Today it is quite natural to find people shake hands in some situations．People all over the world shake hands for many different  51 ．We shake hands when we meet new people  52  during special festivals．Players often shake hands before or after  53 ．Business people shake hands when they make a deal．

    Why do people shake hands  54  shaking feet? This is because of the fact that a long time ago most people  55  knives or guns．If some of them decided that they did not want to  56 ，they show their empty hands． 57  people shook hands so that they could not  58  knives in their sleeves(袖子). Later on，handshaking became a symbol of  59 .

    Now we don’t have to  60  people with guns or knives．However，we still shake hands all the time! The reason is simple—it is still a way to show friendship．

51．A．ideas        B．reasons       C．thoughts     D．excuses

52．A．or           B．as             C．but          D．so

53．A．games       B．speeches     C．exercises    D．programmes

54．A．such as      B．as well as     C．instead of   D．together with

55．A．lost          B．bought        C．caught      D．carried

56．A．cheat        B．fight          C．drop         D．speak

57．A．Perhaps     B．Happily        C．Carefully    D．Luckily

58．A．hide         B．lift             C．pull         D．push

59．A．success      B．victory        C．pride        D．peace

60．A．talk about   B．worry about   C．know about  D．learn about

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