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阅读理解 　　Tom：I’m interested in gestures． 　　Ellen：Are you? Gestures differ from country to country． 　　Tom：Yes．Listening about gestures is a lot of fun． 　　Ellen：I’ve noticed that Japanese women often cover their mouths when they laugh． 　　Tom：They think it’s impolite to show their teeth． 　　Ellen：I once talked to some students from India．They moved their heads up and down when they meant “No”, and from side to side for “Yes”．That looked strange to us． 　　Tom：Is that right? I thought nodding meant “Yes” in all parts of the world． 　　Ellen：No, not in some parts of India．But those students said their gestures were so natural to them that they couldn’t change them． 　　Tom：This is one of the most popular comics in my country．Do people in American comics jump this way when they are surprised? 　　Ellen：Yes, they do．Comics always use big gestures, you know．(Ellen shows Tom a picture of a man．) 　　Tom：I’ve often seen this picture．He is shrugging his shoulders, isn’t he? 　　Ellen：Yes, he is．It means I don’t care or I give up．How do you gesture with your hand when you mean “Come here” in Japan? 　　Tom：We hold out our hand with the palm down, and move it up and down． 　　Ellen：That looks like “Sit down” “Be quiet” or “Get away” to us．When we mean “Come here”, we hold out our hand with the palms upward, and move our fingers toward our bodies． (1) The main idea of this dialogue is _________． [　　] A． Americans, Japanese and Indians have different languages of gestures B． Americans, Japanese and Indians have one and the same language of gestures C． Americans and Japanese have one and the same language of gestures D． Indians and Chinese have one and the same language of gestures (2) Which of the following statements is true? [　　] A． Americans nod their heads to mean “No”． B． Americans shrug their shoulders to show they are interested． C． American women cover their mouths when they laugh． D． Japanese women often cover their mouths when they laugh． (3) Which of the following best describes the writer’s attitude? [　　] A． The language of Indian students’ gestures is unlike the American one． B． The language of Indian students’ gestures is quite like the American one． C． The language of Chinese students’ gestures is quite like the American one． D． The language of Japanese gestures has something to do with that of Chinese gestures． (4) In some parts of India, nodding means _________ [　　] A． “Yes, I agree．” B． “No, I don’t agree．” C． “Yes, I do．” D． “No, I do．” (5) To Americans, shrugging the shoulders means _________ [　　] A． “I’m sorry．I don’t care (or I give up)．” B． “I’m right．” C． “Thank you very much．” D． “That’s all right．”

Answer 1

答案：1．A;2．D;3．A;4．B;5．A;
解析：

(1)	本题为考查大意题目，须纵观全文才能回答。
(2)	从“I’ve noticed that Japanese women often cover their mouths when they laugh．They think it’s impolite to show their teeth．”两句可知。
(3)	B项不对，文中未提到中国。
(4)	印度人点头的意思是“不”。
(5)	本题为考查细节题目，从原文中可明确找到答案。