[单项选择]Body Language in the United States 　　1. Most people shake hands and make eye contact when they meet people for the first time. Among very good friends, a woman may give another woman a little hug, and a man may kiss a woman quickly on the cheek. Males don’t usually hug one another: however, this is changing. Men usually shake hands with the right hand. Sometimes they use the left hand to either cover the handshake or lightly hold the other person’s arm. This shows greater warmth and friendship. Most people wave hello or good -bye by extending the arm palm facing outward, and twisting the hand al the wrist. Another way is to raise the arm, palm outward, and move the whole arm and hand back and forth. This is important to know because in many other countries, the same movements mean “no”. 　　2. When people are waiting in a public place, such as the post office, they usually form lines. Some people get angry and complain if someone pushes their way into a line or jumps ahead of other peo

[单项选择]Body Language in the United States 　　1. Most people shake hands and make eye contact when they meet people for the first time. Among very good friends, a woman may give another woman a little hug, and a man may kiss a woman quickly on the cheek. Males don’t usually hug one another: however, this is changing. Men usually shake hands with the right hand. Sometimes they use the left hand to either cover the handshake or lightly hold the other person’s arm. This shows greater warmth and friendship. Most people wave hello or good -bye by extending the arm palm facing outward, and twisting the hand al the wrist. Another way is to raise the arm, palm outward, and move the whole arm and hand back and forth. This is important to know because in many other countries, the same movements mean “no”. 　　2. When people are waiting in a public place, such as the post office, they usually form lines. Some people get angry and complain if someone pushes their way into a line or jumps ahead of other peo

[单项选择] Influenced by movies and popular novels, most people see sharks as people-eating monsters. This is far from the truth. Every year, a few types of sharks injure about 100 people worldwide and kill about 25. Most attacks are by great white sharks, which often feed on sea lions and other marine mammals (海洋哺乳动物). They sometimes mistake human swimmers for their normal prey, especially if they are wearing black wet suits. If you are a typical ocean-goer, your chances of being killed by an unprovoked attack by a shark are about 1 in 100 million. You are more likely to be killed by a pig than a shark and thou sands of times more likely to get killed when you drive a car. Sharks help save human lives. In addition to providing people with food, they are helping us learn how to fight cancer, bacteria (细菌), and viruses. Sharks are very healthy and have aging processes similar to ours. Their highly effective immune system allows wounds to heal quickly without becoming infected, and their blo
A. friends
B. enemies
C. food
D. suits

[填空题]The United States has most of what every country would like to have coal and (11) and other minerals, cereals (wheat. barley, maize), beef, cattle, fruit plantations of all kinds, as well as (12) Yet, as in most countries, there is unemployment and the fear of unemployment, and few people like (13) unemployed more than the Americans. They are paid well, even in quite simple jobs, and their taxes are low, so they do not often come out on (14) for unimportant reasons. Union officials in the factories are employed not only to make sure the workers get (15) treatment, but also to see that they work as well as they can.

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In the United States the most popular form of folk dancing since the early days has been square dancing. In early times, when men and women worked in groups to (21) a barn(谷仓) for harvest crops, they danced when the work was done. The music (22) from a violin for the most part. But if there was no one to play an instrument(乐器), clapping(击掌) was used to (23) the rhythm(节奏) by which to dance. The early settlers(移民) danced in a store, in a barn, or in a farm kitchen.
After some years (24) , square dancing became (25) popular in cities and towns, but it (26) popular in the country. Then it became popular in the cities once again. Today in (27) parts of the United States you will find some school, club, or other group that is square dancing for fun.
A square is formed by four couples(对，双) who stand (28) the center of the square. Each couple stands on one (29) of the square, the boy on the l
A. causes
B. makes
C. does
D. lets