1、Period FourWriting .阅读理解 A Gesture is the use of such movements to express thoughts, emotion, etc. A gesture can be many things. Slamming a book shut shows anger and frustration. Opening a door for someone shows kindness. Gestures go much beyond small actions. My friend once told me a story in high
2、school. One day he met a girl who was on the girls basketball team. He said hello, gave her a hard handshake and wished her good luck as she had a game later. He came to find out he saved that girls life. She had planned on committing suicide and by shaking her hand and saying good luck, he made her
3、 realize someone really cared about her. Im not saying all actions are going to change someone elses life that much, but it may make their day better. Gestures can be negative too. In my senior year of high school, a guy on my football team was late and was walking down the field to practise. Everyo
4、ne on the team knows our coach hates it when people are late and walk on the field. He was walking in as if he owned the place and had no care of what his teammates were thinking. His body language had never been good. The other players on the team had never liked him because of his body language. G
5、estures can often say more than a person wants. One day I was mad at my parents for some pointless reason. All day I stayed downstairs. When one of them walked by, I would just stare at the TV or my phone and hope they wouldnt try to start a conversation. When they tried to talk to me,I would give o
6、ne-word answers. Sitting on the couch and watching TV by myself all day was not my intent but that was what my gestures told my parents. One simple gesture can change a persons thoughts, day or maybe even save their lives. If everyone made a nice gesture to someone else every day, our school, town,
7、and world would become a better place. One single act of random kindness at a time or a kind gesture can change the world. ()1.The story in Paragraph 2 shows. A.gestures are more important than words B.the girl made the writers friend feel warm C.the writers friend had affection for the girl D.gestu
8、res may help people be positive about life ()2.How is the passage mainly developed? A.By making comparisons. B.By following the order of time. C.By giving examples. D.By analysing cause and effect. ()3.Which of the following shows the structure of the passage? CP:Central PointP:PointSp:Sub-point (次要
9、点)C:Conclusion A.B. C.D. ()4.Which is the best title for this passage? A.Words count B.Actions speak C.Kindness shines D.Behaviour changes B Women are friendly.But men are more competitive.Why? Researchers have found its all down to the hormone oxytocin (激素催生 素).Although known as the love hormone, i
10、t affects the sexes differently. “Women tend to be social in their behaviour.They often share with others.But men tend to be competitive.They are trying to improve their social status,” said Professor Ryan. Generally, people believe that the hormone oxytocin is let out in our body in various social
11、situations and our body creates a large amount of it during positive social interactions (互动) such as falling in love or giving birth. But in a previous experiment Professor Ryan found that the hormone is also let out in our body during negative social interactions such as envy. Further researches s
12、howed that in men the hormone oxytocin improves the ability to recognize competitive relationships, but in women it raises the ability to recognize friendship. Professor Ryans recent experiment used 62 men and women aged 20 to 37.Half of the participants(参与者)received oxytocin.The other half received
13、 placebo (安慰剂). After a week, the two groups switched with participants.They went through the same procedure with the other material. Following each treatment, they were shown some video pictures with different social interactions.Then they were asked to analyse the relationships by answering some q
14、uestions.The questions were about telling friendship from competition.And their answers should be based on gestures, body language and facial expressions. The results indicated that, after treatment with oxytocin, mens ability to correctly recognize competitive relationships improved, but in women i
15、t was the ability to correctly recognize friendship that got better. Professor Ryan thus concluded: “Our experiment proves that the hormone oxytocin can raise peoples abilities to better distinguish different social interactions.And the behaviour differences between men and women are caused by biolo
16、gical factors (因素) that are mainly hormonal.” ()5.What causes men and women to behave differently according to the text? A.Placebo.B.Oxytocin. C.The gesture.D.The social status. ()6.What can we learn from Professor Ryans previous experiment? A.Oxytocin affects our behaviour in a different way. B.Our
