Why Should We Learn Body Language
In English classes, we spend a large amount of time studying grammar and learning new words. We work hard to improve our reading and listening skills. Few of us, however, pay enough attention to body language. So body language is not important, is it?
The answer is, “Yes!” As the old saying goes, “Actions speak louder than words.” Sometimes, we can communicate things even without a single word. For example, shrug our shoulders (耸肩), and, without a word, we’ve just said, “I don’t know.”
Body language can help us stress what we are saying. It can help us express our true, inner feelings. Moreover, body language can help us find out if someone is lying. Often, people who are lying do not make eye contact (接触). They may turn away or raise their shoulders because they are uncomfortable with the conversation.
In job interviews, the interviewers can sometimes judge the interviewee before he or she speaks. Body language is important in our personal lives, too. It can show if you really care about your friends. Leaning forward into the conversation, for example, means you are interested in what is being said. Listening without making eye contact means you are not paying attention but are waiting for your turn to speak.
Scientists have been studying body language for a long time. They say more than 70 percent of our messages are delivered (递送)through body language. Sometimes, body language is more accurate (精准的) than the words we use.
So it is very important for us to learn body language. By understanding body language, we are less likely to be misunderstood. We will find it easier to get a job. We will also have lasting friendships.
1. According to the first paragraph, in English classes, people do all of the following EXCEPT ________.| A．studying grammar | B．learning new words |
| C．improving listening skills | D．practicing using body language |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．learn forward | B．make eye contact |
| C．raise their shoulders | D． shrug their shoulders |
① get a job ② lie without anyone knowing
③ prevent misunderstandings ④ improve our English reading skills
| A．①③ | B．②④ | C．①④ | D．②③ |
| A．teach readers to understand body language |
| B．tell readers it is important to learn body language |
| C．show readers how to find out if someone is lying |
| D．help readers improve their English reading and listening skills |
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【推荐1】We talked with June Galloway about her book Get off on the Right Foot: Don’t Let the Wrong Gesture (手势) Ruin Your Day.
English is an international language. But in your book, communication without words is paid more attention to. ▲
June：Well, gestures and other body languages have different meanings in different places. Something that you think is friendly or polite could be considered to be very impolite in another culture. I’ve described many of these customs and cultural differences, so my readers won’t get off on the wrong foot when they meet people from places where the culture is different from their own.
Can greeting someone the wrong way really lead to misunderstanding?
June：In some places, yes. The heavy handshake that a North American expects may seem quite impolite in other places. And a light handshake—which is usual in some countries—may seem unfriendly to a North American.
What other gestures can cause misunderstanding?
June：Take the gesture for “Come here” for example. In North America, people gesture with the palm(掌心) up. Well, in southern Europe, that gesture means “goodbye”. And in many Asian countries, the palm-up gesture is thought rude. Instead, people there gesture with the palm down.
Surely, there must be some gestures used everywhere, right? What about the thumb-up(翘拇指)gesture for “great”?
June：Sorry. That’s very rude in Australia and the Middle East. That is why it’s important to know about body language and cultural differences.
1. Which of the following can be put in ▲ ?| A．How is it going? | B．Why is that so important? |
| C．Can you give us some examples? | D．Could it make readers interested? |
| A．Her readers won’t hurt others. | B．Her readers won’t have a bad start. |
| C．Her readers won’t know how to walk. | D．Her readers will always know where to go. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．Some common gestures. | B．Different meanings of a gesture. |
| C．The importance of body language. | D．The development of body language. |
| A．A light handshake is quite polite in North America. |
| B．June mainly talks about the English language in her book. |
| C．The book is helpful to those who often travel around the world. |
| D．If you want to say “great” to an Australian, just make a thumb-up gesture. |
【推荐2】You speak, write a letter, and make a telephone call. Your words carry a message. People communicate with words. Do you think you can communicate without words? A smile on your face shows you are happy or friendly. Tears in your eyes tell others that you are sad. When you raise your hand in class, the teacher knows you want to say something or ask questions. You shake your head, and people know you are saying "No". You nod and people know you are saying "Yes".
Other things can also carry messages. For example, a sign at the bus stop helps you to know which bus to take. A sign on the wall of your school helps you to find the library. Signs on doors tell you where to go in or out. Have you ever noticed that there are a lot of signs around you and that you receive messages from them all the time?
People can communicate in many other ways. An artist can use his drawings to tell about beautiful mountains, about the blue sea and many other things. Books are written to tell you about all the wonderful things in the world and also about people and their ideas. Books, magazines, TV and radios and films all help us to communicate with each other. They all help us to know what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about.
