Question

When people meet each other for the first time in Britain, they say “How do you do?” and shake hands(握手). Usually they do not shake hands when they just meet or say goodbye. But they shake hands after they haven't met for a long time or when they will be away from each other for a long time.

Last year a group of German students went to England for a holiday. Their teacher told them that the English people hardly shake hands. So when they met their English friends at the station, they kept their hands behind their backs. The English students had learned that the Germans shake hands as often as possible, so they put their hands in front and got ready to shake hands with them. It made both of them laugh.

1.It is_____ if you know the language and some of the customs of the country.

A. not useful B. not helpful C. very helpful D. very bad

2.English people usually shake hands when they_____.

A. meet every time B. meet for the first time

C. say goodbye to each other D. say hello to each other

3.Usually English people don't shake hands _____.

A. when they will be away for a long time B. when they say“How do you do?”

C. when they just meet or say goodbye D. after they haven’t met for a long time

4.Which is right? _____

A. German people shake hands as often as possible.

B. English people like shaking hands very much.

C. German people hardly shake hands.

D. Neither English people nor Germans like shaking hands.

5.This story is about _____.

A. shaking hands B. languages C. customs D. languages and customs

1.C 2.B 3.C 4.A 5.C 【解析】試題分析：短文介紹了英國握手的習俗，并和德國做了比較。 1.題意：如果你了解該國的語言和一些風俗習慣，那是很有幫助的�？疾榫C合和細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文中英國人見德國人的事例，說明了解一個國家的風俗習慣很有幫助，可知選C。 2.題意：當英國人_____時，他們通常握手。考查細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第一句When p...

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