17、 body lets out oxytocin when we are deep in love. C.Our body produces oxytocin when we feel unhappy about others success. D.Oxytocin improves our abilities to understand peoples behaviour differences. ()7.Why did Professor Ryan conduct the recent experiment? A.To test the effect of oxytocin on the a
18、bility to recognize social interactions. B.To know the differences between friendship and competition. C.To know peoples different abilities to answer questions. D.To test peoples understanding of body language. ()8.The author develops the text by. A.explaining peoples behaviours B.describing his ow
19、n experiences C.distinguishing sexual differences D.discussing research experiments .写作 第一节应用文写作 高一的学习马上就要结束了。假定你是李华,给笔友 Mike 写信, 介绍你高一英语学习中感兴趣的 body language 这个话题。 要求:1.要有真情实感; 2.词数 80 左右。 第二节读后续写 阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成 一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为 150 左右。 A young man was getting ready to graduate from c
20、ollege. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealers showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted. As the graduation day approached, the young man waited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his gra
21、duation, his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious, but somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound
22、Bible, with the young mans name printed in gold. Angrily, he raised his voice to his father and said, “With all your money you give me a Bible?” He then stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible. Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and a won
23、derful family, but realizing his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make the arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He need
24、ed to come home immediately and take care of things. Paragraph 1: When he arrived at his fathers house, Paragraph 2: For so many years, he has misunderstood his father. 参考答案 .A 【文章大意】 人们经常利用手势来表达思想和情绪。一个简单 的动作可以帮助人们持有积极的生活态度,甚至可能拯救他们的生命。 偶然为之的善举可以改变世界。 1.D推理判断题。根据第二段倒数第二句“She had planned on committi
25、ng suicide and by shaking her hand and saying good luck, he made her realize someone really cared about her.”可知一个简单的动作 救了那个女生一命,说明手势可以帮助人们对生活持有积极的态度。 选 D。 2.C写作手法题。本文解释了手势是用动作来表达思想感情的,有的 手势是积极的,有的是负面的,有时候手势又不能完全表达出真实情感, 作者分别举了朋友、高中同学和自己的例子来说明。故选 C。 3.C篇章结构题。 本文的第一段“Gesture is the use of such movemen
26、ts to express thoughts, emotion, etc.”点明主旨。二、三、四段通过举例的 方法列出要点,说明有的手势是积极的,有的是负面的,有时候手势又 不能完全表达出真实情感。最后得出结论:One simple gesture can change a persons thoughts, day or maybe even save their lives. (一个简 单的手势能改变一个人的想法、 他的一天,甚至可能拯救他们的生命)。 故选 C。 4.B主旨大意题。本文论证了一个简单的动作可以帮助人们持有积 极的生活态度,甚至可能拯救他们的生命。手势可以表达思想感情,即
27、行动会说话,故选 B。 B 【文章大意】 本文是一篇说明文。文章通过多个研究实验阐述 了激素对于男性和女性在社交上的不同影响。 5.B细节理解题。根据第一段“Researchers have found its all down to the hormone oxytocin(激素催生素).”可知,这取决于激素催生素。 6.C细节理解题。根据文章第四段“But in a previous experiment Professor Ryan found that the hormone is also let out in our body during negative social inte
28、ractions such as envy.”可知,在Ryan教授之前的实验 中,在负面的社交活动中,例如嫉妒,激素也会上升。故选 C。 7.A推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“The results indicated that, after treatment with oxytocin, mens ability to correctly recognize competitive relationships improved, but in women it was the ability to correctly recognize friendship that got better.”
29、可知,结果表明,在经催生素治疗之 后,男性正确认识竞争性关系的能力提高了,但是,对于女性来说,正确 识别友谊的能力提高了。 由此可以推断这个实验的目的在于测试催生 素对于人识别社交活动的能力的影响。 8.D推理判断题。本文列举了多个实验以及实验结果,表明作者是通 过讨论研究实验来展开全文的,故选 D。 .第一节 One possible version: Dear Mike, Im Li Hua. How time flies! It comes to the end of this term. It occurs to me that Id like to share with you on
30、e of the wonderful moments in this years English classes. I can remember its last month that we were learning “Body language”. Our English teacher came in classroom holding a pile of cards. She smiled and told us that we were to play a game using these cards. She chose four pairs to perform some kin
31、ds of facial expressions and guess them out. The performing classmates tried their best to play their parts, which made us burst into laughter from time to time. Its not only a very interesting class but it also helps me have a better understanding of body language. And by the way, Mike, would you a
32、lso tell some interesting moments in your school? Best wishes! Yours sincerely, Li Hua 第二节 One possible version: When he arrived at his fathers house, sudden sadness filled his heart. He began to search through his fathers important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ag
33、o. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It was exactly the key to the sports car that he had desired when he graduated from college! For so many years, he has misunderstood his father. However, it was too late f
34、or him to apologize to his father for what he had done. If he had received the Bible on that day, there could have been much more sweet moments between them. Sometimes we dont realize the good fortune we could have because we expect “the packaging” to be different, while what we truly value may just be inside it.
