Question

If someone says to you: “give me five”, do not search your pocket to get five yuan! It will make others laugh! The person's not asking for your money, but your fingers.

In the US, "give me five" or "give me the high five" is a popular gesture (动作). You can see it often in films or on TV. It means the slapping (拍) of each other's raised (举起的) right hands together.

People do it when they meet for the first time or something happy happens. For example, a student has good marks in exams or wins a lottery ticket (彩票). If a football team wins a game, the players will give high fives to everyone around to celebrate.

 This gesture may come from the old Roman gesture of raising the right arm for the emperor(皇帝). This showed that the person raising his arm did not have a sword (刀) 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. ask for money

C. celebrate success                                                D. search one’s pocket

2.The gesture “give me five” is the clapping of __________.

A. toes                                  B. hands                                C. arms                        D. legs

3.When you __________, you give your friends high five.

A. lose your money                                                 B. go back home

C. win a football game                                            D. do badly in exam

4.Why did the Romans raise the right arm for the emperor? Because __________.

A. they were proud of their emperor

B. they were happy to see the emperor

C. they wanted to show there were no swords in their hands

D. we don’t know

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了美国一条重要的交际用语give me five，文中介绍了它的含义及由来。

1.根据短文第三段描述，可知这是一个庆祝胜利的手势，故选C。

2.根据第二段根据图片提示，可知此处指的是孩子们互击双手。故选B。

3.根据People do it when they meet for the first time or something happy happens.描述，此处指的是当你赢得足球比赛时，故选C。

4.根据This showed that the person raising his arm did not have a sword ( 剑 ) in his hand.描述，可知是因为他们想表明他们手中没有剑，故选C。

考点：关于一条交际用语的说明文阅读

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