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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語“點(diǎn)頭表示反對，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：我去討論一個重要的商業(yè)問題。不定式to后跟動詞原形，根據(jù)首字母提示可知，答案為discuss。

【3】句意：會議結(jié)束時。at the end of在……結(jié)束時，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)施這個計劃。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。”并不是同意此項(xiàng)計劃，故答案為true。

【6】句意：手勢語比語言更糟糕。根據(jù)than判斷，此句是一個比較級的句子，缺少形容詞的比較級，根據(jù)下文中的例子可知，有時手勢語比語言更糟糕。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”說明日本人的手勢語“點(diǎn)頭表示反對，搖頭表示同意”，故答案為shaking。