题目内容
Body language is a very powerful tool of communication, not only between people but in the animal world as well.
In many instances, we produce idioms (惯用语,习语)which are all understandable by borrowing examples from animal communication.
For example, we know that a frightened cat will arch (拱起) its back high in rigid curve (拱形). From this starting-point we might hear the expression, “He gets my back up!” meaning “He makes me angry.”
In the same manner, we know that many animals, if challenged by attackers, will not turn and run away because this will encourage the attacker to attack them more forcefully. Instead, they will move backwards slowly to get out of harm's way, always still facing their attacker.We call this action “backing off” and it can be used just as well with humans as with animals.
In the case of humans, however, the back-off may not be physical but oral, as in using a kinder tone of voice and gentler words instead of fighting against the attackers.
59. When a cat arches its back high in a rigid curve, it shows that it is ________.
A. angry B. pleased C. frightened D. defeated
60. The underlined expression “backing off “ means _________.
A. escaping from attackers. B. getting away slowly.
C. making the attacker frightened. D. avoiding the attackers immediately.
61. Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?
A. To learn knowledge, humans must learn from animals.
B. Both humans and animals have body languages.
C. Both humans and animals have ways of escaping from danger.
D. “Backing off “ means keeping away from your enemies.
62. What most probably can we get from animals’ body language?
A. Grammar B. Idioms C. Vocabulary D. Communication
CBAB
In daily life,we often use bodylanguage to ________ extra meaning.
A.broadcast | B.predict |
C.convey | D.email |
Butterfly’s wings
One day a small opening appeared on a cocoon(茧), a man sat and watched for the butterfly for several hours as it was struggling to __36__ its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten __37__ it could and it could go no further. So the man decided to __38__ the butterfly: he took a pair of scissors and __39__ the remaining part of the cocoon. The butterfly then __40__ easily.
But it has a swollen(肿胀的)body and __41__ wings. The man continued to __42__ the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the __43__ would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would __44__ the time span(跨度). Neither happened! __45__, the butterfly spent the rest of its life __46__ around with a swollen body and small, shriveled(褶皱的)wings. It __47__ was able to fly. What the man did in his __48__ and haste(匆忙)did no good to the butterfly. He didn’t know the __49__ cocoon and the struggle __50__ for the butterfly to get through the tiny __51__ were the natural way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings __52__ it would be ready for flight once it achieved its __53__ from the cocoon.
Sometimes the __54__ is exactly what we need in our life. If we are allowed to go through our life without any __55__, it would not be a good thing to us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been.
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