三、文意選填 (共10分，每題1分) In India, for example, people use the head bobble to express their approval. Indians tilt their heads from side to side when they __26__ with others. This can confuse people who shake their heads from left to right to show __27__. Some people say that the Indian head bobble grew out of watching snake charming. The snakes move from side to side when they are not going to bite, which means “I am of no __28__ to you.” This may __29__ an explanation for Indians’ use of the head bobble to express a positive answer. From time to time, using the wrong gesture in the wrong place can bring about a lot of trouble. In Greece, the gesture of showing one’s palm toward someone is called the “moutza.” This gesture is very __30__ and may bring trouble on those people who make it. That’s because Greek criminals’ faces were covered in ashes (“moutzos” in Greek) as a __31__in earlier times. The ashes were ___32__ on a criminal’s face with an open palm, so the gesture itself became insulting. As a result of this tradition, it would be impolite of you to let your palm face __33__ when you wave goodbye in Greece. The examples above show that even though people throughout the world use body language to communicate without speaking, the meanings of the same gesture can __34__ widely. __35__ gesture in one country can mean something quite different in another. Therefore, it is better for travelers to get to know a country’s culture before they visit it.  (AB) disagreement(AC) agree(AD) positive(AE) threat(BC) placed(BD) vary(BE) punishment(CD) offer(CE) insulting(DE) outward
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