The idea of what shaking the head means is not always the same in different countries. Maybe some visitors would be surprised when they first come to India. When they talk to an Indian, they would find he would often shake his head. The visitors might think that the Indian doesn’t like what they say. But in fact, they would be completely wrong.
Indians always shake their heads when they talk to others. It doesn’t mean “No”. If someone wants to visit India, he should know this, or he will be in trouble.
One day, a foreign officer went to India on business. He hired a car and asked an Indian to drive him. When he told his driver to take him to his office, the Indian shook his head at once. The officer said again and the driver shook his head again. At last the officer, of course, got angry.
“How dare you refuse my order?” he shouted, “Drive me to my office at once!”
The driver answered in quite a loud voice, too. “Yes, sir!” But to the officer’s surprise, the driver shook his head at the same time.
The car started and the foreign officer was now too surprised to say a word. He thought about it for a while, and then he nodded with a smile, “‘No’ means ‘Yes’ here!”
小題1:What does shaking one’s head mean all over the world?
A．Yes. B．No.C．Glad.D．Yes or No.
小題2:What should you do in India if you agree with somebody?
A．Shake your head.B．Nod your head.
C．Speak in a loud voice.D．Say it again and again.
小題3:Why did the officer go to India?
A．He went there to visit his friend.B．He went there to buy a car.
C．He went there to learn driving.D．He went there because of his job.
小題4:Why did the officer get angry?
A．Because the driver didn’t understand him.
B．Because the driver still shook his head after he said again.
C．Because the driver didn’t like the officer.
D．Because the driver didn’t answer in a loud voice.
小題5:What can we learn from the story?
A．When you are in India, you should always shake your head.
B．You shouldn’t shake your head if you’re a driver.
C．Shaking head will make others get angry.
D．Different countries have different customs.

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:B
小題5:D

試題分析：本文主要敘述了通過列舉印度國家的例子，闡述了在不同的國家,人們搖頭所代表的意思有所不同的道理。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)對整篇文章內容的理解，可知全世界搖頭意味著“是”或者“不是”，故選擇D。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段內容：Indians always shake their heads when they talk to others. It doesn’t mean “No”.可知在印度搖頭表示的是yes，故選擇A。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段內容：a foreign officer went to India on business.可知答案選擇D。
小題4:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段內容：The officer said again and the driver shook his head again. At last the officer, of course, got angry. 可知是因為他又說一遍，司機仍然搖頭，故選擇B。
小題5:主旨大意題。根據(jù)對整篇文章內容的理解，可知我們可以從這篇文章中學到不同的國家有不同的風俗習慣，故選擇D。
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