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, non-verbal(非言语) communication takes up about 50% of what we really      3     . And body language is particularly     4     when we attempt to communicate across cultures . Indeed, what is called body language is so     5     a part of us that it’s 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     contact (接触) even with friends, and certainly not with     9     .People from Latin American countries,     10     , touch each other quite a lot. Therefore, it’s 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 Norwegian, 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     16    . And only a part of it is in the words the- mselves. And when parties are from     17     cultures, there’s a strong possibility of     18    . But whatever the situation, the best     19     is to obey the Golden Rule: treat others as you would like to be     20    .

1.A.straighter               B.louder                       C.harder                      D.further
2.A.sounds                   B.invitations                 C.feelings                    D.messages
3.A.hope                      B.receive                      C.discover                    D.mean
4.A.immediate              B.misleading                C.important                  D.difficult
5.A.well                      B.far                            C.much                        D.long
6.A.For example           B.Thus                         C.However                   D.In short

7.A.trade                     B.distance                    C.connection                D.greetings
8.A.eye                        B.verbal                       C.bodily                      D.telephone
9.A.strangers                B.relatives                    C.neighbours                D.enemies
10.A.in other words      B.on the other hand       C.in a similar way         D.by all means

11.A.trouble                 B.conversation              C.silence                      D.experiment
12.A.interrupting          B.helping                     C.guiding                     D.following
13.A.closer                  B.faster                        C.in                             D.away
14.A.stepping forward   B.going on                   C.backing away            D.coming out

15.A.weakness              B.carelessness               C.friendliness               D.coldness
16.A.talk                     B.travel                        C.laugh                        D.think
17.A.different              B.European                  C.Latino                      D.rich
18.A.curiosity              B.excitement                C.misunderstanding       D.nervousness
19.A.chance                 B.time                         C.result                        D.advice
20.A.noticed                B.treated                      C.respected                  D.pleased

People have always communicated with     1     .In the past when they couldn't write, they used simple symbols (记号) to send their messages. Some groups of North America Indians were experts     2     messages. For example, a small stone on top of a large one meant “This is the way. ” If there was another small stone on the right, it meant “Turn right.” Some grass with a knot (结)meant “ Danger”     3     .  

    Maybe you know that in the forests of Africa, it     4     to travel from the village. But drum (鼓)     5      from many kilometers away. So, some groups of Africans made their drums     6     like people. The Incas (印加人)of South America used to send messages by typing knots in a rope. Messages have been found, but     7     can understand     8     they mean. And the Egyptians used picture's as a kind of     9     but only     10     people     11     to understand them.  

    Today, we also use     12     . When we are in a car and we see a red light, we stop the car. When a mother says.to her child. “Eat your cake!” the child eats the cake sometimes. The red light and the words of the mother are     13     .And it is a     14     that the basic means of communication between people is,of course, sound Maybe you know that there are     15      3,000 languages in the world today. And about 13 of them | are spoken by large groups of people. Languages of the world are both similar (相似的)     16      different. They are similar because we can talk and write about the same things and they are different because we talk and write about these things in     17     ways and we use different     18     .  

    It is     19     that we have to learn a second language ​    20     communicate with people who do not speak our language.

1.A.one other             B.each other           C.one another          D.another
2.A.at sending          B.is spreading         C.at publishing       D.is giving
3.A.and other           B.and so on        C.and the rest              D.and like
4.A.used be difficult         B.used be easy          C.used to be difficult      D.used to beeasy
5.A.will be heard         B.heard         C.could hear                D.could be heard
6.A.say            B.speak           C.tell                D.shout
7.A.anybody        B.somebody         C.everybody           D.nobody
8.A.that                B.how                C.what's          D.what
9.A.hearing           B.speaking             C.writing            D.reading
10.A.little            B.a little          C.few               D.a few
11.A.were learned          B.were taught     C.were teaching        D.had been learned
12.A.a lot of symbols       B.a lots of symbols        C.lot of symbols        D.a lot of symbol
13.A.examples           B.orders       C.language       D.symbols
14.A.matter             B.fact              C.reality          D.situation
15.A.rather than          B.other than              C.more than     D.or rather
16.A.or           B.but                C.and             D.as
17.A.same      B.similar          C.different          D.special
18.A.symbols         B.signs               C.expressions             D.words
19.A.no wonder          B.not wonder         C.not matter for wonder     D.a wonder
20.A.in order that        B.in order to        C.so that          D.so as

 The word “plastic” comes from the Greek word “platicos” and is used to describe     1     that can be easily shaped.

