Question

If someone says to you “give me five”, don’t give five yuan to him! It will make others laugh! The person is not ask for your money, but your fingers.

In the USA, “give me five” or “give me the high five” is a good gesture. You can often see it in films or on TV. It means the slapping(拍打) of each other’s right hands together. People do it when something happy happens. For example, if a student get an “A” in the exam or gets No.1 in the school sports meeting, he will give the high five to his friends to celebrate.

Who did this gesture first? Why did he do that? It may come from the old Roman gesture of putting up the right arm for the emperor(皇帝). This showed that the person putting up his arm had nothing in his hand and he couldn’t hurt the emperor.

Why not try to give the high five to your friends?

1.When one of your friends asks you to give him five, you can .

A. give him five yuan

B. give him your hands

C. slap his right hand

2.What’s the Chinese meaning of the underl ined word “gesture” in the second paragraph?

A. 节奏 B. 场所 C. 手势

3.Now you can do “give me five” to your friends because you will .

A celebrate your friends’ success

B. have the same idea with your friends

C. laugh at your friend’s bad manners

4.The gesture started in .

A. Rome B. China C. America

5.The Romans p ut up the right arms for the emperor to show that they .

A. liked him very much

B. were happy to see him

C. were safe for him

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.C

3.A

4.A

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章是讲“give me five”的真正意思的，“give me five”不是给某人五元钱，而是在某个高兴的时刻，比如考试得了A,运动会得了第一名，伸出你的右手拍打来庆祝其胜利的。“give me five”来源于罗马在皇帝面前举起手，罗马人在皇帝面前举起手是为了表明手里没物品不伤害皇帝。

1. the USA, “give me five” ，It means the slapping(拍打) of each other’s right hands together.所以选择C。

2. the USA, “give me five” or “give me the high five” is a good gesture.得知gesture.手势的意思。故选C。

3. For example, if a student get an “A” in the exam or gets No.1 in the school sports meeting, he will give the high five to his friends to celebrate.当学生考试取得A或者运动会第一名，他会高举手庆祝，判断选择A。

4. did this gesture first? Why did he do that? It may come from the old Roman，我们得知选择A。

5. showed that the person putting up his arm had nothing in his hand and he couldn’t hurt the emperor.，人们举起手是为了表明手里没有物品去伤害皇帝，他对于皇帝来说是安全的故选择C。