When I was in Germany, one day at Christmas-time I went to a post office to send a letter. To my (41)______ I found people queuing some paces away from the person at the savings deposit window.
(42)_____so? Each did his business (43)_____ but the line never moved a step (44)_____. I was very (45)____, so I walked to the window to find out the cause. There was a notice on which was written “Thank you for your (46)_____for other's privacy”—a polite (47)_____to keep people away from nosing into other's (48)_____ (money matters are regarded as privacy in Western countries). I was deeply impressed by the (49)____ and stayed a while to watch: they were waiting so (50)____ at a distance that they seemed quite (51) _____to the practice. The (52)____ thing happened at a public telephone box. (53)_____ waiting for their turns always kept their distance—enough to be out of (54)____ . It's another typical example!
From then on I (55)____ to watch their ways of doing things, manners, treatment (56)____ towards others. And I found the Germans always mindful of other's privacy. They avoided putting others in an embarrassing(窘迫)situation. For instance, they never (57)____ about age, incomes or the place to buy such a coat, (58)_____would they comment on the others or jewelry others wore. Their laws (59)_____ reading diaries or opening letters without permission. That shows (60) ____matters are not allowed to be disturbed．
41．A．sorrow B．anger C．delight D．surprise
42．A．Why B．How C．What D．Where
43．A．in secret B．with care C．in turn D．by turns
44．A．slower B．nearer C．farther D．longer
45．A．curious B．angry C．interested D．impatient
46．A．care B．respect C．help D．search
47．A．voice B．phrase C．warning D．sentence
48．A．pockets B．savings C．needs D．affairs
49．A．word B．sight C．people D．matters
50．A．honestly B．anxiously C．nervously D．calmly
51．A．used B．familiar C．uncomfortable D．polite
52．A．interesting B．strange C．same D．different
53．A．They B．These C．Those D．That
54．A．sight B．hearing C．touch D．question
55．A．went on B．took care C．paid attention D．took charge
56．A moving B．shown C．facing D．offered
57．A asked B．heard C．worried D．learned
58．A．so B．nor C．not only D．if
59．A．appreciate B．stop C．hate D．forbid
60．A．public B．personal C．small D．important