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6/6第一部分

交際用語閱讀下面的小對話，從A,B,C,D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出一個(gè)能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題紙上寫出所選的字母符號(hào)。(D)1.—Hello,Sally.How’severything

—

.A.Goodforyou

B.Oh,IagreeC.That’sright

D.Justso-so(A)2.—Excuseme,wouldyoulendmeyourcalculator

—

.A.Certainly.Hereyouare

B.Pleasedon’tmentionit

C.It’snothing

D.Yes,Ihaveahand(B)3.—Idon’tlikethespotsprogramsonSundays.

—

.

A.SodoI

B.NeitherdoI

C.SoamI

D.NeitheramI(D)4.—What’stheproblem,Harry

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.A.Noproblem

B.NotroubleatallC.Thankyouforaskingmeaboutit

D.Ican’trememberwhereIleftmyglasses(C)5.—WhatkindofTVprogramdoyoulikebest

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.A.Ilikethemverymuch

B.IonlywatchthematweekendC.It’shardtosay,actually

D.I’mtoobusytosay(B)6．--CouldyoutellmewhereMr.Lakeis--_________________.A.FromEngland

B.Attheoffice

C.He’sworking

D.He’sverybusy(D)7.--MayIhelpyou,madam--______________.A.Sorry,Ihavenoidea

B.Yes,IknowwhattobuyC.You’dbettergivemeahand

D.Yes,I’dlike2kilosoforanges(D)8．--Hello,couldIspeaktoDonplease--______________A.Whoareyou

B.What’stheproblemC.AreyouJane

D.Who’sspeaking(B)9．--Whatwouldyoulike,teaorcoffee--_________________.A.Yes,Iwould

B.Coffee,pleaseC.Yes,please

D.It’sverynice(A)10.--Whataboutgoingforawalk--_______________.A.WhynotAgoodidea

B.That’sallrightC.So,doI

D.Walkingisgoodtoyou(C)11.—Niceweather,isn’tit

—

.A.I’mnotsure

B.Youknowitwell

C.Yes,itis

D.Yes,itisn’t(A)12.—IthinktheInternetisveryhelpful.

—

.

A.Yes,sodoI

B.That’saverygoodidea

C.NeitherdoI

D.I’drathergosurfingonit(C)13.—Whatsubjectsareyoustudying

—

.

A.Yes,I’mstudyinghistory

B.I’mstudyingnow

C.I’mstudyingphilosophy

D.I’mdoingmyhomework(D)14.—Whichlanguagedoyouspeakathome

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.A.IspeakEnglishverywell

B.IcanspeakEnglishandFrenchC.Englishismymothertongue

D.English,mostofthetime(C)15.—Mustwehandinourhomeworknow

—

.

A.Yes,youwill

B.Yes,youmustn’t

C.No,youneedn’t

D.No,youmustn’t(A)16.—Let’stakeawalk.

—

.A.Yes,let’s

B.Oh,thanks

C.Yes,please

D.No,thankyou(D)17.—Hello,couldIspeaktoDonplease

—

A.Whoareyou

B.What’stheproblem

C.AreyouJane

D.Who’sspeaking(C)18.—Doyouthinktheexamwillbeputoff

—

.

A.Notgoodnews

B.Theexamisdifficult

C.Notlikely

D.Itwasputoffyesterday(A)19.—Inmyopinion,you’dbettertakeacoupleofdaysoff.

—

.

A.I’lltakeyouradvice

B.Letmesee

C.Nevermind

D.I’mafraidso（D）20.—WouldyoumindifIopenthewindowforabetterview

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.A.That’sfine,thankyou

B.Yes,pleaseC.Takeaseat

D.Ofcoursenot(key:1.D

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.C

6.B

7.D

8.D

9.B10.A

11.C

12.A

13.C

14.D

15.C

16.A

17.D

18.C

19.A

20.D)第二部分

詞匯與結(jié)構(gòu)閱讀下面的句子，從A,B,C,D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出一個(gè)能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題紙上寫出所選的字母符號(hào)。（B）1.IbrokemylegwhenI________skiinginAmerica.A.is

