公共英语一级

单选题阅读短文,从题中选出正确答案。Indians always shake (摇) their heads( Example: 0 ) they talk to others. 41 does not have the samemeaning 42 “no”. If someone wants to visit India, 43 should know this, 44 it will give him sometrouble.
One day, a foreign officer went to India on business. He hired (雇佣) a car and an Indian to drive it. When he 45the driver to send him to his office the driver shook his46at once. The officer repeated his order, andthe driver 47 so again. At last, the officer, of course, got 48 .
49 dare you refuse (拒绝) my order?” he shouted. “Drive me to office immediately !”
The driver answered 50 quite a load voice, too. “Yes, sir !” But he still shook his head at the same time.Suddenly the officer realized that, “No means Yes here!”

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参考答案:A进入在线模考
参考译文
印度人在和别人说话的时候,总是摇头。但“摇头”的意思并不是“不”。如果某个人去印度旅行,他应该知道这一点,否则他会遇到一些麻烦。
一天,一位外国官员去印度出差。他租了一辆车,并雇佣一个印度人开这辆车。当他叫这个司机送他去办公室的时候,司机立刻摇头。这位官员重复了他的命令,司机再一次摇头。最后,当然了,官员很生气。
“你怎么敢不听我的命令?”他喊道,“立刻开车送我去办公室!”
司机也用很大的声音回答,“好的,先生!”但他仍摇头。突然,该官员意识到,“在这里,‘摇头’就相当于(其他地方的)‘点头’”。{Page}
考查代词。it代指前面一句话,即“印度人与别人说话的时候总是摇头”这件事情。

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