    The history of plastic is longer than you might     2    . In fact —    3     man-made plastic ever to appear

on the market was made over a hundred years ago. It was called “celluloid(赛璐珞)." It was discovered by both an Englishman and an American in the same year.     4     it was the Americans who first produced it on a large scale during the year 1860. Everybody was     5     by this new material which could he molded(用模子做) into shapes and     6     so cheap to buy.

    Poor young men     7     in cities with lots of smoke and dirt were     8     to buy white celluloid collars(领子).The collars were hard and uncomfortable. But they did not have to be sent to wash. The poor young men     9     rub them clean every evening with soap and water! Poor mothers.     10     had not been able to afford playthings     11     their children, were now able to buy them playthings —    12     of celluloid. But celluloid had one very serious fault. It caught fire very easily. In fact it burned even more quickly than wood or cloth. There were many terrible accidents, particularly     13     children. For years scientists worked hard to find a better plastic material than celluloid. I'hey had     14     success. Then in 1932, an American scientist called Baekeland produced a hard plastic material which did not burn.     15     became known     16     Bakelite(酚醛塑料). Other plastic materials like Bakelite were     17     produced. They     18     to make electrical fittings, plates and cups. Poor people liked them because they were both cheap and safe.but rich people     19     them because they were cheap,and because they could only he made     20     dark colours.   

1.A.something    B.everything    C.thing    D.anything
2.A.wish    B.think    C.want    D.hope
3.A.first    B.at first    C.for the first    D.the first
4.A.So    B.But    C.And    D.As
5.A.surprised    B.excited    C.told    D.frightened
6.A.be    B.were    C.was    D.is
7.A.waiting    B.running    C.walking    D.working
8.A.going    B.sure    C.about    D.able
9.A.could    B.ought to    C.must    D.should
10.A.which    B.who    C.whom    D.that
11.A.for    B.like    C.in    D.of
12.A.done    B.produced    C.worked    D.made
13.A.between    B.on    C.among    D.about
14.A.much    B.great    C.never    D.little
15.A.The man    B.He    C.It    D.The scientist
16.A.as    B.with    C.by    D.to
17.A.already    B.still    C.also    D.yet
18.A.used    B.hoped    C.were used    D.had
19.A.took    B.loved    C.enjoyed    D.disliked
20.A.in    B.by    C.from    D.of

请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg recently surprised Chinese students when he spoke to them in Chinese. In a talk at Tsinghua University in Beijing, Zuckerberg spoke Chinese for about 30 minutes. Although his Mandarin was far from perfect, students and faculty cheered his     1     .

Zuckerberg’s talk raises a large question: is Chinese the language of the future? Could it     2     English as the world’s international language? Mandarin Chinese already has the     3     native speakers of any language. And, China may soon     4     the United States as the world’s largest economy.

The     5     of the Chinese language is increasing in the United States and around the world. A small but growing number of American parents are even     6     their children to bilingual Chinese immersion schools. Leianne Clements has no cultural connection to China,     7     her children are learning Chinese at the Yu Ying Public Charter School in Washington D.C. Ms. Clements thinks knowing Chinese could give her children a competitive     8     .

Clayton Dube, head of the U.S.-China Institute at the University of Southern California, thinks Chinese will grow in     9     , especially for people who want to work and do business in China. “As China rises you can expect that more people will     10     the language. But is China going to replace English? I don’t think so—certainly not in my     11     , probably not in the next two, three, four generations.”

Dube says American pop culture is one reason for English’s     12     as a foreign language. “American movies, music, television, video games have     13     audiences ... So far China’s success in this field has been very      14     . Chinese films, Chinese television shows, Chinese music doesn’t have a huge following outside of China.”

Andres Martinez, a professor at Arizona State University, says that he     15     Chinese culture and expects the language to grow. But he says English, unlike Chinese, is not just     16     with one country, and will remain the global language.