B.was

C.–(不填)

D.wouldbe（C）2.Shewasconvicted_______murder.A.to

B.in

C.of

D.as（D）3.Anewhotel_________inthecenteroftownatthemoment.A.hasbeenbuilt

B.isbuilt

C.wasbuilt

D.isbeingbuilt（A）4.Itisveryconvenient________here.A.living

B.live

C.lived

D.tolive（B）5.Ihavelivedhere_________1997.A.for

B.since

C.at

D.from（A）6.Thebedroomneeds__________.A.decorating

B.todecorate

C.decorate

D.decorated（D）7.Heistheman_________dogbitme.A.that

B.which

C.who

D.whose（B）8.I’mtired.I__________workingveryhard.A.have

B.havebeen

C.had

D.has（D）9.Beforesheleftonthetrip,she__________hard.A.trained

B.hastrained

C.wouldtrained

D.hadtrained（B）10.Hekeeps_________athimselfinthemirror.A.tolook

B.looking

C.look

D.looked

（C）11.Thesunheatstheearth,____isveryimportanttolivingthings.A.that

B.what

C.which

D.where（B）12.Iftheman_______succeed,hemustworkashardashecan.A.will

B.isto

C.isgoingto

D.should（A）13.AncientGreeceisthe__________ofwesterncivilization.A.origin

B.source

C.place

D.sources（B）14.Pleasestop__________.Itcannothelpthesituation.A.toshout

B.shouting

C.tospeak

D.speaking（A）15.Thebigmanhasalwaysbeeneatingonthego,_______hehasgotstomachache.A.so

B.however

C.as

D.because（B）16.Letme___________thecasecarefullybeforeIdrawaconclusion.A.lookup

B.lookinto

C.lookafter

D.lookout（D）17.He,aswellasI,__________astudent.A.be

B.am

C.are

D.is（C）18.She_______hersuccesstohardwordandstrongwill.A.owns

B.gives

C.owes

D.regards（C）19.Mr.Smith_________amostimportantpartinthedevelopmentofourcity.A.took

B.had

C.played

D.made（C）20.I’dratherstayathomethan________awalk.A.taking

B.totake

C.take

D.tobetaking（A）21.Motherwasbusy.AlthoughshewasnotwatchingthebasketballonTV,she_______itontheradio.A.waslisteningto

B.washearing

C.waslistening

D.wasseeing（A）22.Hardly_________homewhenitbegantorain.A.hadIgot

B.Ihadgot

C.hadIarrivedin

D.Ihadarrivedat（D）23.Ipreferclassicmusic__________popmusic.A.than

B.on

C.with

D.to（A）24.Alltheteammemberstriedtheirbest.Welostthegame,_______.A.however

B.therefore

C.since

C.as（B）25.Whenwewerehavingameeting,thedirector_________thebadnewsbytelephone.A.wastelling

B.wastold

C.couldtell

D.wouldtell（B）26.Silk__________byChineseforthousandsofyearsnow.A.hasused

B.hasbeenused

C.wasused

D.isused（B）27.You_______tolockthedooratnight.A.should

B.ought

C.must

D.shall（A）28.BeforeIgottothecinema,thefilm_________.A.hadbegun

B.hasbegun

C.isbegun

D.wasbeginningA.toshout

B.tospeak

C.shouting

D.speaking（B）29.Thepatientactedonthedoctor’s_______andfinallyrecovered.A.advices

B.advice

C.advise

D.advises（C）30.Alecturehallis_________wherestudentsattendlectures.A.there

B.which

C.one

D.that（D）31.Don’tworry,yourwatch_________andyoucanhaveitinnotime.A.isrepaired

B.hasbeenrepaired

C.wasrepaired

D.isbeingrepaired（B）32.Thedefinitionleaves______fordisagreement.A.asmallroom

B.muchroom

C.greatdealroom

D.notsobigaroom（B）33.Notalways_________theywant(to).A.peoplecandowhat

B.canpeopledowhatC.peoplecannotdowhat

D.can’tpeopledowhat（B）34.Sadam________for25years.A.gotmarried

B.wasmarried

C.married

D.weremarried（C）35.Idon’twantyoutomakeanytrouble,_________,Iurgeyoutosolvetheproblem.A.thus

