Some researchers find that less than half of ...

Some researchers find that less than half of a spoken message’s real meaning is in the words of the message. They say that most of a message’s meaning comes from understanding how the speaker uses thing like tone of voice（语调）and ______ language. So people use ______ just words to communicate.

Body language includes such things as the ______ on the speaker’s face, gestures the speaker ______ with his or her hands, and the positions of the speaker’s body. Just as there are many different languages spoken around the world, there are many ______ ways for people to use body language, too. For example, ______ may imply different meanings in different cultures. Making a “thumbs up” sign in American means “Great!” However, in Arab cultures, this gesture is ______ offensive (攻击性的). And in India, if ______ want to show speakers that they understand, the listeners will move their heads from side to side. In many Western countries, this means “______”.

______ body language can be used ______ by different cultures, there are also many gestures that are almost used the same way. For example, a smile is understood as a ______ of friendship or good will around the world. Also using an open hand to gesture toward something is viewed as polite or ______ in most cultures. Another example, if you want to ____ “I am interested in you” or “I like you,” this kind of body language is sometimes used between two people. Usually one uses the same gesture and turns the body to fully face ______.

1.A.body B.spoken C.English D.target

2.A.little of B.none of C.more than D.plenty of

3.A.emotion B.mood C.impression D.expression

4.A.makes B.reads C.works D.communicates

5.A.different B.similar C.familiar D.opposite

6.A.eye contacts B.gestures C.looks D.appearances

7.A.closely B.doubtedly C.extremely D.gradually

8.A.listeners B.speakers C.friends D.foreigners

9.A.Yes B.No C.O.K. D.Sorry

10.A.Provided that B.In ease C.While D.Unless

11.A.similarly B.differently C.definitely D.exactly

12.A.sign B.signal C.sigh D.symbol

13.A.exciting B.defensive C.indifferently D.friendly

14.A.conclude B.conduct C.express D.exhibit

15.A.others B.the other C.the others D.another

高一英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析

_____half of all languages in the world spoken by fewer than 3500 people each,linguists(语言学家) have been making great efforts.

A. In sight of　　 B. In defense of

C. In need of　　 D. In case of

高一英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

Researchers found that people become happier and experience less worry after they reach the age of fifty. In fact, they say by the age of eighty-five, people are happier with their life than they were when they were eighteen years old.

The findings came from a survey of more than 340,000 adults in the United States. The Gallup(民意调查) Organization questioned them by telephone in 2010. At that time, the people were between the ages of eighteen and eighty-five.

The researchers asked questions about emotions like happiness, sadness and worry. They also asked about mental or emotional stress.

Arthur Stone at Stony Brook University in New York led the study. His team found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five. The findings showed that stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties. Happiness was highest among the youngest adults and those in their early seventies. The people least likely to report feeling negative emotions were those in their seventies and eighties.

Researchers say they do not know why happiness increases as people get older. One theory is that, as people grow older, they grow more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotions. They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.

Professor Stone says the emotional patterns could be linked to changes in how people see the world, or maybe even changes in brain chemistry.

The researchers also considered possible influences like having young children, being unemployed or being single. But they found that influences like these did not affect the levels of happiness and well-being related to age.

The study also showed that men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older. However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men.

1.

What can be the best title of the text?

2.

We can learn from the research that _________.

3.

According to the research, when people get older, _________.

4.

What would the author probably talk about next?

5.

The purpose of the passage is to _________.

高一英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

Some people have the idea_____ you can cross Canada in less than five days.

高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The purpose of the research project has a more different meaning for them than _________.

A.that for us B.it has for us C.it did for us D.it did for ours

高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Taxpayers(纳税人) in America pay less in income tax than many Europeans, according to a Pew Research Center report. Belgium has the highest income tax rate, at nearly 56 percent of income, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD. Taxpayers in the U.S. pay less than 36 percent of their incomes into the national treasury. Taxes pay for services provided by the government. The U.S. ranks 25 of the 34 developed countries polled in the report.

An unmarried person with no children was used as an example in the report. In America, an unmarried person, with no children, making the average wage of $50,000 in 2014 paid 24.8 percent of their income in federal (联邦的) income tax and payroll taxes (工资税). A similar person living in Belgium would pay 42.3 percent of their income. The average among the 39 countries in the poll was 27.3 percent income tax.

The deadline to pay taxes in America is usually April 15. This year, the deadline is April 18. American taxpayers complain that wealthy people and large companies pay too little tax, according to a Pew Research Center poll from 2015.

Americans pay tax to fund programs like Social Security and Medicaid, according to the Pew Research Center. Last year, American taxes paid for $888 billion in Social Security benefits. Social Security pays the elderly an income after they stop working. The government also paid more than $546 billion in Medicaid and Medicare benefits. Those programs pay for health and medical care to people who cannot afford it, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

1.According to the article, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. The income tax rate of America ranks 25 of the world.

B. No countries in the world have a higher income tax than that in Belgium.

C. Taxpayers in America pay more in income tax than many Europeans.

D. The deadline to pay taxes in America is usually between April 15 and April 18

2. The majority of people benefiting from the taxes in America are ________.

A. wealthy people and corporations

B. unmarried people

C. married couples

D. the elderly retirees

3.How is Passage 2 mainly developed?

A. By showing differences　　　　 B. By analyzing causes

C. By describing process　　　　　　 D. By explanations

4.The author mainly wants to tell us ________.

