- 1 -辽宁省大连渤海高级中学辽宁省大连渤海高级中学 2016-20172016-2017 学年高二英语寒假学考复习题学年高二英语寒假学考复习题8 8（无答案）（无答案）学生签字： 家长签字： 效果自评：一 阅读理解Gestures are the silent language of every culture. We point a finger or moveanother part of the body to show what we want to say. It is important to know the body language of every country or we may be misunderstood. In the US, people greet each other with a handshake in a formal discussion. The handshake must be firm. If the handshake is weak, it is a sign of weakness or unfriendliness. Friends may place a hand on the others arm or shoulder. Some people, usually women, greet each other with a hug . Space is important to Americans. When two people talk to each other, they usually stand about 2.5 feet away and at an angle, so they are not facing each other directly. Americans get uncomfortable when a person stands too close. They will move back to have their space. If Americans touch another person by accident, they say, “Pardon me.“ or “Excuse me.“Americanslike to look at the other in the eyes when they are talking. If you dont do so, it means you arebored, hiding something, or are not interested. When you stare at someone, however, it is not polite. For Americans, thumbs-up means “yes“, “very good“ or “well done“. Thumbs-down means the opposite. To call a waiter, one might put up one hand to head level or above. To show youwant the check, make a movement with your hands as you are signing a piece of p- 2 -aper. It is all right to point at things but not at people with the hand and index finger(食指).Americans shake their index fingers at children when they scold them and pat them on the head when they admire them. Learning a cultures body language is sometimes confusing(困惑的). If you dont know what to do, the safest thing to do is to smile.1. When you shake hands with an American, you should _ . A. shake his / h er hand firmly B. put your hands on his / her shoulder C. shake his / her hand gently D. give him / her a hug afterward 2. In the US, people usually _ if you stand too close to them.A. feel friendly B. get uncomfortable C. keep still D. hit you angrily 3. If you talk with an American friend, its polite to _ . A. stare at him / her B. look at the ground C. look at him / her in the eyes D. look here and there4. When an American gives you the thumbs-up, he, in fact _ . A. means that you are number one B. wants to please you C. needs to call a waiter D. expre sses his satisfaction to you 5. Whats the main idea of this passage? A. People greet each other by shaking hands in America. B. Every country has their own gestures. C. Learning a cultures body language is very important and necessary. D. It is all right to point at things but not at people with the hand and indexfinger. 二 语法填空题Most Americans dont like to get advice_1_ members of their family. They get advice from “_2_(stranger)”. When they need advice, they dont usually go to people they know. _3_ many - 3 -of them write letters to newspapers and magazines _4_ give advice on many different subjects _5_ (include) family problems, the use of language, cooking, child care, clothes, _6_ even on how to buy a house or a car.Most newspapers _7_ (regular) print letters from readers with problems. Along with the letters there are _8_ written by people who are supposed to know how to solve such problems. Some of these writers are doctors, _9_ are lawyers or educators. But two of the most famous writers of advice are women without special _10_(train) for this kind of work.英语科 作业（十三）2 月 13 日 用时 40 分钟 学生签字： 家长签字： 效果自评：一 阅读理解Some years ago industries had more freedom than they have now and and they did not need to be as careful as they must today. They did not need to worry a lot about the safety of the new products that they devel oped. They did not have to pay much attention to the health and safety of the people who worked for them. Often new products were dangerous for the people who used them, often conditions in the work place had very bad effects on the health of the workers.Of course sometimes there were real disasters which attracted the attention of governments and which showed the need for changes. Also scientists who were doing research into the health of workers sometimes produced information which governments could not ignore. At such times, there were inquires into the causes of the disasters or problems. New safety rules were often introduced as a result of these requires, however, the new rules came too late to protect the people who died