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there is another kind of language you need to know- the language of the body.
All over the world, people "talk" with their hands, with their heads and with their eyes. When Japanese
people meet, they bow (鞠躬；弯腰).When Indians meet, they put their hands together. What do American
and British people do?
Americans are more informal (不拘礼节的) than the British. They like to be friendly. They use first names,
they ask questions and they talk easily about themselves. When they sit down, they like to relax in their chairs
and make themselves comfortable.
British people are more reserved (矜持的, 缄默的). They take more time to make friends.They like to
know you before they ask you something of your home.
When British and American people meet someone for the first time, they shake hands. They do not usually
shake hands with people they know well. Women sometimes kiss their women friends, and men kiss women
friends. When a man meets a man friend, he just smiles, and says"Hello".Men do not kiss each other, or hold
hands. Even fathers and sons do not often kiss each other.
B. only body language
C. only the English language
D. not only words but also body language
B. people can "talk" with their hands, heads and eyes
C. only a few people use body language
D. body language is more often used by people than words
B. they don"t like people to go to their homes
C. they are not as friendly as the Americans
D. they find it more interesting to stay alone
B. bow to each other
C. put their hands together
D. just smile
B. people would like to shake hands whenever they meet their friends
C. women are more likely to kiss each other while men aren"t
D. fathers and sons often kiss each other
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试题【阅读理解。 If you can speak English, you know a lot of English words. You can rea】；主要考察你对社会历史类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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world. You know that every language has its (1)o______ words. If you want to (2)l______ a foreign language,
you must learn its words. You must know (3)w______ the words mean, and you must say them in the right
(4)w______. Words are (5)m______ up of sounds and different languages have different sounds. There are
thousands of language sounds. When you (6)s______ English, you are using only about fifty of them.
Some languages are, spoken faster than (7)o______. English is spoken (8)m______ slowly than French.
Women speak (9)f______ than men. In America women speak about 175 words every minute, (10)w______
men speak about only 150. How many words do you speak every minute?
they be green or in visit city monkey eat animal |
| 阅读理解。 |
| People use money to buy food, books, bicycles and hundreds of other things they need. When they work, they usually get paid in money. Most of the money used today is made of metal or paper. But in ancient (古代的) time people often used all kinds of things as money. One of the first kinds of money was shells (贝壳). In China, cloth and knives were used as money. Elephant tusks (象牙), monkey tails and salt were used in some pans of Africa (非洲). Rice was also a kind of money used by the ancient people in some islands. Cows and other animals were used as money, too. The first copper coins (铜币) were made in China. They were round and had a square (方形) hole in the centre. Different countries had used different metals for their money. Later sonic countries began to make coins of gold and silver (银). But gold and silver were heavy to carry when people need a lot of coins to buy something expensive. The Chinese were the first to use paper money. The first paper money looked more like a note from one paper to another than the paper money used today. |
| 1. We use _________ as money today. |
| A. paper B. shells C. gold and silver D. copper coins |
| 2. People gave up (放弃) gold and silver coins because _________. |
| A. they were too heavy B. they would be for future use C. they were easy to slip off (滑倒) D. they were useless |
| 3. _________ first used paper money. |
| A. India B. America C. France D. China |
| 4. African people used _________ as money in ancient time. |
| A. cloth and knives B. cows and other animals C. copper coins D. tusks, monkey tails and salt |
| 5. The best tide for this passage is _________. |
| A. Paper Can Be Used an Money B. Africa Money Forms C. The History of Money D. Money in Ancient Time |
| 阅读理解。 |
| RIO de Janeiro (里约热内卢) will host the 2016 Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee (国际奥委会) announced it on October 2. Rio beat Chicago, Tokyo and Madrid to win the bid (赢得举办权). It will be the first South American city to host the Games. The city will also host the 2014 World Cup. Rio de Janeiro is the second largest city in Brazil (巴西). Population: 6 million; Language: Portuguese (葡萄 牙语). Rio has the world"s largest urban (城市中的) forest, the Tijuca forest. Every year Rio de Janeiro holds a carnival (狂欢节). It is like a big party. People dress up, dance samba (桑巴) and have fun. It usually lasts for a week. More than 2 million tourists come to Rio every year. Half a million people visit the city for the carnival each year. People celebrated when Rio won the 2016 Olympic bid. |
| 1. Which city is not trying to hold the 2016 Olympic Games? |
| A. Madrid B. Chicago C. London D. Tokyo |
| 2. How many people visit Rio de Janeiro each year? |
| A. Half a million B. A million C. Two million D. More than 2 million |
| 3. The 2014 World Cup will be held in which country? |
| A. France B. Brazil C. Spain D. Germany |
| 4. How many times has the Olympic Games been held in South America? |
| A. One B. Two C. Three D. None of the above |
| 5. Which word is the best to describe the city Rio de Janeiro? |
| A. energetic B. strict C. orderly D. messy |
| 阅读理解。 |
| How did ancient people tell time? ◇Natural ways of keeping time In ancient time, people had to use the sun and the moon to tell time. They got up when the sun came up and worked in the fields until the sun went down. ◇Man-made things The sand clock is made of two glass balls joined in a narrow neck. The top ball was filled with sand. The sand slowly moved through the neck into the bottom (底部) hall. People knew the time by watching how much sand fell to the bottom ball. People also made the water clock. They made a small hole near the bottom of a pot. When the water in the pot dripped (滴) out, marking (刻度) inside the pot showed how much fame passed. ◇Body clocks in living things Animals" body clock Animals don"t need clocks to know time. They have their body clocks. Birds know when to fly to warmer places before winter. Some animals know when to keep more food for the winter. Some fish know when it"s time to move up the river and lay eggs. Plants" own chock Plants have their own clocks to keep time. Plants know when to open flowers or when to drop their leaves. Body clock in human beings People also have their own body clocks. When we get used to our lives, our body clocks can be very exact. It can tell us when it"s time to wake up. It can also tell us when to eat or to go to sleep. |
| 1. How could an ancient farmer know when to go back home from the field in the daytime? |
| A. By looking at the moon. B. By the sand clock or the water clock. C. By looking at the sun. D. By feeling whether tired or not. |
| 2. According to the passage, how can animals know time? |
| A. They use body clocks. B. They ask other animals. C. They use the sun and the moon. D. They make something to tell time. |
| 3. How many kinds of living things with body clocks are mentioned here? |
| A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Six. |
| 4. In what way is the sand clock the same as the water clock in telling time? |
| A. Both of them have a neck. B. Both of them have two glass balls. C. Both of them can be used only once. D. Both of them give the time by quantity (数量). |
| 5. The passage is mainly about _______. |
| A. man-made clocks B. nature"s clocks C. time and clock D. how people keep time |