What shaking the head means is not always the same in different countries.Maybe some visitors would be surprised when they first come to India.When they talk to an Indian,they would find he would often shake his head.The visitors might think that the Indian doesn’t like what they say.But in fact,they would be completely wrong.
Indians always shake their heads when they talk to others.It doesn’t mean “No”.If someone wants to visit India,he should know this,or he will be in trouble.
One day,a foreign officer went to India on business.He hired a car and asked an Indian to drive him.When he told his driver to take him to his office,the Indian shook his head at once.The officer said again and the driver shook his head again.At last the officer,of course,got angry.
“How dare you refuse my order?” he shouted,“Drive me to my office at once!”
The driver answered in quite a loud voice,too.“Yes,sir!” But to the officer’s surprise,the driver shook his head at the same time.
The car started and the foreign officer was now too surprised to say a word.He thought about it for a while,and then he nodded with a smile,“‘No’ means ‘Yes’ here!”
小題1:What does shaking one’s head mean all over the world?
A．Yes.B．No.C．Glad.D．Yes or No.
小題2:What should you do in India if you agree with somebody?
A．Shake your head.B．Nod your head.
C．Speak in a loud voice.D．Say it again and again.
小題3:Why did the officer go to India?
A．He went there to visit his friend.B．He went there to buy a car.
C．He went there to learn driving.D．He went there because of his job.
小題4:Why did the officer get angry?
A．Because the driver didn’t understand him.
B．Because the driver still shook his head after he said again.
C．Because the driver didn’t like the officer.
D．Because the driver didn’t answer in a loud voice.
小題5:What can we learn from the story?
A．When you are in India,you should always shake your head.
B．You shouldn’t shake your head if you’re a driver.
C．Shaking head will make others get angry.
D．Different countries have different customs.

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:B
小題5:D

試題分析：短文大意：不同的國家有不同地習(xí)俗。在不同的國家搖頭不總是表示同樣的意思。如印度人搖頭，并不意味著“不”，而是表示同意、可以。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段首句What shaking the head means is not always the same in different countries 和第二段首句Indians always shake their heads when they talk to others. It doesn’t mean “No”可知選D。
小題2:推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段首句Indians always shake their heads when they talk to others. It doesn’t mean “No”可推直選A。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段首句One day,a foreign officer went to India on business.可知選D。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段末The officer said again and the driver shook his head again. At last the officer, of course, got angry. 可知選B。
小題5:主旨大意題。根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，可知不同的國家有不同的習(xí)俗，所以選D。
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