Just as no two words are truly synonymous______no two different expressions can mean exact
A.rather
B.also
C.yet
D.so
A.rather
B.also
C.yet
D.so
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A.looking for
B.and looked
C.look for
D.looked
Words are tools for communicating with other people, especially information about people. They are mainly social tools. Visual and spatial abilities are good for imagining and manipulating objects and for communicating information about them. Are these talents programmed into the brain? In some of the newest and most controversial research in neurophysiology(神经生理学), it has been suggested that when it comes to the brain, males are specialists while women are generalists.
But one knows that, if anything, this means in terms of the abilities of the two sexes. Engineering is both Visual and spatial, and it's true that there are relatively few women engineers. But women become just as skilled as men at shooting a rifle or driving a car, task that involve visual-spatial skills. They also do equally well at programming a computer, which is neither visual nor spatial. Women do, however, seem less likely to fall in love with the objects themselves. We all know men for whom machines seem to be extensions of their identity. A woman is more likely to see her car, rifle, or computer as a useful tool but not in itself fascinating.
According to the massage, women are usually good at______.
A.body language
B.logical reasoning
C.tasks demanding for the use of words
D.both A and B
Some brains do deteriorate with age. Alzheimer's disease, for example, strikes 13 percent of Americans 65 and older. But for most aging adults, the authors say, much of what occurs is a gradually widening focus of attention that makes it more difficult to latch onto just one fact, like a name or a telephone number. Although that can be frustrating, it is often useful. "It may be that distractibility is not, in fact, a bad thing," said Shelley H. Carson, a psychology researcher at Harvard whose work was cited in the book. "It may increase the amount of information available to the conscious mind. "
For example, in studies where subjects are asked to read passages that are interrupted with unexpected words or phrases, adults 60 and older work much more slowly than college students. Although the students plow through the texts at a consistent speed regardless of what the out-of-place words mean, older people slow down even more when the words are related to the topic at hand. That indicates that they are not just stumbling over the extra information, but are taking it in and processing it. When both groups were later asked questions for which the out-of-place words might be answers, the older adults responded much better than the students.
"For the young people, it's as if the distraction never happened," said an author of the review, Lynn Hasher, a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto and a senior scientist at the Rotman Research Institute. "But for older adults, because they've retained all this extra data, they' re now suddenly the better problem solvers. They can transfer the information they've soaked up from one situation to another. "
Such tendencies can yield big advantages in the real world, where it is not always clear what information is important, or will become important. A seemingly irrelevant point or suggestion in a memo can take on new meaning if the original plan changes. Or extra details that stole your attention, like others'yawning and fidgeting, may help you assess the speaker's real impact.
From the first two paragraphs, we learn that______.
A.aging brains tend to process more information simultaneously
B.one becomes forgetful when he gets old
C.older people don't think their brainpower is declining
D.the aged always stress long-term benefit
Part 1 Vocabulary and Structure [10 points]
Questions 1-5 are based on the following task.
Choose the appropriate words or expressions from the box to complete the following paragraph. There are THREE extra choices that you don't need. Write your answer on the Answer Sheet.
A. keen B. Unless C. just as D.imitates E. difference F. For example G. body language H. however
North Americans and South Americans have a few similarities in body language, but most of their nonverbal signals are different.(1)________,North Americans do not maintain eye contact during a conversation; (2) ________ , South Americans do. A North American usually meets the other person's eyes for a few seconds, looks away, and then back again. A South American looks directly into the other person's eyes and considers it impolite not to continue. Another (3)________is how they use hand movements while speaking. South Americans use many gestures. North Americans use gestures only occasionally. North and South Americans are similar regarding distance between people speaking to each other. (4)_________it is a close friendship, North and South American stand about two to three feet apart. It's often possible to know where a person comes from by studying his or her (5)________.
If you thought handshakes were just a gesture of greeting, then think again! A handshake is not only a way of greeting; it can also show your personality. Since we all want to set a good first impression, it is important to know the right shaking hands manners.
