion(支持)theunderdog(弱者).”It’snowonderthatBritonsholdthereputationofhavinga“stiff(僵硬的)upperlip”–beingcoldandnotshowinganyemotion.Britain’sreputationasagrumpycountrymay,however,simplybetheresultofaculturalmisundersta
4、nding.AccordingtotheBBC,BritishactorMichaelCaineoncesaid:“IthinkwhatisBritishaboutmeismyfeelingsandawarenessofothersandtheirsituations.Englishpeoplearealwaysknowntobewell-manneredandcold,butwearenotcold–wedon’tinterfereinyoursituation.Ifweareheartbroken,wedon’tsc
5、reaminyourfacewithtears–wegohomeandcryonourown.It’scompletelytodowithyourcomfort–wedon’tintrude(侵入)onyourspace.That’sveryEnglish.”ABBCreadernotedthattheperceivedcoldnessofBritishpeopleisactuallytheirwayofdealingwithhardship.RememberingtheterroristattacksinLondono
6、nJuly7,2005,StuartColley,wholivedinthecapitalatthetime,said:“Itseemedtomethatmostpeople’sresponsewasa[cruel]determinationtocarryonandnotto[fall]intoanover-emotionaloutpouring(流露)ofgrieforanger–despitewhatmanyofusfeltinside.Ourstiffupperlipseemstobesomethingthatgi
7、vesusstrengthasasocietywhenwemostneedit.”1.Whatistheauthor’smainpurposeinwritingthearticle? A.TolistcommonstereotypesabouttheUK.B.TofightcommonmisunderstandingsabouttheUK.C.ToanalyzewhatmakesBritishpeoplegrumpyandnegative.D.TolistsomedifferencesbetweenAmericansan
8、dBritishpeople.2.WhichofthefollowingstatementsmightRickyGervaisagreewith?A.BritonslikechallengingtheunderdogmorethanAmericansdo.B.Americansaremoreoptimisticand
