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 came to India. When they talked to an Indian,he would often shake his head.The visitors might think that the Indian did not like what they said.But, in fact, they would be completely wrong.
Indians always shake their heads when they talk to others. It does not have the same meaning as our “No.” If someone wants to visit India, he should know this, or it will give him some trouble.
One day, a foreign officer went to India on business. He hired a car and an Indian to drive it. When he told his driver to send 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 offcer, of course,got angry.
“How dare you refuse my order?” he shouted. “Drive me to my office at once!”
The driver answered in quite 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 with a smile, “No means Yes here!”
【小题1】An Indian would shake his head when __________．

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 came to India. When they talked to an Indian,he would often shake his head.The visitors might think that the Indian did not like what they said.But, in fact, they would be completely wrong.
Indians always shake their heads when they talk to others. It does not have the same meaning as our “No.” If someone wants to visit India, he should know this, or it will give him some trouble.
One day, a foreign officer went to India on business. He hired a car and an Indian to drive it. When he told his driver to send 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 offcer, of course,got angry.
“How dare you refuse my order?” he shouted. “Drive me to my office at once!”
The driver answered in quite 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 with a smile, “No means Yes here!”

1. 1.

   An Indian would shake his head when __________．

   1. A.
      he didn’t want to say anything
   2. B.
      he agreed with others
   3. C.
      he talked to others
   4. D.
      other people were wrong
2. 2.

   The foreign officer was surprised that _________

   1. A.
      the driver could not understand him
   2. B.
      the driver refused his order
   3. C.
      the driver drove him to another place
   4. D.
      the driver shook his head as he said “Yes”
3. 3.

   The underlined word “Order” means         

   1. A.
      顺序
   2. B.
      订购
   3. C.
      命令
   4. D.
      建议
4. 4.

   The sentence “No means Yes here” means         

   1. A.
      in India the words Yes and No have the same meaning
   2. B.
      Indians shake heads when they agree with each other
   3. C.
      there is no difference between Yes and No
   4. D.
      we shake our heads to say No,not Yes as Indians do
5. 5.

   According to the passage，which of the following is NOT true?

   1. A.
      Shaking the head doesn’t always have the same meaning in different countries．
   2. B.
      When an Indian shakes his head, he really means Yes．
   3. C.
      In India, the word No means Yes．
   4. D.
      In China shaking the head means No．

The idea of what shaking(摇动) the head means is not always the same in different countries. Maybe some visitors would be surprised when they first came to India. When they talked to an Indian, he would often shake his head. The visitors might think that the India did not like what they said. But, in fact, they would be completely（完全地）wrong.

Indians always shake their heads when they talk to others. It does not have the same meaning as our “No”. If someone wants to visit India, he should know this, or it will give him some trouble.

One day, a foreign officer went to India on business. He hired（雇用）a car and an Indian to drive it. When he told his driver to send him to his office,  the Indian shook his head again. At last the officer got angry. “How dare you refuse（拒绝）my order?” he shouted: Drive me to my office at once!”

The driver answered in quite 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 he nodded（点头）with a smile, “No means Yes here.”

(     ) 1. An Indian would shake his head when _______

A.      he didn’t want to do anything

B.      he agreed with others

C.      he talked to others

D.     other people were wrong

(     ) 2. The foreign officer was surprised that _______

A.      the driver could not understand him

B.      the driver refused his order

C.      the driver drove him to another place

D.     the driver shook his head as he said “Yes”

(     ) 3. The sentence “No means Yes here” means “_______”

A.      In India the words Yes and No have the same meaning

B.      Indians don’t say No when they don’t agree with each other

C.      There is no difference between Yes and No

D.     We shake our heads to say No, not Yes as Indians do

(    ) 4. India is _______

A.      a developed （发达的）country

B.      in America

C.      next to Australia

D.     to the southwest of China

 (    ) 5. Which of the following sentences isn’t true?

A.      Shaking the head doesn’t always have the same meaning in different countries.

B.      When an Indian shakes his head, he really means Yes.

C.      In India the word No means Yes.

D.    In India shaking the head means No.

For the 17 years my life was very happy. Then the first sad thing happened. My mother became very ill. Just before she died, she asked Elizabeth and me to go to her room. She said, “Victor and Elizabeth, I’m very happy because you love each other, and because one day you’ll get married. Everyone in the family loves you, Elizabeth. Will you take my place in the family, my dear? I can die happy if you look after them when I have gone.”
My mother died and we were very sad, because we loved her so much. Elizabeth was brave and helped us; her sweet smile gave us some happiness in the unhappy days after my mother’s death. The time came for me to go to university(大学). I didn’t want to leave my sad family, but we all knew that I should go. It was hard to leave, too, because the parents of my good friend Henry would not let him go to university with me. So I had gone alone.
On my first day at university I met Professor Waldman. He gave a wonderful talk to all the students. He ended his talk by saying, “Some of you will become the greatest scientists of tomorrow. You must study hard and discover everything that you can.”
After the professor’s talk, I thought very carefully. I remembered the storm when I was 15; I remembered how the lightning had destroyed the tree. From then on, I wanted to use electricity to help people, and I wanted to discover the secrets of life. I decided to work on these two things.
I started to work the next day. I worked very hard and soon Professor Waldman and I realized that I could learn to be a very good scientist.
The professor and other important scientists helped me. I was interested in my work and I did not take one day’s holiday during the next two years. After two years, I had discovered many things and I built a scientific machine that was the best in the university. My machine would help me answer the most important question of all. How does life begin? Is it possible to put life into dead things? To answer these questions about life I had to learn first about death. I had to watch bodies from the moment when they died and the warm life left them. In the hospital and in the university, I watched the dying and the dead. Day after day, month after month, I followed death, so it was a dark and terrible time.
I built a tall mast(桅杆)about 150 metres high, which is higher than the tallest building in the city, to catch lightning and send the electricity down to my machine in the lab. I believed I could use that electricity to give life to things that were dead.
Then one day, the answer came to me. Suddenly I was sure that I knew the secret of life.
【小题1】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?