1、Unit4BODYLANGUAGESectionAReadingandThinking课后篇巩固提升基础夯实.单词拼写1.The customers could select the (合适的) product from this full list.答案appropriate2.The past ten years has (见证) the achievements of developing sports business.答案witnessed3.The company has many branches and e 2,000 people nationwide.答案employs4.
2、We have (相同的) views on this question.答案identical5.She couldnt speak much English so her children had to (口译) for her.答案interpret6.Judging from his expression,I knew he was not in f of my plan.答案favour7.Despite the language (障碍),they soon became good friends.答案barrier.短语填空break down,by contrast,make
3、inferences,figure out,feel down,get through1.Optimism, ,can make you happy,healthy and successful.答案by contrast2.In order to ,he looked into the matter many times and asked many people.答案make inferences3.Lets the project into smaller parts in order to deal with them one by one.答案break down4.When you
4、 or lost,this notebook can be your source of inspiration.答案feel down5.I was glad to hear that she the exam,which she had been preparing for a long time.答案got through6.I could hear them talking but I couldnt what they were saying.答案figure out.完成句子1.就像口头语一样,肢体语言也因文化的不同而有所差异。Just like spoken language,b
5、ody language varies .答案from culture to culture2.通过观察他们的肢体语言,我们可以了解人们在想什么。We can learn about what people are thinking their body language.答案by watching3.无论你到哪里,大多数人想使用眼神接触和微笑。Everywhere you go most people want to and smile.答案make eye contact4.除了一本字典外,我还买了几本英语书。a dictionary,I also bought several Engli
6、sh books.答案Apart from5.同年长的人讲话时,你应该怎么做?What should you do when an old person?答案talking to6.对着镜子里的自己笑会使你更快乐更坚强。in the mirror can make yourself happier and stronger.答案Smiling to yourself素养提升.阅读理解A主题语境:人与社会人际沟通Can the way you stand or sit affect your success?This is often discussed in business“the impo
7、rtance of body language”,noted the US news website BusinessInsider.“It actually has an impact on not just the way others look at us,but also how we actually perform.”Thats perhaps why Harvard Business School professor Amy Cuddy shot to instant fame (一举成名) after giving a TED talk on the subject in 20
8、12.According to TheNewYorkTimes,Cuddys speech is among the most viewed TED talks of all time.Cuddy and her team study body language,particularly what they call “high-power” and “low-power” poses.Their research showed that standing or sitting in a certain way,even for just two minutes,changes ones bo
9、dy chemistry and self-perception.“I wanted to equip people with tools that would help them feel stronger,less fearful,and better able to bring their full,spirited selves to stressful situations like speaking in class,” Cuddy told CNN.“High-power” refers to the act of taking a posture of confidence,e
10、ven when you dont feel very confident.Typical high-power poses are about opening up.You stretch (伸展) and expand your body to take up as much space as possible.For example,bosses are doing high-power poses when they lean (倚靠) back in their chairs,put their hands behind their heads,and kick their feet
11、 up onto their desks.Meanwhile,people take low-power positions when theyre feeling helpless or defeated.They close up,wrapping their arms around themselves and tucking their limbs in (缩起四肢).“This isnt about what your body language is communicating to others,its about what your body language is commu
12、nicating to you.Your body language is changing your mind,which changes your behaviour,which changes your outcomes,”said Cuddy.The best-known high-power pose is nicknamed the “Wonder Woman” pose.You just stand tall with your chest out and your hands on your hips (臀部).Why not give it a shot (尝试),and s
13、ee whether you feel more confident than before?【语篇解读】这是一篇说明文。主要讲述身体语言对个人事业成功的影响和展示个人自信的重要性。1.Why did Professor Amy Cuddy want people to know her study on body language?A.To help people to become more confident.B.To make people fitter and stronger.C.To teach people how to make a better speech.D.To he
