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A man named Smith was sitting on his roof during a flood, and the water was up to his feet. Before long a fellow in a canoe passed and shouted, "Can I give you a lift to higher ground?"
"No, thanks," said Smith. "I have faith in God and he will save me."
Soon the water rose to Smith's waist. At this point a motor boat pulled up and someone called out, "Can I give you a lift to higher ground?"
"No, thanks, I have faith in God and he will save me."
Later a helicopter flew by, and Smith was now standing on the roof with water up to his neck. "Grab the rope, "shouted the pilot. "I'll pull you up."
"No, thanks," said Smith. "I have faith in God and he will save me. "But after hours of struggling with water, poor exhausted Smith drowned and went to his reward. As he arrived at the Pearly Gates, Smith met God and complained about this. "Tell me, God, "he said, "I had such faith in you to save me and you let me drown. What happened?"
To which God replied, "What do you want from me? I sent you two boats and a helicopter."
When the pilot asked Smith to grab the rope, ______.
A. Smith pulled the pilot up B. Smith did so
C. Smith didn't do so D. Smith didn't hear him
At last, poor exhausted Smith drowned and ______.
A. went to his reward B. passed away
C. went to heaven D. all of the above
What do we know about Smith? ______.
A. He was a lazy man
B. He was a lucky man who believed in God
C. He was a poor man
What do you think of this passage? This passage is very ______.
A. moving B. humorous C. depressing D. surprising
D. He was a silly man who believed in God
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What do we think with? Only the brain? Hardly, the brain is like a telephone exchange. It is the switch-board （电话总机） , but not the whole system. Its function （功能） , is to receive incoming signals, make proper connections, and send the messages through to their destination （目的地） . For efficient （有效的） service, the body must function as a whole.
But where is the “mind” ? Is it in the brain? Or perhaps in the nervous system? After all , can we say that the mind is in any particular place? It is a function , an activity. Aristotle , twenty-three hundred years ago , observed that the mind was to the body that cutting was to the ax （斧） . When the ax is not in use, there is no cutting. So with the mind , “Mind , ” said Charles H. Woolbert , “is what the body is doing. ”
If this activity is necessary for thinking, it is also necessary for carrying thought from one person to another. Observe how people go about the business of ordinary conversation. If you have never done this painstakingly , you have a surprise in store , for good conversationalists are almost constantly in motion. Their heads are continually nodding and shaking sometimes so vigorously （有力的） that you wonder how their necks can stand the strain （拉紧）.
Even the legs and feet are active. As for the hands and arms , they are seldom still for more than a few seconds at a time.
These people, remember, are not making speeches. They are merely common folk trying to make others understand what they have in mind. They are not conscious of （意识到） movement. Their speech is not studied. They are just human creatures in a human environment, trying to adapt （适应） themselves to a social situation. Yet they talk , not only with oral language , but with visible actions that involve （包括） practically every muscle in the body.
In short, because people really think all over, a speaker must talk all over if he succeeds in making people think.
1．Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
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A．Bodily Communication
B．Bodily Actions
C．Spoken Language
D．Conversations
2．Which of the following statements would the author agree with?
[ ]
A．Thinking is social phenomenon（现象）.
B．Thinking is only a brain function.
C．Thinking is a function of the nervous system.
D．Thinking is the sum total of bodily activity.
3．In communication , it is necessary not only to employ speech , but also ________.
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A．to speak directly to the other person
B．to employ a variety of bodily movements
C．to be certain that the other person is listening
D．to pay great attention to the other person's actions
4．It can be inferred from the passage that the basic function of bodily activity in speech is to ________.
[ ]
A．make the listener feel moved
B．make the speaker understood
C．emphasize .the speaker's spoken words
D．pass the speaker's implied meaning to the listener
5．Which of the following is TRUE?
[ ]
A．The brain is compared to a telephone exchange.
B．The mind is an activity of the nervous system.
C．Some people remain still while talking to others.
D．Many people move their bodies on purpose while talking.
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In a room at Texas Children Cancer Center in Houston, eight-year-old Simran Jatar lay in bed with a drip (点滴) above her to fight her bone cancer. Over her bald (秃的) head, she wore a pink hat that matched her clothes. But the third grader’s cheery dressing didn’t mask her pain and weary eyes.
Then a visitor showed up. “Do you want to write a song?” asked Anita Kruse, 49, rolling a cart equipped with an electronic keyboard, a microphone and speakers. Simran stared. “Have you ever written a poem?” Anita Kruse continued. “Well, yes,” Simran said.
