1、Unit 4 Body Language.完形填空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, nonverbal communication takes up about 50% of what we really 3 . And body language is particularly 4 w
2、hen we attempt to communicate across cultures. Indeed, what is called body language is so 5 a part of us that its actually often unnoticed. And misunderstandings occur as a result of it. 6 , different societies treat the 7 between people differently. Northern Europeans usually do not like having 8 c
3、ontact even with friends, and certainly not with 9 . People from Latin American countries, 10 , touch each other quite a lot. Therefore, its 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 Norweg
4、ian, 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 talk. And only a part of it is in the words themselves. And when parties are from different cultures, theres a strong possibility of misunderstanding.
5、But whatever the situation, the best advice is to obey the Golden Rule: treat others as you would like to be treated.这是一篇说明文。短文向读者介绍了有关身体语言的一些内容。不同的文化下的身体语言是不同的,如拉丁美洲人离对方非常近是设法表达友好的表现,而挪威人认为这是非常粗鲁的。当我们设法跨越文化进行交流时,身体语言尤其重要,但有一条黄金法则就是:己所不欲,勿施于人。1A.furtherBharderClouder Dstraighter答案:C解析:考查副词辨析。A.furth
6、er更远地;B.harder更努力地;C.louder大声一点;D.straighter更直地。句意:它比语言更有说服力。由“ most powerful language of all”可知,它比有声语言更有说服力。故C选项切题。2A.invitations Bfeelings CmessagesDsounds答案:C解析:考查名词辨析。A.invitations邀请;B.feelings感觉;C.messages信息;D.sounds声音。句意:据专家的说法,我们的身体发出的信息比我们意识到的要多。根据常识可以判断出,任何的语言都是要传达出信息,只不过肢体语言发出的信息比我们意识到的要多。
7、故C选项切题。3A.discover Bhope CreceiveDmean答案:D解析:考查动词辨析。A.discover发现;B.hope希望;C.receive接收;D.mean 意思是。句意:事实上,非语言交流占据了我们真正意思的50%。交流的目的就是理解对方所说话的意思。故D选项切题。4A.difficult Bimmediate Cmisleading Dimportant答案:D解析:考查形容词辨析。A.difficult困难的;B.immediate立即的;C.misleading 使人误解的;D.important重要的。句意:当我们尝试跨文化交流时,肢体语言尤其重要。这里在
8、说明尝试跨文化交流时,肢体语言的重要性。故D选项切题。5A.far Blong CmuchDwell答案:C解析:考查形容词辨析。A.far远的;B.long长的;C.much许多的;D.well健康的。句意:的确,所谓的身体语言是我们身体的一部分,以至于它常常被忽视。分析句子可知,本句为so.that引导的结果状语从句,much在本句中表示强调且符合句意。故C选项切题。6A.For example BHowever CIn shortDThus答案:A解析:考查介词短语辨析。A.For example例如;B.However然而;C.In short总之;D.Thus因此。句意:例如,不同的
9、文化对人与人之间的距离有不同的看法。由下文列举的北欧人和拉丁美洲人的例子可知,For example“例如”符合句意。故A选项切题。7A.connections Bdistance CgreetingsDtrade答案:B解析:考查名词辨析。A.connections联系;B.distance距离;C.greetings问候;D.trade贸易。句意:例如,不同的文化对人与人之间的距离有不同的看法。由后文“Northern Europeans usually do not like having 8 contact even with friends,”可知,本句主要在讲不同的文化对人与人之间
10、的距离有不同的看法。故B选项切题。8A.bodily Beye CtelephoneDverbal答案:A解析:考查形容词和名词辨析。A.bodily身体的;B.eye眼睛;C.telephone电话;D.verbal口头的。句意:北欧人通常不喜欢身体接触,即使是和朋友。当然更不会与陌生人身体接触。由下文“touch each other quite a lot”可知,拉丁美洲人的肢体经常互相接触。而北欧人却与他们相反。故A选项切题。9.A.enemies Bneighbors Crelatives Dstrangers答案:D解析:考查名词辨析。A.enemies敌人;B.neighbors
11、邻居;C.relatives亲戚;D.strangers陌生人。句意:北欧人通常不喜欢身体接触,即使是和朋友。当然更不会与陌生人身体接触。北欧人即使和自己的朋友,都不进行身体接触,更不用说陌生人了。故D选项切题。10A.by all means Bin a similar way Cin other wordsDon the other hand答案:D解析:考查介词短语辨析。A.by all means当然可以;B.in a similar way以相似的方式;C.in other words换句话说;D.on the other hand另一方面。句意:另一方面,来自拉丁美洲国家的人经常互
12、相接触。本句在说明另一方面的情况。所以 on the other hand“另一方面”符合句意。故D选项切题。11A.silence Bexperiment Cconversation Dtrouble答案:C解析:考查名词辨析。A.silence沉默;B.experiment实验;C.conversation 交谈;D.trouble麻烦。句意:所以在谈话中,很可能拉丁美洲人跟着挪威人满屋子转。由下文可知,拉丁美洲人和挪威人是在交流中产生的误解。故C选项切题。12A.disturbing Bfollowing Cguiding Dhelping答案:B解析:考查动词辨析。A.disturbi
