Are you still doing the V for victory sign? It’s out. The latest popular hand gesture（手勢(shì)）is to curl both of your hands and put them together to make a heart—shape. Known as “hand heart”, many young stars in the US including Justin Bieber , Blake Lively and Taylor Swift have done the move in recent photos.
“The heart — hand gesture means something between ‘I love you’ and ‘thank you’, ”said the country singer Taylor Swift,21.”It’s a sweet, simple message which you can send without saying a word.”
Taylor Swift often puts her hands above her head in the heart shape at her concerts. And she is believed to be the first to make the gesture popular.
Last month during a charity show, Justin Bieber and his superstar friends did it to help out three kids whose parents were killed in a car accident. The gesture became a real hit after that.
“It used to take longer for nonverbal（不用語(yǔ)言的）culture to move. But now ,with smart phones and the Internet, it’s much faster,” said Patti Wood, an American language expert.
In the Republic of Korea, the hand heart has been popular for a long time, in a different way. People there like making a “bigger heart” by putting their hands above their heads and making a heart shape with their arms. It means: “I love you.”
小題1:When we want to express ideas, we often move our hands to mean something besides language. Do you know the meaning of this gesture(手勢(shì))?
A．Good luck.B．We’ve won.
C．Everything is all right.D．Best wishes.
小題2:Who is the first to make the heart — hand gesture popular?
A．Justin BieberB．Blake LivelyC．Patti WoodD．Taylor Swift
小題3:A charity show is a show that is put on to.
A．help the people in needB．make a gesture popular
C．express your love or thanksD．show your special gesture
小題4:Which of the following statements is true?
A．Smart phones and the Internet are improving fast.
B．Smart phones and the Internet used to take longer time in use.
C．It’s much easier for nonverbal culture to reach more people.
D．It takes nonverbal culture a long time to become popular.

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:D
本文主要講述的是一種當(dāng)前最受歡迎的心型手勢(shì)。
小題1:常識(shí)理解題。故選B。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段第二行可知，選D.
小題3:根據(jù)題干問(wèn)，一場(chǎng)慈善義演的目的，故這里選A.
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段可知，A 和B錯(cuò)誤，C 項(xiàng)中easier是錯(cuò)誤的。
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