What is your body language saying to your children? What is their body language telling you? I had the honor of hearing Jan Hargrave speak the other day. She is one of four body language experts in the US. Jan Hargrave says we lie with the right side of our brains, so it is our left hand that gives us away. A person touching his nose, pulling at his ear or rubbing his eye with his left hand might be lying to you. Also, a person who, in any way, crosses any fingers might just be lying. That, she says, is a holdover(遗留物) from childhood, when we crossed our fingers to signal that we didn’t mean what we were saying. When children squint(眨) their eyes, move their body away from you, or can’t seem to make good eye contact, you may need to ask for a little more clarification.
But just as important, children learn early how to read our body language when they are conversing(交谈) with us. Here are some acceptance signals to let them know you are interested when they are talking to you. Lean(倾斜) towards them. Make good eye contact and smile. Open your arms. Let your hands relax with the palms(手掌) showing: an open, upward palm always show acceptance. If your legs are crossed, make sure you are not crossing them away from your child. These are important because they signal to your child that you are focused on them and are accepting and welcoming them into your world.
By paying attention, we can open those lines of important communication with our children and we can see the truth more clearly. I think it would be a mistake to use these tools to lie, but we need to be aware of the signals we are giving so we can show people that they really do matter to us.
小题1:According to Jan Hargrave, we can tell whether a person is lying by _______. | A．observing his/her left hand’s movements. | | B．looking at how he/ she crosses his/ her fingers | | C．observing whether he/ she uses body language | | D．making good eye contact with him/ her |
小题2:We can learn from the passage that body language _______. | A．is hard to master for children | | B．can be understood in different ways | | C．may help improve communication | | D．is more likely to hide the truth |
小题3:Which of the following does NOT show acceptance to people? | A．Smile while making eye contact. | | B．Open your arms to them. | | C．Relax your hands with the palms showing. | | D．Cross your leg away from them. |
小题4:In the last paragraph, the author seems to suggest that parents_______. | A．spend more time with their children | | B．learn to read and use body language | | C．pay attention to family communication | | D．try to prevent their children from lying |
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小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:B |
试题分析：本文介绍了不同的肢体语言的含义，说明我们肢体语言可以有助于帮助提高交流。
小题1:细节题：从第一段的句子：we lie with the right side of our brains, so it is our left hand that gives us away.可知观察人的左手运动可以辨别这个人是否撒谎了。选A
小题2:细节题：从第二段的句子：But just as important, children learn early how to read our body language when they are conversing(交谈) with us.可知肢体语言可以有助于帮助提高交流。选C
小题3:细节题：从第三段的句子：Make good eye contact and smile. Open your arms. Let your hands relax with the palms(手掌) showing: an open, upward palm always show acceptance.可知ABC都提到了，没有提到D。
小题4:推理题：从最后一段的句子：By paying attention, we can open those lines of important communication with our children and we can see the truth more clearly.可知作者建议父母要使用学习这些肢体语言。选B
点评：本文介绍了不同的肢体语言的含义，说明我们肢体语言可以有助于帮助提高交流。这类阅读理解要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系，对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断；或根据作者所阐述的观点理论，对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释。考生首先要仔细阅读短文，完整了解信息，准确把握作者观点。 |
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One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of business students. To make the point 1, he used an illustration.
As he stood in front of the group, he said, “Okay, time for a quiz.” He then pulled out a wide-mouth jar and set it on the table. Then he 2 placed about a dozen fist-sized rocks, one by one, into the jar.
When the jar was filled to the 3 and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, “Is this jar 4?” Everyone in the class said, “Yes.”
“Really?” Then he 5 under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel(石子), dumped some in and 6 the jar, causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces 7 the big rocks. Then he asked the group the same question. “Probably not,” one of them answered. “Good!” He replied.
He reached under the table and 8 a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all the 9 left between the rocks and the gravel. 10 he asked the question. “No!” the class shouted. “Good!” Then he grabbed a can of water and began to pour it in 11 the jar was filled to the brim.
Then the expert in time management looked at the class and asked, “What is the 12 of this illustration?” It is such a seemingly easy question that one 13 student raised his hand and said, “It is, however full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always 14 some more things in it.
