Question

阅读下面短文,根据短文内容, 在每小题句子空白处填入适当词语,使其意思与短文内容一致(每空词数不限)。

People often shake hands in the United States. American men shake hands with other men. American women often shake hands with men and sometimes they shake hands with other women. Adults shake hands with children. And some people even teach their dogs to shake hands! What's the correct way to shake hands? How long should you shake hands? How hard is just hard enough?

Here are four rules to remember.

Use your right hand.

Use good eye contact(交流). Look at the person in the eye while you are shaking hands。

Don't shake hands too long. Shake hands for no more than three seconds. Then let go and take your hand back.

Don't shake hands too strongly or too weakly. When a handshake is weak, Americans think the person may not be a hard worker，or a good leader. When a handshake is too strong, Americans think the person is not polite.

When do people in the United States shake hands? They shake hands when they meet for the first time. They shake hands to say congratulations. They shake hands when they meet after not seeing each other for a while. And they often shake hands when they say goodbye. In business，shaking hands shows agreement and honesty.

Handshakes are good everywhere. It is not polite to refuse a person's hand. So make sure to shake lots of hands.

1.We can learn from the first paragraph that shaking hands is very_________ in the United States.

2.The passage gives four pieces of advice on how to________________.

3.In the eyes of Americans,if a person shakes hands too strongly,he or she________________.

4.Americans shake hands in_____________( how many )situations according to the passage.

5.At the end of the passage,the writer suggests that we should_________________.

Answer

1.popular

2.shake hands correctly

3.is not polite

4.5

5.shake lots of hands.

【解析】

这是一篇说明文，文章讲述握手在美国很受欢迎；介绍四点关于怎样正确握手的建议；讲述美国人在哪五种情况下握手；最后作者建议我们应握很多次手。

1.

句意：从第一段我们得知握手在美国很受欢迎。

根据第一段“People often shake hands in the United States. American men shake hands with other men. American women often shake hands with men and sometimes they shake hands with other women. Adults shake hands with children. And some people even teach their dogs to shake hands”可知握手在美国很受欢迎，男士与男士、女士与男士或者与其他女士、成年人与小孩、人们甚至教他们的小狗握手。此处填形容词popular，表达“流行，受欢迎的”。故答案为popular。

2.

句意：文章给了四点关于怎样正确握手的建议。

根据“Here are four rules to remember”“ Use your right hand” “Use good eye contact” “Don't shake hands too long”以及“Don't shake hands too strongly or too weakly”可知四点建议是关于怎样正确握手的。故答案为shake hands correctly。

3.

句意：在美国人眼里，如果一个人握手很强有力，他或者她是不礼貌的。

根据“When a handshake is too strong, Americans think the person is not polite” 握手力气太重，美国人认为是不礼貌的，此处填is not polite。故答案为is not polite。

4.

句意：根据这篇文章，美国人在5种情况下握手。

根据“They shake hands when they meet for the first time. They shake hands to say congratulations. They shake hands when they meet after not seeing each other for a while. And they often shake hands when they say goodbye. In business，shaking hands shows agreement and honesty”可知共五种情况下会握手：当和人第一次见面,表达祝贺时，很久不见再次见到时，告别时和商业场合表示同意和诚实的时候。故答案为5。

5.

句意：在文章的结尾，作者建议我们应握很多次手。

情态动词后面用动词原形；根据最后一段“So make sure to shake lots of hands”可知我们应该握很多次手，此处填shake lots of hands。故答案为shake lots of hands。