Body language is the quiet,secret and most powerful language of all!It speaks   ____than words.According to specialists,our bodies send out more___than we realize.In fact,non­verbal (非言語) communication takes up about 50% of what we really____.And body language is particularly____when we attempt to communicate across cultures.Indeed,what is called body language is so____a part of us that it’s actually often unnoticed.And misunderstandings occur as a result of it.____,different societies treat the____between people differently.Northern Europeans usually do not like having___contact (接觸) even with friends,and certainly not with____.People from Latin American countries,____,touch each other quite a lot.Therefore,it’s possible that in____,it may look like a Latino is____a Norwegian all over the room.The Latino,trying to express friendship,will keep moving ____.The Norwegian,very probably seeing this as pushiness,will keep____—which the Latino will in return regard as  ____.
Clearly,a great deal is going on when people____.And only a part of it is in the words themselves.And when parties are from____cultures,there’s a strong possibility of ____.But whatever the situation,the best____is to obey the Golden Rule:treat others as you would like to be____.

【小題1】
A.straighter          B.louder
C.harderD.further
【小題2】
A.soundsB.invitations
C.feelings D.messages
【小題3】
A.hope B.receive
C.discover D.mean
【小題4】
A.immediate B.misleading
C.important D.difficult
【小題5】
A.well B.far
C.muchD.long
【小題6】
A.For example  B.Thus
C.However  D.In short
【小題7】
A.trade B.distance
C.connections  D.greetings
【小題8】
A.eye  B.verbal
C.bodilyD.telephone
【小題9】
A.strangers B.relatives
C.neighboursD.enemies
【小題10】
A.in other wordsB.on the other hand
C.in a similar wayD.by all means
【小題11】
A.trouble B.conversation
C.silence  D.experiment
【小題12】
A.disturbing B.helping
C.guiding  D.following
【小題13】
A.closer B.faster
C.inD.a(chǎn)way
【小題14】
A.stepping forward B.going on
C.backing away D.coming out
【小題15】
A.weaknessB.carelessness
C.friendliness D.coldness
【小題16】
A.talk B.travel
C.laughD.think
【小題17】
A.differentB.European
C.Latino  D.rich
【小題18】
A.curiosity B.excitement
C.misunderstandingD.nervousness
【小題19】
A.chance  B.time
C.result  D.a(chǎn)dvice
【小題20】
A.noticed B.treated
C.respected D.pleased


【小題1】B
【小題2】D
【小題3】D
【小題4】C
【小題5】C
【小題6】A
【小題7】B
【小題8】C
【小題9】D
【小題10】B
【小題11】B
【小題12】D
【小題13】A
【小題14】C
【小題15】D
【小題16】A
【小題17】A
【小題18】C
【小題19】D
【小題20】B

解析語篇解讀 本文是說明文,介紹了肢體語言的作用,以及在不同文化里肢體語言的不同含義。通過學(xué)習(xí)本文我們可以了解文化的趣味性。
【小題1】解析: 由首句“肢體語言是所有語言中沉默、秘密而又最有威力的語言!”可知,本句應(yīng)表示“肢體語言比語言更有說服力”,所以本題選擇louder。
答案: B
【小題2】解析: 我們的肢體發(fā)出多于我們可以想象到的信息。身體發(fā)出的是message“信息”,而不是sound。sound泛指自然界一切聲音;invitation邀請;feeling感情,感受。
答案: D
【小題3】解析: 事實上,非言語交際占據(jù)了我們想表達的大約50%。mean意思是,意味著。
答案: D
【小題4】解析: 根據(jù)下文論述,當(dāng)涉及跨文化交流時,肢體語言尤為重要,故選important重要的。immediate立刻的,表示動作的直接性和迅速性;misleading誤導(dǎo)的;difficult困難的。
答案: C
【小題5】解析: 肢體語言幾乎已經(jīng)成為我們的組成部分,以致常常被忽視。此處實際上是對“so much a(n)+名詞”的用法的考查。四個選項中有此用法的只有much。
答案: C
【小題6】解析: 下文是舉例,故選For example“例如”。thus因此;however然而;in short簡而言之。
答案: A
【小題7】解析: 不同的社會對人們之間的距離有不同認(rèn)識。空格后面的北歐人和拉丁美洲人等的例子都與distance“距離”有關(guān)。
答案: B
【小題8】解析: 北歐人通常不喜歡肢體的接觸,故選bodily“身體的”,下文的touch each other是提示。
答案: C
【小題9】解析: 北歐人不喜歡和朋友有肢體上的接觸,更不用說陌生人了。enemy雖然與friend相對,但此處是說不同國度文化的差異,并不是敵我的分歧。
答案: A
【小題10】解析: 由上文可知,此處表示語意上的轉(zhuǎn)折,故選on the other hand“另一方面”,本句講到拉丁美洲人喜歡肢體接觸。in other words換句話說;in a similar way用相似的方法;by all means當(dāng)然可以。
答案: B
【小題11】解析: trouble麻煩;conversation談話,交談;silence寂靜,沉默;experiment實驗。in conversation在交談中,在會話中。
答案: B
【小題12】解析: 在交談中,北歐人不喜歡肢體接觸,拉丁美洲人喜歡肢體接觸,所以我們看到的很可能是一個拉丁美洲人跟隨一個挪威人移動,故選following“跟隨”。
答案: D
【小題13】解析: 拉丁美洲人喜歡肢體接觸,為了表示友好,會離挪威人越來越近,故選closer(更近地)。
答案: A
【小題14】解析: 挪威人不喜歡肢體接觸,會一直向后退,故選backing away后退。step forward前進;go on繼續(xù);come out出版,發(fā)芽。
答案: C
【小題15】解析: 挪威人的后退反過來會讓拉丁美洲人覺得是冷漠。weakness虛弱;carelessness粗心;friendliness友誼;coldness冷漠。
答案: D
【小題16】解析: 選項中的talk(交談)與上文的conversation相呼應(yīng),且文章主要講述交談中的body language。
答案: A
【小題17】解析: different不同的;European歐洲的;Latino拉丁美洲的;rich富裕的。different cultures不同的文化。
答案: A
【小題18】解析: 當(dāng)來自不同文化的人聚會時,有可能會出現(xiàn)誤解,故選misunderstanding“誤會,誤解”。curiosity好奇心;excitement興奮;nervousness緊張。
答案: C
【小題19】解析: 此處是對避免誤解而提出建議,故選advice“建議”。chance機會;time時間,次數(shù),倍數(shù);result結(jié)果。
答案: D
【小題20】解析: 你希望怎樣被對待,那你就那樣對待別人,B選項與前面的treat others相呼應(yīng),一個是主動形式,一個是被動形式(to be treated)。
答案: B