A. how Americans use their taxes

B. how much do Americans pay their taxes

C. that Americans pay less income tax than many others

D. that many people are complaining about the taxes

高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

.

Valuing water

Human beings use a little less than half the water available worldwide. Yet shortages and droughts(干旱) are causing starvation and poverty in some areas, and industrial and agricultural by-products are polluting water supplies. Since the world’s population is expected to double in the next 51 years, many experts think we are on the edge of a widespread water crisis.

But that doesn’t have to be the result. Water shortages do not have to trouble the world—if we start valuing water more than we have in the past. Just as we began to value petrol more after the 1970s oil crisis, today we must start looking at water from a fresh economic view. We can no longer afford to consider water a nearly free resource of which we can use as much as we like in any way we want.

Instead, for all uses except the demand of the poor, governments should price water to reflect its real value. This means charging a fee for the water itself as well as for the supply costs.

Governments should also protect this source by providing water in more economically and environmentally sound ways. For example, often the cheapest way to provide irrigation(灌溉) water in the dry places is through small-scale projects, such as gathering rainfall in depressions(凹地) and pumping it to nearby cropland.

No matter what steps governments take to provide water more efficiently, they must change their ways to use water. Rather than control hundreds or even thousands of local, regional agencies that watch water use, countries should set up central authorities to manage water policy.

65. What is the real cause of the potential water crisis?

A. Only half of the world’s water can be used.

B. The world population is increasing faster and faster.

C. Half of the world’s resources have been seriously polluted.

D. Human beings have not placed sufficient value on water resources.

66.We can conclude from the passage that the water problem______.

A. is already serious in certain parts of the world

B. has been exaggerated by some experts in the field

C. poses a challenge to the technology of building reservoirs

D. is underestimated by government organizations at different levels

67.According to the author, the water price should______.

A. be reduced to the minimum

B. stimulate domestic demand

C. equal its real value

D. take into account the occurrences of droughts.

高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

How long will it take the woman to get there?

A. More than an hour.　　 B. Less than an hour.　　 C. Half an hour.

高一英语短对话简单题查看答案及解析

According to some research, ___________the Internet can make us less creative

A.being addicted to B.being opposed to

C.being attached to D.being adjusted to

高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Scientists from Australia declared that they were able to find out how some species of birds managed to develop the ability to recognize each other’s language. Together with his partners from the School of Botany and Zoology at the Australian National University in Canberra, Professor Robert Magrath discovered that fairy-wrens (细尾鹩莺) can learn the alarm calls produced by other species of birds.

Although scientists had known that some birds could understand the alarm calls of other species and use their ability to escape danger, it was unknown how they developed this ability. There were several assumptions.

Some researchers suggested that some species of birds were able to understand the alarm calls of other species due to the fact that they were born with the ability to react (反应) to calls that are somewhat similar. There was another assumption that all birds could learn alarm calls from different species over a certain period of time.

In order to find out which assumption was closer to the truth, scientists played the sounds of alarm calls of white-browed scrubwrens (白眉丝刺莺) to fairy-wrens that live side-by-side with white-browed scrubwrens in Canberra. Alarm calls of the two species are somewhat similar. The second step was playing recordings of alarm calls of white-browed scrubwrens to fairy-wrens that live 600 km away from Canberra, in Macquarie Marshes, the region where white-browed scrubwrens don’t live. The experiment showed that fairy-wrens living in Canberra fled (逃跑) but Macquarie Marshes fairy-wrens didn’t, which, according to Magrath, had to do with learning.

Another experiment involved playing recordings of a different alarm call produced by New Holland honeyeaters. Researchers said that after hearing the calls, the fairy-wrens fled, which means that they can learn calls completely different from theirs. “They have a very sharp perception (领悟力) of other species’ calls.” said Magrath.

However, some scientists had different opinions. For example, Professor Gisela Kaplan considered that learning was not the entire reason why birds fled after hearing the alarm calls. She considered that birds’ brain features an emergency pack which includes pre-programmed (预定程序) reactions at birth. The pack may be constructed of neurons that produce a basic reflex (反射作用) when it is touched off by auditory (听觉的) reactions.

“It could be that a certain sound, like a 6 kilohertz high-pitched frequency (频率), causes that basic reflex. Where the learned part comes in is the key to correctly tell whether somebody else is simply making a high-pitch call or whether it is an alarm call,” said Kaplan. She added that her team played the same recordings to magpies (喜鹊) at various distances and discovered that their reaction was different. “It depends on whether the bird’s sound is coming from within the magpie’s territory (领地). The difference can be as small as two meters,” she said.

1.According to Paragraph 2, alarm calls produced by birds mean _____.

A. they need to flee

B. there are visitors

C. there is something to eat

D. they need help to kill their enemies

2.From the experiment in Paragraph 4, we can infer that _____.

A. birds only understand alarm calls similar to theirs

B. birds are born to understand alarm calls of other species

C. birds understand alarm calls of other species by learning

D. white-browed scrubwrens are not enemies of fairy-wrens

3.Which of the following does Kaplan agree with?

A. Magpies react violently to a 6 kilohertz high-pitched frequency.

B. Magpies learn how to tell a high-pitch call from an alarm call.

C. Birds tend to give alarm calls if danger is within two meters.

D. The location of alarm calls is important to magpies’ reactions to them.

4.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. How do birds escape danger?

B. Birds can learn other species’ languages.

C. Birds have a sharp perception of alarm calls.

D. How do birds understand each other’s language?

高一英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析