B.consequently

C.onthecontrary

D.justas（B）36.Why________theoldblockofflats_________demolishednextmonthA.are…being

B.is…being

C.has…been

D.have…been（C）37.Inthefiftieslastcenturymanynewcities________inthedesert.A.bringup

B.makeup

C.grewup

D.buildup（A）38.MoreandmorepeopleinChinanow__________toworkregularly.A.drive

B.drives

C.drove

D.havedriven（A）39.Atpresent,themostimportantthingisthatBritainneeds________moretoimprovetherelationshipwiththeUSA.A.todo

B.doing

C.tobedone

D.do（B）40.Wehaveourhouse________everyweekbyacleaner.A.clean

B.cleaned

C.cleaning

D.toclean.(Key:1.

B

2.C

3D

4.A

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.D

10.B

11.C

12.B

13.A

14.B

15.A

16.B

17.D

18.C

19.C

20.C

21.A

22.A

23.D

24.A

25.B

26.B

27.B

28.A

29.B

30.C

31.D

32.B

33.B

34.B

35.C

36.B

37.C

38.A

39.A

40.B第三部分

完形填空閱讀下面的短文，從短文后所給的A,B,C,D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出能填入相應(yīng)空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題紙上圈出所選的字母符號(hào)。Passage1Althoughinternationaltravelisusuallyan(21)__________andpleasantexperience,travellersshouldtakestepstoensurethattheirhealthdoesnotsuffereither(22)______theirtime_____theairor______theirtimeabroad.Beforeyougo,checkwithyourdoctororlocaltravelclinic(23)_____injectionsarenecessaryfortheareasyouaretravelling(24)____.Allowsufficienttimetohavetheseinjectionsbeforeyou(25)_______becausetheymaytaketimetobecomeeffective.Besurethattheinformationonhealthisup-to-date.CheckontheInternetifyouarenotsure.Don’tgotobedlatetheday(26)_______youfly.Yourbodyhasanaturaldailysleeppattern.Ittakestimetoadjust

toanewtimezone.Therearemanydifferent(27)__________ofjetlag:youmaynotbeabletosleep,youmaynotwanttoeatoryoumayfeelsickandtired.Youmaynotbeabletoconcentrateforsomedaysafteryouarrive.Thereareseveralthingsyoucandoto(28)________theeffectsofjetlag:－Doyour(29)______torelaxduringtheflight;－Sleepasmuchasyoucanontheflight.Useamildsleepingpillifnecessary;－Drinkasmuchwaterasyoucan;－Don’tdrinkalcoholandcaffeine;－Takemildsleepingpills(30)______thefirstfewdaysinthenewtimezoneifyouneedthem.（B）21.A)excited

