Question

Jan Hargrave is a body language expert in America. I was very pleased to hear Jan Hargrave speak the other day. She explained that although our mouths may lie(撒谎), our bodies do not. For the most part, we all have the ability to tell when people are lying to us by reading their tone of voice and body signals.

It was Professor Albert Mehrabian who discovered that we express our feelings and attitudes（态度）with 55 percent body languages, 38 percent tone of voice and only 7 percent actual words. In other words, if I asked you how you were doing and you said “fine”, that word wouldn’t mean anything by itself. It would be your body signals and how you said it that would let me know how you were really doing.

So, can you tell when people are lying to you? Jan Hargrave says we lie with the right side of your brains, so it is our left hand that tips us off. 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 a way crosses fingers might just be lying.

Here are some things we do to shut people out. We continually look at our watch. We fail to make eye contact. We fail to look up from the paper or away from the TV. Our body is leaning away from them.

By paying attention, we can open these important lines of communication and see the truth more clearly. I think it would be a mistake to use these tools to control or lie to people, but we need to realize the signals we are giving, so we can show people that they really do matter to us.

1.Which tells us the most truth by Professor Albert?

A. actual words B. tone of voice

C. body language D. eye contact

2.What does the underlined sentence “it is our left hand that tips us off” in the third paragraph mean?

A. Our left hand is more faithful（忠诚的） than our right hand.

B. Our left hand is connected with the right side of our brains.

C. Our left hand can tell people that we are lying.

D. Our left hand shows our feelings in a negative(消极的) way.

3.Which of the following do we do to shut people out, according to the fourth paragraph?

a. look at our watch continually

b. fail to look up from the TV

c. stare at people for a long time

d. lean away from people

A. abc. B. abd. C. acd. D. bcd.

4.What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage?

A. To advise people to act more than they speak.

B. To compare different body signals.

C. To explain how people express their feelings.

D. To make people realize the importance of body language.

Answer 1

1.C

2.C

3.B

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：简·哈格雷夫是一位美国的肢体语言专家。我很高兴听到简·哈格雷夫的演讲。她解释说, 虽然嘴里可能撒谎, 但是我们的身体不会。在大多数情况下,我们通过阅读人们的语调和身体信号都有能力知道人们是否撒谎。

1.艾伯特教授告诉我们什么是最真实的？联系原文：It was Professor Albert Mehrabian who discovered that we express our feelings and attitudes（态度）with 55 percent body languages, 38 percent tone of voice and only 7 percent actual words. 句意：艾伯特教授发现, 我们表达我们的感情和态度中有55%的身体语言, 38%的语气,只有7%实际单词。明确是肢体语言是最真实的。故选C

2. can you tell when people are lying to you? Jan Hargrave says we lie with the right side of your brains, so it is our left hand that tips us off.句意：所以, 你能讲出人们什么时候对你撒谎吗? 简·哈格雷夫说, 说谎用你大脑的右侧, 所以我们的左手, 提示我们这一点。联系选项第三项符合：我们的左手与我们的右脑联接。故选 C

3. are some things we do to shut people out. We continually look at our watch. We fail to make eye contact. We fail to look up from the paper or away from the TV. Our body is leaning away from them.句意：做这些事情的人，人们可以将他们排除。我们不断地看看我们的手表, 我们无法进行眼神交流。我们不能向上看或远离电视。我们的身体倾斜远离他们。结合选项与之对应的只有第二项。故选B

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