“Have a nice day!” may be a pleasant gesture or a meaningless. When my friend Maxie says “Have a nice day” with a smile, I know she sincerely cares about what happens to me. I feel loved and secure since another person cares about me and wishes me well.
“Have a nice day. Next!”This version of the expression is spoken by a salesgirl at the supermarket who is rushing me and my groceries out the door. The words come out in the same tone（腔調(diào)）with a fixed procedure. They are spoken at me, not to me. Obviously, the concern for my day and everyone else’s is the management’s attempt to increase business.
The expression is one of those behaviors that help people get along with each other. Sometimes it indicates the end of a meeting. As soon as you hear it, you know the meeting is at an end. Sometimes the expression saves us when we don’t know what to say “oh, you may have a tooth out? I’m terribly sorry, but have a nice day.”
The expression can be pleasant. If a stranger says “Have a nice day” to you, you may find it heart-warming because someone you don’t know has tried to be nice to you.
Although the use of the expression is an insincere, meaningless social custom at times, there is nothing wrong with the sentence except that it is a little uninteresting. The salesgirl, the waitress, the teacher, and all the countless others who speak it without thinking may not really care about my day. But in a strange and comfortable way, it’s nice to know they care enough to pretend they care when they really don’t care all that much. While the expression may not often be sincere, it is always spoken. The point is that people say it all the time when they like.
小題1:How does the author understand Maxie’s words?
A．Maxie shows her anxiety to the author.
B．Maxie really wishes the author a good day.
C．Maxie encourages the author to stay happy.
D．Maxie really worries about the author’s security.
小題2:What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?
A．The salesgirl is rude.
B．The salesgirl is bored.
C．The salesgirl cares about me
D．The salesgirl says the words as a routine.
小題3: By saying “Have a nice day,” a stranger may _____.
A．try to be polite to you
B．express respect to you
C．give his blessing to you
D．share his pleasure with you
小題4:According to the last paragraph, people say “Have a nice day”_______.
A．sincerelyB．a(chǎn)s thanksC．a(chǎn)s a habitD．encouragingly
小題5:What is the best title of the passage?
A．Have a Nice Day—a Social Custom.
B．Have a Nice Day—a Pleasant Gesture.
C．Have a Nice Day—a Heart-warming Greeting.
D．Have a Nice Day—a Polite Ending of a Conversation.

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題5:A
說明文，主要介紹了人們常說 “Have a nice day”這一習(xí)慣。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一段最后兩句可知，特別是“cares about me and wishes me well”等字眼。
小題2:句意理解題。由第二段最后一句“the concern for my day and everyone else’s is the management’s attempt to increase business.”可知。此外，此題也可以通過分析其他三個選項可以得出答案。ABC項文章沒有提及，屬于無中生有。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第四段可知，特別是 “has tried to be nice to you”最為明顯。此處nice和polite同義，意為“友善的，有教養(yǎng)的”。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一句Although the use of the expression is an insincere, meaningless social custom at times, there is nothing wrong with the sentence except that it is a little uninteresting.（尤其是關(guān)鍵詞custom）和最后一段的最后兩句（While the expression may not often be sincere, it is always spoken. The point is that people say it all the time when they like.）不難可知，人們常說 “Have a nice day”已成為一種習(xí)慣了。
小題5:主旨大意題。結(jié)合29題，不難得出答案。
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