单选题 Even a child knows that nodding the head means 'Yes'. But some people will probably be puzzled when they first come to India. When they talk to an Indian, he often shakes his head. They might think that the Indian does not like what he said, but on the contrary he is expressing agreement.
The Indians have a habit of shaking their heads slightly when they talk to somebody. It doesn't mean 'No', but 'Yes'.
If a person doesn't know this, it might cause misunderstanding.
At one time a foreigner in Indian told his driver who was an Indian to take him to his office. The driver shook his head. The foreigner repeated his request and the driver shook his head again. At last, the foreigner shouted angrily, 'Drive me to my office at once!' The driver said in a low voice, 'Yes, sir,' smiling and shaking his head again at the same time.

单选题 Generally speaking, nodding the head means ______, and shaking the head means ______.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】 根据第一段“Even a child knows that nodding the head means 'Yes'.”可知，一般来说，点头是表示yes，摇头表示no，故选A。

单选题 Why did the Indian driver shake his head when the foreigner asked him to drive him to his office? ______

A、 Because the Indian driver had something important to do.
B、 Because the driver felt uncomfortable at that time.
C、 Because the foreigner promised to give him only a little money.
D、 Because in India shaking the head means agreement.

单选题 Why did the foreigner become angry? ______

A、 Because the Indian driver say something bad to him.
B、 Because he misunderstood the meaning of shaking the head in India.
C、 Because he didn't want to go to his office.
D、 Because the Indian driver did not agree with him.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】 根据文章最后一段可知是双方存在着误会，这个外国人不知道在印度摇头表示同意，故选B。

单选题 The underlined phrase 'on the contrary' means ______.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】 根据第一段内容可知一般情况下，点头表示同意，而在印度摇头表示同意，所以这个短语表示“相反”，故选A。