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  3. Visitors to Britain may find the best place to sample local culture is in a traditional pub. But these friendly hostelries can b

Visitors to Britain may find the best place to sample local culture is in a traditional pub. But these friendly hostelries can b

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问题     Visitors to Britain may find the best place to sample local culture is in a traditional pub. But these friendly hostelries can be(1)______ of potential discourtesies and offenses for the(2)______.
    An anthropologist and a team of researchers have unveiled some of the mysterious(3)______ of British pubs—starting with the difficulty of getting a drink. Most pubs have (4)______waiters—you have to go to the bar to buy drinks. A group of Italian youths waiting 45 minutes (5)______ they realized they would have to(6)______ their own. This may sound inconvenient, but there is a(7)______purpose.
    Pub culture is designed to(8)______sociability in a society(9)______its reserve. Standing at the bar for service(10)______you to chat with others waiting to(11)______. The bar counter is possibly the only(12)______ in the British Isles in which friendly conversation with strangers is considered (13)______appropriate and really quite normal behaviour. " If you haven’t been to a pub, you haven’t been to Britain. " This tip can be found in a(14)______, Passport to the Pub; The Tourists’ Guide to Pub Etiquette, a customers’ code of conduct for those wanting to(15)______" a central part of British life and culture". The trouble is that (16)______you do not follow the local rules, the experience may fall (17)______. For example, if you are in a big group, it is best if only one or two people go to buy the drinks.(18)______ irritates the regular customers and bar staff more than a(19)______ of strangers blocking all access(20)______ the bar while they chat and fuss about what to order.
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选项 A、leads
B、forbids
C、allows
D、intends
答案C
解析 动词辨析题。[C]allows“允许，许可”，此处的句型是allow sb．to do即：允许某人做某事，听任某人做某事，是正确答案。[A]leads“引导，通往”，lead sb．to do意为“使人兴起念头，诱导某人做某事”，在此处讲不通；[B]forbids“禁止”，forbid sb．to do意为“禁止某人做某事”，不符合句意；[D]intends“想，打算”，intend sb．to do为“打算使某人做某事”之意，不符合句意，也可以排除。
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