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Unit 4 Body language一、阅读理解。 Crossing your legs is an extremely mon habit; most people dont even notice that theyre doing it when they sit down. While you may find it fortable to sit with one knee crossed over the other, it might be causing health problems that you are not aware of.A study published in Blood Pressure Monitoring stated that sitting with your legs crossed can increase your blood pressure. The reason for this is that the blood in your legs has to work against gravity to be pumped back to your heart and that crossing one leg over the other increases resistance, making it even harder for the blood to circulate. This causes your body to increase your blood pressure to push the blood back to the heart. You wont feel any immediate effects, but repeated, drawn-out increases in blood pressure can cause long-term health issues. So, planning to sit for a long period of time? Dont keep your legs crossed.Crossing your legs at the knee can also cause pressure on the major nerve in your leg that passes just below your knee and along the outside of your leg, explains Richard Graves, a medical expert. This pressure can cause numbness and temporary paralysis (麻痹) of some of the muscles in your foot and leg, preventing you from being able to raise your anklewhat we know as that “pins and needles” sensation. While the feeling of disfort may only last a minute or two, repeatedly crossing your legs until they feel numb can cause permanent nerve damage.So next time you sit down, try to get yourself in the habit of sitting with both of your feet on the floor. Not only will it help your posture and stability, but it will also save your health in the long run.1.What can we learn about crossing ones legs?A. It is a very bad social habit.B. It is usually practiced deliberately.C. It can make others feel unfortable.D. It can do harm to peoples health.2.According to the study, sitting with your legs crossed can_.A. resist gravity effectivelyB. affect your blood pressureC. lead to heart attacks easilyD. improve the function of legs3.In the third paragraph pins and needles probably means_.A. serious muscle injuriesB. being a little nervousC. slight sharp painsD. being highly flexible4.What is the main purpose of the text?A. To give readers some advice.B. To pare mon habits.C. To evaluate effects of an experiment.D. To introduce research methods. 【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文,主要介绍了研究发现跷二郎腿对身体有害,大家要改掉跷二郎腿的坏习惯。1.D 【解析】细节理解题。根据第一段中的“ it might be causing health problems that you are not aware of.”可知,跷二郎腿对健康有害。2.B 【解析】细节理解题。根据第二段中的“ sitting with your legs crossed can increase your blood pressure.”可知,跷二郎腿会使血压升高。4.A 【解析】文章意图题。根据文章内容,特别是第一段中的“it might be causing health problems that you are not aware of.”及最后一段中的“So next time you sit down, try to get yourself in the habit of sitting with both of your feet on the floor.”可知,研究发现跷二郎腿对健康有害,因此这篇文章的目的是建议大家改掉跷二郎腿的坏习惯。二、单句语法填空1 (face) with a new situation, we make assumptions based on our experiences.答案:Faced2Simon has lived in Spain for more than 10 years, but (curious) enough, he cant speak a word of Spanish.答案:curiously3(2018北京东城区模拟)At the conference, political leaders from many countries promised to work together to defend the world terrorism and other threats.答案:against4That means the price is likely (go) down because of the petition.答案:to go5Toms still angry with me.You are (blame). How dare you call him a liar! Hes the last person (lie)答案:to blame; to lie6I appreciate the professors new approach to (teach) languages.答案:teaching7 (misunderstand) by others when you do nothing wrong at all is quite a bad experience.答案:Being misunderstood8You ought never to turn your back your friends on a threatened danger.答案:to9The kitchen is often the busiest room in a household; its important (function) properly.答案:to function10The doctor will give you some medicine (ease) your pain.答案:to ease三、完形填空。We rarely get a chance to see pure care and love for those who need it most. And this story will 1 serve to remind us there is still lots of good in the world and that we are responsible for 2 that goodness. Ms Noriza, 49 years old, was walking in the street when she smelt a(an) 3 smell. She noticed many people were holding their 4 and hurried by. Looking around she found an old man in a wheelchair vomiting (呕吐)and his clothes were made 5. “Nobody was helping him even though he looked so 6, ” Ms Noriza explained. She found some people were not only not doing something about it, but were plaining. The 7 was more than she could bear. 8, she went up to help. She went and bought a pair of shorts and a T-shirt in a nearby store and helped the