1、.阅读理解APeople from East Asia tend to have more difficulty than those from Europe in distinguishing facial expressionsand a new report published online in Current Biology explains why.Rachael Jack，University of Glasgow researcher，said that rather than scanning evenly across a face as Westerners do，Eas
2、terners fix their attention on the eyes.“We show that Easterners and Westerners look at different face features to read facial expressions， ” Jack said.“Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure，whereas Easterners favor the eyes and neglect the mouth.”According to Jack and her colle
3、agues，the discovery shows that human communication of emotion is more complex than previously believed.As a result，facial expressions that had been considered universally recognizable cannot be used to reliably convey emotion in crosscultural situations.The researchers studied cultural differences i
4、n the recognition of facial expressions by recording the eye movements of 13 Western Caucasian and 13 East Asian people while they observed pictures of expressive faces and put them into categories: happy，sad ，surprised，fearful，disgusted ，angry，or neutral.They compared how accurately participants re
5、ad those facial expressions using their particular eye movement strategies.It turned out that Easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made significantly more errors than Westerners did.“The cultural difference in eye movements that they show is probably a reflection of cultural dif
6、ference in facial expressions， ” Jack said.“Our data suggest that whereas Westerners use the whole face to convey emotion，Easterners use the eyes more and mouth less.”In short，the data show that facial expressions are not universal signals of human emotion.From here on，examining how cultural factors
7、 have diversified these basic social skills will help our understanding of human emotion.Otherwise， when it comes to communicating emotions across cultures，Easterners and Westerners will find themselves lost in translation.【语篇解读】 文章首先指出科学研究的最新发现：东方人比西方人更难于读懂人的面部表情。最后得出结论：文化差异丰富了理解情感的基本社会技巧，即：不同的文化背景
8、使人理解他人情感的方式也不尽相同。1The discovery shows that Westerners _Apay equal attention to the eyes and the mouthBconsider facial expressions universally reliableCobserve the eyes and the mouth in different waysDhave more difficulty in recognizing facial expressions解析：选 A。细节理解题。根据第三段 “Westerners look at the eye
9、s and the mouth in equal measure，whereas Easterners favor the eyes and neglect the mouth.”可以得出答案。2What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 6 refer to?AThe participants in the study.BThe researchers of the study.CThe errors made during the study.DThe data collected from the study.解析：选 A。词义猜测
10、题。根据定语从句 “that they show”所修饰的 eye movements 在研究中为 the participants 所做(从 the eye movements of 13 Western Caucasian and 13 East Asian people 可知 )可判断选 A。3In comparison with Westerners, Easterners are likely to _Ado translation more successfully Bstudy the mouth more frequentlyCexamine the eyes more att
11、entivelyDread facial expressions more correctly解析：选 C。细节理解题。根据第六段 “It turned out that Easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made significantly more errors than Westerners did.”可判断选 C。4What can be the best title for the passage?AThe Eye as the Window to the SoulBCultural Differenc
12、es in Reading EmotionsCEffective Methods to Develop Social SkillsDHow to Increase Cross cultural Understanding解析：选 B。主旨大意题。文章首先指出科学研究的最新发现：东方人比西方人更难于读懂人的面部表情。之后更具体地介绍研究的结构及其研究过程，最后得出结论：文化差异丰富了理解情感的基本社会技巧，即：不同的文化背景使人理解他人情感的方式也不尽相同。由此判断最佳标题应为 B。BEver since I can remember，I have loved to dance.But ever
13、y time I wanted to dance，I would get so distracted.I spent as much time worrying about the way my body looked as I did pay attention to my technique.Your selfesteem(自尊)is being challenged every day in your life.On TV and in the movies， even in the grocery store，there are beautiful women.My friend，wh
14、o works in media， told me how those pictures in magazines and on TV werent real.It didnt seem right to me that a womans beauty had to fit into how someone else wanted it to look.I dont want my selfesteem to be based on someone elses definition of me.Coco Chanel defined selfesteem.She changed the fac
15、e of fashion.She wasnt afraid to wear whom she wanted，and be what she wanted to be.It didnt matter what anyone else said.She knew what she liked.I wanted why I wasnt like that.Maybe my problem，with selfesteem was what I worried too much about what other people thought.I am the one who has to live in
