高一英语暑假阅读天天练 第十六天.doc

我的暑假第十六天：(5)even a child knows that nodding(点头) 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 doesnt mean “no”, but “yes”.if a person doesnt know this, it might cause misunderstanding.at one time a foreigner in india 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.1. generally speaking, nodding the head means _, and shaking the head means _. a. yes, nob. no, yesc. yes, yesd. no, no2. according to the habit of india, if someone agrees with you, he will _. a. nod his headb. shake his headc. neither nods his head nor shakes his headd. either nod his head or shake his head3. why did the indian driver shake his head when the foreigner asked him to drive him to his office? because _. a. the indian driver has something important to dob. the foreigner promised to give him only a little moneyc. the driver felt uncomfortable at that timed. in india shaking the head means agreement4. why did the foreigner become angry? because _. a. the indian driver didnt want to send him to his officeb. he misunderstood the meaning of shaking the head in indiac. he asked the driver to send him to his office, but the india driver didnt say any wordsd. the indian driver asked him for a lot of money5. the phrase “on the contrary” means _. a. just the oppositeb. clear difference between two thingsc. doing what you want to dod. on the other hand(6)habiba keeps a record of new words and expressions in english. he usually writes them in a notebook. then, one day, she asks her teacher about them. “mrs thomas, these expressions are new to me she is blue today. whats the matter? you are yellow. a little white lie. after looking at the notebook, mrs thomas says, “in everyday english, habiba, blue sometimes means sad. yellow means afraid. a person with a green thumb grows plants successfully and a white lie is not a bad lie.” “i dont understand. please give me an example.” “for example, i offer you some cake. the truth is, you dont like my cake. you dont say that. instead, you say, no, thanks. im not hungry. thats a white lie.” “i see. thanks for the explanation.” 1. i dont have a green thumb. all my plants _.a. are greenb. have diedc. are yellowd. are growing well2. “you are yellow to fight” means _.a. you dare not fightb. you are happy to fightc. you are in a hurryd. you are able to fight3. if you say “its a white lie.” it means that someone _.a. is telling a lieb. is telling the truthc. doesnt wa