1、Module 3 Foreign Food Body Language and Non-verbal Communication (建议用时40分钟). 阅读理解AWhat is the best way to catch someone who is telling a lie? What if the person appears to be nervous? Is the person unable to look me in the eye? Is he or she looking around the room? What about other nervous movements
2、, such as fidgeting or shifting from side to side? Many peoplefrom parents to police officers and airport security personneldepend on this method. But does a persons body and face reveal the truth? Not according to a new study. Talking, it seems, is the best way to smoke out a liar. That is what res
3、earchers in the United Kingdom found out recently. Their investigation took place at one place where lying can get you into big troublean airport. The researchers asked volunteers to pretend they were real passengers and then lie to airport security agents. Some of the agents used spoken conversatio
4、n-based methods to question these make-believe passengers. Others depended instead on the persons body language, like lack of eye contact and showing signs of nervousness. The agents talking with the passengers were 20 times more likely to catch the liars. The study found that these conversation-bas
5、ed techniques can help you recognize when a person is lying to you. Like many methods, this conversation method has a name. It is called Controlled Cognitive Engagement or CCE, for short. The British government partly financed this study. The American Psychological Association published the findings
6、. Using body language and facial expressions to catch someone in a lie is really hard. And it only works, seemingly, by chance. Thomas Ormerod reported that the“suspicious-signs method”or using body language“almost completely fails”in finding lies. In the conversational CCE method, security agents j
7、ust talk with passengers. They ask about informal things as you would in a normal conversation. While talking, the agents might ask questions about topics that are seemingly unrelated. What they also observe is their way of speaking changes. In an article, Ormerod says that for actual passengers, th
8、ey are“just chatting about themselves. It shouldnt feel like an examination. ”【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了研究人员借助身势语, 来判断一个人是否是一个撒谎者的情况。1. The questions asked in Para. 1 are used to show_. A. the examples of some body languagesB. the traditional way of catching a liarC. the reasons for telling a lieD. the me
9、aning of some facial expressions【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据第一段可知, 本段中提到了很多的问题, 而这些问题都是传统的发现撒谎者的方法。2. How did the researchers make the study? A. By asking passengers some questions. B. By talking with airport security personnel. C. By comparing the different body languages. D. By observing the passengerssigns of
10、 nervousness. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据第四段的The researchers asked volunteers. . . Others depended instead on the persons body language, like lack of eye contact and showing signs of nervousness可知, 通过观察人们的身势语。3. What statement may Ormerod agree to? A. It is hard to talk a liar out. B. A liar likes talking about
11、 themselves. C. Suspicious-signs method is effective. D. Body languages cant be trusted. 【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据倒数第三段的the“suspicious-signs method”or using body language“almost completely fails”in finding lies. 可知, 利用身势语来判断一个人是否是撒谎者, 是不可靠的。4. What might be the suitable title for the passage? A. Can you catch
12、 a liar? B. Do you tell a lie to others? C. Are you nervous in lying? D. Will you put up with a liar? 【解析】选A。标题归纳题。本文主要介绍了研究者们对于如何判断撒谎者, 尤其是借助人们的身势语来判断撒谎者的可靠性等的研究。BThis may be one of the few occasions where death doesnt seem to be such a horrible thing. Yang Jiang, a renowned Chinese author and tran
13、slator, passed away on May 25 in Beijing at the age of 104. It is a great loss for Chinese literature. But for her, its probably like going home. After losing her daughter Qian Yuan in 1997 and her husbandthe well-known writer and poet Qian Zhongshuin 1998, Yang described the toll death has affected
14、 her life. “We three have separated, leaving only me behind to clean up the scene, ”Yang wrote in her book We Three(我们仨), which was published in 2004. “I am alone, missing us three. ”The spouse(配偶)of an influential scholar like Qian Zhongshu, who wrote the masterpiece Fortress Besieged(围城), could ha
