During communication, “words” express only 7% of meanings between people. About 23% of meanings are from the “tone of voice” and 70% of meanings come from “body language”. So next time you want someone’s attention—try body language instead.
Everyone does it, and most interestingly—most do it unconsciously. You may wonder: “Does that mean I have to study psychology to succeed in reading body language?” The answer is “no” because most people are already body language readers.
It’s a skill developed since we’re babies—think of how most babies can recognize facial expressions and get attention without saying anything. That is, you needn’t spend most of your time practicing some of your body language cues(暗示)!
However, you should know that the context(语境) is king. It suggests that, depending on the context of the situation, people will hide body language cues. So sometimes cues can be tricky: a woman who locks her arms may think you are boring—or she may just feel cold. You must learn to read into the context as well as the cues. Sometimes people care more about their body language cues. For example, poker(扑克牌戏) players will consciously hide more of their body language cues.
The first place to start when reading a person’s body language is the face. The easiest way to hide your feelings is to cover your face. This is why it’s sometimes hard to tell if an Islamic girl likes you.
If the eyes are the windows of the mind, the eyebrows(眉毛) are the windows of the eyes. So, notice how a person’s eyebrows will generally rise when they meet someone, see something they like or are surprised at. Eyes generally smile along with the mouth when someone is happy, so everyone knows “^ . ^”.
小题1:The first paragraph is mainly to show _____.| A．how to express your meanings clearly | | B．how to draw other’s attention | | C．the importance of body language | | D．the role of words in communication |
小题2:Most of the time in our daily life, we ______.| A．find body language very interesting | | B．don’t realize we’re using body language | | C．hardly use any body language | | D．use body language on purpose |
小题3:What does the saying “the context is king” suggest?| A．The context results from body language. | | B．The context makes body language difficult. | | C．The context helps when reading body language. | | D．The context is more important than body language. |
小题4:Who will hide their body language cues on purpose according to the text?| A．Scientists | B．Farmers. | C．Teachers. | D．Poker players. |
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小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:D |
试题分析：肢体语言的重要性，有的人会有意的隐藏肢体语言的暗示，语境可以帮助我们读懂肢体语言。
小题1:细节题：从第一段的句子：During communication, “words” express only 7% of meanings between people. About 23% of meanings are from the “tone of voice” and 70% of meanings come from “body language”.可知肢体语言的重要性，选C
小题2:细节题：从第一段的句子：and most interestingly—most do it unconsciously.可知大部分人是无意识的使用肢体语言，选B
小题3:细节题：从第三段的句子：You must learn to read into the context as well as the cues.可知语境可以帮助我们读懂肢体语言。选C
小题4:细节题;从第三段的句子：poker(扑克牌戏) players will consciously hide more of their body language cues.可知打牌的人会有意的隐藏肢体语言的暗示，选D
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James is a good student and he has lots of friends，but he also has a problem．Some older boys are bullying(欺负)him at school．James is very unhappy and he doesn"t know what to do about it．Here are some suggestions to him and other teenagers in this situation．
Don"t feel worried．It"s not your fault(过错)! Being bullied can make you feel very lonely and angry，but you are not alone．Don"t feel that you have to hide the problem．You should find a person you can trust，and tell them．It might be your teacher，your parents，or even your friend"s parents．After you tell someone，you will get some support and feel some relief(解脱)．
Speaking to an adult might make you nervous，but here are other things you can do．Some people express their feelings more easily on paper．Write a letter to someone or keep a diary．Include all the details about what the bullies do, as well as when and where the bullying happens．You can use it as proof to show what is going on．And it is a wonderful idea to show your letter or diary to a teacher or another responsible adult．Then the bullies will feel very afraid if their names appear in a letter!
Also，don"t show you are sad and don"t try and fight with the bullies. You could get in trouble yourself. Ignore them and just walk away. The bullies will soon stop.
小题1:What do you think the text is trying to tell us?| A．What to do about being bullied. | B．How to be a good student at school. | | C．What to write well in a diary. | D．How to give suggestions to teenagers. |
小题2:Why does the text advise you not to feel worried if bullied?| A．Because you are not alone. | B．Because it is not your fault. | | C．Because someone has known about it. | D．Because you" re doing something wrong. |
小题3:You"d better go and find a person you can trust and ____. | A．know what happens | B．learn from them | C．ask for help | D．make them lonely |
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While I was on a trip to Papua New Guinea to take underwater photographs, I asked a local dive guide to help me find a pygmy sea horse(侏儒海马). I wanted to take a picture of it. These sea horses can be red or yellow-and-orange. The red pygmy sea horse lives on only one type of coral, a red sea fan that grows at depths below ninety feet.
