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 clapping (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 a good thing

D．search one’s pocket

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

A．toes    B．hands   C．arms    D．legs

3.Which country does "give me five" come from according to the passage?

A. ancient Rome.  B. America.  C.  China.   D. England.

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

5.What is double “high fives”?

A．Both kids clap their left hands.

B．Both kids clap their right hands.

C．Both kids do high fives several times.

D．Both kids do high fives with both right and left hands.

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：人们经常使用“Give me five”来表示初次见面的热情或者庆祝一件愉快的事情，这个手势动作来自古罗马，举手的人表示他们手里没有刀。而孩子们经常做double high fives意味着两个孩子同时举起各自的左手右手，同时击掌。文章简洁明了，描述清晰。

1.C词义猜测题。根据短文第三段中的句子“People do it when they meet for the first time or something happy happens.”可知，人们经常使用“Give me five”来表示初次见面的热情或者庆祝一件愉快的事情，故答案为C。

2.B细节理解题。根据短文第二段中的句子“It means the clapping (拍) of each other's raised (举起的) right hands together.”可知，人们使用右手双击表示Give me five这个动作。答案为B。

3.A 细节理解题。根据短文第四段“This gesture may come from the old Roman gesture of raising the right arm for the emperor(皇帝).”可以判断这个手势动作来自古罗马，故答案为A。

4.C细节理解题。根据短文第四段中的句子“This showed that the person raising his arm did not have a sword (刀) in his hand.”可知，这个动作表示举手的人表示他们手里没有刀，故答案为C。

5.细节理解题。短文的图片里面的信息可知double high fives意味着两个孩子同时举起各自的左手右手，同时击掌。答案为D。

考点：文化类短文阅读。