2014-2015年选修6-Module-1-Small-Talk语篇提能练习题及答案解析1-1.doc

语 篇 提 能.阅读理解Every day we experience one of the wonders of the world around us without even realizing it. It is not the amazing complexity of television, nor the impressive technology of transport. The universal wonder we share and experience is our ability to make noises with our mouths, and so transmit ideas and thoughts to each others minds. This ability comes so naturally that we tend to forget what a miracle(奇迹) it is.Obviously, the ability to talk is something that marks humans off from animals. Of course, some animals have powers just as amazing. Birds can fly thousands of miles by observing positions of the stars in the sky in relation to the time of day and year. In Natures talent show, humans are a species of animal that have developed their own special act. If we reduce it to basic terms, its an ability for communicating information to others by varying sounds we make as we breathe out.Not that we dont have other powers of communication. Our facial expressions convey our emotions, such as anger, or joy, or disappointment. The way we hold our heads can indicate to others whether we are happy or sad. This is socalled “body language”. Bristling(直立的) fur is an unmistakable warning of attack among many animals. Similarly, the bowed head or drooping tail shows a readiness to take second place in any animal gathering.Such a means of communication is a basic mechanism that animals, including human beings, instinctively acquire and display. Is the ability to speak just another sort of instinct? If so, how did human beings acquire this amazing skill? Biologists can readily indicate that particular area of our brain where speech mechanisms function, but this doesnt tell us how that part of our bodies originated in our biological history.1According to the passage, the wonder we take for granted is _. Aour ability to use language Bthe miracle of technology Cthe amazing power of nature Dour ability to make noises with mouth2What feature of “body language” mentioned in the passage is common to both humans and animals? ALifting heads when sad. BKeeping long faces when angry. CBristling hair when ready to attack. DBowing heads when willing to obey.3What can be inferred from Paragraph 3? ABody language is unique to humans. BAnimals express emotions just as humans do. CHumans have other powers of communication. DHumans are not different from animals to some degree.4This passage is mainly about _. Athe development of body language Bthe special role humans play in nature Cthe power to convey information to others Dthe difference between humans and animals in language use答案与解析：1解析：细节理解题。从第一段的第三句“我们共有和体验过的奇迹是我们能够利用嘴发出声音，从而彼此之间传递观点”可知，人类有利用语言的能力。此题易误选D，只考虑了our ability to make noises with our mouths而忽视了下文的中心。答案：A2解析：推理判断题。从第三段的最后一句“the bowed head or drooping tail shows a readiness to take second place in any animal gathering”，特别是“take second place”是关键信息词。答案：D3解析：推理判断题。本段主要叙述的是人类可以利用肢体语言进行交流，而这些也是动物所具备的基本技能，通过第四段的第一句也可知道答案为D。答案：D4解析：主旨大意题。本篇文章主要讲人类运用语言进行交际的能力是一个特殊的奇迹，而这一点我们都忽视了；故C项最能表达本文主旨。答案：C.短文改错Yesterday morning, it was already 7：30 I got up. Thinking I would be late, I got quickly and left without breakfast. There were many people at the bus stop that it was hard to catch a bus. So I towards my school. Suddenly, I ran an old woman and she fell down. Without an apol