All of us communicate with one another nonverbally, as well as with words. Most of the time we’re not aware that we’re doing it. We gesture with eyebrows or a hand, meet someone else’s eyes and look away, shift positions in a chair. These actions we assume are random(随意的) and incidental. But researchers have discovered in recent years that there is a system to them almost as consistent and comprehensible (可充分了解的) as language.
Every culture has its own body language, and children understand its meanings along with spoken language. A Frenchman talks and moves in French. The way an Englishman crossed his legs is nothing like the way a male American does it. In talking, Americans are apt to end a statement with a droop(垂下) of the head or hand, a lowering of the eyelids(眼皮). They wind up(结束)a question with a lift of the hand, a tilt(倾斜) of the chin or a widening of the eyes. With a future-tense verb they often gesture with a forward movement.
A. communication between human beings is usually dull
B. the smallest words are best in effective communication
C. communication without body language would be dull
D. words are not important in communication
All of us communicate with one another nonverbally, as well as with words. Most of the time we’re not aware that we’re doing it. We gesture with eyebrows or a hand, meet someone else’s eyes and look away, shift positions in a chair. These actions we assume are random(随意的) and incidental. But researchers have discovered in recent years that there is a system to them almost as consistent and comprehensible (可充分了解的) as language.
Every culture has its own body language, and children understand its meanings along with spoken language. A Frenchman talks and moves in French. The way an Englishman crossed his legs is nothing like the way a male American does it. In talking, Americans are apt to end a statement with a droop(垂下) of the head or hand, a lowering of the eyelids(眼皮). They wind up(结束)a question with a lift of the hand, a tilt(倾斜) of the chin or a widening of the eyes. With a future-tense verb they often gesture with a forward movement.
A. Americans communicate differently from Frenchmen.
B. It's difficult to guess someone's nationality by his body language.
C. Children learn the meaning of body language along with spoken language.
D. Body language differs in each culture.
Passage Four
At one time or another we have all stopped to think about the weather. Some days the weather is good. Some days the weather is bad. Still, there are days when the weather seems to change from hour to hour. A day that starts out fine might not stay that way. Sometimes a day that seems bad turns out better than you thought it would. There are ways of understanding the weather. One way is to study the clouds.
No two clouds are ever alike. But it is still possible to group clouds and to give them names. We can recognize the different kinds of clouds and watch them for signs of changing weather.
As a rule, the higher the clouds, the better the weather. And the lower the clouds, the worse the weather is likely to be. To predict the weather, there are three things about clouds you should look for: movement, color, and change.
Clouds can tell you if storm is on the way. For example, small feathery cirrus clouds (卷云) can become thick and
A. the relation between the weather and clouds
B. the ways of grouping and naming clouds
C. the causes of differences in weather
D. the signs of the rain and storm
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