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【题目】(2017·眉山中考)If someone says to you: “give me five”, do not search your pocket to get five yuan! It will make others laugh! The person's not asking for your money, but your fingers.

In the US, "give me five" or "give me the high five" is a popular gesture (动作). You can see it often in films or on TV. It means the clapping (拍) of each other’s raised (举起的) right hands together.

People do it when they meet for the first time or something success happens. For example, a student has good marks in exams or wins a lottery ticket (彩票).If a football team wins a game, the players will give high fives to everyone around to celebrate.

This gesture may come from the old Roman gesture of raising the right arm for the emperor(皇帝). This showed that the person raising his arm did not have a sword (刀) in his hand.

Why not try to give the high five to your friends?

【1】The gesture “give me five” is the clapping of_______.

A. toes B. hands C. arms D. legs

【2】“Give me five” is a gesture to_______.

A. make people laugh B. ask for money

C. celebrate success D. give my five yuan

【3】When you______, you give your friends high fives.

A. lose your money B. go back home

C. win a football game D. pick up some money

【4】The gesture started in_______according to the story.

A. old Rome B. America C. China D. Britain

【5】Why did the Romans raise the right arm for the emperor? Because_______.

A. they were proud of their emperor

B. they were happy to see the emperor

C. they wanted to show their respect to the emperor.

D. they wanted to show there were no swords in their hands

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】C

【4】A

【5】D

【解析】

你知道Give me five是什么意思吗？它可不是给你要五块钱的意思。短文中给我们介绍了这个短语的意思、用在什么时候以及它来源于哪里。

【1】细节理解题。根据第二段中It means the clapping (拍) of each other’s raised (举起的) right hands together.可知，Give me five的意思是互相举起右手击掌，由此可知应选B。

【2】细节理解题。根据短文第二段中People do it when they meet for the first time or something success happens.可知，当人们第一次见面或者发生了成功的事情的时候，人们就会做击掌这个手势。由此可知应选C。

【3】推理判断题。根据短文第二段中People do it when they meet for the first time or something success happens. For example, a student has good marks in exams or wins a lottery ticket (彩票).If a football team wins a game, the players will give high fives to everyone around to celebrate.可知，这里告诉我们在人们第一次见面或者发生了成功的事情的时候，就会做这个手势，还举例说明，如在考试中取得了好的分数、中了彩票、足球队赢了比赛等等。由此可知应选C。

【4】细节理解题。根据短文第三段中This gesture may come from the old Roman gesture of raising the right arm for the emperor(皇帝).可知，Give me five这个手势来源于古罗马。故应选A。

【5】细节理解题。根据短文最后一句话This showed that the person raising his arm did not have a sword (刀) in his hand.可知，在古罗马时代，人们会对皇帝举起右胳膊，这样表明这个人手里没有拿刀，由此可知应选D。

这篇短文给我们介绍了美国非常流行的一个手势—Give me five。文章主题非常明确，重点突出，并且给出了一些例子来说明，比较容易理解。后面的题目以细节理解题为主，考查我们对文章某处事实细节的理解，答案常可以在原文找到。做题时，先通读短文，掌握大意，然后根据题目所问，定位到原文相关地方，搜索有用信息作答。为了快速定位到原文，我们可以从题干中找到关键词。例如第1小题，我们可以用题干中的the clapping of…作为关键词，这样可以准确定位到答案所在的第二段第二行。再如第4小题，题目问的是这一手势在哪里开始的，我们要注意文章中表示地点的名词，尤其是大写字母开头的专有名词，这样可以更快的找到答案。