1. People communicate with words EXCEPT ________。| A．when they smile | B．when they speak | C．when they write letters | D．when they talk on the phone |
| A．A sign of the school wall. | B．A sign at the bus stop. | C．A sign on the door. | D．A sign in the museum. |
| A．the messages | B．people | C．the signs | D．the words |
| A．People cannot communicate without words. | B．An artist can use his drawings to show his feelings. |
| C．A smile on someone's face shows he/she is friendly. | D．If you want to say "No", you can shake your head. |
【推荐3】If someone says to you “give me five”, do not search your pocket to get five yuan! It will make others laugh! The person’s not asking for your money, but your fingers.
In the US, “give me five” or “give me the high five” is a popular gesture (动作). You can see it often in films or on TV. It means the slapping (拍) of each other’s raised (举起的) right hands together.
People do it when they meet for the first time or something happy happens. For example, a student has good marks in exams or wins a lottery ticket (彩票). If a football team wins a game, the players will give high five to everyone around to celebrate.
This gesture may come from the old Roman gesture of raising the right arm for the emperor (皇帝). This showed that the person raising his arm did not have a sword (刀) in his hand.
Why not try to give the high five to your friends?
1. “Give me five” is a gesture to ________.| A．make people laugh | B．ask for money |
| C．celebrate success | D．search one’s pocket |
| A．toes | B．hands | C．arms | D．legs |
| A．lose your money | B．go back home |
| C．win a football game | D．do badly in exams |
| A．Rome | B．America | C．China | D．Britain |
| A．They were proud of their emperor. |
| B．They were happy to see the emperor. |
| C．They wanted to show there were no swords in their hands. |
| D．We don’t know. |
【推荐1】In our lives, we do many things to keep our environment clean and tidy. We do all the necessary household chores to help take care of our home. Household chores are things that you have to do at home every day or every week to keep your house clean.
Here is the most common Household Chores Vocabulary:
| Clean & clear the table | To take away the plates and other things from the dining room table after you finish eating. |
| Clean up the room | To clean up your room means to both tidy and clean a place. It includes (包括) things like putting away clothes, cleaning any dirty places, sweeping tile floor and so on. |
| Do ironing (熨衣服) | To use a hot iron to get wrinkles (皱纹) out of shirts and trousers. |
| Do laundry | To wash and dry clothes. Do the washing up. |
| Tidy up | To put everything in the place where it should be. To make things more organized. |
| Load the dishwasher (洗碗机) | To load the dishwasher is to put all of the dirty plates, glasses, pots, cups and other kitchen things used for cooking and eating into the dishwasher. Make your kids see these activities to help them understand what they may do and how they should do them. |
1. What can you do to take care of your home according to the text?
| A．Invite friends. | B．Do housework. | C．Practice cooking. |
| A．cleaning dirty places. | B．putting away clothes. | C．doing ironing |
| A．Five. | B．Six. | C．Seven. |
【推荐2】Do you have a pen friend? I have three pen friends. They are Lucy, Peter and Julie.
Lucy is in London. She is eight years old. She has a brother and his name is Jack. He is ten years old. They like to ride their bikes to the park(公园) on weekends. The park is about five kilometers away from their home.
Peter is in New York. He is eleven years old. He has to get up at six o’clock and then has breakfast at seven o’clock. He goes to school on the school bus from Monday to Friday. It is a little far from his home to his school. It’s about fifteen kilometers. He loves to take the school bus because he can talk with his good friends on it.
Julie is a 20-year-old girl in Paris. She goes to work by subway on weekdays. She has to get up early to take the subway, and she loves to read books.
根据短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)。
1. Jack is from London.
2. Lucy is ten years old.
3. It’s about fifteen kilometers from Peter’s home to his school.
4. Peter likes talking with his good friends on the school bus.
5. Julie goes to work by bus on weekdays.
【推荐3】The year 2019 is coming. Do you have any resolutions for the new year? The table below is Niuniu's resolutions. Let's see what resolutions she has.
2019 New Year's Resolutions 1. Be a brave（勇敢的）dog in the house. At least stop letting Mimi, the cat, push me around. 2. I will not eat Mimi's food, before or after she eats it. 3. Remember not to stand up after sleeping under the coffee table. 4. Remember not to put my toys behind the fridge. 5. Never eat fish and other seafood, or I will die. 6. I will not eat Dad's socks or pens. 7. Keep an eye on the dog Piggy. Never let him take my meat away. 8. We don't have a doorbell. I will not bark（叫）when I hear one ring on TV. 9. I will not wake Mom up by touching her with my cold and wet nose. 10. Mom and Dad are in bed and I have to sleep on the floor. |
1. What may make Niuniu die?
| A．Fish. | B．Mimi's food. | C．Dads socks. | D．Dad's pens. |
| A．When she sees a cat. | B．When she smells strangers（陌生人） |
| C．When she walks outside. | D．When she hears a doorbell ring on TV. |
| A．She likes playing with the cat. |
| B．Piggy is her best friend. |
| C．She has a cold and wet nose. |
| D．She likes to sleep on the floor. |
【推荐1】It’s not easy to see a team get 11 straight wins in a tournament(锦标赛). However, the Chinese women’s volleyball team has done it!
