阅读理解。
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 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 each other. 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 office said again, and the driver
shook his head again. At last, the office, 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 then he nodded with a smile,
"No mean 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 mean 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 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 India shakes his head, he really means Yes.
C. In India shaking the head means No.
D. In China shaking the head means No.
