In most languages, a greeting is usually followed by “small talk”, small talk means little things we talk about at the ____41____of a conversation. In English-speaking countries, people often make small talk about the _____42_____: Nice day, isn’t it?” “Terrible weather, isn’t it?” But there is ______43_____special about small talk. It must be about something ______44_____ people have the same idea about. This makes meeting people easier and more comfortable. People usually agree about the weather, so it is a ______45_____ topic for small talk. The topics for small talk also depend on _____46____ the conversation is taking place. At football matches, people make small talk about the game they are _____47_____. “Great game, isn’t it?” At bus stops, people may say: “The bus service is terrible, isn’t it?”
Greetings and small talk are _____48_____ important part of conversation in any language. The way people greet each other and the things they talk about, however, may be _____49_____from one language to another. This___50_____that there is much more to learn when we learn a language than just the vocabulary and the grammar of the language. We also have to learn the social behavior (社会行为) of the people who speak it.
小题1:A.front B. end C. start
小题2:A. weather B. dates C. colors
小题3:A. nothing B. anything C. something
小题4:A. all B. both C. every
小题5:A. cheap B. dangerous C. safe
小题6:A. where B. when C. how
小题7:A. seeing B. looking at C. watching
小题8:A. the B. an C. a
小题9:A. the same B. difficult C. different
小题10:A. sounds B. shows C. looks
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:B
小题5:C
小题6:A
小题7:C
小题8:B
小题9:C
小题10:B
题目分析：本文讲述了在西方文化中，经常用small talk来开始一段对话，而且对话的内容的选择也是有一定讲究的。
小题1:考查名词与语境理解。 A.front 前面；B. end结束； C. start开始，句意：闲聊时在对话开始之前谈论的小事情。根据句意此题选C。
小题2:考查名词与语境理解。A. weather 天气； B. dates日期； C. colors 颜色，句意：人们经常闲聊天气。根据句意及上下文此题选A。
小题3:考查不定代词与语境理解。A.nothing没什么；B.anything任何事情；C.something一些事情，句意：在闲聊中有些事情也很特别。根据句意及上下文此题选C。
小题4:考查代词与语境理解。A. all所有； B. both两者都；C. every每一，句意：它必须是一些双方谈话的人都有共同话题的事情。根据句意“两者都”是both，故选B。
小题5:考查形容词与语境理解。A. cheap 便宜的；B.dangerous危险的；C.safe安全的，句意：因此这是闲聊是一个安全的话题。根据句意此题选C。
小题6:考查疑问词与语境理解。A. where 哪儿；B. when何时；C. how怎么，句意：闲聊的话题也已在哪儿谈话而定。根据句意此题选A。
小题7:考查动词与语境理解。A. seeing看，强调结果；B。looking at 看，强调动作；C.watching一般这看电视或看比赛，句意：在足球比赛时人们闲聊他们正在看的比赛。根据句意此题选C。
小题8:考查冠词与语境理解。句意：在任何语言中打招呼和闲聊都是谈话重要的一部分。根据句意此空是泛指，important又以元音开头，所以用不定冠词an，故选B。
小题9:考查形容词词与语境理解。A. the same相同的； B. difficult困难的；C.different 不同的，句意：然而一种语言和另一种语言有所不同，根据句意及上下文此题选C。
小题10:考查动词与语境理解。A. sounds听起来；B. shows展示，说明；C.ooks看起来，句意：这说明在学习一门语言是比单纯学习词汇和语法有更多的东西要学，根据句意此题选B。