2025年考博英语完形填空冲刺模拟试题

考博英语完形填空冲刺模拟试题（一）Generally speaking， a British is widely regarded as a quiet， shy and conservative person who is ___1___ only among those with whom he is acquainted。 When a stranger is at present, he often seems nervous, ___2___ embarrassed. You have to take a commuter train any morning or evening to ___3___ the truth of this。 Serious-looking businessmen and women sit reading their newspapers or dozing in a corner； hardly anybody talks, since to do so would be considered quite offensive. ___4___， there is an unwritten but clearly understood code of behavior which, ___5___ broken, makes the offender immediately the object of ___6___。 It has been known as a fact that the a British has a ___7___ for the discussion of their weather and that， if given a chance, he will talk about it ___8___。 Some people argue that it is because the British weather seldom ___9___ forecast and hence becomes a source of interest and ___10___ to everyone. This may be so。 ___11___ a British cannot have much ___12___ in the weathermen， who, after promising fine, sunny weather for the following day, are often proved wrong ___13___ a cloud over the Atlantic brings rainy weather to all districts！ The man in the street seems to be as accurate———or as inaccurate-——as the weathermen in his ___14___。 Foreigners may be surprised at the number of references ___15___ weather that the British make to each other in the course of a single day. Very often conversational greetings are ___16___ by comments on the weather. "Nice day, isn't it？” ”Beautiful!” may well be heard instead of "Good morning， how are you?" ___17___ the foreigner may consider this exaggerated and comic， it is worthwhile ...