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The Jacobs family did work out a solution. They asked and received more aid from the schools, and each son increased his borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan (貸款) program. They will each graduate with $20,000 of debt, but at least they will be able to finish school.
With unemployment rising, financial aid administrators expect to hear more families like the Jacobs. More students are applying for aid, and more families expect to need student loans. College administrators are concerned that they will not have enough aid money to go around.
At the same time, tuition(學(xué)費)continues to rise. A report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education found that college tuition and fees increased 439% from 1982 to 2007, while average family income rose just 147%. Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade.
“If we go on this way for another 25 years, we won’t have an affordable system of higher education,” says Patrick M. Callan, president of the center. “The middle class families have been financing it through debt. They will send kids to college whatever it takes, even if that means a huge amount of debt.”
Financial aid administrators have been having a hard time as many companies decide that student loans are not profitable enough and have stopped making them. The good news, however, is that federal loans account for about three quarters of student borrowing, and the government says that money will flow uninterrupted.
【小題1】How did the Jacobs manage to solve their problem?

A.They asked their kids to come home.
B.They borrowed $20,000 from the school.
C.They encouraged their twin sons to do part-time jobs.
D.They got help from the school and the federal government.
【小題2】Financial aid administrators believe that          .
A.more families will face the same problem as the Jacobs
B.the government will receive more letters of complaint
C.college tuition fees will double soon
D.America’s unemployment will fall
【小題3】What can we learn about the middle class families from the text?
A.They blamed the government for the tuition increase.
B.Their income remained steady in the last decade.
C.They will try their best to send kids to college.
D.Their debts will be paid off within 25 years.
【小題4】According to the last paragraph, the government will           .
A.provide most students scholarships
B.dismiss some financial aid administrators
C.stop the companies from making student loans
D.go on providing financial support for college students

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Monitoring global warming usually requires a Ph. D. and enough maths to glaze your eyes. But that Francisco Lopez and Ruby Nostrant track(記錄)what climate change is doing to five different plants in Tucson, Arizona and they are only in the second grade.
“We are collecting data because the weather is changing and the plants are blooming,” Ruby explained.
Scores of other students at Borton Primary Magnet School and Sunnyside High School in Tucson are heading outdoors to be part of a new scientific push to figure out how the biological timing of the earth is changing. It’s a research project that the average person, even a kindergartner, can join in.
The National Phenology(生物氣候?qū)W)Network is calling on volunteers to help track early spring blooms and eventually changes in animals caused by global warming. It’s called Project Budburst. When it was first open to the public last year, thousands of people participated in 26 states.
“All people can contribute to it by tracking the timing of flowering events or leaf-out events for plants and animals in their backyard,” said Phenology Network director Jake Weltzin. He calls the volunteers “citizen-scientists.”
The idea is that tracking flowers blooming—especially lilacs(丁香); which everyday people have helped track for decades—is fairly simple. The Website http://www.Windows.ucar.edu/ citizen_science/budburst/index.html gives directions on what to look for in different parts of the country.
University of Maryland professor David Inouye said it’s so easy to figure out what’s blooming that a lack of special knowledge isn’t a problem.
University of Arizona ecology graduate student Lisa Benton coordinated(協(xié)調(diào))the Tucson high school students as they looked at plants five minutes from their high school. Each student has specific guidelines and she’s been happy so far with the data she is getting. For his part, second-grader Francisco said he had fun helping out.
“I like going out in the desert,” he said. “I want to be an Einstein.”
【小題1】Francisco Lopez and Ruby Nostrant are monitoring global warming by __________.

A.watching early spring blooms and changes in animals
B.studying the biological timing of earth
C.collecting data of the local weather
D.tracking the early spring blooms of some local plants
【小題2】Those who participate in Project Budburst are mostly ___________.
A.ecology college graduates B.high school students
C.common people D.experts
【小題3】What David Inouye says suggests that ____________.
A.the study carried out by students is convincing
B.the students still need special training to study climate change
C.it is difficult to study climate change
D.to figure out what’s blooming needs special knowledge
【小題4】Who is primary school student joining in the Project Budburst?
A.Lisa Benton. B.David Inouye
C.Francisco Lopez. D.Jake Weltzin.
【小題5】We can conclude from the passage that _______.
A.changes in animals caused by global warming happen earlier than those in plants
B.the biological timing of earth is changing because of climate change
C.the effect of climate change in Tucson, Arizona can be hardly noticed
D.a(chǎn)ll the plants in Tucson, Arizona are blooming earlier because of climate change

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