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1、2014高考英语阅读理解精品练习（2）及答案（解析）C7[2013·重庆卷]EItiswidelyknownthatanyEnglishconversationbeginswithTheWeather.SuchafixationwiththeweatherfindsexpressioninDr.Johnson'sfamouscommentthat“WhentwoEnglishmeet,theirfirsttalkisofweather.”ThoughJohnson'sobservationisasaccu

2、ratenowasitwasovertwohundredyearsago,mostcommentatorsfailtocomeupwithaconvincingexplanationforthisEnglishweather－speak.BillBryson,forexample,concludesthat，astheEnglishweatherisnotatallexciting，theobsessionwithitcanhardlybeunderstood.Hearguesthat“Toanoutsi

3、der，themoststrikingthingabouttheEnglishweatheristhatthereisnotverymuchofit.”Simply,thereasonisthattheunusualandunpredictableweatherisalmostunknownintheBritishIsles.JeremyPaxman,however,disagreeswithBryson,arguingthattheEnglishweatherisbynatureattractive.B

4、rysoniswrong,hesays，becausetheEnglishpreferencefortheweatherhasnothingtodowiththenaturalphenomena.“Theinterestislessinthephenomenathemselves,butinuncertainty.”Accordingtohim,theweatherinEnglandisverychangeableanduncertainanditattractstheEnglishaswellasthe

5、outsider.BrysonandPaxmanstandforcommonmisconceptionsabouttheweather－speakamongtheEnglish.Bothcommentators,somehow,aremissingthepoint.TheEnglishweatherconversationisnotreallyabouttheweatheratall.Englishweather－speakisasystemofsigns，whichisdevelopedtohelpth

6、espeakersovercomethenaturalreserveandactuallytalktoeachother.Everyoneknowsconversationsstartingwithweather－speakarenotrequestsforweatherdata.Rather,theyareroutinegreetings，conversationstartersortheblank“fillers”.Inotherwords,Englishweather－speakisameansof

7、socialbonding.72．TheauthormentionsDr.Johnson'scommenttoshowthat________．A．mostcommentatorsagreewithDr.JohnsonB．Dr.JohnsonisfamousforhisweatherobservationC．thecommentwasaccuratetwohundredyearsagoD．Englishconversationsusuallystartwiththeweather73．Whatdoesth

8、eunderlinedword“obsession”mostprobablyreferto?A．Asocialtrend.B．Anemotionalstate.C．Ahistoricalconcept.D．Anunknownphenomenon.74．Accordingtothepassage，JeremyPaxmanbelievesthat________．A．BillBrysonhaslittleknowledgeofth