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【題目】When you go to another country, you should learn to speak the language. This isn’t something you can do with just a dictionary and a g【1】 book. Allow me to explain.

Words don’t always have their literal meaning. When I went to Japan for the first time, I knew that Japanese word for “yes” is hai, I went to d【2】 an important business issue. At the e【3】 of the meeting, I summarized my plan and asked my Japanese colleague, “Do you agree?” He answered with hai. That night I called my boss and told him that Japanese company was r【4】 to go ahead with the plan. The next day I had to tell my boss that this wasn’t t【5】. It turns out that the Japanese often use hai to mean “I’ve heard you. I understand.”

Gestures are w【6】 than words. When my plane arrived in Sofia, I was tired. So I was happy that a taxi was right there. “OK?” I asked, o【7】 the door. The taxi driver moved his head up and down, so I jumped in. “Downtown, please. OK?” I said. The taxi driver nodded again, but n【8】 happened. Finally, I became a【9】 and jumped out. Guess what? In Bulgaria moving your head up and down means “No” and s【10】your head from side to side means “Yes”.

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【答案】

【1】grammar

【2】discuss

【3】end

【4】ready

【5】true

【6】worse

【7】opening

【8】nothing

【9】angry

【10】shaking

【解析】短文介紹了到不同的國家掌握這個(gè)國家的語言以及肢體語言的重要性。作者介紹了自己在日本的一段經(jīng)歷。首先單詞并不總是有字面意思，日本人常常用“hai”來表示“我聽說過你”，“我明白”的意思，還產(chǎn)生了生意談判的誤解；還有就是日本人的手勢(shì)語“點(diǎn)頭表示反對(duì)，搖頭表示同意”，如果不知道也容易產(chǎn)生尷尬。

【1】句意：這不是一本字典和一本語法書所能解決的問題。結(jié)合句意以及首字母提示可知，答案為grammar。

【2】句意：我去討論一個(gè)重要的商業(yè)問題。不定式to后跟動(dòng)詞原形，根據(jù)首字母提示可知，答案為discuss。

【3】句意：會(huì)議結(jié)束時(shí)。at the end of在……結(jié)束時(shí)，結(jié)合句意以及首字母提示可知，答案為end。

【4】句意：我打電話給我的老板，告訴他日本公司準(zhǔn)備實(shí)施這個(gè)計(jì)劃。be ready to do sth.準(zhǔn)備/樂于做某事，故答案為ready。

【5】句意：第二天，我不得不告訴我的老板這不是真的。根據(jù)下文中的句子It turns out that the Japanese often use hai to mean “I’ve heard you. I understand.” 原來日本人常常用“hai”來表示“我聽說過你”，我明白�！辈⒉皇峭�意此項(xiàng)計(jì)劃，故答案為true。

【6】句意：手勢(shì)語比語言更糟糕。根據(jù)than判斷，此句是一個(gè)比較級(jí)的句子，缺少形容詞的比較級(jí)，根據(jù)下文中的例子可知，有時(shí)手勢(shì)語比語言更糟糕。故答案為worse。

【7】句意：“可以嗎？”我打開門問。分詞短語作伴隨狀語，根據(jù)句意以及首字母提示可知，答案為opening。

【8】句意：出租車司機(jī)又點(diǎn)了點(diǎn)頭，但什么也沒發(fā)生。根據(jù)下文中的句子“Finally, I became a___9___ and jumped out. Guess what?”可知，出租車司機(jī)并沒有同意載客，故答案為nothing。

【9】句意：最后，我非常生氣，從車?yán)锾�了出來�?/span>became為系動(dòng)詞，后跟形容詞作表語，根據(jù)首字母提示以及語境理解可知，答案為angry。

【10】句意：搖頭表示“是的”。根據(jù)前半句“moving your head up and down”可知后半句為“shaking your head from side to side”說明日本人的手勢(shì)語“點(diǎn)頭表示反對(duì)，搖頭表示同意”，故答案為shaking。