1、Unit 4 Learning about Language一、填空1.Keep a _ (积极的) attitude and good things will happen.2.It is very important to weigh the salt _ (精确地).3.Its not difficult to understand this world when you master the _ (内部的) relations of things.4.The aim of this initial meeting is to _ (阐明) the issues.5.Companies
2、should be made to _ (揭示) more about their financial position.6.She knew at once that he was _ (隐藏) something from her.7.My _ (讲座) will clarify any questions that you might have.8.A personal _ (评估) is judging oneself and knowing everything you should know about yourself.9.We ask the question in a _ (
3、略微) different way.10.The _ (严重事件) increased the contradictions between the two countries.11.As far as I know, it was the accident due to drink-driving that led to him _ (kill).12.The doctor gave me instructions in detail on when and how _(take) medicine.13.While I like it here, adjusting _ the hot w
4、eather here is more difficult than I have expected.14.Occupying herself _ routine office work, she had no time to attend to her children.15.Alice killed two birds with one stone by going to a place for sightseeing and then calling _ her friend nearby.二.阅读理解 Body language is the quietest, most secret
5、 and most powerful language of all. It is said that our body movements communicate about 50% of what we really mean while words themselves only do 7%. So while your mouth is closed, just it is your body language that is saying. When it comes to body language at the office, you may be making some big
6、 mistakes that could cause you trouble. The following are some tips on what you should not do when using body language at your office. Dont touch your co-workers, even if its on the back of the arm or shoulder. Many of your co-workers are not comfortable with any body contact (接触) with others. Be ca
7、reful not to touch anyone at your office. Dont avoid eye contact. Eyes can speak. Lack of eye contact means cheat, and it can also point to no safety or lack of confidence. Trust and confidence are things you will communicate to the other person if you hold eye contact 50% of the time. Dont have a b
8、ad handshake. Youre going to show your kindness at once with a firm palm (手掌) to palm handshake. Showing the palms of your hands is an amiable gesture as it shows that you have a peaceful purpose. It means acceptance, and that youve open to new ideas. Be careful of the dead fish handshake. Dont lean
9、 (倾斜) your head while listening to others. When listening to others, you should listen to him or her carefully with your head straight. For women especially, you think you are expressing interest by leaning your head when you are listening to others, but you actually come across as if you dont under
10、stand whats going on.三.完形填空I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a freight (货物) yard in Atlantic City and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can still remember the brightness of sunshine. It would be 1 to see again, but a 2 can do strange things to people. I d
11、ont mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the 3 of them made me appreciate more what I had. Life, I believe, asks a continuous series of adjustments to reality. The more quickly a person is able to make these adjustments, the more 4 his own private world becomes. The adj
12、ustment is never easy. I was totally confused and afraid. But I was lucky. My parents and my teachers saw something in methe 5 to livewhich I didnt see, and they made me want to 6 against blindness. The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. I am not talking about simply the kind of
13、 7 that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone. That is part of it. But I mean something bigger than that : an assurance (确信) that I am, despite being imperfect, a real, 8 person; that there is a special place where I can make myself fit. It took me years to discover and 9 this confidence. It h