Chinese is also a more difficult language to learn. The U.S. Foreign Service Institute estimates it would take a     17     English speaker 2,200 hours to reach professional fluency in Chinese. That is four times     18     than it would take to reach the same level in Dutch, French, or Spanish.     19     Chinese grammar is much simpler, Chinese has a tone and writing system that is more difficult for adult learners to master.

A recent survey by Gallup showed that only one in four Americans is able to speak more than one language. For most Americans, Brits, and Australians, learning a foreign language is a(n)     20     , not a necessary thing.

1.A.success                  B.failure                      C.effort                       D.mistake
2.A.replace                  B.consider                    C.follow                      D.regard
3.A.biggest                  B.most                         C.best                          D.strongest
4.A.push                      B.pull                          C.pack                         D.pass
5.A.number                  B.use                           C.study                        D.value
6.A.inviting                 B.forbidding                 C.sending                     D.admitting
7.A.but                        B.so                             C.or                            D.for
8.A.advantage              B.environment              C.awareness                 D.market
9.A.quality                   B.culture                      C.vocabulary                D.importance
10.A.adapt                   B.adopt                        C.affect                       D.admire
11.A.university             B.experience                 C.country                     D.lifetime
12.A.change                 B.popularity                 C.spirit                        D.tradition
13.A.wide                    B.small                        C.old                           D.young
14.A.famous                B.great                         C.limited                     D.huge
15.A.recognizes            B.obtains                      C.dislikes                     D.respects
16.A.compared             B.combined                  C.connected                 D.mixed
17.A.native                  B.creative                     C.passive                     D.talkative
18.A.shorter                 B.longer                       C.easier                       D.harder
19.A.When                  B.Because                    C.Unless                      D.While
20.A.intention              B.choice                       C.attitude                     D.purpose

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

People from Great Britain brought the English language to North America in the 16th and 17th centuries. And in the     1     300 years, there have been so many     2     in both places that now people can easily     3     an English person from an American in the     4     he or she talks.

Many old words     5     in England but were kept in America. For example, 300 years ago people in Great Britain got their water from something they      6     either a "aucet", "spigot", or a "tap". All these words are     7     heard in different parts of America, but only "tap" is still     8     in England. Americans often make     9     new words or change old ones. "Corn" is one kind of plant in America and     10     in England.

Also, over the last three centuries the English language has     11     thousands of new words for things that weren't      12     before. And often, American and English people used two     13     names for them. A tin can is called "tin" for short in English, but a "can"in America. The word "radio" is     14     all over the world, including America. But many English people call it a "wireless". And almost anything     15     something to do with cars, railroads, etc. has different     16     in British and American English.

But now American and British English may be     17     closer together. One thing is that     18     people can hear a large amount of American speech daily in     19     , on television, or from travelers. Because of this, Americans     20     to be influencing the British more and more. So some day, English may even be the same on both sides of the Atlantic.

1.A.past                       B.recent                       C.oldest                       D.latest
2.A.citizens                  B.inventions                 C.changes                    D.advances
3.A.pick                      B.tell                           C.take                          D.judge
4.A.voice                     B.place                        C.language                   D.way
5.A.disappeared            B.stayed                       C.returned                    D.formed
6.A.said                       B.talked                       C.spoke                       D.called
7.A.then                      B.hardly                       C.clearly                      D.still
8.A.necessary               B.native                       C.common                   D.lively
9.A.of                         B.into                          C.up                            D.out
10.A.another                B.the other                   C.none                         D.something

11.A.discovered            B.added                       C.improved                  D.learned
12.A.accepted               B.known                      C.introduced                D.understood
13.A.new                     B.short                         C.different                   D.surprising
14.A.produced              B.made                        C.developed                 D.used
15.A.having                 B.bringing                    C.getting                      D.making
16.A.types                   B.names                       C.degrees                     D.parts
17.A.putting                 B.staying                      C.living                       D.growing
18.A.British                 B.American                  C.educated                   D.ordinary
19.A.families               B.buses                        C.movies                     D.newspapers
20.A.need                    B.expect                       C.seem                        D.happen