Handshaking
HandshakingthoughaEuropeanpracticeisnowoftenseeninbigcitiesofChina.NobodyknowsexactlywhenthepracticestartedinEurope.ItissaidthatlonglongagoinEuropewhenpeoplemettheyshowedtheirunarmedopenhandstoeachotherasasignofamity.Astimewentonandtradeincitiesgrewprosperouslythispracticewaslatersomehowrevisedandgraduallyfinalizedintoshakinghands.
DotheEuropeansshakehandswherevertheygoandwithwhomevertheymeet?NosometimestheChinesescholarsabroadreachouttheirhandstoooftentobepoliteespeciallywhensheisawoman.InfactsomepeopleinwesterncountriesstandevenmoreonceremonyandaremorereservedthansomeChinesetoday.
HandshakingwasfirstintroducedintoChinaaftertheoverthrowoftheQingDynastyatthebeginningoflastcentury.ThankstoDr.SunYat-sunmanyunknownandunforeseenpracticeswereimportedfromEuropeforexampletoworkonweekdaysandtohaveadayoffonSundaysthebrushingofteethandhandshaking.InoldChinawhenpeoplemetorpartedtheybowedtoeachotherandcuppedtheirownhandsoneintheothermovingthemupanddownseveraltimesinfrontofthechesttopayobeisance.Afteralmostacenturythewesternizedwayofgreetingshasnotyetbecomeverypopularamongthemasseswhiletheage-oldnationalpracticeshavealmostbeenforgotten.
(l)WhoknowsexactlywhenthepracticestartedinEurope?
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A．Chinese.
B．Europeans.
C．Foreigners.
D．Nobody.
(2)Whichisrightaboutthefollowingstatements?
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A．TheEuropeansshakehandswherevertheygoandwithwhomevertheymeet.
B．TheChinesescholarsabroadreachouttheirhandstoooftentobepolite.
C．SomepeopleinwesterncountriesstandevenmoreonceremonyandaremorereservedthansomeChinesetoday.
D．
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