阅读理解

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　Tom: I'm interested in gestures.

　　Ellen: Are you? Gestures differ from country to country.

　　Tom: Yes. Talking 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 hands with the palms 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 hands with the palms upward, and move our fingers toward our bodies.

1．The main idea of this dialogue is ________.

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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, 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?

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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?

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A．The Indian students' gestures are unlike the American ones.

B．The Indian students' gestures are quite like the American ones.

C．The Chinese students' gestures are quite like the American ones.

D．The Japanese gestures have something to do with Chinese gestures.

4．In some parts of India, nodding means ________.

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5．To Americans, shrugging the shoulders means ________.

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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.”

阅读理解，判断正误，对的在括号里写“T”,错的写“F”

Taro： I'm interested in gestures (手势).

Helen： Are you? Gestures differ (不同) from country to country.

Taro： Yes, learning about gestures is a lot of fun (很开心).

Helen： I've noticed that Japanese women often cover their mouths when they laugh.

Taro： They think it is impolite to show their teeth.

Helen： 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 me.

Taro： Is that right? I thought nodding meant “yes” in all parts of the world.

Helen： No, not in some parts of India. But those students said their gestures were so natural (自然的) to them that they couldn't change them.

Taro： This is one of the most popular comics (最流行的滑稽剧) in my country. Do people in American comics jump this way when they are surprised?

Helen： Yes, they do. comics always use big gestures, you know. (Helen shows Taro a picture of a man.)

Taro： I've often seen this picture. He is shrugging (耸肩) his shoulders, isn't he?

Helen： Yes, he is. It means I don't care or I give up.

Helen： How do you gesture with your hand when you mean “come here” in Japan?

Taro： We hold out our hand with the palm upward, and move it up and down.

Helen： That looks like “Sit down”，“Be quiet”, or“Get away” to us. When we mean “Come here” we hold out our hand with the palm upward, and move our fingers toward our body.

(1) Chinese, Japanese and Indians have one and the same language of gestures.

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(2)  Japanese women often cover their mouths when they laugh.

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(3) The language of Indian students' gestures is quite unlike the American one.

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(4) To Indians, nodding means “Yes, I agree.”

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(5) To Americans, shrugging the shoulders means “I'm sorry, I don't care or I give up.”

(　　)

Dogs are people's friends. They will do anything their masters (主人) ask them to do and they do their duty very well.
Curly is my black dog. He is big and strong. He is strong enough to carry me on his    1 . He likes running and playing with me. He likes to    2  my father around in the fields, too.
One day my father took off his coat. Put it on the ground   3  a big tree and said to Curly. “  4   my coat.”
Curly sat down on the coat. Then my father remembered he had to   5  dinner for the family.    6  he went home and forgot all about his coat and dog.  
Late in the evening I   7  my dog and looked for him everywhere in the yard. I called, "Curly, Curly!" But Curly did not answer.
Soon my father wanted something in his coat pocket (口袋). Suddenly he remembered  8  he had done. Quickly he went back to the big tree. What do you think he saw? Curly was  9  sitting on the coat! He was afraid someone would take it   10 .

----Peter is ________ than you, right?
----Yes, but he is ________ runner in our class.