This depth made the job even tougher. As the pressure on my body increased, I had to breathe harder, which used my air supply faster. So the deeper I dived, the shorter my time underwater.
I had a lot to do. First, I had to find the pygmy sea horse’s special type of fan .Then I had to look over the whole fan with my magnifying glass(放大镜) to see if a sea horse lived on it. If not, I had to find another fan—all the while keeping an eye on my oxygen supply. The second fan rewarded me with a find. The dive guide held the magnifying glass so I could have my first look at the tiny fish.
My next challenge was to focus my camera on such a small subject. The dive guide pointed at the tiny creature. I looked through the viewfinder(取景物) on my large underwater camera housing(相架), found the guide’s finger, and followed it to the sea horse.
It was hard to hold ourselves steady because both of us were floating in mid-water, but our system worked. I could hardly contain my excitement as I focused on the eyes of the cutest sea horse imaginable.
小题1:What do we learn about the red pygmy sea horse?| A．It lives on red sea fans only. | B．It swims very quickly. | | C．It lives nine feet deep. | D．It usually floats in mid-water. |
小题2:From Paragraph 3 we learn .| A．how the author swam under water | B．how the author found a sea horse | | C．why the author dived with a guide | D．why the author used a magnifying glass |
小题3:While the author was taking pictures of the sea horse, .| A．she felt extremely nervous | B．her camera didn’t work well | | C．the guide helped focus the camera | D．the sea horse was swimming away |
小题4:Why did the author write the passage?| A．To study the natural habitat of sea animals. | | B．To explain why sea horses are endangered. | | C．To tell us how to be an underwater photographer. | | D．To show us how she took pictures of a sea horse. |
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Researchers questioned nearly 9,800 people over the age of 50 about their lives and found women were happier than men and enjoy life more in old age.
Dr Elizabeth Breeze, one of the researchers, said that women could become happier as they get older as they no longer have to worry about looking after their families.
She said:“There is a difference between the way men and women view their quality of life and they are influenced by slightly different things. Women are affected negatively by caring for someone else or if they are not in employment but if they see their children and family more they are positively affected.”
“A strange thing happens to male actors, especially movie stars, in my experience,” said Helen Mirren, a 62-year-old Hollywood actress.“A young male actor feels that all the girls want him-he’s a star. As actors get older they bad-tempered for they have lost that sense of being in control of their destiny(命运).”
Wealth also helps you live longer with the poorest people more than twice as likely to die earlier than the richest, researchers at University College London discovered. In some age groups. the difference was even greater. The poorest women between 60 and 74 are six times more likely to have died than the richest women of the same age.
According to the study, you have more chances of living longer if you are married, educated to certain degree or a professional. single people are twice as likely to die early as those who are married or living with a partner.
小题1:What may be the best title of the passage ?| A．Why Women Are Happier Than Men in Old Age . | | B．How to Live Longer. | | C．Women Happier Than Men in Old Age. | | D．The Difference between Women and Men in Old Age |
小题2:What can we know from the passage？| A．Men should not worry about looking after their family any more in old age | | B．Male actors, especially movie stars are easy to get bad—tempered when they get older and older. | | C．The poorest women about the age of 50 can’t live longer than the richest women at the same age. | | D．Education has nothing to do with happy life in people’s old age. |
小题3:What may be talked about if there is another paragraph as the ending ?| A．Things that the old should do to be happier. | | B．The disadvantage of being actors. | | C．We should earn money as much as we can. | | D．How to become a professional. |
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My first job was at a local restaurant, where I worked for seven years . Being a waitress changed my 1 . I tried my best to do what I loved--- 2 People. I always made everyone , customers and coworkers, 3 good.
One of my 4 customers was Fred Hasbrook. He 5 came for Breakfast on Sunday mornings. 6 I saw the old man coming, I always smiled at him and 7 the best service.
One day, Fred saw me and asked , “What’s up ? You’re not 8 today.” I told him that I dreamed of having my own 9 . but when I called my parents to ask for a loan(贷款)，they said , “We just don’t have the 10 .”“Fred,” I said to the old man, “I know I can 11 more if somebody would just have faith in me.”
