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An English schoolboy would only ask his friend:"Wassa time, then"To his teacher he would be much more likely to speak in a more standardised accent and ask: "Excuse me, sir may I have the correct time please" People are generally aware that the phrases and expressions they use are different from those of earlier generations; but they concede less that their own behaviour also varies according to the situation in which they find themselves; People have characteristic ways of talking, which are relatively stable across varying situations. Nevertheless, distinct contexts, and different listeners, demand different patterns of speech from one and the same speaker.
Not only this, but, in many cases, the way someone speaks affects the response of the person to whom he is speaking in such a way that "modelling" is seen to occur. This is what Michael Argyle has called "response matching". Several studies have shown that
A. Nowadays, English schoolboys are impolite towards people except towards their teachers
B. The way of asking time is different from that of earlier generations
C. People's speaking styles vary according to the different situations
D. People's ways of speaking are relatively stable on varying occasions
Passage Five
There’re only 800 people in Fairfield, and most of them do the same thing at the same time every week day. Every morning, Monday through Friday, when the big clock strikes seven, old Bruce Hunt walks past the Farmers’ Bookshop. He’s on his way to work at the bus-station. And when Bruce walks ’past the book shop, Robert Brown opens his shop next door and waves to Bruce. When Robert waves to Bruce, you can set your watch and you know it’s seven.
If you miss Bruce and Robert, you can set your watch when Miss Mary Smith opens the door of the post office. You know it’s seven fifty-five. She has five minutes to get ready for work--to put away her raincoat and take off her hat and coat. Rain or shine, Miss Mary Smith brings raincoat. "You never can tell what the weather will be like when it’s time to go home," she always says.
One after another the shops along Main Street open for the day. Th
A. the weather often changes
B. she likes to do so
C. she has to walk home after work
D. it always rains when it's time to go home
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