Broadly speaking, the Englishman is a quiet, shy, reserved person who is fully (21) only among people he knows well. In the presence of strangers or foreigners he often seems inhibited, (22) embarrassed. You have only (23) a commuter train any morning or evening to see the truth of this. Serious-looking businessmen and women sit reading their newspapers or dozing in a comer; no one speaks. In fact, to do so would seem most unusual. (24) , there is here an unwritten but clearly understood code of behaviours which, (25) broken, makes the person immediately the object of (26) .
It is a well-known fact that the English have a (27) for the discussion of their weather and that, given half a chance, they will talk about it (28) . Some people argue that it is because English weather (29) forecast and hence is a source of interest and (30) to everyone. This may be so. (31) Englishmen cannot have much
A. Even if
B. Because
C. If
D. For
Broadly speaking, the Englishman is a quiet, shy, reserved person who is fully (21) only among people he knows well. In the presence of strangers or foreigners he often seems inhibited, (22) embarrassed. You have only (23) a commuter train any morning or evening to see the truth of this. Serious-looking businessmen and women sit reading their newspapers or dozing in a comer; no one speaks. In fact, to do so would seem most unusual. (24) , there is here an unwritten but clearly understood code of behaviours which, (25) broken, makes the person immediately the object of (26) .
It is a well-known fact that the English have a (27) for the discussion of their weather and that, given half a chance, they will talk about it (28) . Some people argue that it is because English weather (29) forecast and hence is a source of interest and (30) to everyone. This may be so. (31) Englishmen cannot have much
A. follows
B. predicts
C. defies
D. violates
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