B)exciting

C)excitted

D)excitting（D）22.A)of…on…of

B)of…in…of

C)from…on…from

D)from…in…from（C）23.A)where

B)-（不填）

C)which

D)that（C）24.A)-（不填）

B)in

C)to

D)at（C）25.A)willleave

B)isleaving

C)leave

D)haveleft（D）26.A)after

B)in

C)on

D)before（A）27.A)effects

B)effect

C)affect

D)affects（D）28.A)short

B)shorten

C)less

D)lessen（C）29)A)good

B)better

C)best

D)most（B）30.A)at

B)for

C)of

D)on

(Key:21.B

22.D

23.C

24.C

25.C

26.D

27.A28.D

29.C

30.BPassage2Astudy(21)_____________thatfitnessisthekey(22)______longlife,irrespectiveofbodyshapeorevensmokinghabits.Researchersdiscoveredthatpeople(23)_________exerciselivelongerthanthosewhodonot,(24)__________theyareoverweightandsmoke.Thestudyfoundthattheleastfitofthe6,000middle-agedmeninthestudywerefivetimes(25)_____________todiewithinsixyearsofthestartoftheresearchthanthefittest.Thiswastruewhetherornotthemenhadheartproblems,smokedor(26)______overweight.Scientistsconcludedthatitwasbettertobefatandactivethanskinnyandsedentary.DrKenCooper,afitnessexpert,said,"Youarebetteroffsmokingapacketofcigarettesadayand(27)__________regularlythanbeinganon-smokerandsedentary."Althoughheadds,"Butdon'tmisunderstandme.Iamnotendorsingsmoking.Iamtryingtotellyouhowdangerousitistobesedentary."(28)________,thestudyappearstoflyinthefaceofresearchlastyearwhichconcludedthatmorethan30,000peopledieprematurelyeveryyearinBritainfromillnessescausedbybeingoverweight.TheBritishGovernmentisputtingpressureonmanufacturers(29)__________highlevelsofsugarinfoodandtorestrictthehard-sellofjunkfoodtochildreninordertoimprovethenation'shealth.ButthenewstudysuggeststheGovernment(30)__________morepeopletoexercise.（C）21.A)showing

B)show

C)hasshown

D)hadshown（A）22.A)to

B)for

C)of

D)in（D）23.A)–(不填)

B)which

C)whom

D)who（C）24.A)if

B)unless

C)evenif

D)because（D）25.A)like

B)likely

C)lesslikely

D)morelikely（B）26.A)was

B)were

C)is

D)are（B）27.A)toexercise

B)exercising

C)exercise

D)exercised（A）28.A)However

B)So

C)Although

D)Furthermore（C）29.A)reduce

B)reducing

C)toreduce

D)reduced（D）30.A)encouraged

B)encouraging

C)toencourage

D)encourage(Key:21.C

22.A

23.D

24.C

25.D

26.B

27.B

28.A29.C

30.D)Passage3Moreandmorepeople(21)____toinstallburglaralarmsintheirhousesiftheywanttogetinsurance.Insurancecompanies(22)____peopleincertainareastoinstallthealarmsbeforetheywillgivetheminsuranceforthefastyear.Thisis(23)____toincreasingcrimeinsomepartsofthecountry.Thiscanbeaproblemforpeople(24)____arestrugglingtomake(25)____endsmeet.Thealarms,(26)____canbeveryexpensive,needtobeinstalledbyanelectrician.Itis(27)_____that20%ofhomeshavealarmsinstalled,andthatanother20%ofpeopleplan(28)_____buthavenotinstalledthem(29)_____.Theinsurancecompaniestoldpeople(30)_____thealarmsonalldoorsandwindows.（B）21.A.must

B.have

C.had

D.has（D）22.A.havebeenasked

B.asked

C.willask

D.havebeenasking（A）23.A.due

B.caused

C.because

D.becauseof（C）24.A.which

B.what

C.who

D.–（C）25.A.the

B.all

C.-

D.those（B）26.A.that

B.which

C.who

D.it（D）27.A.estimate

B.estimating

C.estimates

D.estimated（A）28.A.tohavetheminstalled

B.tohavetheminstalling

C.tohavebeeninstallingthem

D.toinstallthem（C）29.

A.still

B.already

C.yet

D.too（D）30.

A.install

B.installed

C.installing

D.toinstall(Key:21.B

22.D

23.A

24.C

25.C

26.B

27.D

28.A29.C

30.D)Passage4Astudyhasshownthatfitnessisthekey(21)_____longlife,irrespectiveofbodyshape(22)_____evensmokinghabits.Researchersdiscoveredthatpeoplewhoexerciselivelongerthan(23)______,eveniftheyareoverweightandsmoke.Thestudyfoundthat(24)______fitofthe6,000middle-agedmeninthestudywerefivetimesmorelikelytodiewithinsixyearsofthestartoftheresearchthanthefittest.Thiswastrue(25)_______themenhadheartproblems,smokedorwereoverweight.Scientistsconcludedthatitwasbetter(26)_______andactivethanskinnyandsedentary.DrKencooper,afitnessexpert,said,“Youarebetteroffsmokingapacketofcigarettesadayandexercisingregularlythan(27)_______anon–smokerandsedentary.”Althoughheadds,“Butdon’tmisunderstandme.Iamnotendorsing(28)_____,Iamtryingtotellyouhowdangerousitistobesedentary.”TheBritishGovernmentisputtingpressure(29)_____manufacturerstoreducehighlevelsofsugarinfoodandtorestrictthehard-sellofjunkfoodtochildreninordertoimprovethenation’shealth.ButthenewstudysuggeststheGovernmentshouldencouragemorepeople(30)_____.（C）21.

