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It used to be said that English people take their pleasure sadly. No doubt this would still be true if they had any pleasure to take, but the price of alcohol and tobacco in my country has provided sufficient external causes for melancholy. I have sometimes thought that the habit of taking pleasure sadly has crossed the Atlantic, and I have wondered what it is that makes so many English-speaking people somber in their outlook in spite of good health and a good income.
In the course of my travels in the American I have been impressed by a kind of fundamental malaise which seems to me extremely common and which poses difficult problems for the social reformer. Most social reformers have held the opinion that, if poverty were abolished and there were no more economic insecurity, the millennium would have arrived. But when I look at the face of people in opulent cars, whether in your country or in mine, I do not se

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It used to be said that English people take their pleasure sadly. No doubt this would still be true if they had any pleasure to take, but the price of alcohol and tobacco in my country has provided sufficient external causes for melancholy. I have sometimes thought that the habit of taking pleasure sadly has crossed the Atlantic, and I have wondered what it is that makes so many English-speaking people somber in their outlook in spite of good health and a good income.
In the course of my travels in the American I have been impressed by a kind of fundamental malaise which seems to me extremely common and which poses difficult problems for the social reformer. Most social reformers have held the opinion that, if poverty were abolished and there were no more economic insecurity, the millennium would have arrived. But when I look at the face of people in opulent cars, whether in your country or in mine, I do not se

[单项选择]It used to be said that English people take their pleasure sadly. No doubt this would still be true if they had any pleasure to take, but the price of alcohol and tobacco in my country has provided sufficient external causes for melancholy. I have sometimes thought that the habit of taking pleasure sadly has crossed the Atlantic, and I have wondered what it is that makes so many English-speaking people somber in their outlook in spite of good health and a good income.
In the course of my travels in the American I have been impressed by a kind of fundamental malaise which seems to me extremely common and which poses difficult problems for the social reformer. Most social reformers have held the opinion that, if poverty were abolished and there were no more economic insecurity, the millennium would have arriver[ But when I look at the face of people in opulent cars, whether in your country or in mine, I do not see that look of radiant happiness which the aforesaid social reformers h
A. make people indulge in pleasures
B. lead to despondency
C. pose touchy problems for social reformers
D. throw a heavy burden on the country’s welfare program

[单项选择]English is used by more people than is_________ language except Chinese.
A. any
B. any other
C. other
D. all other

[单项选择]The interviewee feels that the English people love ______.
A. violence
B. compromise
C. forearms
D. police

[单项选择]In the sunny morning some English people usually take a raincoat or an umbrella with them because ______ .

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• A. English people are always interested in the weather
• B. I have’t been practising enough
• C. I don’t know
• D. to meet English people
• E. I have some trouble
• F. What can I talk about
• G. Where should I go
• H. May I help you
  Max: What’s the matter, Peter You don’t look very happy.
  Peter: I’m not. I’m worried about my English.
  Max: What’s the problem
  Peter: (56) .
  Max: Why note
  Peter: Well, I seldom have chances (57) .
  Max: You should go out more.
  Peter: (58)
  Max: You should go to pubs, or join a club.
  Peter: But... English people never speak to me.
  Max: Ah! You should speak to them first.
  Peter: (59) .
  Max: The weather! (60) .

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