Body language is the quiet, secret and most powerful language of all!It speaks  1  than words. According to specialists? our bodies send out more  2 than we realize. In fact,non-verbal(非言语) communication takes up about 50 %of what we really___3___. And body language is particularly___4___ when we attempt to communicate across cultures. Indeed,what is called body language is so___5___ a part of us that it's actually often unnoticed. And misunderstandings occur as a re- sult of it.___6___,different societies treat the 7 between people differently. Northern Europeans usually do not like having__8___ contact(接触) even with friends, and certainly not with__9___. People from Latin American countries,___10___ ,touch each other quite a lot. Therefore, it's possible that in___11___,it may look like a Latino is__12___ a Norwegian all over the room. The Latino, trying to express friendship,will keep moving  13 . The Norwegian,very probably seeing this as pushiness? will keep  14 which the Latino will in return regard as  15

  Clearly,a great deal is going on when people 16 .And only a part of it is in the words themselves. And when parties are from__17___ cultures,there's a strong possibility of 18. But whatever the situation,the best___19__ is to obey the Golden Rule:treat others as you would like to be ___20__.

1.A. straighter   B. louder   C. harder   D. further

2.A. sounds   B. invitations   C. feelings   D. messages

3.A. hope   B. receive   C. discover   D. mean

4.A. immediate   B. misleading   C. important   D. difficult

5.A. well   B. far   C. much   D. long

6.A. For example   B. Thus

 C. However   D. In short

7.A. trade   B. distance   C. connections   D. greetings

8.A. eye   B. verbal

 C. bodily   D. telephone

9.A. strangers   B. relatives   C. neighbours   D. enemies

10.A. in other words   B. on the other hand   

  C. in a similar way   D. by all means

11.A. trouble   B. conversation   C. silence   D. experiment

12.A. disturbing   B. helping   C. guiding   D. following

13.A. closer   B. faster   C. in   D. away

14.A. stepping forward   B. going on   C. backing away   D. coming out

15.A. weakness   B. carelessness   C. friendliness   D. coldness

16.A. talk   B. travel   C. laugh   D. think

17.A. different   B. European   C. Latino   D. rich

18.A. curiosity   B. excitement   C. misunderstanding   D. nervousness

19.A. chance   B. time   C. result   D. advice

20.A. noticed   B. treated   C. respected   D. pleased

  There is one language that is used in every country in the world. The people who use it are young and old,short and tall,thin and fat. It is everybody's second language. It is easy to un?derstand ,although you can't hear it. It is sign language.

  When you wave to a friend who is across the street, you are using sign language. When you smile at someone, you are saying, "I want to be friendly",but you are not using speech, you are using sign language. When you raise your hand in class, you are saying, " Please ask me. I think I know the correct answer.”

Babies who can't talk can point at things. They are using sign language. A policeman who wants to stop traffic holds up his hands. He is using sign language.

  Many years ago,a French priest,Charles Michel de Epee,became interested in education for deaf people. He invented a finger alphabet(字母表) .It is still in use. People can make the sign for letters and spell words with their hands,and deaf people can read and understand them. Soon there were schools for the deaf in many countries. The only university for the deaf is Gal-laudet College in Washington, D C.

   Today, in the United States, there are special TV news programs for deaf people. The newsreader tells the news in sign language. At the same time,the words appear on the TV screen.

   The actors in the Theatre of Deaf don't spell every word. Sometimes they use hand signs. When they put two hands together, it means sandwich. They can make a roof with their hands when they want to show a house. One finger in front of an actor's mouth can mean quiet. You can talk to people who are behind windows that are closed. And when you go swimming with your friends,you can have conversations under water.

How many hand signs do you use every day? 

(   ) 1. The passage is mainly about        .

   A.a famous priest inFrance

   B.the importance of sign language

   C.an introduction to sign language

   D.how to use sign language

(   ) 2. If you want to express the idea that "I am very friendly" to someone, you will

A. raise your hand   B. put one hand onto the other

   C. make a roof with your hands   D. smile to the person

(   ) 3. Which of the following about sign language is true?

   A.It is a special language used in a few countries in the world.

   B.It is a way to express one's ideas without words.

   C.It is only used by the deaf.

   D. It can be heard.

(   ) 4. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT a sign language?

   A.You wave to your friend happily.

   B.You raise your hand in the class.

   C.A deaf people reads a passage aloud.

   D.A policeman stops your car by holding up his hand.

  As goods and services improved,people were persuaded to spend their money on changing from old to new,and found the change worth the expense. When an airline equipped itself with jets,for example,its costs (and therefore air fare) would go up,but the new planes meant such an improvement that the higher cost was justified. A new car (or wireless,washing machine, electric kettle) made life so much more comfortable than the old one that the high cost of re?placement was ftilly repaid. Manufacturers still cry their goods as persuasively as ever,but are the improvements really worth paying for? In many fields, things have now reached such a high standard of performance that further progress is very limited and very,very expensive. Airlines, for example, go to enormous expense in buying the latest prestige jets,in which vast research costs have been spent on relatively small improvements. If we abandon these vast costs, we might lose the chance of cutting minutes away from flying times;but wouldn't it be better to see airfares drop dramatically,as capital costs become relatively insignificant? Again,in the context of a 70 mph. Limit, with lines of cars traveling so close as to control each other's speeds, im?provements in performance are actually irrelevant;improvements in handling are unnecessary,as most production cars grip(抓牢) the road perfectly, and comfort has now reached a very high level. Small improvements here are unlikely to be worth the thousands that anybody replacing an ordinary family car every two years may have spent on them. Let us instead have cars―or wire?less,electric kettles,washing machines, television sets―which are made to last,and not to be replaced. Significant progress is obviously a good thing,but the insignificant progression from model-change to model-change is not.

(   ) 1. The author is obviously challenging the social norm(社会规范) that        .

   A.it is important to improve goods and services

   B.development of technology makes our life more comfortable

   C.it is reasonable that prices are going up all the time

   D.slightly improved new products are worth buying

(   ) 2. According to the author, passengers would be happier if they        .

   A.could fly in the latest model of good planes

   B.could get tickets at much lower prices

   C.see the airlines make vital changes in their services

   D.could spend less time flying in the air

(   ) 3. In the case of cars,the author advises that we        .

   A.cancel the speed limit

   B.further improve their performance

   C.change models every two years

   D.improve their durability(耐久性)

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