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  3. When two hands meet, we pass on something of ourselves. After【C1】______to Mark Twain, Helen—who was both deaf and blind—commente

When two hands meet, we pass on something of ourselves. After【C1】______to Mark Twain, Helen—who was both deaf and blind—commente

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问题     When two hands meet, we pass on something of ourselves. After【C1】______to Mark Twain, Helen—who was both deaf and blind—commented, "I can feel the twinkle of his eye【C2】______his handshake. " In some indefinable way, Twain had【C3】______his charm to Keller.
And that’ s probably been true of the handshake all the【C4】______back to its earliest days,【C5】______no one can tell its actual【C6】______.A common explanation is that【C7】______early man encountered a stranger, he【C8】______out his hand to show he had no weapon. From this, supposedly,【C9】______the handshake.
    "Not so" , says historian Brian Burke. He believes, the handshake【C10】______"putting your blood behind your breath. " He explains that ancient people【C11】______the spoken word alone, and they used the handclasp to signify that their【C12】______was backed up by the【C13】______of their heart—i. e. , their blood.【C14】______, the handshake suggested trust.
    That【C15】______of trust has survived to this day. People in business often【C16】______agreements simply by declaring, "Let’ s shake【C17】______it. "
    Perhaps the most【C18】______handshake took place on July 17,1975, during the Apollo Soyuz get together in space. After the two crafts came together, American astronaut Thomas Stafford【C19】______the extended hand of Soviet cosmonaut Alexey Leonov. The【C20】______to the world was one of friendship and peace.
【C16】
选项 A、compliment
B、nail down
C、conform
D、conclude
答案B
解析 compliment：补充；nail down：用钉子钉牢，达成一致；conform：遵守，顺从(不及物动词，常用短语：conform to／with…)；conclude；推论出，使结束。nail downagreements意为：“确定协议，敲定合约”。
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