Question

【題目】Shaking hands, American style

People often shake hands in the United States. American men shake hands with other men. American women often shake hands with men, and sometimes they shake hands with other women. Adults shake hands with children. And some people even teach their dogs to shake hands! ___【1】___ How do they shake hands just long enough? Just hard enough? Here are four little rules to remember.

1. Use your right hand.

2. Use good eye contact(眼神交流). Look at the person in the eye while you are shaking hands.

3. Don’t shake too long. __【2】___ Then let go and pull your hand back toward you.

4. __【3】___ When a handshake is weak, Americans think the person may not be a hard worker or a good leader. When a handshake is too strong, Americans think the person is too rough(粗魯) or has bad manners.

___【4】__ They shake hands when they meet for the first time. They shake hands to say congratulations. They shake hands when they meet after not seeing each other for a while. And they often shake hands when they say good-bye. In business, shaking hands shows agreement and honesty.

Handshakes are good everywhere. ___【5】__ So make sure to shake plenty of hands.

A. Offer you hand first.

B. Shake for no more than three seconds.

C. How do people shake hands correctly?

D. Don’t shake too strongly or too weakly.

E. It is not polite to refuse a person’s hand.

F. When do people in the United States shake hands?

G. Make sure your hands aren’t sweaty when you do this.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】D

【4】F

【5】E

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹了美國(guó)人的握手禮節(jié)及如何正確地握手。

【1】C 考查上下文理解。根據(jù)后面的問(wèn)句排列可知，此處選擇問(wèn)句合適，故選C。

【2】B 考查上下文理解。B項(xiàng)講述握手的時(shí)間，跟上句Don’t shake too long相對(duì)應(yīng)。故選B。

【3】D 考查上下文理解。該段講述握手的輕重，D項(xiàng)符合語(yǔ)境。故選D。

【4】F 考查上下文理解。該段講述什么時(shí)候適合握手。故選F。

【5】E 考查上下文理解。E項(xiàng)“拒絕和別人握手是不禮貌的行為”跟下句中的so相對(duì)應(yīng)，符合語(yǔ)境。故選E項(xiàng)。