考研英语完型填空全真模拟题(九)

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     Nonverbal communication is communication by facial experssions, hand or eye movements, hand signals and body postures. It can be just as important to understanding as words are. Misunderstanding-often 41 but sometimes serious-can arise between people from different 42 if they misinterpret nonverbal signals. Take, for example, the gesture of a circle made 43 the thumb and index finger. To an American, it means that everything is OK; in Greece, it is an obscene gesture. Therefore, an American could unknowingly 44 a Greek by using that 45 hand signal.
The following incident 46 how conflicting nonverbal signals can cause serious misunderstanding. While lecturing at a university in Cairo, a British professor became so 47 that he leaned back in his chair and revealed the bottom of his foot 48 the astonished class. Making such a gesture in Moslem 49 is the worst kind of 50 . The next day the Cairo newspapers denounced British arrogance and demanded that the professor be sent home.
    41. A) filling B) surprising
C) amusing D) anxious
42. A) backgrounds B) cultures
C) places D) languages
43. A) using B) with
C) by D) through
44. A) please B) oppose
C) invade D) offend
45. A) probable B) particular
C) similar D) obscene
46. A ) implies B) indicates
C) illustrates D) emphasizes
47. A) reluctant B)respectful
C) excited D) relaxed
48. A) to B) at
C) in D) for
49. A) society B) system
C) religion D) countryside
50. A) display B) intention
C) insult D) behaviour
    [b]