单选题Read the following text. Answer the questions below the text by choosing A,
B, C or D.
Americans Get Touchy
The New York Times recently reported that American teens are hugging practically
everyone they see. Say goodbye to the greetings of the past, from the hands-off
"What's up!" to the handshake or high-five. For young people across the country,
hugging is the new "Hello". Girls are hugging girls. Boys are
hugging boys. Girls and boys are hugging each other. And, like every major
trend, there are lots of variations on the form. There's the classic, full-body,
arms-around-the-person bear hug, the casual one-armed side hug, the group hug
and the hug from behind. There's the handshake that turns into a hug and the hug
that turns into a pat on the back. As trends go, this one seems
pretty innocent. But some parents, teachers and school administrators are
worried nonetheless. Will young people who aren't as comfortable with physical
contact feel peer pressured into hugging? Will kids who don't receive hugs feel
left out? Could an extra-long hug slide into the more ominous territory of
sexual harassment? In response to some of these concerns, some
schools have set up new rules to limit or eliminate hugging. One school head has
created a three-second limitation for hugs at her school. A few schools have
taken even more drastic measures, placing a ban on all forms of touching between
students. A few important points are being left out of the
discussion. While the US has traditionally been reserved about touching—saving
hugs and kisses for relatives, romantic partners and very close friends—people
in many other parts of the world have been greeting each other in this way for
ages. In Latin America or Western Europe, in countries like
Spain, France, and Italy, a kiss on the cheek is common among women, as well as
among women and men who are not romantically involved. The cheek-kiss varies by
region. Sometimes it is just an air kiss blown past the face. In other places,
the proper way of greeting is to deliver a kiss upon both cheeks, or sometimes
even a triplet of kisses performed by kissing one cheek, then the other, then
back to the first. Latin American men are more likely to shake
hands when greeting other men, but in some countries like Turkey, it's not
unusual for men who know each other well to exchange kisses on the cheek.
Meanwhile, for the Maori people of New Zealand, a traditional greeting called
the "hongi" involves pressing noses together. So, from a global
perspective, the new trend of teen hugging in America is not so "new" after all.
People all around the world move in close to say hello, and Americans are just
now joining in.
单选题
The word "practically" in the first paragraph could be best replaced by
______.