A.for

B.of

C.to

D.in（A）22.

A.or

B.and

C.but

D.either（D）23.

A.thosewhodoesnot

B.thesewhodonot

C.thesethatdonot

D.thosewhodonot（D）24.

A.thelittle

B.less

C.least

D.theleast（B）25.

A.that

B.whetherornot

C.ifornot

D.when（B）26.

A.beingfat

B.tobefat

C.todo

D.doing（A）27.

A.being

B.be

C.tobe

D.is（C）28.

A.smoke

B.tosmoke

C.smoking

D.smoked（A）29.

A.on

B.in

C.to

D.for（C）30.

A.exercise

B.exercising

C.toexercise

D.exercised(Key:21.C

22.A

23.D

24.D

25.B

26.B

27.A

28.C29.A

30.C)第四部分

閱讀理解閱讀下列短文，從A,B,C,D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出一個(gè)正確答案，并在答題紙上寫出所選的字母符號(hào)。Passage1Iwas15whenIwalkedintoMcCarleyBookstoreandbegantolookoverthetitlesofthebooksontheshelves.Themanbehindthecounter,theownerofthebookstore,askedmeifIwouldlikeajob.Ineededtostartsavingforcollege,soIsaidyes.Iworkedafterschoolandduringsummersforminimumwagesandthejobhelpedpayformyfreshmanyearofcollege.Iworkedatmanyotherjobsafterwards:Imadecoffeeinthestudentunionduringcollege.ImademapsfortheU.SForestService.Butsellingbookswasoneofthemostsatisfying.Onedayawomanaskedmeforbooksoncancer.Sheseemedfearful.Ishowedhereverythingwehadandfoundotherbookswecouldorder.ShelefttheshoplessworriedandI’vealwaysrememberedtheprideIfeltinhavinghelpedher.Yearslater,asatelevisionreporter,Iheardaboutapoorchildwhowasbornwithhisfingersofthelefthandlinkedtogether.Hisfamilycouldnotaffordthecorrectivesurgery,andtheboylivedinshame,hidinghislefthandinhispocket.IpersuadedmybosstoletmedothestoryonTV.Aftermystorywasbroadcast,adoctorandanursecalled,offeringtoperformthesurgeryforfree.Ivisitedtheboyintherecoveryroomaftertheoperation.Thefirstthinghedidwasholduphisrepairedhandandsay,“Thankyou.”Iwasoverjoyedandfilledwithastrongsenseofreward.AtMcCarleyBookstore,IalwaysfeltIwasworkingforthecustomers,notjustforthestore.Todayit’sthesame.NBCnewspaysmethesalary.ButIfeelthatIworkfortheviewers,helpingthemmakesenseoftheworld.MyworkingexperienceinMcCarleyBookstorehelpedmefindagoodsenseoftheworld,andmostimportantly,ithelpedmefindagoodsenseofmyself.（A）1.HowdidtheauthorgetthejobinMcCarleyBookstoreA.

Hehappenedtowalkintotheshopandgotitbychance.B.

Hehadalwayswantedtohaveajobinthatbookstoreandhesucceeded.C.