15、ve easily been overshadowed. But Yang was not. Even Qian himself described her as“the most chaste wife as well as the most talented girl”in China, a place where it was once believed to be impossible for a woman to be both a wife and a gifted scholar. One of Yangs best-known novels is 1998s Baptism(洗
16、澡). With“her patent style of irony and wit”, Yang described how Chinese intellectuals(知识分子)adjusted to the new social order brought by the“Cultural Revolution(19661976)”, commented David Der-wei Wang, a professor of Chinese literature at Harvard University. “Even when political fervor and human crue
17、lty is being observed, Yang Jiang never loses her sense of humor and compassion, ”he said in a blurb for her book. Yang was also a devoted translator. Having studied in Britain and France, she was fluent both in English and French. But after considering several English and French translations of the
18、 Spanish classic Don Quixote unsuitable, she started learning Spanish from scratch at the age of 47, and became the first person to translate Don Quixotein to Chinese. 【文章大意】杨绛先生逝世, 她终于可以和最爱的丈夫和女儿“我们仨”团聚了。5. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 mean? A. She likes going to heaven. B. She
19、misses her husband and daughter. C. She doesnt want to live. D. She misses her own home. 【解析】选B。句意猜测题。根据文章第二段可知, “1997年女儿钱瑗去世, 1998年著名作家和诗人、丈夫钱钟书去世, 杨绛说两人的离世让她备受打击”, 又根据第三段中的“I am alone, missing us three. ”可知选B。6. During the“Cultural Revolution”, Yang Jiang_. A. became very cruelB. wrote the novel B
20、aptismC. became a professor at Harvard UniversityD. kept a sense of humor【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第五段最后一句可知, 即使是在政治狂热以及人性残酷暴露出来时, 杨绛也没有丢掉她的幽默感以及恻隐之心。7. According to the passage, we know that Yang Jiang was_. A. a writer and translatorB. a famous translatorC. a well-known writer D. a renowned poet【解析】选A。细节理解题。
21、根据文章第一段中的Yang Jiang, a renowned Chinese author and translator可知选A。. 完形填空Hot lava flows down a Hawaiian mountainside. Farther up the slope, volcanologist(火山学家)Ken Hon picks his way slowly across the1surface. The hot lava(岩浆)is slippery to walk on. “Its like walking on ice, ”Hon says. “But the bottom
22、part of your boots starts to2a little. Youll get burned3you fall. ”Hon plants his feet carefully and slowly. Hes4data on the lava flowing out of Kilauea, a volcano that has been erupting since 1983. 5the lavas movements can save lives on the slopes below. But Hon must be6. New waves of lava are flow
23、ing down toward him. Every few minutes he looks up to see7the streams are and makes sure the8lava hasnt cut off his escape route. “Its9out there, like the heat from an oven, ”Hon says. “Up close, you have to wear firefightersclothes10the clothes youre wearing dont catch fire or melt. ”“Back in 1990,
24、 lava entered the town of Kalapana. The lava moved slowly but steadily, ”Hon says. “We11evacuate(疏散)people from about 150 homes. The lava12forward and consumed all of the houses. ”13, everyone escaped. But today Kalapana is buried under 30 feet of lava. Volcanoes arent14to Hon. Theyre fascinating an
25、d exciting. “My15thing is to come out at the edge of a lava lake. Sometimes Ive had to sleep with a gas mask on. ”Still, Hon knows how to keep16and knows when the lava is17. “All of a sudden, it gets really bright inside your18! ”he says, laughing. But the19is worth it, because the more Hon and othe
26、r scientists can20volcanoes, the safer they can keep the people who live around these powerful forces of nature. 【文章大意】介绍了火山学家Ken Hon的工作情况及他讲述的一次火山喷发的经历, 让我们知道了这些伟大科学家对科学的执着态度和对人类的巨大贡献。1. A. calmB. frozenC. flatD. rough【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。rough粗糙的。此处指火山学家Ken Hon慢慢穿过粗糙的地表。因为火山刚喷发过, 所以地表是粗糙不平的。2. A. bendB. s
27、inkC. meltD. fly【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。melt融化。此处指热的岩浆还在往下流, 鞋底踩在上面有点融化。3. A. thoughB. becauseC. ifD. unless【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。if引导条件状语从句。此处指如果摔倒就会被烧伤。4. A. collectingB. providingC. exchangingD. sharing【解析】选A。词义辨析题。collect收集; provide提供; exchange更换; share分享。此处指Hon在搜集流出来的岩浆的数据。故选A。5. A. KnowingB. StoppingC. FilmingD.