On September 29th, 2019, China won the Women’s Volleyball World Cup trophy(奖杯) in Japan. China won the gold medal with perfect 11-0 record. It was also the team’s 10th world title. “The trophy is the best gift to celebrate the 70th birthday of New China,” People’s Daily said in an article.
The Chinese women’s volleyball team has long been the pride of all Chinese. In the 1980s, the team won five world titles in a row, which raised people’s confidence at the time. Since then, its fighting spirit has inspired generations of people, both within the team and across the country. People always follow the women’s volleyball as an example and learn from their spirit of never giving up.
Working hard was key to the team’s success. The World Cup was played in several different cities and team didn’t have much time to train. But they trained hard as soon as possible. On September 25th, for example, they arrived in Osaka at 2:30 p.m. and started training only an hour later.
Never giving up, especially during difficult times, is also part of the team’s fighting spirit, according to head coach Lang Ping. Many of the team’s members kept on playing even after being injured.
With their latest win, the girls are ready to prepare for next year’s Tokyo Olympics.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. The Chinese women’s volleyball team in the recent World Cup tournament.
| A．won the second place | B．played a total of 10 games |
| C．lost a game on September 28th | D．won its 10th world title |
| A．They got 11 straight wins in a tournament. | B．They won world titles five times in a row. |
| C．They had the best coach like Lang Ping. | D．They made all Chinese people play volleyball. |
| A．说服 | B．警告 | C．激励 | D．协助 |
| A．Getting enough sleep before the game. | B．Working hard and never giving up. |
| C．Having a healthy diet. | D．Working with teammate. |
| A．They will compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games. |
| B．They are China’s best sports team. |
| C．None of its team members has gotten injured. |
| D．All the members in the team are famous in the world. |
Canada 4:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
Canada is a big country with six time zones（时区）. In the west, it is four a.m., and everyone is asleep, but in the east it is half past eight and people are awake. It is a cold Friday morning in November.
Scotland 12:00 noon
Scotland is part of the UK. The capital of Scotland is Edinburgh，and the capital of the UK is London. It is twelve noon，or midday, in Edinburgh. Children are having lessons, but they are looking forward to the weekend because there is no school on Saturday.
Egypt 2:00 p.m.
Friday is already the weekend in Egypt. Friday is a special day for Muslims, so schools, offices and shops are closed in all Arab countries. So now, at two p.m., most people in Egypt are having lunch with their families.
Japan 9:00 p.m.
Japan is seven hours ahead of Egypt, so it is already Friday evening there. The weekend is beginning. Most people are out with friends or watching television or playing computer games.
1. The people in needn’t go to work on Fridays.
| A．Canada | B．Scotland | C．Japan | D．Egypt |
| A．11:00a.m | B．2:00 p.m. | C．12:30 p.m. | D．4:00 a.m. |
| A．having lessons | B．sleeping | C．watching TV | D．playing games |
【推荐3】Here is the schedule with the notice of the summer school that Lily goes to.
Day Time | Mon | Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri |
9：30-10：30 | English | Computer | English | English | Piano |
10：40-11：40 | Piano | English | Painting | Dancing | Dancing |
13：30-14：30 | Tennis | Painting | Tennis | Painting | Computer |
14：40-15：40 | Baseball | Baseball | Swimming | Basketball | Basketball |
The school restaurant is closed during the summer school （7/2-7/29）. Please bring your own lunch. Dancing shoes can be borrowed with your summer school card. Please find Mr. Shun in Room 116. During the third week, the gym will be used for the High School Ball Games. Please go to the playground for the basketball classes of the week.1. Lily spends most of her time on________ in the summer school.
| A．computer | B．language | C．music | D．sports |
| A．one week | B．two weeks | C．three weeks | D．four weeks |
| A．there are basketball classes in the gym except the third week |
| B．students and teachers can order lunch from the school restaurant |
| C．those who need to borrow dancing shoes must tell Mr. Shun the day before |
| D．all the painting lessons are in the afternoon while the piano lessons are in the morning |
【推荐1】Are you nearsighted? If you are, your parents might have tried to do something to fix it, such as having you get an eye massage (按摩), take medicine or even get surgery. People who offer these services or products often claim that they can reduce or even cure myopia (治愈近视).
