【答案】D

　　【解析】细节理解题。根据Another that is just as effective is flattery, giving someone high praise—telling him how good he looks夸奖别人的长相是多么地好，是其中的阿谀奉承之一，符合原文；故选D。

　　42. What does the writer want to prove with Cromwell’s example?

　　A. Everybody can be an apple-polisher.

　　B. Cromwell was not a good apple-polisher.

　　C. George Fox and his party were not apple-polishers.

　　D. There are people who don’t like being apple-polished.

　　【答案】A

　　【解析】推理判断题。根据All sorts of people are apple polishers, including politicians and people in high offices—just about everybody.所有的人都有可能是拍马屁的人，紧接着短文就以Cromwell为例来论证这个观点，故选A。

　　43. Which of the following statements about flattery is true according to the author?

　　A. Too much flattery can carry us away.

　　B. Flattery is too empty to do people any good.

　　C. Flattery can get you nothing but excessive(过度的) pride.

　　D. Flattery is one of the ways to apple-polish people.

　　【答案】D

　　【解析】细节理解题。根据There are other phrases meaning the same thing as apple-polishing”—“soft-soaping” or “buttering-up”. A gift is just one way to “soft-soap” somebody, or to “butter him up”. Another that is just as effective is flattery, 奉承是一个讨好人的方法之一，故选D。

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