Stand up and maintain eye contact while shaking hands. If you are seated when someone comes for a handshake, stand up and shake his or her' hand. It is impolite to be still seated. Keep right distance between the two of you; not too close, but enough distance to shake your hands well. Keeping eye contact makes the other person feel welcome and comfortable.
Keep a handshake brief and firm. You let go of each other's hand after 2-3 seconds. Make sure your handshake ends before your conversation does. One's handshake should show a feeling of strength and warmth. The hand should be firm and not lifeless like seaweed. Then, how firm should a handshake be'? Just grasp the person's hand completely and do not press it too hard.
21. Which of the following statements about the significance of handshakes is not true?
A. Handshakes are just a gesture of greeting.
B. Handshakes are more than a way of greeting
C. Handshakes can show our personality.
22. If you are seated when someone comes for a handshake, you should().
A. stand up and shake his or her hand
B. keep seated and shake his or her hand
C. bow and say hello to him or her
23. Keeping eye contact while shaking hands makes, the other person feel.
A. nervous
B. comfortable
C. afraid
24. How long does a handshake usually last?
A. As long as the conversation lasts.
B. 5 minutes.
C. 23 seconds.
25. Which of the following words can best describe a proper handshake?
A. brief and strong
B. brief and firm
C. brief and soft
A.just as it is in China
B.just as it is in the United States
C.just as it is in Asia
D.just as it is in Japan
(1) The author claims that there is a difference in reading speed ___________.
A、among all the readers
B、among readers who have different experience
C、between the poorly educated and the highly educated
D、among the highly educated people
(2) A good reader is a reader who ___________.
A、concentrates on the wonderful part of the article
B、always reads slowly and carefully
C、changes his speed according to the type of reading matter
D、changes his speed according to the interesting part of the text
(3) The author says that when reading more difficult material,a good reader can read ___________
A、every part of the book
B、the most wonderful part of the book
C、the major part of the book
D、the scientific part of the book
(4) The last two sentences of the first paragraph mean that ___________.
A、reading speed too slow for a difficult book is just right for a non-serious one
B、reading speed too slow for a non-serious book may be too fast for a difficult one
C、reading speed too fast for difficult material is just right for a non-serious book is also too slow for a difficult one
D、reading speed too slow for a non-serious book is also too slow for a difficult one
(5) What is the passage mainly about?
A、Practise reading skill.
B、Difference between the highly educated and the poorly educated.
C、Reading and listening.
D、Difference in the speed and efficiency of reading.
A.synonyms
B.antonyms
C.homonymous words
D.co-hyponyms
_____26____the situation they arein. This isvery natural. All languages have two general levels of usage: a formal leveland an informal level.English is no ____27_____. The difference in these twolevels is the situation in which you use a ____28_____ level.Formal language is the kind oflanguage you find in text books,_____29____ books and in business letters. Youwould also use formal English in _____30 ____ and essays that you write inschool. Informal language is used inconversation with _____31 ____family members and friends, andwhen we write personal notes or letters to closefriends.
Formallanguage is different from informal language in several ways. First, formallanguage _____32____ bemore polite.What we may find interesting is that it usually takes more words to be polite.For example, I might sayto a friend or a family member, "Close the door,please," but to a ____ 33_____, I probably would say "Would youmindclosing the door?"
Anotherdifference between formal and informal language is some of the ____ 34_____. There are bound to besome wordsand phrases that belong in formal language and others that are informal. Let'ssay that I really likesoccer. If I am talking to my friend, I might say "Iam just _____35____ soccer!" Butif I were talking to my boss, Iwould probably say "I really enjoysoccer.
ess Campaign.The World Centers of Compassion for ChildrenInternational call attention tochildren's rights and how to help the ____44____of war. Starting a Peacemakers'Club is apraiseworthy venture for a class and one that could spread to otherclassrooms and ideally affect the culture ofthe ____45____ school.