C
阅读下面短文，从方框中所给的A、B、C、D、E中选出恰当的一项还原到合适的位置，使文章内容完整且符合逻辑。
Different countries have different manners about social situations. In Mexico, people shake hands when they meet for the first time. In Brazil, people sometimes kiss. In Japan, people usually bow. Do you know Chinese fist and palm salute(拱手礼)? It is one of the classic greeting manners in China. 46
The occasions of making fist and palm salute
For centuries, China has been known as a country of etiquette. Nowadays, Chinese usually shake hands when meeting others, but sometimes they also make fist and palm salute. 47 People make fist and palm salute when they visit someone during the Spring Festival or attend someone’s wedding ceremony, birthday party and so on.
The history of fist and palm salute
48 It can be dated back to West Zhou Dynasty. If people met strangers, they would prepare for a fight if necessary, and hands were always ready for holding weapons(武器). Holding hands together pointed to themselves was a meaning of expressing kindness. Later it became one of the traditional Chinese manners when meeting each other.
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How do you make fist and palm salute properly? First, stand at attention. Then, if you are a man, make your right hand into a half-fist, and then hold it with your left hand in front of your chest. For a woman, make a half-fist with your left hand, then place your right hand on top of it. Next, watch each other, raise both hands to brow(额头) and bend down. 50 Also, you could say some lucky greeting words to each other for three times.
A. Now let’s learn more about it.
B. The way to make fist and palm salute
C. When and where do people it?
D. Fist and palm salute has a history of more than 3,000 years.
E. Finally, shake hands towards each other for three times.
46. 47. 48. 49. 50.

46.A 47.C 48.D 49.B 50.E

【分析】
这是一道英语七选五题型，需结合上下文的主题、内容逻辑选择合适的句子。46空前提到拱手礼是中国经典问候礼仪之一，接下来应引出更多关于它的内容；47空后具体说明使用拱手礼的场合，故前文需引出关于使用场合的内容；48空的主题是拱手礼的历史，需选符合历史主题的句子；49空后内容是做拱手礼的方法，需选对应主题的句子；50空是步骤的最后一步，需选收尾的句子。
【解析】
46. 前文介绍拱手礼是中国经典问候礼仪之一，A项“Now let’s learn more about it.”起到引出下文的作用，符合逻辑，故选A。
47. 后文具体说明使用拱手礼的场合（春节、婚礼等），C项“When and where do people use it?”引出下文关于使用场合的内容，故选C。
48. 本段主题是拱手礼的历史，后文提到其可追溯到西周，D项“Fist and palm salute has a history of more than 3,000 years.”符合历史主题，故选D。
49. 后文内容是“如何正确做拱手礼”，B项“The way to make fist and palm salute”作为本段主题，引出下文步骤，故选B。
50. 前文介绍做拱手礼的步骤，E项“Finally, shake hands towards each other for three times.”是步骤的最后一步，符合逻辑，故选E。
【答案】
46.A 47.C 48.D 49.B 50.E
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、七选五题型、语篇逻辑衔接
【点评】
本题考查英语七选五题型，要求学生结合上下文的主题与逻辑关系选择合适句子，需准确把握各段落核心话题，理清句子间的衔接逻辑，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6