Within minutes, Simran was reading her poem into the microphone. “Some bird soaring through the sky,” she said softly. “Imagination in its head…” Anita Kruse added piano music, a few warbling (鸣, 唱) birds, and finally the girl’s voice. Thirty minutes later, she presented Simran with a CD of her first recorded song.
That was the beginning of Anita Kruse’s project, Purple Songs Can Fly, one that has helped more than 125 young patients write and record songs. As a composer and pianist who had performed at the hospital, Kruse said that the idea of how she could help “came in one flash”.
The effect on the kids has been great. One teenage girl, curling (蜷缩) in pain in her wheelchair, stood unaided to dance to a hip-hop song she had written. A 12-year-old boy with Hodgkin’s disease who rarely spoke surprised his doctors with a song he called I Can Make It.
“My time with the kids is heartbreaking because of the severity of their illnesses,” says Anita Kruse. “But they also make you happy, when the children are smiling, excited to share their CD with their families.”
Simran is now an active sixth grader and cancer-free. From time to time, she and her mother listen to her song, Always Remembering, and they always remember the “really sweet and nice and loving” lady who gave them a shining moment in the dark hour.
59. Simran Jatar lay in bed in hospital because ______.
A. most of her hair had fallen out
B. she was receiving treatment for cancer
C. she felt depressed and quit from school
D. she was suffering from a pain in her back
60. What do we know about Anita Kruse’s project?
A. It helps young patients record songs.
B. It is supported by singers and patients.
C. It aims to replace the medical treatment.
D. It offers patients chances to realize their dreams.
61. What does the case of a 12-year-old boy suggest?
A. Most children are naturally fond of music.
B. He was brave enough to put up performance.
C. The project has positive effect on young patients.
D. Singing is the best way to treat some illnesses.
62. What is probably the best title for the passage?
A. Purple Songs Can Fly B. Singing Can Improve Health
C. A Shining Moment in Life D. A Kind Woman—Anita Kruse
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What do we think with? Only the brain? Hardly. The brain is like a telephone exchange. It is the switchboard (电话总机), but not the whole system. Its function (功能), is to receive incoming signals, make proper connections, and send the messages through to their destination (目的地). For efficient (有效的) service, the body must function as a whole.
But where is the “mind”? Is it in the brain? Or perhaps in the nervous system? After all, can we say that the mind is in any particular place? It is not a thing, like a leg, or even the brain, It is a function, an activity. Aristotle, twenty-three hundred years ago, observed that the mind was to the body what cutting was to the ax (斧). When the ax is not in use, there is no cutting, So with the mind. “Mind,” said Charles H. Woolbert, “is what the body is doing.”
If this activity is necessary for thinking, it is also necessary for carrying thought from one person to another. Observe how people go about the business of ordinary conversation. If you have never done this painstakingly, you have a surprise in store, for good conversationalists are almost constantly in motion. Their heads are continually nodding and shaking sometimes so vigorously (有力的) that you wonder how their necks can stand the strain (拉紧).
Even the legs and feet are active. As for the hands and arms, they are seldom still for more than a few seconds at a time.
These people, remember, are not making speeches. They are morely common folk trying to make others understand what they have in mind. they are not conseious of (意识到) movement. Their speech is not studied. They are just human creatures in a human environment, trying to adapt (适应) themselves to a social situation. Yet they talk, not only with oral language, but with visible actions that involve (包括) practically every muscle in the body.
In short, because people really think all over, a speaker must talk all over if he succeeds in making people think.
1．Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
[ ]
A．Bodily Communication.
B．Bodily Actions.
C．Spoken Language.
D．Conversations.
2．Which of the following statements would the author agree with?
[ ]
A．Thinking is social phenomenon (现象).
B．Thinking is only a brain function.
C．Thinking is a function of the nervous system.
D．Thinking is the sum total of bodily activity.
3．In communication, it is necessary not only to employ speech, but also ________.
[ ]
A．to speak directly to the other person
B．to employ a variety of bodily movements
C．to be certain that the other person is listening
D．to pay great attention to the other person's actions
4．It can be inferred from the passage that the basic function of bodily activity in speech is to ________.
[ ]
A．make the listener feel moved
B．make the speaker understood
C．emphasize the speaker's spoken words
D．pass the speaker's implied meaning to the listener
5．Which of the following is TRUE?
[ ]
A．The brain is compared to a telephone exchange.
B．The mind is an activity of the nervous system.
C．Some people remain still while talking to others.
D．Many people move their bodies on purpose while talking.
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