14、ad to start with the simplest things. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was making fun of me and I was hurt. I cant use this. I said. Take it with you, he urged me, and roll it around. The words 10 in my head. Roll it around! By rolling the ball I could hear where it went. This gav
15、e me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought 11 : playing baseball. At Philadelphias Overbrook School for the BlindI 12 a successful variation of baseball and I called it ground ball. All my life I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to be cl
16、ear about my 13. It was no good trying for something that I knew at the start was wildly out of reach 14 that only invited the bitterness of failure. I would 15 sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress.1.A. possibleB. wonderfulC. hopefulD. reasonable2.A. questionB. mistakeC. disasterD. si
17、tuation3.A. importanceB. valueC. lossD. attention4.A. naturalB. modernC. meaningfulD. challenging5.A. rightB.planC. placeD. potential6.A. guardB.hitC. argueD.fight7.A. self-controlB. self-confidenceC. self-defenseD. self-improvement8.A. modestB. energeticC. generousD. positive9.A. strengthenB. expre
18、ssC. shareD. destroy10.A. heldB. stuckC. botheredD. knocked11.A. importantB. specificC. commonD. impossible12.A. inventedB. confirmedC. checkedD. noticed13.A. interestB. limitationC. experienceD. responsibility14.A.onceB. unlessC. becauseD. though15.A.failB. tryC. actD. continue答案以及解析一、1.答案：positive
19、解析： 2.答案：accurately解析： 3.答案：internal解析： 4.答案：clarify解析：5.答案：reveal解析： 6.答案：concealing解析： 7.答案：presentation解析： 8.答案：assessment解析： 9.答案：slightly解析： 10.答案：incident解析：11.答案：being killed解析：句意为:据我所知,是酒后驾车引起的事故导致了他的死亡。lead to意为“导致”,to 为介词,后接名词、代词、动名词等。本题提示词为动词,故应用动名词形式;“逻辑主语+动名词”构成动名词复合结构,kill与逻辑主语him是被动关系
20、,故填being killed。12.答案：to take解析：句意为:医生详细地告诉我何时服药、如何服药。此处为“疑问词+不定式”结构作宾语。故填to take。13.答案：to解析：句意为:虽然我喜欢这里,但是适应这里炎热的天气比我想象的要困难得多。adjust to意为“适应”,为固定搭配。故填to。14.答案：with解析：句意为:由于忙于日常的办公室工作,她没有时间照顾孩子。occupy oneself with sth意为“使某人忙于某事”,为固定搭配。故填with。15.答案：On解析：句意为:艾丽斯去了一个地方观光,然后拜访了附近的朋友,真是一举两得。call on sb意为“
21、拜访某人”。二.答案：1.答案：1-4.ACDA解析：1.推理判断题。根据第一段第二句It is said that our body movements communicate about 50% of what we really mean while words themselves only do 7%.可知,肢体语言在交流中比话语更多地表达了我们的真实意思,所以说本段在讲肢体语言的重要性,故选A项。2.词义猜测题。根据后面的it shows that you have a peaceful purpose. It means acceptance, and that youre op
22、en to new ideas可知,画线词意为“亲切的;友好的”,与friendly同义,故选C项。3.推理判断题。根据第五段中Dont have a bad handshake.和Be careful of the dead fish handshake.可知A项错误;根据最后一段中的you think you are expressing interest by leaning your head when you are listening to others, but you actually come across as if you dont understand whats go
23、ing on可知B项错误;C项文中没有提及;根据第四段中的Dont avoid eye contact. Eyes can speak.可知D项正确。故选D项。4.主旨大意题。根据第二段尾句The following are some tips on what you should not do when using body language at your office.可知,文章讲的是在办公室运用肢体语言需要注意的事项。故选A项。 三.答案：1-5BCCCD 6-10DBDAB 11-15DABCA解析：1.possible 可能的; wonderful 精彩的,极好的; hopeful
24、 有希望的; reasonable 合理的.能够再看见东西自然是非常好的,故选B.2.question 问题; mistake 错误; disaster 灾难; situation 情形.双目失明对人来说是一场灾难,故选C.3.importance 重要性; value 价值; loss 失去,损失; attention 注意力.作者的意思是失去双目使他更加感激自己所拥有的东西,故选C.4.natural 自然的; modern 现代的; meaningful 有意义的; challenging 挑战性的.一个人能越快地做出调整,他自己的私人世界就会变得更有意义,故选C.5.right 权利;
25、 plan 计划; place 地点; potential 潜力.父母和老师们看到了作者身上生存的潜力,故选D.6.fight against 与.作斗争.父母和老师们都想让作者同失明作斗争.7.self-control 自我控制; self-confidence 自信; self-defense 自我保护; self-improvement 自我提高.作者并不是说仅靠自信就可以独自从不熟悉的楼梯上下来.8.modest 谦虚的; energetic 精力充沛的; generous 慷慨的; positive 积极乐观的.作者虽然不完美,但还是一个实实在在的、乐观积极的人,故选D.9.stre
26、ngthen 加强; express 表达; share 分享; destroy 破坏.我花了好几年才发现和加强了这种自信,故选A.10.那个人的话语 令作者难以忘怀. stick in ones mind 经久不忘;铭记在心,故选B.11.important 重要的; specific 具体的; common 普遍的; impossible 不可能的.玩室内棒球是作者以前认为不可能的事情,故选D.12.invent 发明; confirm 证实; check 检查; notice 注意到.这里指作者发明了一种棒球的变体,叫做地滚球,故答案为A.13.interest 兴趣,利益; limitation 局限; experience 经验,经历; responsibility 责任. 我 必须得清楚自己本身的局限性,故选B.14.去试图获得一开始就知道极其超出自己能力的事情没有任何好处,因为这只能招致失败的痛苦.此处表示原因,所以用 because.15.fail 失败; try努力,尝试; act 行动; continue 继续.作者有时会失败,但平均来说他还是取得了进步,根据 but 可知此空与 progress 相对,故选 fail