The next day , Fred came and 12 me a check totaling ＄50,000—along with a 13 that read, “The only collateral(抵押品）on this loan is my 14 in your honesty as a person. Good people with a dream should have the chance to 15 that dream.
I accepted the money and plans for the restaurant I would 16 . Things did not go well. My plans 17 and I lost the money.
Later I decided to 18 a job at Merrill Lynch. Even though I had no experience, I was 19 and became a pretty good agent. 20 I paid back Fred the ＄50,000.Five years later, I was able to open my own firm.
| 小题1: | | A．work | B．life | C．attitude | D．opinion |
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| 小题2: | | A．pleasing | B．serving | C．supporting | D．understanding |
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| 小题3: | | A．seem | B．remain | C．feel | D．stay |
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| 小题4: | | A．daily | B．ordinary | C．normal | D．regular |
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| 小题5: | | A．ever | B．seldom | C．even | D．always |
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| 小题6: | | A．As soon as | B．Every time | C．Because | D．Since |
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| 小题7: | | A．left | B．made | C．got | D．offered |
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| 小题8: | | A．working | B．joking | C．smiling | D．singing |
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| 小题9: | | A．house | B．way | C．restaurant | D．company |
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| 小题10: | | A．time | B．money | C．courage | D．luck |
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| 小题12: | | A．handed | B．showed | C．bought | D．lent |
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| 小题13: | | A．gift | B．note | C．picture | D．book |
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| 小题14: | | A．wish | B．trust | C．guess | D．demand |
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| 小题15: | | A．express | B．prove | C．realize | D．explain |
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| 小题16: | | A．visit | B．introduce | C．sell | D．open |
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| 小题17: | | A．finish | B．change | C．succeeded | D．failed |
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| 小题18: | | A．keep on with | B．put up with | C．apply for | D．give up |
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| 小题19: | | A．paid | B．employed | C．interviewed | D．praised |
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| 小题20: | | A．Generally | B．Actually | C．Finally | D．Fortunately |
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Who says constant texting is just a bad habit? The teenager with the fastest thumbs in the country was crowned on Wednesday at the LG US National Texting Championship in New York City, winning ＄50,000 after a series of fierce texting battles.
16-year-old Austin Wiershke comes from Rhinelander, Wisconsin of the United States. He took home the top prize at the fifth annual texting event, beating 11 other competitors in the final, including last year’s champion Brianna Hendrickson from Brooklyn, New York.
Wiershke, who was wearing a gray shirt and having Justin Bieber’s hairstyle, sailed through each level of the competition by typing passages of text on a QWERTY keyboard rapidly without any mistaken. One special round even included being blindfolded(蒙眼) on the state to make up phrases by memory.
“I’m extremely nervous,” Wiershke said while waiting for the results after the final round. “I’m getting ready to hear Brianna’s name. When I heard my name was announced, I really couldn’t believe my ears.” After the announcement was made, confetti(五彩纸屑) dropped from the ceiling and Wiershke was met on the stage by the singer who said that she liked texting very much. She was Ashley Tisdale, a famous and beautiful singer, who awarded him his check.
In August, a film on Music Television called “Thumbs” took a behind-the –scenes look at the teenager’s life. It shows how he practiced texting to be the fastest. The film followed a series of young texting competitors, including Brianna Hendrickson, in the weeks leading up to this year’s LG US National Texting Championship. Besides showing the always –connected lifestyle of these teenagers nationwide, the mover also shows the studies, sports , dreams and friendships among these competitors.
小题1:What is the main idea of this passage?| A．A teenager receiver $50,000. | | B．Teenagers in the US make money by texting. | | C．A teenager was named the fastest texter in the US. | | D．The LG US National Texting Championship was held in New York City. |
小题2: During the special round, competitors were required to text_____________.| A．among confetti | | B．without using their eyes | | C．using a special keyboard | | D．extremely difficult words |
小题3:We can infer that Austin Wiershke_________.| A．wasn’t used to using the QWERTY keyboard | | B．didn’t think Brianna Hendrickson would win this time | | C．didn’t expect he would beat Brianna Hendrickson | | D．was very confident when he was waiting for the result of the contest |
小题4:Through the film called “Thumb”, people can know____________.| A．the development of the LG US National Texting Championship | | B．various parts of the competitors’ life | | C．what happened to the competitors after the contest | | D．the details of the texting contest |
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