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四、短文填空。
“Sorry” is a word that people in Britain often say in their 1. ______（day）life.
One day while I was walking on the street, a young man ran past me hurriedly, brushing against my handbag. He then turned back and said “sorry” to me. Even in a rush, he didn't forget to say “sorry” 2. ______（polite）. One day, after I 3. ______（buy）some bananas, the shopkeeper was passing the change 4. ______ me, but I wasn't ready for it and a coin dropped onto the ground. “Sorry, Madam,” he said while bending（弯腰）to 5. ______（pick）it up. I was 6. ______（surprise）that he said “sorry” to me. Another day, I stepped on a man's foot at the entrance to a cinema. At the same time, we both said “sorry”.
Slowly, I get to know when something unpleasant 7. ______（happen）in our life, the British don't care much about who is wrong. If someone is 8. ______ trouble, the word “sorry” is always helpful to avoid the situation 9. ______（be）awkward（令人尴尬的）. Perhaps that is 10. ______ I seldom see people quarrel on the buses or streets in Britain.

答案： 1. daily 2. politely 3. bought 4. to 5. pick
6. surprised 7. happens 8. in 9. being 10. why

五、阅读表达。〔人与社会——跨文化沟通与交流〕
Nowadays, people usually shake hands when they meet each other. Do the Chinese always greet others like this? In fact, handshaking was introduced to our country many years ago.
There were several kinds of greetings in ancient China. Among them the fist-and-palm salute（拱手礼）was quite common, with a history of about 3,000 years. It was first used by people in the Western Zhou dynasty. In ancient times, if people met a stranger, their hands were always ready to hold something used for fighting. Holding out both hands showed that people could feel relaxed.
When people meet, men usually use their left hand to hold the right one. It's believed that people considered the left as the important side for men in Chinese history, while for women, the important side is the right. So when women give the fist-and-palm salute, they should put their right hand on the top. When someone presents the fist-and-palm salute to you, you are supposed to do it back as well.
In many kung fu TV series and films, people greet each other with the hold-fist salute, or baoquan in Chinese. The gesture is that the right hand is made a fist while the left hand is to cover the right fist. It's similar to the fist-and-palm salute, but they are different. Baoquan is widely used among kung fu masters and students. So, don't make mistakes.
1. When did the fist-and-palm salute appear?
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2. How do kung fu masters and students greet each other?
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3. Which way of greeting people do you like, shaking hands, the fist-and-palm salute or the hold-fist salute? Why?
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答案： 1. About 3,000 years ago. 2. With the hold - fist salute. 3. Shaking hands. Because it is simple and convenient for both me and the one I meet. (言之有理即可)