14、lp distinguish between people of different social classes.答案A解析细节理解题。根据第五段中的“Iwantedtoequippeoplewithtoolsthatwouldhelpthemfeelstronger,lessfearful,andbetterabletobringtheirfull,spiritedselvestostressfulsituationslikespeakinginclass”可以得出答案。2.Which of the following is probably a high-power pose accor
15、ding to the article?A.Folding your arms.B.Looking down while in the presence of others.C.Sitting with your arm spread out around the chair next to you.D.Resting your chin on your hands as if wondering about something.答案C解析推理判断题。根据第六段中的“Typicalhigh-powerposesareaboutopeningup.Youstretchandexpandyourb
16、odytotakeupasmuchspaceaspossible.”以及后面举的例子可知,high-powerposes一般是那些往外伸展的动作,所以C项为正确答案。3.Whats the main purpose of this article?A.To explain what has made Amy Cuddys TED talk so popular.B.To give practical tips on how to communicate with others.C.To help the reader to tell the difference between a high-
17、power pose and a low-power one.D.To explain why Amy Cuddy considers body language important.答案D解析主旨大意题。该文主要是解释AmyCuddy的关于身体语言重要性的研究。B主题语境:人与社会人际沟通A simple gesture can be formed into a childs memory so quickly that it will cause the child to give a false answer to a question accompanied by that gestu
18、re.A new finding suggests that parents,social workers,psychologists and lawyers should be careful with their hands as well as their words.Gestures can be as informative as speech,but hand gestures are so common that we rarely notice were using them.While memories of both adults and children are easy
19、 to react to suggestion,those of children are known to be particularly influenced,said lead researcher Sara Broaders of Northwestern University.Kids are used to looking to adults to tell events for them and can be misled even if not intentionally(故意地).Previous research,for example,has shown that det
20、ail-loaded questions often cause false answers;when asked,say “Did you drink juice at the picnic?” the child is likely to say “yes” even if no juice had been available.It is not that the child is consciously lying,but rather the detail is quickly formed into his or her memory.To avoid this problem,s
21、ocial workers have long been advised to ask children only open-ended questions,such as “What did you have at the picnic?” But an open-ended question paired with a gesture,briefly meaning a juice box,is treated like a detailed question.That is,children become likely to answer falsely.And it isnt just
22、 a few kids:77% of children gave at least one piece of false information when a detail was suggested by an ordinary gesture.Gestures may also become more popular when talking with non-fluent language users,such as little kids,Broaders said as hand movements can impart meaning of unfamiliar words and
23、 phrases.“It certainly seems reasonable that adults would gesture more with children.”In general,Broaders advises parents and other adults to “try to be aware of your hands when questioning a child about an event.Otherwise,you might be getting answers that dont reflect what actually happened.”【语篇解读】
24、手势语在一定程度上会增加相互间的理解。然而,它也有消极作用,即误导对方,尤其是会误导孩子,本文就介绍了这一研究结果。4.What do we know about gestures according to the text?A.They have not any function at all.B.They are rarely used by people.C.They have a certain effect on children.D.They are often used by social workers.答案C解析细节理解题。文章第一段就指出手势语对孩子有影响,而全文都在说这一
25、观点,故选C项。5.Why are kids easy to be misled by gestures according to Sara Broaders?A.These gestures are very attractive.B.Their memories are affected easily.C.Children are easy to tell lies.D.These gestures are used frequently.答案B解析细节理解题。根据第一段首句“Asimplegesturecanbeformedintoachildsmemorysoquicklythatit
26、willcausethechildtogiveafalseanswertoaquestionaccompaniedbythatgesture.”和第三段可知,主要原因是孩子的记忆很容易受到外界的影响,故选B项。6.What does the underlined word “impart” in Paragraph 6 mean?A.Separate.B.Tell apart.C.Confuse.D.Pass on.答案D解析词义猜测题。由语境可知,大人对孩子使用更多的手势语是有原因的,手势语能够传达那些不熟悉的单词和短语的含义,故选D项。7.What would be the best title for the text?A.Gesturesa Useful Way of EducationB.Gestures Can Mislead ChildrenC.Gestures Mean Adults DirectionsD.Gestures Affect Children Too Much答案B解析标题归纳题。短文主要介绍了一项研究结果:手势语会对孩子产生误导作用。D项表达内容太宽泛,故选B项。
