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【題目】 When you go to the US, someone often says ＂Give me five＂. What should you do? Do not get five dollars from your pocket! It will make them laugh! They are not asking for your money, but your fingers. In the US, ＂give me five＂ or ＂give me the high five＂ is a popular gesture(手勢). You can see it often in movies or on TV. It means hitting each other’s right hand together.

People do it when they meet for the first time or something happy happens(發(fā)生). For example, when a student gets good grades in tests. If a football team wins a game, the players will give the high five to everyone around to celebrate.

This gesture may come from the old Roman gesture of raising(舉起) the right arm for the king. This showed the person raising his arm did not have a sword(寶劍) in his hand.

Why not try to give the high five to your friends?

【1】＂Give me five＂ is a gesture to ____________.

A. make people laugh B. say hello to others

C. ask for money D. ask for help

【2】When you ____________, you can give your friends high five.

A. ask for money B. have a sword

C. win a football game D. watch movies

【3】The gesture may start in ____________.

A. Rome B. America C. China D. England

【4】The word ＂celebrate＂ in the second paragraph means ＂____________＂ in Chinese.

A. 聚會 B. 領獎 C. 慶祝 D. 紀念

【5】The Romans raised the right arm for the king to show that ____________.

A. they were afraid of the king

B. they were happy to see the king

C. they want to show the sword in the hand

D. there was no sword in the hand

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】C

【5】D

【解析】這篇文章講述了“Give me five鼓掌，加油”的意義和起源。

【1】題意：“Give me five（擊掌，加油）”是一個________的手勢。A. make people laugh讓別人笑；B. say hello to others向別人打招呼，問號；C. ask for money向別人要錢；D. ask for help，B.請求幫助。根據第一段第1句When you go to the US, someone often says “Give me five”.結合下文及最后一句It means hitting each other's right hand together.可知Give me five是向別人打招呼，用右手擊掌。故選B。

【2】題意：當你________，你可以給你的朋友高舉起手而擊掌。A. ask for money要錢；B. have a sword擁有一把劍；C. win a football game贏得足球比賽；D. watch movies看電影。根據第2段最后一句If a football team wins a game, the players will give the high five to everyone around to celebrate．（如果一個足球隊贏了一場比賽，球員們會高舉手手給周圍的人擊掌來表示慶祝。）結合題意可知選C。

【3】題意：手勢可能起源于________。A. Rome羅馬；B. America美國；C. China中國；D. England英國。根據第三段第1句This gesture may come from the old Roman gesture of raising(舉起) the right arm for the king.（這個手勢可能來自古羅馬人為國王舉右臂的手勢。）結合題意可知選A。

【4】題意：第2段中單詞“celebrate”中文意思是___________________。根據第2段最后一句If a football team wins a game, the players will give the high five to everyone around to celebrate．（如果一個足球隊贏了一場比賽，球員們會把手高舉給周圍的人擊掌來表示慶祝。）的句意和語境（勝利會慶祝）可知選C。

【5】題意：羅馬人舉起右臂給國王表明________。A. they were afraid of the king他們害怕國王；B. they were happy to see the king他們很高興見到國王；C. they want to show the sword in the hand他們想展示手中的劍；D. there was no sword in the hand。手上沒有劍。根據最后一句This showed that the person raising his arm had nothing in his hand and he couldn't hurt the emperor.（這表明他舉起手臂的人手里什么也沒有，也不能傷害皇帝。）可知，古羅馬人向他們的國王舉起他們的右手，這表示他不能傷害他的國王。故選C