1、专题限时训练(四)说明文型完形填空(限时：每篇15分钟)ABody 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 (非言语) communication takes up about 50% of what we really _3_. And body language is p
2、articularly _4_ when we attempt to communicate across cultures. Indeed, what is called body language is so much a part of us that its actually often unnoticed. And misunderstandings occur as a result of it. _5_ ，different societies treat the distance between people differently. Northern Europeans us
3、ually do not like having _6_ contact (接触) even with friends, and certainly not with _7_. People from Latin American countries, on the other hand, touch each other quite a lot. Therefore, its possible that in _8_ , it may look like a Latino is _9_ a Norwegian all over the room. The Latino, trying to
4、express friendship, will keep moving _10_. The Norwegian, very probably seeing this as pushiness, will keep _11_ which the Latino will in return regard as coldness.Clearly, a great deal is going on when people _12_. And only a part of it is in the words themselves. And when parties are from _13_ cul
5、tures, theres a strong possibility of _14_. But whatever the situation, the best advice is to obey the Golden Rule: treat others as you would like to be _15_1A.straighter BlouderCharder Dfurther2A.sounds BinvitationsCfeelings Dmessages3A.hope BreceiveCdiscover Dmean4A.immediate BmisleadingCimportant
6、 Ddifficult5A.For example BThusCHowever DIn short6A.eye BverbalCbodily Dtelephone7A.strangers BrelativesCneighbours Denemies8A.trouble BconversationCsilence Dexperiment9A.disturbing BhelpingCguiding Dfollowing10A.closer BfasterCfarther Dslower11A.stepping forward Bgoing onCbacking away Dcoming out12
7、A.talk BtravelClaugh Dthink13A.different BEuropeanCLatino Drich14A.curiosity BexcitementCmisunderstanding Dnervousness15A.noticed BtreatedCrespected DpleasedBUK households are cutting back on spending at the fastest rate since 1980. This is _1_ to the worst economic slowdown in three decades.Figures
8、 from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed _2_ spending fell by 1.2% in the first three months of the year. People spent less on housing, household goods and services, _3_ those who went on holiday abroad also spent _4_ less.Consumers tightened their belts in the face of job losses, pay _
9、5_ or freezes and sharply reduced city bonuses. The figures _6_ employees compensation(补偿金) falling by 1.1% in the quarter, the largest fall _7_ records began in 1955. Wages and salaries declined, with lower bonus payments in the financial sector than normal, while _8_ also fell.The data was _9_ as
10、part of the ONSs latest assessment of the UK economy, which _10_ that gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by 1.9% in the first quarter, its sharpest decline since 1979. GDP stood 4.1% _11_ than a year ago, the biggest annual fall since 1980.“The breakdown of firstquarter GDP gives a pretty _12_ pict
11、ure of weakness right across the _13_ in the early months of this year，” said Jonathan Loynes of Capital Economics.“With key parts like household spending and investment set to fall considerably further in _14_ to the weakness in the housing market, the labour market and bank lending, we _15_ unconv