Helikedreadingbooks,sotriedtogetajobthere.D.Hedidnotgotoschool,sohelookedforajobwhenhewas15.（B）2.Accordingtotheauthor,sellingbookswasoneofthemostsatisfyingjobexperiences,because____________.A.

heonlyhadtoworkafterschoolandgotgoodwagesB.

ithelpedhimunderstandtheworldandhimselfC.

ithelpedhimpayforhisfreshmanyearofcollegeD.hedidnotfeelthathewasworkingforthestore（D）3.Afterhehelpedthefearfulladylookingforbooksoncancer,theauthorwas____________.A.worriedaboutherB.

lessworriedaboutherC.unabletoforgether

D.

proudofhimself（B）4.Theauthordecidedtohelpthepoorboyby____________.A.persuadinghisbosstodothestoryonTVB.persuadinghisbosstolethimdothestoryonTVC.

askingadoctortoperformtheoperationforfreeD.

visitingtheboyintherecoveryroomaftertheoperation（C）5.Themainreasonthattheauthorthinkshispresentjobisthesameastheoneinthebookstoreis____________.A.itgiveshimsalaryB.itmakeshimfeelexcitedC.ithelpspeoplemakesenseoftheworldD.itenableshimtowork(Key:1.A

2.B

3.D

4.B

5.C)

Passage2PaperwasinventedbytheChineseinthefirstcenturyAD.PaperwasnotmadeinsouthernEuropeuntilabouttheyear1100.Scandinavia-whichnowmakesagreatdealoftheworld’spaper-didnotbegintomakeituntil1500.Mostpaperismadefromwood.Paper-makingisanimportantBritishindustryandpaperfromBritainissoldtomanycountriessuchasAustraliaandSouthAfrica.SomeofthewoodusedintheBritishpapermakingindustrycomesfromtreesgrowninBritain,butwoodisalsoboughtfromothercountriessuchasNorway.Onetreeisneededforeveryfourhundredcopiesofafortynewspaper.IfhalftheadultsinBritainbuyonedailypaper,thisusesupoverathousandtreesaday.Allovertheworld,treesarebeingcutdownfasterthantheyarebeingplanted,sotheremaybeaseriousneedforpaperatthebeginningofnextcentury.Whenwethinkofpaper,wethinkofnewspaper,books,lettersandwritingpaper.Buttherearemanyotheruses.Onlyhalfofpaperisusedforbooksandnewspaper,etc.Paperisverygoodforkeepingyouwarm.Eachyear,moreandmorethingsaremadeofpaper.Nowwehearthatchairs,tables,andevenbedscanbemadeofpaper.Butthelatestinpapermakingseemstobepaperhouses.（A）1.WherewaspaperinventedA.InChina.

B.InsouthernEurope.C.InScandinavia.

D.InBritain.（C）2.Scandinaviabegantomakepaper____________.A.in1100

B.in1400C（B）3.Everyfourhundredcopiesofafortynewspaperwillneed____.A.halfatree

B.onetreeC.twotrees

D.morethanonetree（D）4.Allovertheworld,treesarebeingcutdown____________thantheyarebeingplanted.A.moreslowly

B.muchfasterC.muchmoreslowly

D.faster（D）5.Thelatestthingsmadeofpaperare____________.A.chairs

B.tablesC.clothes

D.houses(Key:1.A

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.D)Passage3Weoftenusegesturestoexpressourfeelings,buttheproblemisthatthegesturescanbeunderstoodindifferentways.Itistruethatasmilemeansthesamethinginanylanguage.Sodoeslaughterorcrying.Fearisanotheremotionthatisshowninmuchthesamewayallovertheworld.InChineseandinEnglishliterature,aphraselike‘hewentpaleandbegantotremble’suggeststhatthemaniseitherveryafraidorhehasjustgotaverybigshock.However,‘heopenedhiseyeswide’isusedtosuggestangerinChinesewhereasinEnglishitmeanssurprise.InChinese,surprisecanbedescribedinaphraselike‘theystretchedouttheirtongues!’“Stretchingoutyourtongue”inEnglishisaninsultinggestureorexpressesstrongdislike.Eveninthesameculture,peopledifferintheirabilitytounderstandandexpressfeelings.ExperimentsinAmericahaveshownthatwomenareusuallybetterthanmenatrecognizingfear,anger,loveandhappinessonpeople’sfaces.Otherstudiesshowthatolderpeopleusuallyfinditeasiertorecognizeorunderstandbodylanguagethanyoungerpeopledo.（D）1.WhichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothepassageA.Wecaneasilyunderstandwhatpeople’sgesturesmean.B.Wordscanbebetterunderstoodbyolderpeople.C.Gesturescanbeunderstoodbymostpeoplebutwordsarenot.D.Itisdifficulttotellwhatpeople’gesturesreallymeansometimes.（D）2.People’sfacialexpressionsmaybemisunderstoodindifferentculturesbecause____________.A.peopleofdifferentsexesmayunderstandagesturedifferentlyB.peoplespeakingdifferentlanguageshavedifferentfacialexpressionsC.peopleofdifferentagesmayhavedifferentinterpretationsD.peoplefromdifferentcultureshavedifferentmeaningsaboutsomefacialexpressions（A）3.Fromthepassage,wecanconcludethat____________.A.gesturescanbeusedtoexpressfeelingsB.gesturescanbemoreeffectivelyusedthanwordstoexpressfeelingsC.wordsareoftenmoredifficulttounderstandthangesturesD.gesturesareusedasfrequentlyaswordstoexpressfeelings（D）4.Inthesameculture,people____________.A.hardlyeverfailtounderstandeachother’sideasandfeelingsB.

