单选题 Indians always shake (摇) their beads when they talk to others. 1 does not have the same meaning 2 "no". If someone wants to visit India, 3 should know this, 4 it will give him some trouble.
One day, a foreign officer went to India on business. He hired (雇佣) a car and an Indian to drive it. When he 5 the driver to send him to his office, the driver shook his 6 at once. The officer repeated his order, and the driver 7 so again. At last, the officer, of course, got 8 .
" 9 dare you refuse (拒绝) my order?" he shouted. "Drive me to office immediately!"
The driver answered 10 quite a loud voice, too. "Yes, sir!" But he still shook his head at the same time. Suddenly the officer realized that, "No means Yes here!"
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 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。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 考查固定短语。the same...as...意为“跟…一样”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 考查代词。he指代上文的someone。someone指“某人”，是单数。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 考查连词。or=or else=otherwise，“否则”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 考查根据上下文填词的能力。这里应是“当他叫司机送他去办公室的时候”。tell sb. to do sth.“告诉某人做某事”。根据上下文，这里“叫司机送他…”比“想要司机送他…”更好。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 考查根据上下文填词的能力。文章第一句是主题句，全文说的是“印度人摇头”的问题。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 考查动词的替代。did代上文提过的动词shook (his head)。为避免动词的重复，可用do代替动词。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 考查根据上下文填词的能力。该外国人以为印度人摇头是表示“拒绝”，所以他“很生气”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 考查根据上下文填词的能力。本句意为“你怎么敢…”。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 考查介词。用某种声音说话，用介词with。