12、inced that recentgreen shoots will translate into a return to decent growth next year.”1. Asubmitting BresortingCcontributing Dextending2A.personnel BconsumerCfolk Dclient3. Awhile BalthoughCbecause Dbut4. Ainstantly BsimultaneouslyCsignificantly Dactively5. Adives BpausesChalts Dcuts6. Acalculated
13、BaccumulatedCexpressed Dshowed7. Asince BwhenCas Duntil8. Acompetition BemploymentCachievement Dattraction9. Areleased BrelievedCrelated Drelaxed10. Apromoted BjustifiedCconfirmed Dadvocated11. Apoorer BslimmerCweaker Dlower12. Aamazing BdepressingCsurprising Dpuzzling13. Aeconomy BfinanceCbusiness
14、Dcommerce14. Aopposition BresponseCregard Dcontrast15. Aremain BproveCfeel DmaintainCFor many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. To keep up their work, they must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice communications, not to mention newspapers and magazines: a neverending
15、flood of words. In _1_ a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend _2_ can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are _3_ readers. Most of us develop poor reading _4_ at an early age, and never get over them. The main deficiency
16、 _5_ in the actual stuff of language itselfwords. Taken individually, words have _6_ meaning until they are strung together into phrases, sentences and paragraphs. _7_， however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing to _8_ words
17、 or passages. The tendency to look back over what you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which _9_ down the speed of reading is vocalizationsounding each word either orally or mentally as one reads.To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an
18、 _10_， which moves a bar (or curtain) down the page at a predetermined speed. The bar is set at a slightly faster rate _11_ the reader finds comfortable, in order to “stretch” him.The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, _12_ wordbyword reading, regression and subvocalization, practically imp
19、ossible. At first comprehension is sacrificed for speed. But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, _13_ your comprehension will improve. Many people have found their reading skill drastically improved after some training. _14_ Charlce Au, a business manager, for i
20、nstance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute before the training, now it is an excellent 1，378 words a minute. He is delighted that how he can _15_ a lot more reading material in a short period of time.1. Aapplying BdoingCoffering Dgetting 2. Aquickly BeasilyCroughly Ddecidedly
21、 3. Agood BcuriousCpoor Durgent 4. Atrainings BhabitsCsituations Dcustoms 5. Alies BcombinesCtouches Dinvolves 6. Asome Ba lot ofClittle Ddull 7. AFortunately BActuallyCLogically DUnfortunately 8. Areuse BrereadCrewrite Drecite 9. Ascales BcutsCslows Dmeasures 10. Aaccelerator BactorCamplifier Dobse
22、rver 11. Athen BasCbeyond Dthan 12. Aenabling BleadingCmaking Dindicating 13. Abut BnorCor Dfor 14. ATreat BTakeCMake DConsider 15. Arefer to Bgo overCset about Dget through专题限时训练(四)A【要点综述】 本文是一篇说明文。作者认为身势语比言辞更有效，但身势语却常常被人们忽略。在进行跨文化交流的过程中，身势语尤为重要。作者以拉丁美洲人和挪威人为例进行了阐述。最后作者指出，不管什么情况，最好的建议是：对待别人像你希望被对待的
