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1、Unit 4 Body language.阅读理解A体裁：说明文话题：学习词数：368时间：6Students perform better when their instructors use hand gesturesa simple teaching tool that could generate benefits in higherlevel math such as algebra(代数)A study published in Child Development，the topranked educational psychology journal，provides some
2、of the strongest evidence yet that gesturing may have a unique effect on learning.Teachers in the United States tend to use gestures less than teachers in other countries.“Gesturing can be a very beneficial tool that is completely free and easily employed in classrooms，” said Kimberly Fenn，study coa
3、uthor and assistant professor of psychology at Michigan State University.“And I think it can have longlasting effects.”Fenn and Ryan Duffy of MSU and Susan Cook of the University of Iowa conducted an experiment with 184 second，third and fourthgraders in Michigan elementary classrooms.Half of the stu
4、dents were shown videos of an instructor teaching math problems using only speech.The others were shown videos of the instructor teaching the same problems using both speech and gestures.In the speechonly videos，the instructor simply explains the problem.In the other videos，the instructor uses two h
5、and gestures while speaking，using different hands to refer to the two sides of the equation.Students who learned from the gesture videos performed better on a test given immediately afterward than those who learned from the speechonly video.Another test was given 24 hours later，and the gesture stude
6、nts actually showed improvement in their performance while the speechonly students did not.While previous research has shown the benefits of gestures in a oneonone tutoringstyle environment，the new study is the first to test the role of gestures in equivalence learning in a regular classroom.The stu
7、dy also is the first to show that gestures can help students transfer learning to new contextssuch as transferring the knowledge learned in an additionbased equation to a multiplicationbased equation.Fenn noted that US.students lag behind those in many other Western countries in math and have a part
8、icularly hard time mastering equivalence problems in early grades.“So if we can help them grasp this foundational knowledge earlier，” she said，“it will help them as they learn algebra and higher levels of mathematics.”1Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?AHow to Learn Higher
9、level Math WellBSimple Teaching Tools Used in Math LearningCTeachers Gestures Boost Math LearningDWhy US.Students Cant Learn Math Well答案C主旨大意题。文章根据一项实验说明：老师在讲课时用手势语可以提高学生的数学学习能力。故选项C可以作文章的标题。2Researchers explain their opinion in the educational psychology journal by _Asetting down general rulesBusin
10、g a great many examplesCmaking questionnaire surveyDpresenting research findings答案D推理判断题。根据文章内容可知，研究者根据实验得出结论：手势语这种简单的教学手段可以让学生在数学学习上得到提高。他们是根据研究结果来解释这一观点的。3What do you know about the experiment conducted by Kimberly Fenn?AThe experiment was done with 184 students of the same age in elementary class
11、rooms.BThe students were divided into two groups and got different teaching methods.CResearchers drew the conclusion based on the only one test they did in the experiment.DResearchers had not done any research on the benefits of gestures before this one.答案B细节理解题。根据Half of the students were shown vid
12、eos of an instructor teaching math problems using only speech.The others were shown videos of the instructor teaching the same problems using both speech and gestures.可知，在实验中，学生们被分成两个部分并用不同的教学方法给他们讲解数学问题。B体裁：记叙文话题：人物与事件词数：282时间：5When I was in my first year of high school，I had a terrible time when e
13、very area of my life was a disaster.I felt so hopeless and alone that I thought everything was impossible.On one such day，I was walking from class across the school to catch the school bus home，with my head down，fighting tears of total hopelessness，when a young man came down the sidewalk toward me.T
14、hough I had never seen him before，I did not want him to see that I was in such low spirits，so I turned my head away and hoped to hurry past.I thought hed walk on by，but he moved until he was directly in front of me，waited until I looked up，and then smiled.Looking into my eyes，this stranger spoke in
15、a quiet voice：“Whatever is wrong will pass.Youre going to be OK，just hang on.” He，then，smiled again and walked away.I cant explain the effect of that mans unexpected kindness and caring! He gave me the one thing that Id lost completelyhope.I looked for him in our school to thank him，but never saw hi
16、m again.That was thirty years ago.And Ive never forgotten that moment.Over the years，whenever I see someone who is in trouble，I will always think of that young man and try to give a flash of hope in the dark wherever I can.I carry things for people when they are too heavy for them，sit with naughty babies in the waiting room while t
