Many people think that the most popular way of communicating with other people is through the mouth. But what they don’t know is that actual communication using the mouth accounts for(占……比例)only around 10%(or even less)of all the means to communicate a message.

Moreover, you can never determine the truthfulness or honesty of people by what they say alone. In fact, words expressed through the mouth often do not reflect what people really think or feel. The more reliable way you can determine their true inner feelings and thoughts is by reading their body language. Everybody communicates using these gestures and if you understand the gestures and their meanings you will be able to read people and know what they are really communicating to you. One researcher even went as far as to say that we speak to hide what’s on our minds. But gestures cannot lie.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you can “see through” the emotions of other people? Let’s say you ask a person whether he can do an important task. He says “OK”. But deep inside, you are questioning yourself, “Is he really willing to do this job? ” or “Does he have the confidence in finishing this task? ”You can’t question him directly because that would be like belittling him. And even if you ask him those questions, his replies will not tell you what he really feels or thinks. So the most useful way is to observe his body language. Expressions like smiling, frowning(皺眉), pouting(撅嘴), facial reddening, sweating, toe curling and sideways glances are visible hints that can help you make a right judgment.
【小題1】 According to the passage, we know   .

A.words through the mouth are the most common way in communication
B.body language is the quickest way to help people understand each other
C.expressions are the most powerful tool to judge whether a man is confident or not
D.you may know what a person really thinks with the help of reading his body language
【小題2】What does the underlined sentence mean in the second paragraph?
A.We can express ourselves well by body language.
B.We use words to prevent others knowing our true thoughts.
C.Spoken words can fully reflect our true self.
D.We use body language to help express ourselves.
【小題3】The underlined word in the third paragraph can be replaced with   .
A.looking down upon   B.speaking highly of
C.laughing atD.believing in


【小題1】D
【小題2】B
【小題3】A

解析【文章大意】本文說明人們之間的交際不僅通過語言完成, 而且也通過體態(tài)語言進行。
【小題1】選D。細節(jié)理解題。第一段說語言交流只占所有交流方式的10%或者更少。雖然下文講的是body language的重要性, 但并沒有說明最主要的交流方式是什么, 也沒有說body language是最快捷的交流方式或者最強有力的交流工具, 故只有D的說法合理。
【小題2】選B。推理判斷題。根據(jù)下文中的“然而, 體態(tài)語言卻不會撒謊”及句中hide的意思推斷該句意為“口述會掩蓋真實意圖”, 故B項適合語境。
【小題3】選A。詞義猜測題。聯(lián)系上文, 這句話意思是“你不能直接問他, 因為這樣看起來就像看不起他”。因此選A。

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