试题出自试卷《00837《旅游英语选读》真题及参考答案（2019.10）》

Each culture has its own form of acceptable greeting behavior, usually based on the level of formality found with the society. The rules of social distance etiquette (礼节)vary by culture. Africans, for example, are far less（1）in their greetings than Europeans. Expect a warm physical greeting, an extended handshake or a hand on the shoulder in most African cultures. Also expect to be（2）how your trip was and how your family is doing. The tradition of long greetings stems （3）the time when Africans once walked miles to visit neighboring villages on social calls. On the arrival, a gushing (说话滔滔不绝的) greeting was considered the（4）a villager could do for a traveler. Don't be impatient with such long tedious（5）and don’t hurry things along. Rather, get into the spirit and（6）that the person you came to see is prepared to take the time to sincerely（7）about your welfare.
In Argentina, greetings are usually effusive (过分热情的)with plenty of hugging and（8）, not unlike the French faire la bise (kiss on both cheeks). This is even the（9）in business greetings, unless they are of a highly formal nature. In Argentina, men kiss women, women kiss women, but men do not kiss man. By（10）the Chinese way of greeting shuns the physical touch. It is（11）a nod or a slight bow.（12）, when dealing with individuals from cultures where more direct physical contact is the norm, e.g. a handshake, the Chinese will（13）and shake hands. Don’t interpret a soft handshake or lack of eye contact（14）a sign of weakness or lack of aggression. It simply means that your colleague is not（15）to physical contact when greeting a stranger.