辽宁师大附中2018----2019学年度下学期模块考试

　　高一英语试题

命题人：王丽芳 张世良 校对人：王丽芳 张世良

考试时间：60分钟 满分：100分

　　第 Ⅰ 卷 选择题（共65分）

一、阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）

第一节（共10小题，每小题2.5分，共25分）

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　When traveling to a different country, your safest bet is to limit gestures as much as possible. However , you may find that your gestures happen out of habit. Understanding appropriate gesture of the country you're visiting may prevent you from communicating the wrong message.

Gestures in Brazil

　Much like the Italian culture, a Brazilian snaps his fingers (打响指) and uses exaggerated (夸张的) hand movements when emphasizing a statement. The sense of warmth and friendliness with each other is shown through the gesture of eye contact when communicating and standing close together in lineups or when talking to each other. Communicating a greeting is more than the gesture of a handshake, but also involves the touch of the forearm.

Gestures in China

You communicate a greeting in china with the gesture of a slight nod and bow. To communicate respect , you keep your head lowered. In china , the gesture of standing close during a conversation prevents having to communicate in a raised voice. A person will communicate her surprise during a conversation with the gesture of breathing in air loudly, rather than a loud outburst.

Gestures in India

Gestures used in India are representative of its traditional culture. In India, the gesture of holding out the hand to communicate giving or receiving must be done with the right hand as a person in India uses her left hand for washing. The gesture of communicating respect at a religious ceremony is done by removing your shoes. The proper way of communicating direction is to use either the whole hand or by using your chin(下巴). The proper form of communicating a greeting is to press the palms together with fingers upward and say, "Namaste".

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