However, you will no longer see advertisements like this before long. The government has issued a notice targeting advertisements that make these claims. Specifically, the notice bans (禁止) businesses from using words like "recovery" and "myopia cure" in their advertisements, People's Daily reported.
The notice says that myopia cannot be completely cured with current medical technology. Therefore, these advertisements could mislead children and their parents.
Young people can prevent and control myopia by spending more time outside and less time in front of books or computers. People who have vision problems should go to a hospital and let a doctor decide what to do.
More than 450 million Chinese were suffering from myopia as of June 2018, Xinhua News Agency reported. Myopia rates are around 30 percent for primary school students, 60 percent for junior high students and 80 percent for senior high students. This is likely because students spend a lot of time reading books and using electronic devices (电子产品).
To reduce myopia among young people, the government made a new plan last August. The plan is designed to limit the amount of time children spend playing video games, as well as limit the production of new video games, according to China Daily.
1. Some people claim that they can cure myopia to ______.| A．show off their high-leveled skills | B．sell more products and services |
| C．share advanced medical technology | D．prove that eye massages are not helpful |
| A．recovery | B．eyesight | C．nearsighted | D．reduction |
| A．have surgery | B．get an eye massage | C．take some medicine | D．ask a doctor for advice |
| A．students should be banned from using mobile phones |
| B．students in lower grades are more likely to get myopia |
| C．production of new video games will be limited |
| D．the law was made to protect the eyesight of elderly people |
| A．Saving kids' eyesight | B．Electronic devices | C．Are you nearsighted | D．Reduce myopia |
【推荐2】One day a man gave his son some wood to saw (锯; 锯子). The boy did not want to do such work, so after his father had gone away, he threw the saw down, and it broke.
"I did not break the saw," said the boy to himself, "it broke itself." He tried to deceive himself with words, but he knew in his heart that they were false words, and he was afraid to meet his father.
One day a mother said to her son, who had just returned from school, "It is six o'clock. Your school closes at four -where have you been, my boy?"
"Oh, mother," said Ned, "when we play at ball, we forget everything else. We do not think of the time, or of coming home. Is tea ready?"
The boy 's mother was cheated. Ned's answer led her to think that he had been playing with his friends. But he had not been playing at all.
He had been “kept in” by his teacher, because he had not learned his lessons. He did not like to tell his mother that. He wished her to think that he had been playing.
“What a shame it is for you to try to cheat your mother," said something in Ned's heart, as he sat down to his tea.
"I don't care," said the boy to himself, “I don't care. I did not tell a lie- I did not say that I was playing. "
If we use words which are about to cheat, we tell a lie. Ned's lie was a very bad one, for it looked so like the truth. A lie that looks like the truth is the worst kind of lie.
1. Who broke the saw actually?| A．The father. | B．The boy. | C．The mother. | D．Nobody. |
| A．鼓励 | B．鞭策 | C．欺骗 | D．惩罚 |
| A．At 14:00. | B．At 15:00. | C．At16:00. | D．At17:00. |
| A．played at ball | B．was busy with his lessons | C．forgot the time | D．was asked to stay by the teacher |
| A．A truth is a real lie. | B．What looks like a truth is a lie. |
| C．A truth that looks like a lie is a lie. | D．A lie that looks real is the worst lie. |
Every living thing needs to reproduce (繁殖). In order for plants to reproduce, they have spread their seeds (种子) to other areas. Plants have developed all kinds of ways to do this.
The simplest way is gravity. Many seeds are inside of fruit. When fruit gets too heavy, it falls from a tree to the ground. Sometimes animals will pick up the fruit and drop it in another area. That helps move the seed even farther away. Apples spread this way.
Other plants use wind to spread their seeds. Dandelions (蒲公英) are a good example of this. Dandelion seeds are so light that when wind blows, it carries dandelion seeds to new places. Maple (枫树) seeds also use wind. Their seeds are connected with long, thin leaves that look like wings. When the seed falls from the tree, its “wings” help it fly farther from the tree.
Some animals help plants spread seeds. The animals eat the seeds. While the seed is in the animal’s body, it stays whole. When the seed leaves the animal, it’s in a new place.
Ants also help spread seeds. Some seeds have a special smell that appeals to ants. The ants bring the seeds back to their home, which of course is underground. They only eat part of the seed. They leave the rest of the seed underground. After that, the seed can start growing.
1. When fruit gets heavy enough, it will fall from a tree to the ground because of gravity.2. Apples can spread seeds by themselves.
3. Wind helps maple seeds to fly farther from the tree.
4. Some animals eat seeds, and it is helpful for seeds to spread.
5. The passage is mainly about the relationship between animals and plants.