13、ng打扰;B.following跟随;C.guiding指导;D.helping帮助。句意:所以在谈话中,很可能拉丁美洲人跟着挪威人满屋子转。由前文可知,拉丁美洲人的肢体经常互相接触,他们喜欢近距离接触,所以在交谈中拉丁美洲人跟着挪威人满屋子转。故B选项切题。13A.away Bcloser CfasterDin答案:B解析:考查副词辨析。A.away离开;B.closer更近地;C.faster更快地;D.in 在家。句意:拉丁美洲人,试图表达友谊,将不断靠近。由上文可知,拉丁美洲人喜欢近距离接触。故B选项切题。14A.backing away Bcoming out Cgoing on D
14、stepping forward答案:A解析:考查短语动词辨析。A.backing away后退;B.coming out出版;C.going on继续;D.stepping forward 向前更进一步 。句意:挪威人很可能认为这是粗鲁的行为,会继续后退,而拉美人则会认为这是对自己的冷漠。由上文可知,挪威人喜欢保持距离。所以拉丁美洲人不断靠近,挪威不断后退。故A选项切题。15A.carelessness Bcoldness Cfriendliness Dweakness答案:B解析:考查名词辨析。A.carelessness粗心;B.coldness冷漠;C.friendliness 友情;
15、D.weakness缺点。句意:挪威人很可能认为这是粗鲁的行为,会继续后退,而拉美人则会认为这是对自己的冷漠。故B选项切题。.语法填空Yesterday, another student and I, 1 (represent) our universitys student association, went to the Capital International Airport 2 (meet) this years international students to Beijing University. After half 3 hour of waiting for their f
16、light to arrive, I saw several young people, in 4 (they) twenties, enter the waiting area looking around with curiosity.The first to arrive was Tony Garcia from Colombia. Tony 5 (approach) Julia, touched her shoulder and kissed her 6 the cheek! She stepped back as if in defense. I guessed there was
17、7 (probable) a misunderstanding.As I get to know more international friends, Ive learned that communicating is more than speaking and listening and 8 people often express their feelings using body language. In general, studying international 9 (custom) can certainly help avoid difficulties in todays
18、 world of 10 (culture) crossroads.本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。主要讲了作者和同学一起去接国际生,并表示交流不仅是听和说,也需要借助肢体语言来表达他们的感情。1representing解析:考查非谓语动词。结合句意可知,represent意为“代表”,分析句子结构可知,空处填非谓语,且和逻辑主语another student and I为主动关系,故填representing。2to meet解析:考查非谓语动词。句意:我和另一个学生去首都国际机场迎接今年来北京大学的国际学生。分析句子结构可知,空处填非谓语,再结合句意可知,to do不定式表示目的,故填to meet
19、。3an解析:考查冠词。根据空后的hour可知,空处填冠词,half an hour意为“半个小时”,故填an。4their 解析:考查代词。句意:我看见几个二十多岁的年轻人走进候车室,好奇地环顾四周。根据句意可知,in ones基数词的复数,表示“在某人几十岁时”,故填their。5approached解析:考查时态。根据空后的touched, kissed可知空处动词应与其并列,表示几个动作连续发生,故填approached。6on解析:考查介词。句意:亲吻她的脸颊。分析句子结构可知,空处填介词,再结合句意可知,kiss sb. on the身体部位,表示“亲吻”,故填on。7probab
20、ly解析:考查副词。句意:我猜可能是误会了。分析句子结构可知,空处填副词修饰句子,probably意为“可能”,故填probably。8that解析:考查宾语从句连接词。根据句子结构可知,空处填连词,且和空前宾语从句是并列关系,故填that。9customs 解析:考查名词的数。根据空前international可知,空处填名词,表示泛指,再结合句意可知,custom意为“风俗、习惯”时,是可数名词,故填customs。10cultural解析:考查形容词。根据空后的crossroads可知,空处填形容词,cultural意为“文化的”,故填cultural。.应用文写作假定你是李华,你的美国
21、笔友Peter作为交换生下学期将到你校学习。他发来电子邮件向你询问中国日常生活中常用的一些身势语(body language),请用英语给他回复。注意:1词数80左右;2可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;3开头和结尾已为你写好,不计入总词数。Dear Peter,Im glad to hear youll come to our school as an exchange student next term. Since you want to learn about Chinese body language in our daily life, let me tell you some.We
22、 usually greet each other with head nodding, smiles, hand shaking and so on. During the conversation, its good manners to have eye contact instead of staring directly at others. In class, students are required to raise their hands if they have any questions. Moreover, its common to see youth of the same sex hold hands or hug in public places.I hope my introduction can be of some help to you. Whenever necessary, Im always here to give you a hand.Looking forward to your arrival.Best wishes,Li Hua