16、 my skin after all.I saw a magazine recently where it had photos of big stars without makeup，and I was shocked! I did not even recognize some of them! This made me think a lot！I was not going to feel bad about how I looked.I am me.I am beautiful the way I am！I dont need those looks that are not real
17、 and brought on my makeup.Last time I was in the dance studio，I remembered that everyone else had to be OK with me，because I was OK with myself.It felt great! I danced as if I never had before.【语篇解读】 本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章对一个人是应该活出自我还是应该在别人眼光中生活进行了思考和探讨。最后作者通过自己的经历总结出：做好自己才是最重要的。5We can infer from Para.1 tha
18、t the writer was_ Agifted BskillfulChardworking Dunconfident解析：选 D。细节理解题。根据文章第一段第三句 “I spent as much time worrying about the way my body looked as I did pay attention to my technique.”可推知，作者是很不自信的，故答案 D 符合文意。6Whats the writers attitude to the women who try to suit others taste?AEnvious. BPositive.CN
19、egative. DFavorable.解析：选 C。细节理解题。根据文章第二段第四句 “It didnt seem right to me that a womans beauty had to fit into how someone else wanted it to look.”可知，作者认为一个女人没必要迎合所有人对美的看法。故答案 C 符合文意。7We can learn from the last paragraph that_Athe writer s selfesteem rose a lotBthe writer would never wear makeup since
20、thenCthe writer would become a super star sooner or laterDthe writer is much more beautiful than the women in the magazine解析：选 A。推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中的 “.I remembered that everyone else had to be OK with me，because I was OK with myself.It felt great！I danced as if I never had before.”可推知 ，作者对自己又充满了自信，故答案
21、A 符合文意。8Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?AThe Key to Dancing BDancing and EsteemCTruth Behind Big Stars DSelfesteem I am me解析：选 D。标题概括题。文章第二段第一句 “Your selfesteem(自尊)is being challenged every day in your life.”是全文主旨句。由此结合对全文的理解可推知，D 项最适合做文章的标题。.语法填空Hic! Youve just hiccup
22、ped(打嗝) for the tenth time since you finished dinner.Wonder 1._these funny noises are coming from? The part 2._(blame) is your diaphragm, the muscle(肌肉) at the bottom of your chest.All hiccups start here.The diaphragm almost always 3._(work) perfectlyit pulls down when you 4._(breath) in to help pul
23、l air into the lungs and it moves up when you breathe out to help push air out of the lungs.But sometimes the diaphragm becomes upset, and when 5._ happens，it pushes up in an 6._(regular) way, making your breath come out differently from how it normally does.When this irregular breath hits your voic
24、e box, youre left with a big hiccup.Things which bother the diaphragm include eating too 7._(quick) or too much, stomachaches or feeling nervous.If you want to know 8._ to get rid of hiccups, here are some “cures”.9._ (breathe) into a paper bag is one method some people use.Others think taking a mou
25、thful of water is the way to become hiccupfree.Sugar under your tongue might also drive away the hiccups.And maybe the most famous 10._(treat), having someone scare you, also helps beat the hiccups.1解析：考查定语从句。根据 come from 可知缺少地点状语，故用 where。答案：where2解析：考查动词不定式。空格处内容作为 the part 的后置定语，表示“打嗝声来源的部位是你的横膈膜
26、” ，to blame 用主动形式表示被动意义。意为 “应受责备，是起因”。答案：to blame3解析：考查动词的时态。根据 always 可确定时态，work 在此意为“运作” ，故用主动语态。答案：works4解析：考查词性转换。breath 为名词，意为“呼吸；一口气；呼吸力；微量” ；and前的 when 从句部分缺少谓语，故应用其动词形式 breathe。答案：breathe5解析：考查代词。空格处指代的内容是“sometimes the diaphragm becomes upset”，且根据“and when”推测此处可以用指示代词或者 it。答案：this/it/that6解
27、析：考查形容词。由 But sometimes the diaphragm becomes upset 以及空前的 an 可知，此处应用 regular 的反义词 irregular“不规则的；无规律的；非正规的” 。答案：irregular7解析：考查副词。eating too quickly“吃得太快” ，修饰动词要用副词，故填quickly。答案：quickly8解析：考查宾语从句引导词。疑问词不定式在句中作 know 的宾语，且表示方式，故用 how。答案：how9解析：考查非谓语动词。 “_(breathe) into a paper bag”在剧中作主语，且表示主动，故用动名词或不
28、定式。答案：Breathing/To breathe10解析：考查形容词转化。famous 为形容词，应修饰名词，因有 the most 修饰，只能用单数，故用 treatment。答案：treatment.书面表达请按以下提示，写一篇短文，介绍“三清山游览区”的基本情况。所写内容须包括下面表格中的相关信息。地理位置与风景区级别三清山位于江西省东北部，是国家级风景名胜区景区总面积 七百五十六余平方公里景区数量 七个景区最高峰海拔高度 1817 米自然景观 峰险、石奇、水秀森林覆盖面积 80%以上交通情况 畅通、便利欢迎广大游客来三清山观光旅游注意：1.不要逐条翻译。可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯
29、；2词数 100 左右。3参考词汇：三清山 Mt.Sanqing；险峻 perious_One possible version：Mt. Sanqing lies in the northeast of Jiangxi Province and is one of the most famous scenic areas in our country.It has a long history，and it attracts lots of visitors home and abroad every day.It covers an area of more than 756 square
30、kilometers.And it is divided into seven scenic areas.The highest mountain peak is 1，817 meters above sea level.More than 80 percent of it is covered with trees，so here， you can breathe the fresh air，and have a good rest.The natural scenery is very beautiful.If you go there，you may enjoy the perilous peaks，the stones and the clear water.The traffic there is very convenient，too.Warmly welcome to Mt. Sanqing.