“No,” the speaker replied. “The truth it teaches us is that you will 15 get them in at all if you don"t put the big rocks in first. 16 the big rocks in your life are, do things that you love and 17 for yourself. In your schedule if you value the little stuff then you’ll fill your life with 18 things and you will never have the real quality time you need to spend on the big, important stuff. So, tonight, or in the morning, when you are 19 on this short story, ask yourself what the ‘big rocks’ in your life are. Then put those in your 20 first. ”
| 小题1: | | A．harder | B．rougher | C．clearer | D．wiser |
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| 小题2: | | A．carefully | B．firmly | C．actively | D．unwillingly |
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小题3:A edge B. bottom C. wall D. top
| 小题4: | | A．full | B．pure | C．enough | D．smooth |
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| 小题5: | | A．sent | B．reached | C．managed | D．felt |
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| 小题6: | | A．delivered | B．shook | C．dropped | D．held |
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| 小题7: | | A．beneath | B．across | C．beyond | D．between |
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| 小题8: | | A．threw out | B．came out | C．brought out | D．set out |
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| 小题9: | | A．spaces | B．caves | C．blanks | D．holes |
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| 小题10: | | A．At last | B．shortly after | C．Later on | D．Once more |
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| 小题11: | | A．unless | B．until | C．before | D．while |
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| 小题12: | | A．result | B．opinion | C．point | D．comment |
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| 小题13: | | A．calm | B．awkward | C．nervous | D．eager |
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| 小题14: | | A．add | B．fit | C．include | D．collect |
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| 小题15: | | A．never | B．even | C．still | D．ever |
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| 小题16: | | A．Whether | B．However | C．Whatever | D．Which |
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| 小题17: | | A．conclude | B．encourage | C．achieve | D．value |
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| 小题18: | | A．more | B．little | C．much | D．less |
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| 小题19: | | A．reflecting | B．counting | C．deciding | D．insisting |
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| 小题20: | | A．packet | B．can | C．jar | D．luggage |
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Things of Value
Our area was just a few miles from the largest wildfire in Colorado’s history. We were on “evacuation alert (疏散警报)”. If we got the 1 to evacuate, we would have to leave immediately.
We 2 suitcases with some clothes and set them by the door. We didn’t 3 these things were valuable, but time was. We moved the computers, with which I wrote for newspapers and made a 4 . We took family pictures off the 5 and packed them in boxes. These were truly valuable and could not be replaced.
Then we took a hard look at all that 6 . There was a lamp that belonged to my great grandmother. It was a 7 to my family. And there was the piano my wife 8 to play when she was a little girl. Not of great 9 in itself, but another family connection. It was impractical to move everything from our home and store them for an indefinite (无限的) time. Some important items would have to stay behind.
The thought of 10 something passed down from our families saddened me deeply, 11 I’d never been much attached to things. It’s about what they 12 —family and love. They each had a(n) 13 to tell, and some of them spoke in the 14 of our parents and grandparents.
The fire 15 reached our home. We were lucky. And though I felt grateful that all was 16 , I also realized just how fortunate I had been 17 . I saw just how rich my life had been.
Someone 18 said, “There are people so poor that the only thing they have is money.” And now I 19 I was indeed rich. I was rich in family, rich in memories, rich in everything that really 20 to me. I am wealthier than I ever believed possible.
It took a fire to teach me, I wonder if there is any other kind of wealth worth seeking.
| 小题1: | | A．answer | B．task | C．chance | D．call |
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| 小题2: | | A．packed | B．bought | C．searched | D．sold |
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| 小题3: | | A．worry | B．think | C．care | D．doubt |
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| 小题4: | | A．mark | B．sign | C．living | D．plan |
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| 小题5: | | A．albums | B．ceilings | C．windows | D．walls |
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| 小题6: | | A．left | B．remained | C．burnt | D．unmoved |
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| 小题7: | | A．connection | B．present | C．symbol | D．treasure |
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| 小题8: | | A．forgot | B．agreed | C．learned | D．refused |
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| 小题9: | | A．quality | B．taste | C．sense | D．value |
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| 小题10: | | A．knocking out | B．leaving behind | C．giving away | D．picking out |
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| 小题11: | | A．even though | B．unless | C．but | D．or |
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| 小题12: | | A．contained | B．included | C．represented | D．gathered |
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| 小题13: | | A．idea | B．lie | C．right | D．story |
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| 小题14: | | A．sounds | B．speeds | C．voices | D．feelings |
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| 小题15: | | A．once | B．never | C．seldom | D．finally |
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| 小题16: | | A．spared | B．returned | C．stopped | D．found |
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| 小题17: | | A．at last | B．in return | C．in another way | D．at most |
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| 小题18: | | A．curiously | B．accidentally | C．coldly | D．wisely |
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| 小题19: | | A．knew | B．promised | C．announced | D．thanked |
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| 小题20: | | A．affects | B．matters | C．helps | D．desires |
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Bertie knew there was something in the wind. His mother had been sad in recent days, not sick，just strangely sad. The lion had just lain down beside him，his head warm on Bertie’s feet，when Father cleared his throat and began, “You’ll soon be eight, Bertie. A boy needs a proper education. We’ve found the right place for you, a school near Salisbury in England. ”
His heart filled with a terrible fear, all Bertie could think of was his white lion. “But the lion,” he cried, “What about the lion?”
“I’m afraid there’s something else I have to tell you, ” his father said. Looking across at Bertie’s mother, he took a deep breath. Then he told Bertie he had met a circus owner from France, who was over in Africa looking for lions to buy. He would come to their farm in a few days.
“No! You can’t send him to a circus!” said Bertie. “People will come to see him. He’ll be shut up behind bars. I promised him he never would be. And they will laugh at him. He’d rather die. Any animal would! ” But as he looked across the table at them, he knew their minds were quite made up.
Bertie felt completely betrayed (出卖). He waited until he heard his father’s deep breathing next door. With his white lion at his heels，he crept (蹑手蹑脚地移动) downstairs，took down his father’s rifle (步枪) and stepped out into the night. He ran and ran till his legs could run no more. As the sun came up over the grassland, he climbed to the top of a hill and sat down, his arms round the lion’s neck. The time had come.
