Question

If someone says to you “give me five”, don’t give five yuan to him! It will make others laugh! The person is not ask for your money, but your fingers.

In the USA, “give me five” or “give me the high five” is a good gesture. You can often see it in films or on TV. It means the slapping(拍打) of each other’s right hands together. People do it when something happy happens. For example, if a student get an “A” in the exam or gets No.1 in the school sports meeting, he will give the high five to his friends to celebrate.

Who did this gesture first? Why did he do that? It may come from the old Roman gesture of putting up the right arm for the emperor(皇帝). This showed that the person putting up his arm had nothing in his hand and he couldn’t hurt the emperor.

Why not try to give the high five to your friends?

1.When one of your friends asks you to give him five, you can .

A. give him five yuan

B. give him your hands

C. slap his right hand

2.What’s the Chinese meaning of the underl ined word “gesture” in the second paragraph?

A. 節(jié)奏 B. 場所 C. 手勢

3.Now you can do “give me five” to your friends because you will .

A celebrate your friends’ success

B. have the same idea with your friends

C. laugh at your friend’s bad manners

4.The gesture started in .

A. Rome B. China C. America

5.The Romans p ut up the right arms for the emperor to show that they .

A. liked him very much

B. were happy to see him

C. were safe for him

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.C

3.A

4.A

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章是講“give me five”的真正意思的，“give me five”不是給某人五元錢，而是在某個高興的時刻，比如考試得了A,運(yùn)動會得了第一名，伸出你的右手拍打來慶祝其勝利的�！癵ive me five”來源于羅馬在皇帝面前舉起手，羅馬人在皇帝面前舉起手是為了表明手里沒物品不傷害皇帝。

1. the USA, “give me five” ，It means the slapping(拍打) of each other’s right hands together.所以選擇C。

2. the USA, “give me five” or “give me the high five” is a good gesture.得知gesture.手勢的意思。故選C。

3. For example, if a student get an “A” in the exam or gets No.1 in the school sports meeting, he will give the high five to his friends to celebrate.當(dāng)學(xué)生考試取得A或者運(yùn)動會第一名，他會高舉手慶祝，判斷選擇A。

4. did this gesture first? Why did he do that? It may come from the old Roman，我們得知選擇A。

5. showed that the person putting up his arm had nothing in his hand and he couldn’t hurt the emperor.，人們舉起手是為了表明手里沒有物品去傷害皇帝，他對于皇帝來說是安全的故選擇C。