But not all are grateful to be embraced，even by the most influential and famous.To them，any hug is offensive if it’s not sincere.

　　Amanda Hess，writing for US magazine Slate，says public figures should stop imposing hugs on everyone they meet.For them，a hug is rarely a gesture of sincere fellowship，compassion or affection.It’s all part of a show.Hugs are falsely intimate power plays used by public figures to establish their social dominance over those in their grasp.

　　Cecilia Walden，a British journalist writing for The Telegraph who lives in New York，holds the same opinion.“Power­hugging”，as she calls it，is “an offender dressed up as kindness”．It has become a fashion in the US where “bosses are already embracing their staff (either shortly before or after firing them)，men and women，their friends or enemies，in a thousand cheating displays of unity”．

　　5．From the first four paragraphs，we can see that

　　.

　　A．we Chinese people don’t know how to hug

　　B．people from European countries often get puzzled about hugging

　　C．people in Western countries seldom use hugs to express their physical closeness

　　D．hugs can bring pressure to people when used improperly

　　答案　D

　　解析　细节理解题。根据第四段可知拥抱这种肢体接触方式并不只是令那些文化背景相对保守的人们感到为难，同时也会为那些注重私人空间的人们带来不适，甚至是苦恼。

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