“Be wild now”，he whispered. “You’ve got to be wild. Don’t ever come home. All my life I’ll think of you. I promise I will. ” He buried his head in the lion’s neck. Then, Bertie climbed down the hill and walked away.
When he looked back, the lion was still sitting there watching him; but then he stood up, yawned, stretched, and sprang down after him. Bertie shouted at him, but he kept coming. He threw sticks. He threw stones. Nothing worked.
There was only one thing left to do. With tears filling his eyes and his mouth，he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired over the lion’s head.
小题1:Bertie’s mother was sad probably because she _____.| A．had been seriously ill recently | | B．had decided to send Bertie to school | | C．knew Bertie would hate to go to England | | D．knew selling the lion would upset Bertie |
小题2:The underlined word “they” in Para. 4 probably refers to _____.| A．other animals | B．some audience | C．Bertie’s parents | D．circus owners |
小题3:In the last paragraph, the boy lifted the rifle to _____.| A．threaten the lion back to the wild | B．kill the lion out of fear | | C．protect himself from the lion | D．show his anger towards his father |
小题4:The passage intends to show that _____.| A．animal-hunting is popular in Africa | | B．parents are sometimes cruel to their children | | C．people and animals can be faithful to each other | | D．animals usually lead a miserable life in circuses |
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I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to sit above the top of it. Mother sat writing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be a most wonderful thing in the world.
Years later, during her final illness, Mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk,” she said again, “is for Elizabeth.”
I never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed in action. But as a young girl. I wanted to have heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.
They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional (易动感情的)”. But she lived “on the surface (表面)”.
As years passed and I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive me.
My hope turned to disappointment, then little interest and, finally, peace – it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.
But the present of her desk told me, as she’d never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside – a photo of my father and a one-paper letter, folded and refolded many times. It was my letter.
“In any way you choose, Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.”
小题1:The writer began to love her mother’s desk________.| A．after Mother died | B．after she wrote the letter | | C．when she was a child | D．when Mother gave it to her |
小题2:The passage shows that_________.| A．Mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter | | B．Mother was too serious about her daughter in words | | C．Mother wrote to her daughter in careful words | | D．Mother wrote to her daughter in careless words |
小题3:Which of the following is NOT true?| A．The author may work as a writer | | B．The author and her mother love each other, but didn’t say it out | | C．Neither the author nor her mother had a happy family. | | D．The author’s mother is a person who prefers act to words. |
小题4:What did Mother do with her daughter’s letter asking for forgiveness?| A．She had never received the letter. | | B．For years, she often talked about the letter. | | C．She didn’t forgive her daughter at all in all her life. | | D．She read the letter again and again till she died. |
小题5:What’s best title of the passage?| A．My letter to Mother | B．Mother and children | | C．My Mother’s Desk | D．Talks between Mother and me |
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Sunday, October 5
Clear, 69°F
My wife, Eleanor and I took the train from Paris to Strasbourg, where we were met by our driver and guide, and the minibus which goes along with the boat. We stopped off in Barn for an hour on the way. Then we were taken to Nancy where the boat was kept.
After the other passengers arrived, we had our first dinner on the boat. After dinner we walked into downtown Nancy, a village with a large square and wooden houses.
Monday, October 6
Rained last night, cloudy in the morning, 69°F
We spent about two hours in Nancy, and then sailed on the Canal de la Marne au Rhine. Kind of a lazy day. Eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner, after dinner we watched a tape on Baccarat, where we will visit tomorrow. It was pleasant to sit out on deck （甲板）and watch the scenery go by at about 3 mph.
Tuesday, October 7
Light rain, 64°F
This mourning we drove over to Baccarat and toured its museum and the church, which has this unbelievable lamp that is going on a world tour the next day. We did lost of shopping, then walked across the bridge to see a very, very modern Catholic church with special Baccarat windows.
We drove to the top of the Voges Mountains and started down the eastern side. Later we drove to Sorrenbourg to see the 13th century church at the Cordeliers. It contains the largest window by Mar.
Wednesday, Ocrober8
Cloudy.65 °F
Today we sailed from Schneckenbush to Saverne. We went though two caves, an extremely unusual part of the journey. This river scenery is very different. We were in a mountain valley with grassland on one side and a forest beginning to show some color on the other.
Thursday, Ocrober9
Cloudy, 66°F
Our dependable minibus was waiting to load the luggage and take us to the hotel where everyone went their separate ways. Our boating days are over until next time.
小题1:Where did the author get off the train?| A．Paris | B．Barn | C．Nancy | D．Strasbourg |
小题2:On which days did the tourists spend most of their time on the boat?| A．Monday and Wednesday | B．Tuesday and Wednesday | | C．Wednesday and Wednesday | D．Monday and Tuesday |
小题3:From the text, we learn that Baccarat and Sorrenbourg are the names of_________.| A．churches | B．towns | C．museums | D．mountains |
小题4:What does the author think of the tour?| A．Tiring | B．Expensive | C．Enjoyable | D．Quick |
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