Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hoar a passage three times. When tho passage is read for tho firsttime, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When tho passage is read for thosecond time, you are required to fill in tho blanks with tho exact words you have justheard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what youhave written.
Among the kinds of social gestures most significant .for second-language teachers are those whichare (26)in form but different .in meaning in the two cultures. For example, a Columbianwho wants someone to (27)him often signals with a hand movement in which all thefingers of one hand, Cupped, point dowriward as they move rapidly (28) Speakers ofEnglish have a similar gesture though the hand may not be cupped .and the fingers may be held moreloosely, but for them the gesture means goodbye or go away, quite the (29)of theColumbian gestare. Again, in Columbia, a ~peaker of English would have to know that when he(30) height he must choose between different gestures depending on whether he is(31)ahumanbeingorananimal.Ifhekeepsthepalmofthehand(32) the floor, as he would in his own culture when making known the height of achild,forexample,hewillverylikelybegreetedbylaughter,inColumbiathisgestureis(33) for the description of animals. In order to describe human beings he should keepthe palm of his hand (34)to the floor. Substitutions of one gesture for the other oftencreate not only humorous but also (35) moments. In both of the examples above,speakers from two different cultures have the same gesture, physically, but its meaning differs sharply.