大學(xué)英語六級(jí)考試閱讀模擬:手勢(shì) “V”
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The“V”SignThepalm-forward“V”sign,formedbyraisingandspreadingthefirsttwofingers,hasthreedifferentmeaningsinAmericanculture.Themostpopularmeaningofthe“V”signwasinventedin1941byaBelgian,VictorDeLavalaye.WantingasymbolforresistancetotheNazioccupation,hecameupwiththesingleletter“V”,whichstoodnotonlyforhisownfirstname,butalsoforEnglishvictory,Flemishvirijheid,andFrenchvictoire.Thesymbolismofthesignspreadveryquickly,andWinstonChurchilluseditconstantlyinpublicappearance.Thusthroughoutthe1940sand1950s,thegesturemeantsimply“victory”.Thesecondmeaningcameinthe1960s.Becauseofitsmilitaryimplication,Americanantiwarprotestersusedthesignsarcasticallyagainstthearms,sothatitbecameknownasthe“peacesign”.Inthe1970s,the“V”sign,whichhadlostitsmilitaryimplication,wasacommongreetingamongfreedomlovers,acidheads,politicalradicals,andultimately,youngpeopleingeneral.Sobyaboutthemiddleofthe1970s,itceasedtogivecluetotheuser’sphilosophy.Thethirdmeaningistheoldestandleastcommon.Americanchildrenjokinglyput“V”,whichresembles“horns”,behindfriends’headsingroupsnapshots.TheareunknowinglyreproducingsomethingthatsouthernEuropeanswouldfindhighlyoffensive.Thismischief,called“hornsoftheDevil”,isavariantoftheEuropean“horns”gesture,whichisobscene.Herethe“V”signmeans“Yourwifehasbeencheatingonyou”or,whenplacedbehindanother’shead,“Hiswifehasbeencheatingonhim”.IntheUnitedStates,thegestureistypicallygivenwiththepalmfacingtheviewer.TheBritishuseboththisversionandanolder,palm-backwardversion;thelatterisobsceneinAmericanculture,andcorrespondstotheAmerican“finger”.Churchillgotsomesurprisedstaresin1941when,evidentlyunawareofthevulgarusage,hegavethepalm-backward“V”toBritishtroops.InEnglandtodayyoucouldhavetobeasocialhermitnottounderstandthedistinction.Astonishingly,however,MargaretThatcherrepeatedChurchill’serrorafterhervictoryinthe1979election.閱讀題目Ⅰ.Fillintheblankswithproperwords:Americanchildren______________________(開玩笑地)put“V”,which______________________(類似)“horns”,behindfriends’headsingroup______________________(快照).Theyare______________________(無意中地)reproducingsomethingthatsouthernEuropeanswouldfindhighly______________________(無禮的).Thismischief,called“hornsoftheDevil”,isa______________________(變體)oftheEuropean“horns”gesture,whichis______________________(淫穢的).Ⅱ.Explainthefollowingphrasesinboldtypeinyourownwords:1.Ifyoukeepyourfingerscrossed,you______________________.2.Ifyouareallfingersandthumbs,you______________________.3.Ifyouhaveafingerineverypie,you______________________.4.Ifyouthumbalift,you______________________.參考答案I.jokingly/resembles/snapshots/unknowingly/offensive/variant/obsceneII.1.hopethatsomethingwillhappenthewayyouwant2.areclumsyorawkwardwithyourhands3.areinvolvedineverythingthatishappening4.trytogetafreerideinamotorvehicle;hitchhike本文由培訓(xùn)無憂網(wǎng)新東方教育專屬課程顧問整理發(fā)布,更多大學(xué)英語四六級(jí)考試培訓(xùn)課程信息歡迎關(guān)注培訓(xùn)無憂網(wǎng)...