23、那样。(你想别人怎么对待你，你就怎样对待别人。)1B身势语比语言表达的意思更响亮、更清楚。此处louder意为“声音更大，更有说服力”。如：Facts speak louder than words.(事实胜于雄辩。)2D据专家称，我们的身体发出比我们意识到的更多的信息。sound声音；invitation邀请；feeling感觉；message信息。3D实际上，非言语交际约占据了我们真正想表达的意思的50%的分量。hope希望；receive接收；discover发现；mean意思是。4C当我们进行跨文化交流时，身势语显得尤为重要。immediate立刻的； misleading 误导的；i
24、mportant重要的；difficult困难的。5A下文中以拉丁美洲人和挪威人为例，说明不同的社会群体对待距离的态度是不同的。6C即使是朋友，北欧人通常也不喜欢身体的接触，当然更不用说陌生人了。eye 眼睛，眼神；verbal 言辞的； bodily身体的；telephone电话。7A即使是朋友，北欧人也通常不喜欢身体的接触，当然更不用说陌生人了。stranger陌生人；relative亲戚；neighbour邻居；enemy敌人。8B在对话过程中，拉丁美洲人跟着挪威人满屋子转是可能的。trouble 麻烦；conversation对话； silence 沉默；experiment实验。9D
25、在对话过程中，拉丁美洲人跟着挪威人满屋子转是可能的。此处follow意为“跟着走”。10A拉丁美洲人靠得更近以示友好。11C挪威人将不断地后退。step forward前进； go on 继续；back away后退；come out出来。12A很显然，当人们谈话时，许多东西都在进行。13A当我们的伙伴来自于不同的文化背景时，产生误解的可能性就会很大。14C15B不管什么样的情景，最好的建议是遵守这样的黄金规则：对待别人像你希望被对待的那样。(你想别人怎样对待你，你就怎样对待别人。)B【要点综述】 本文讲述了经济危机导致居民消费开支产生了自1980以来的最大幅度的下滑这一现象。1C这促成了近三
26、十年来最严重的经济下滑。submit to 服从；resort to 求助，诉诸；contribute to 有助于，促进；extend to 延伸到。2Bconsumer spending表示“消费性支出”。3A上半句说人们在住房、日用品及服务上的支出减少了，下半句说出国度假的人花费也减少了，由此可见前后分句是并列的关系，所以用while。although 表示让步；because表示原因；but 表示转折。4Cinstantly 立即，马上；simultaneously 同时地；significantly 显著地，重要地；actively积极地，活跃地。不难看出这里是说出国度假的人花费也明
27、显减少了，因此选significantly。5Dpay cuts表示“减薪”，pay freezes表示“工资冻结”。dive潜水；halt停止；pause暂停，间歇。6Dcalculate计算；accumulate 积累；express表达；show表明。这里表示“数据表明”，故选择D项。7Asince 表示“从以来”，上文提到员工们的补偿金本季度下降了1.1%，这个下降的幅度是自1955年有记录以来最大的，所以用since。8Bcompetition 竞争；employment 就业；achievement 成就，成绩；attraction吸引，吸引力。伴随着工资的下降，竞争肯定越来越激烈
28、，失业的人也就越来越多，所以就业率就会下降。9Arelease 发布，释放；relieve 解除，减轻；relate 联系，叙述；relax 放松。这里release表示“发布”。句意：这份数据是作为英国国家统计局这个组织对英国经济评估报告的一部分来对外发布的。10Cpromote促进，提升；justify证明是合法的；confirm确认，证实；advocate 提倡，主张。句意：这份数据证实了第一季度国内生产总值下降了1.9%这一事实。11D从后半句“the biggest annual fall since 1980”可以得出GDP肯定是比去年降低了4.1%，所以用lower。poor贫穷
29、的；slim苗条的；weak虚弱的。12Bamazing令人惊异的；depressing令人沮丧的；surprising令人惊讶的；puzzling令人费解的。 13Aeconomy经济；finance财政；business商业；commerce贸易。这里应该是对整个宏观经济的展望，所以用economy，其他三个选项太过片面了。14Bin response to表示“响应，反应”，这里表示由于房地产市场、劳动力市场以及银行借贷的疲软，导致家庭支出以及投资的大幅下降。15Aremain表示“依然，保持”，后面大多跟形容词。maintain表示“维持，保持(已有的水平、标准)”，这里表示“虽然由于
30、房地产市场、劳动力市场以及银行借贷的疲软而导致家庭支出以及投资的大幅下降，但是我们仍然不相信”，所以这里用remain。C【要点综述】 阅读本来是一个愉悦身心的活动，但是忙碌的工作使人们远离了阅读所带来的乐趣。本文就如何开展有效的快速阅读进行了简单的说明。1D本句意思是“如果想谋得一份差事”。apply需加for，意思是“申请”；do做； offer提供。此三项均不符合题意，只有get(获得)适合。2A本句意为“快速阅读与理解的能力，是关系到成败的关键所在”。只有quickly与原意吻合。easily容易地；roughly 粗略地； decidedly果断地。3C由下文“Most of us
31、develop poor reading”可知此处选poor。其他选项不妥。4B此处的意思是“大多数人早期养成不良的读书习惯”。因此选habit“习惯”。training 训练，培训；situation形势；custom风俗习惯。5A此处说的是“主要的困难在于语言的自身要素，即单词”。combine联合；touch接触；involve包括。这三项的词义与原文不符。而lie与in构成搭配，意为“在于”。6C这里的意思是“如果单个地看这些词，它们并没有什么意义”。some一些，少量的；a lot of许多；dull单调的。此三项不合题意。只有little(很少)是否定词，合乎逻辑。7D此句指“作者
32、对未受过阅读训练的人的不良习惯感到遗憾”。fortunately幸运地；actually事实上；logically合乎逻辑地。unfortunately(不幸地)合乎句意。8B此处意思为“在阅读时经常重读(反复读)”。因此，选reread“重读”。reuse再使用；rewrite改写；recite背诵。9Cscale down按比例减少；cut down削减。此两项不合题意。 measures不能与down搭配。只有slow down“放慢”能否与后面的speed搭配。10A根据上文可知，训练快速阅读所使用的工具必然与提高阅读速度有关，因此选accelerator (快读器)。actor演员；
33、amplifier放大器；observer观察者。11D前面的faster决定了此处应当选than，构成比较级。12C此句意为“快速阅读器迫使你加快阅读速度，使你再也不能逐字阅读，回顾前文内容或者默读。”enable相当于make possible；lead引导；indicate指出，表明。都不合题意。只有make (使得)最合适。13A与前半句中的not only相呼应，构成句式not onlybut“不仅而且”，只能选but，而nor、or或for均不能与前面的not only搭配。14Btake与后面的for instance构成短语，意为“以为例”，其他三项不能与for instance构成搭配。 15D此处意为“在较短时间内，读完众多的材料”。refer to参考；go over复习；set about着手做。此三项均不合题意；只有get through “完成”最恰当。