SHE FAILED TO GET INTO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY. SHE FAILED TO GET IN...

22. She failed to get into medical university.

A. passed

B. qualified

C. didn't succeed

D. satisfied

VIII. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the

correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Nonverbal communication, or "body language", is communication by facial

expressions, head or eyes movements, hand signals, and body postures. It can be B just as

important to understand (23) __________ words are. Misunderstandings- often amusing

(24) __________ sometimes serious- can arise between people from different cultures if

they misinterpret nonverbal signals. For example, take the differences in meaning of a

gesture (25) __________ is very common in the United States: a circle made with the

thumb and index finger. To an American, it means that everything (26) __________

OK. To Japanese, it means that you are talking (27) __________

money.

In

France, it means that something is worthless. Meanwhile in Greece, it is an obscene

gesture. Therefore, an American could unknowingly offend a Greek by using that

particular hand signal.