old man get 9. After that, she acpanied him back to his flat 10 she went to work. There was kindness shown by some other 11, including Mr Goh. He was so 12 by what Ms Noriza had done that he got his friend to 13 the press of this story. “Her 14 towards a stranger moved me. It was 15 and plete kindness, ” said Mr Goh. Sometimes we are so focused on conflicts, arguments and all sorts of 16 things that we forget that the world is what it is because of us. If we want to see a society full of love, we should deliver that 17 through our actions and our lives. So next time we are given this priceless 18 to touch someone elses life, let us 19 the moment and do something good, not just for the society, but for our 20 as well. 【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文, 介绍了Ms Noriza在大街上帮助素不相识的老人的事情。通过本文作者呼吁人们要相信善良, 秉承善良, 传播善良, 让社会变得更加美好。1. A. approximatelyB. hopefullyC. finally D. merely【解析】选B。approximately大约; hopefully有希望地; finally最后; merely仅仅。在文章末段作者发表了自己的感慨, 由此判断作者讲述这个故事的目的是希望人们能够把善良的美德传播开来, 故选B。2. A. spreadingB. praisingC. searching D. discovering【解析】选A。spread 传播; praise表扬; search搜寻; discover发现。从文章最后两段内容可知作者希望人们用善良来驱逐冷漠, 用道德来传递温暖, 鼓励人们亲身去做, 而不局限于仅仅去发现或者表扬善良的行为, 故选A。3. A. strongB. fragrantC. sweet D. unpleasant【解析】选D。strong 强壮的; fragrant芳香的; sweet 甜的; unpleasant不愉快的。根据下文内容可知Ms Noriza闻到的是老人的呕吐物的味道, 当然不会好闻, 故选D。4. A. earsB. eyesC. noses D. mouths【解析】选C。从当时的情景可知老人的呕吐物发出难闻的味道, 路过的人都捏着鼻子, hold ones nose“捏紧鼻子”。故选C。5. A. wetB. dirtyC. wrinkled D. broken【解析】选B。wet潮湿的; dirty脏的; wrinkled有褶皱的; broken破损的。根据语境可知坐在轮椅上的老人呕吐时把衣服弄脏了, 故选B。6. A. pitifulB. desperate C. hopelessD. merciful【解析】选A。pitiful可怜的; desperate绝望的; hopeless 没希望的; merciful仁慈的。在此Ms Noriza指老人的状况很可怜, 令人同情, 故选A。7. A. actionB. smellC. wordD. sight【解析】选D。上文Ms Noriza描述了当时的情景, 她对没人帮助老人的这种情形看不下去, 故选D。8. A. HoweverB. BesidesC. ThereforeD. Otherwise【解析】选C。however然而; besides 此外; therefore因此; otherwise否则。从语境可知此处表示因果关系, 故选C。9. A. cleanedB. dressedC. changedD. shaved【解析】选C。clean 清洁; dress打扮; change换; shave剃。根据上文可知老人把衣服弄脏了, 而且Ms Noriza给他买了新衣服, 由此判断她帮他换上干净的衣服, get changed “换衣服”, 故选C。10. A. beforeB. untilC. afterD. when【解析】选A。从常识和语境可知善良的Ms Noriza先送老人回家, 然后去上班, 故选A。11. A. customersB. passers-byC. women D. salesmen【解析】选B。从上文中的 “She noticed many people were holding their and hurried by”. 可知Ms Noriza只是在大街上路过, 所以选B。12. A. attractedB. encouragedC. inspiredD. touched【解析】选D。attract吸引; encourage鼓励; inspire激励; touch触动。根据下文Mr Goh说的话 “. . . towards a stranger moved me. ”可知他被Ms Noriza的行为感动了, 故选D。13. A. warnB. convinceC. remindD. inform【解析】选D。warn 警告; convince使人信服; remind 提醒; inform通知。从语境可知Mr Goh让他的朋友把Ms Noriza的善良行为告诉了媒体, 故选D。14. A. politenessB. honestyC. selflessnessD. carefulness【解析】选C。politeness礼貌; honesty诚实; selflessness无私; carefulness认真。根据故事内容以及后句中的plete kindness可知此处Mr Goh指Ms Noriza对待一个素不相识的人的那份善良和无私, 故选C。15. A. pureB. simpleC. monD. unusual【解析】选A。pure纯的; simple 简单的; mon常见的; unusual不同寻常的。根据and连接并列成分前后一致的原则可以判断填pure, 表示不带有其他目的、纯粹的, 故选A。16. A. mentalB. negativeC. positiveD. practical【解析】选B。mental精神的; negative消极的; positive 积极的; practical实际的。根据前面列举的名词conflicts, arguments可知此处指一些消极、负面的事情, 故选B。17. A. mottoB. messageC. speech D. solution【解析】选B。motto 箴言; message信息; speech 演讲; solution解决方法。从if从句的内容可知如果人们想要一个充满爱的社会, 那么就需要通过我们的行为来传递这种信息, 故选B。18. A. gift B. situation C. experienceD. opportunity【解析】选D。gift礼物, 天赋; situation 情形; experience经历, 经验; opportunity机会。在文中作者呼吁人们要在别人需要帮助的时候, 伸出援助之手, 由此可知此处指当人们遇到这样的事情, 即有机会去传递爱心的时候, 不要错过这个机会, 故选D。19. A. seize B. findC. celebrate D. seek【解析】选A。seize 抓住; find 发现; celebrate 庆祝; seek寻求。从上文可知作者希望人们遇到此事时, 把美好、善良传递下去, 希望人们抓住机会。故选A。20. A. memoriesB. parentsC. souls D. future【解析】选C。memory 记忆; parent 父母; soul 灵魂; future将来。俗话说: 赠人玫瑰, 手留余香。善意的行为不仅传播善良和美好, 也给自己带来快乐, 让心灵得到洗礼和升华。故选C。四、1She is not at all mean; in the contrary, she is quite generous. 答案:inon2Were trying to raise awareness about the environment in generally and air pollution in particular. 答案:generallygeneral3Nurses do all they can to make patients feel with ease. 答案:withat4We dont have enough books for anybody; some of you will have to share. 答案:anybodyeverybody5He didnt participate in the oral petition,because he didnt want to lose a face. 答案:去掉a五、单元语法v.ing形式作状语或定语1(2016全国卷)People probably cooked their food in large pots, (use) twigs(树枝) to remove it.答案:using2 (translate) into many languages, the book written by Lu Yao is popular in many countries.答案:Having been translated3A hearty laugh relieves physical tension, (leave) your muscles relaxed for over half an hour.答案:leaving4Do you know the young man (wait) outside the school gate?答案:waiting5The new film (show) in the cinema is exciting and I hope I will see again with my parents at this weekend.答案:being shown
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