Even a child knows that nodding the head means “Yes”. But some people will probably be puzzled when they first come to India. When they talk to an Indian, he often shakes his head. They might think that the Indian does not like what he said, but on the contrary he is expressing agreement.
The Indians have a habit of shaking their heads slightly when they talk to somebody. It doesn’t mean “No”, but “Yes”.
If a person doesn’t know this, it might cause misunderstanding.
At one time a foreigner in Indian told his driver who was an Indian to take him to his office. The driver shook his head. The foreigner repeated his request and the driver shook his head again. At last, the foreigner shouted angrily, “Drive me to my office at once!” The driver said in a low voice, “Yes, sir,” smiling and shaking his head again at the same time.
【小題1】Generally speaking, nodding the head means _______, and shaking the head means _______.

A．Yes; NoB．No; YesC．Yes; YesD．No; No
【小題2】Why did the Indian driver shake his head when the foreigner asked him to drive him to his office? Because _________.
A．the Indian driver had something important to do
B．the foreigner promised to give him only a little money
C．the driver felt uncomfortable at that time
D．in India shaking the head means agreement
【小題3】Why did the foreigner become angry? Because _______.
A．the Indian driver didn’t want to send him to his office
B．he misunderstood the meaning of shaking the head in India
C．he asked the driver to send him to his office, but the Indian driver didn’t say any words
D．the Indian driver asked him for a lot of money
【小題4】The underlined phrase “on the contrary” means ________.
A．just the opposite
B．clear difference between two things
C．doing what you want to do
D．on the other hand


【小題1】A
【小題2】D
【小題3】B
【小題4】A

解析試題分析：
【小題1】A 推理題。根據(jù)第一段第一句Even a child knows that nodding the head means “Yes”說(shuō)明點(diǎn)頭表示yes；搖頭表示no。故A正確。
【小題2】D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段內(nèi)容The Indians have a habit of shaking their heads slightly when they talk to somebody. It doesn’t mean “No”, but “Yes說(shuō)明在印度搖頭表示同意。故D正確。
【小題3】B 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一段The foreigner repeated his request and the driver shook his head again. At last, the foreigner shouted angrily,說(shuō)明他誤會(huì)了對(duì)方的意思，故B正確。
【小題4】A 猜測(cè)詞義題。根據(jù)本句They might think that the Indian does not like what he said, but on the contrary he is expressing agreement.他們認(rèn)為印度人不喜歡他的話，然而印度人表示同意。故該詞指與…相反。故A正確。
考點(diǎn)：考查文化類短文閱讀
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文講述了印度人在表達(dá)yes和no方面與別人不一樣的方式，這是一種文化的差異。文章較為容易，考生容易理解，考查較為全面，細(xì)節(jié)題，推理題，猜測(cè)詞義題都有涉及。

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