28、Remembering【解析】选A。词义辨析题。know知道, 了解; stop停止; film拍电影; remember记住。句意: 了解火山岩浆的运动能挽救坡下的生命。故选A。6. A. smartB. carefulC. silentD. creative【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。careful小心的。此处指Hon必须小心, 因为新的岩浆浪头向他流过来。故选B。7. A. whereB. howC. whichD. what【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。句意: 每隔几分钟他就往上看看岩浆热流到哪儿了。此处where引导宾语从句表地点。8. A. hardeningB. movingC. co
29、olingD. amazing【解析】选C。词义辨析题。hardening硬的; moving动的; cooling冷却的; amazing令人吃惊的。句意: 确保冷却的岩浆没有阻断他逃跑的路。故选C。9. A. powerfulB. crowdedC. emptyD. hot【解析】选D。背景常识题。喷发出的岩浆自然是热的。10. A. orB. whileC. butD. so【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。句意: 往上靠近必须穿消防服, 因此你的衣服不会着火或熔化。此处表因果关系, 故选D。11. A. had toB. ought toC. shouldD. could【解析】选A。词义辨析
30、题。have to不得不; ought to应该; should应该; could能, 会。此处指由于岩浆慢慢平稳的持续移动所以不得不疏散人们。故选A。12. A. leanedB. inchedC. putD. looked【解析】选B。词义辨析题。lean倾斜; inch慢慢前进; put放; look看。此处指岩浆慢慢前进毁灭了所有的房子。故选B。13. A. StrangelyB. FortunatelyC. HopefullyD. Gradually【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。fortunately幸运地。此处指人们已被疏散, 所以说幸运的是人们都逃走了。14. A. similarB
31、. interestingC. scaryD. important【解析】选C。词义辨析题。similar相似的; interesting有趣的; scary提心吊胆的; important重要的。此处指对于Hon来说火山不是让他提心吊胆的而是迷人的和令人兴奋的。故选C。15. A. luckyB. mainC. worryingD. favorite【解析】选D。词义辨析题。lucky幸运的; main主要的; worrying令人担心的; favorite最喜爱的。句意: 我最喜欢的事是出现在火山湖边缘。故选D。16. A. safeB. busyC. comfortableD. quie
32、t【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。safe安全的; busy忙碌的; comfortable舒适的; quiet安静的。句意: Hon知道怎样保证安全。故选A。17. A. differentB. distantC. closeD. slow【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。close近的。此处指Hon知道岩浆什么时候接近了。18. A. bagB. tentC. carD. house【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。tent帐篷。此处指如果火山岩浆接近了, 帐篷里就亮了起来。野外调查主要是住帐篷。19. A. changeB. viewC. resultD. danger【解析】选D。词义辨析题。change变
33、化; view视野, 意见; result结果; danger危险。此处指但是危险是值得的, 能挽救人类的生命。20. A. think ofB. talk aboutC. learn aboutD. hear of【解析】选C。词义辨析题。think of认为; talk about谈论; learn about了解, 掌握; hear of听说。句意: Hon和别的科学家对火山了解的越多, 他们就能使生活在自然强大力量周围的人们更安全。故选C。. 语法填空阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。World Book Day 1. _(fall)on April 2
34、3 every year. It was set up by the UNESCO in 1955 to encourage people to discover the pleasure of reading. It means you read a book not because your teachers or parents tell you to do so. “2. _(read)for pleasure”plays a more important role in ones 3. _(grow)than ones family background. Books, magazi
35、nes, newspapers and other kinds of materials can help us know more about the outside world and perfect us. 4. _, computer games, online videos and Internet are pushing books off the shelf. Some experts believe its a 5. _(worry)trend. Each Chinese read 0. 38 more books in 2013 than 2012 but still far
36、 fewer than those in major developed countries. Even worse, many bookstores 6. _(close)their doors because many book lovers start to buy 7. _(few)books than before. However, many people do still prefer reading because it 8. _(be)part of their life. It can benefit people in many ways. It gives us inf
37、ormation about other countries and places of the world. It 9. _has a strong influence on forming our personality and makes us more intelligent. Its 10. _too late to start reading. So jump into the wonderful world of books now! 【文章大意】本文主要介绍了世界读书日在每年的4月23日, 以及设立这个节日的目的是希望人们多读书等情况。1.【解析】falls。考查时态和语态。世
38、界读书日在每年的4月23日。由于这是一般的情况, 故用一般现在时, 动词用第三人称单数。2.【解析】Reading。考查动名词。空格中的词在句中充当主语。根据句意, 可知要用动名词表主动。3.【解析】growth。考查名词。分析句子, 可知该空格前是一个所有格, 故该空格应该用一个名词。【规律方法】词性转换词性转换是指同一词根派生出的名词、形容词、副词、动词以及反义词等词。可以根据该词在句子中所作的成分, 确定该词的转换形式。4.【解析】However。根据句意, 可知道前后两个句子之间的语义关系是转折, 而且这是放在句首的一个副词。5.【解析】worrying。考查现在分词。分析句子, 可知空格后是一个名词, 故应该用一个形容词来修饰它。6.【解析】have closed。考查时态。分析句子, 可知本句中书店关闭的原因是看书的人没有以前多了。结合句意, 可知此处要用现在完成时。7.【解析】fewer。考查形容词比较级。分析句子, 可知本句中有关键词than before, 故用形容词比较级。8.【解析】has been。考查时态和语态。读书已经成为他们生活中的一部分, 可知本句用现在完成时态。9.【解析】also。考查副词。根据句意, 可知此处的意思是“也”。10.【解析】never。考查副词。根据句意, 可知该空格填的词的意思是“从不”。9