areequallyintelligenteveniftheyhavedifferentbackgroundsC.almostallhavethesameunderstandingofthesamethingD.

mayhavedifferentabilitiestounderstandandexpressfeelings（C）5.Thebesttitleforthispassagecanbe____________.A.Gestures

B.Feelings

C.GesturesandFeelings

D.

CultureandUnderstanding(Key:1.D

2.D

3.A

4.D

5.C)Passage4Afunnythinghappenedonthewaytothecommunicationrevolution:westoppedtalkingtoeachother.

Iwaswalkingintheparkwithafriendrecently,andhismobilephonerang,interruptingourconversation.Therewewere,walkingandtalkingonabeautifulsunnydayand–poof!–IwascutoffasifIhadbecomeabsentfromtheconversation.

Theparkwasfilledwithpeopletalkingontheircellphones.Theywerepassingpeoplewithoutlookingatthem,sayinghello,noticingtheirbabiesorstoppingtopattheirdogs.Itseemsthatthelimitlesselectronicvoiceispreferredtohumancontact.

Thetelephoneusedtoconnectyoutotheabsent.Nowitmakespeoplefeelabsent.RecentlyIwasinacarwiththreefriends.Thedriverhushedtherestofusbecausehecouldnothearthepersonontheotherendofhiscellphone.Therewewere,fourfriendsdrivingdownthehighway,unabletotalktoeachotherbecauseofthesmallthingdesignedtomakecommunicationeasier.

Whyisitthatthemoreconnectedweget,themoredisconnectedIfeelEveryadvanceincommunicationstechnologyisasetback(退步)totheclosenessofhumaninteraction.Withe-mailandinstantmessageovertheInternet,wecannowcommunicatewithoutseeingortalkingtooneanother.Withvoicemail,youcanmakeentireconversationswithouteverreachinganyone.Ifmymomhasaquestion,Ijustleavetheansweronhermachine.

Asalmosteverycontactbetweenhumanbeingsgetsautomatic,theemotionaldistanceindexgoesup.PumpinggasatthestationWhysaygood-morningtotheassistantwhenyoucanswipeyoucreditcardatthepumpandsaveyourselfthebotherofhumancontactMakingadepositatthebankWhytalktotheclerkwholivesintheneighborhoodwhenyoucanputyourcardintotheATM

Moreandmore,Ifindmyselfhidingbehinde-mailtodoajobmeantforconversationorbeingrelievedthatvoicemailpickedupbecauseIdidn’treallyhavetimetotalk.Thetechnologydevotedtohelpingmekeepintouchismakingmelonelier.

Iownamobilephone,anATMcard,avoice-mailtelephone,andane-mailaccount.Givingthemupisn’tachoice.Theyaregreatforwhattheyareintendedtodo.It’stheirunintendedresultsthatmakemeupset.Whatgoodisallthisgee-whiztechnologyifthereisnooneintheroomtohearyoucryingout“Geewhiz”（A）1.Theauthor’sexperienceofwalkingina