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1、高二阅读训练100篇（七）英语教学 2009-09-01 11:22 阅读26评论0 字号： 大大 中中 小小 No. 61 words: 472 suggested time : 6 minutes key: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5 . When you are in another country, it is important to know their language, but it is equally impor-tant to know how to communicate nonverbally (不用语言的). Before saying anything, peop
2、le com-municate nonverbally or by making gestures. According to an investigation (调查), only 30 to 35 percent of our communication is verbal. When people dont know the language, the most common way to communicate is through gestures. However, many gestures have different meanings, or no meaning at al
3、l, in different parts of the world. In the United States, for example, nodding your head up and down means yes. In some parts of Greece and Turkey, however, this motion can mean no. In Southeast Asia, nodding your head is a polite way of saying “Ive heard you”. In ancient Rome, when the emperor want
4、ed to spare someones life, he would put his thumb (拇指) up. Today in the United States, when someone puts his thumb up, it means Everything is all right. However, in Sardinia and Greece, the gesture is insulting (无礼的) and should not be used there. In the United States, raising your clasped (握紧的) hand
5、s above your head means Im the champion or Im the winner. It is the sign prizefighters (职业拳击手) make when they win a fight. If a leading Russian statesman (政治家) made this gesture after a White House meeting, Americans would misunderstand and think that he means he is a winner. In Russia, however, it
6、is a sign of friendship. There are other nonverbal signals that you should be aware of when you go to another country, such as the distance to maintain between speakers. Americans stand closer to each other than English people. English people dont like touching somebody or being touched. Now in Amer
7、ica, touch is important. Friends touch each other on the arm, for example. They often put an arm around a friend when they say Hello or Goodbye.1. It is very important to know how to communicate nonverbally when you are in another country because _ A. most people speak different languages B. much of
8、 our communication is nonverbal on many occasions C. people usually make gestures before saying anything D. its easy to learn how to express oneself through gestures2. If a native in Singapore nods his head up and down when you talk to him, he means _ A. yes B. no C. thats all right D. Ive heard you
9、3. When the Russian leader put up his clasped hands after the meeting at the White House, he _ A. meant Russia was the winner B. was insulting America C. was making a show of friendship for America D. in fact meant nothing at all4. The gesture of putting ones thumb up should not be used when you are
10、 traveling in _ A. Italy B. the United States C. Greece D. Southeast Asia5. When you are talking to English people, you should remember _ A. not to touch them B. to stand close to themC. to put an arm around them D. not to show your warmth No. 62 words: 418 suggested time : 5.5 minutes key: 1. 2. 3.
11、 4. 5 . I had just gone to bed after a very hard day when the phone rang. It was an eccentric (怪僻的) farmer. I had never met him before although I had often heard people talk about him. Hesounded quite nervous and he had been talking for a minute or so before I understood anything.Even then all I cou
12、ld make out was that someone called Milly had a very bad accident. I hadntthe slightest idea who she was but I obviously had to go. It had been snowing heavily that day and I didnt know the way. I had been driving for at least an hour when I finally found his place. He was standing there, waiting fo
13、r me. It seemed Milly had died. She meant more to me than anyone., even my own wife! he said. I could see that he had been crying. I thought something terrible had taken place, a possible scandal (丑闻). I was even more shocked when he told me he had put her in the barn (厩). I wouldnt leave her out in
14、 the cold! he said. Milly had clearly been a secret lover of his. I was about to tell him he could not expect me tocover anything up when he opened the barn door. He lifted his candle and I saw a dark figure onthe ground. She was such a good cow! I wouldnt let anyone but a doctor touch her! he said,and burst into tears again.1. The underlined phrase make out in the first paragraph means _.A. expect B. understand C. see clearly D. hear clearly2. Before he arrived at the farmers house, the
