《2025年通城学典课时作业本八年级英语下册译林版江苏专版》

The world has many different cultures. We should learn and respect different cultures. People sometimes communicate 1. _______ speaking. How do they do this? They use body language. They use it to show others what they are 2. _______ about and how they are feeling.

But body language is 3. _______ in different cultures. In China and some other countries, friends shake hands to greet each other. They may be new friends or old and they want to 4. _______ friendship and trust. In some European countries, people kiss each other on both cheeks. It’s another way to show friendship and 5. _______. In India, when people 6. _______ their heads, they mean “no”. And when people shake their heads, they mean “yes”. But in most other countries, things are 7. _______. A thumbs - up means “okay” or “well done” in most cultures. In Australia, however, it is not polite. In Japan, it means “five”, and in Germany, it means “one”. In most places, people point to things with their fingers. But in some places, people use their lips. They think it’s 8. _______ to point with a finger. When Italians wave goodbye, it may look like “Come here!” to Americans. But the American goodbye wave looks like “no” in many parts of Europe and South America. People in Puerto Rico like touching each other. But people from English - speaking countries 9. _______ it. If you touch an English person, you should say “Sorry.”.

Body language can communicate negative feelings. When a listener crosses his arms against his chest, it means that he doesn’t 10. _______ with the speaker. But one body language is the same all around the world: a smile. Try it, and you’ll see!
1. A. by
B. with
C. without
D. under
2. A. worrying
B. hearing
C. writing
D. thinking
3. A. important
B. different
C. hard
D. possible
4. A. understand
B. find
C. show
D. learn
5. A. excitement
B. love
C. pity
D. sadness
6. A. nod
B. move
C. shake
D. turn
7. A. unusual
B. surprising
C. opposite
D. boring
8. A. great
B. clever
C. useless
D. rude
9. A. enjoy
B. refuse
C. realize
D. accept
10. A. agree
B. fight
C. help
D. talk

答案： 1~5. CDBCB 6~10. ACDBA