Question

If someone says to you, “give me five”, do not search your pocket for five yuan! It will make others laugh! The person’s not asking for your money, but your fingers.

In the US, “give me five” or “give me the high five” is a popular gesture. You can see it often in films or on TV. It means the slapping( 拍) of each other’s raised right hands together.

People do it when they meet for the first time or something happy happens. For example, a student has good marks in exams or wins a lottery(彩票). If a football team wins game, the players will give high fives to everyone around to cerebrate.

This gesture may come from the old Rome gesture of raising the right arm for the emperor (皇帝). This showed that the person raising his arm did not have a sword(劍) in his hand.

1.”Give me five ” is a gesture to _______.

A．make people laugh B． ask for money

C．celebrate success D． search one’s pocket

2.The gesture “give me five” is the slapping of ____.

A．toes B．hands C．arms D．legs

3.If someone _____, he WON’T show the gesture “give me five”.

A．passes the exam B． wins a lottery

C．does well in a match D． wants to say goodbye

4.The gesture started in ___ according to the story

A．Rome B．America C．China D． Britain

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了美國一條重要的交際用語give me five，文中介紹了它的含義及由來。

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3. People do it when they meet for the first time or something happy happens. For example, a student has good marks in exams or wins a lottery(彩票). If a football team wins game, the players will give high fives to everyone around to cerebrate.可知比如說，一個學生在考試中取得了好成績或是中了彩票的時候，還比如說，一支足球隊贏了一場比賽，那么球隊的球員就會與身邊的人相互擊掌以示慶祝。根據這些，故選D。

4. gesture may come from the old Rome gesture of raising the right arm for the emperor (皇帝).可知這個動作可能來源古羅馬向皇帝舉起右手的動作。故選A。

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