Question

【题目】 We talked with June Galloway about her book Get off on the Right Foot: Don’t Let the Wrong Gesture Ruin (毁坏) Your Day.

English is the world’s international language. But in your book, non-verbal (不用语言的) communication is paid more attention to. ▲

June: Well, gestures (手势) and other body language can have different meanings in different places. Something that you think is friendly or polite could be considered to be very impolite in another culture. I’ve described many of these customs and cultural differences, so my readers won’t have a bad start when they meet people from places where the culture is different from their own.

Can greeting someone the wrong way really lead to misunderstanding (误解)?

June: In some places, yes. The heavy handshake that a North American expects may seem quite impolite in other places. And a light handshake―which is usual in some countries—may seem unfriendly to a North American.

What other gestures can cause misunderstanding?

June: Take the gesture for “come here” for example. In North America, people gesture with the palm (掌心) up. Well, in southern Europe, that gesture means “goodbye”. And in many Asian countries, the palm-up gesture is thought rude. Instead, people there gesture with the palm down.

Surely, there must be some gestures used everywhere, right? What about the thumb-up (翘拇指) gesture for “great”?

June: Sorry. That’s very rude in Australia and the Middle East. That is why it important to know about body language and cultural differences.

【1】Which gesture should you use if you want to say “goodbye”.in southern Europe?

A.B.

C.D.

【2】According to the passage, ________ is/are NOT mentioned in June’s book.

A.the importance of body language.B.some common gestures

C.the development of body languageD.different meanings of a gesture

【3】Which of the following can be put in the ▲ ?

A.How is that possible?B.Could it make readers interested?

C.Can you give us some examples?D.why is that so important?

【4】What can we infer (推断) from the passage?

A.June paid more attention to the language of English in her book.

B.A girl from Australia may be angry with you if you praise her by using the thumb-up gesture.

C.Body language is the world’s international language.

D.In many Asian countries, the palm-up gesture is thought rude.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】

这是一篇采访稿。主要是作者June Galloway介绍她的书Get off on the Right Foot: Don’t Let the Wrong Gesture Ruin Your Day，通过不同手势语在不同文化中的差异来讲述非言语交流的重要性。

【1】细节理解题。根据“Take the gesture for ‘come here’ for example. In North America, people gesture with the palm up. Well, in southern Europe, that gesture means ‘goodbye’”掌心朝上在南欧意味着再见。故选D。

【2】推理判断题。根据“That is why it important to know about body language and cultural differences”，“gestures and other body language can have different meanings in different places”以及 “Take the gesture for ‘come here’ for example”可知身体语言的重要性、一些日常的手势以及手势的不同含义在文中都有提到，身体语言的发展没有提到，故选C。

【3】推理判断题。根据前一句“non-verbal communication is paid more attention to”非言语交流需要更加注意以及后文“gestures and other body language can have different meanings in different places”手势语和其他身体语言在不同地区有不同的含义，可知后文在具体说明非言语交流的重要性。故选D。

【4】推理判断题。根据“non-verbal communication is paid more attention to”可知A表述错误。根据“That’s very rude in Australia”可知B表示正确。根据“English is the world’s international language”可知C表述错误。根据“in many Asian countries, the palm-up gesture is thought rude”可知D表述错误。故选B。