Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is readfor the first time，you should listen carefully for its general idea.When the passage is read forthe second time，you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have justheard. Finally，when the passage is read for the third time，you should check what you havewritten.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
Among the kinds of social gestures most significant for second-language teachers are thosewhich are __26__ in form but different in meaning in the two cultures. For example, aColombian who wants someone to __27__ him often signals with a hand movement in which allthe fingers of one hand, cupped, point downward as they move rapidly __28__. Speakers ofEnglish have a similar gesture though the hand may not be cupped and the fingers may be heldmore loosely, but for them the gesture means goodbye or go away, quite the __29__ of theColombian gesture. Again, in Colombia, a speaker of English would have to know that when he__30__ height he must choose between different gestures depending on whether he is __31__a human being or an animal. If he keeps the palm of the hand __32__ the floor, as he would inhis own culture when making known the height of a child, for example, he will very likely begreeted by laughter; in Colombia this gesture is __33__ for the description of animals. Inorder to describe human beings he should keep the palm of his hand __34__ to the floor.Substitutions of one gesture for the other often create not only humorous but also __35__moments. In both of the examples above, speakers from two different cultures have the samegesture, physically, but its meaning differs sharply.
