C.Arms tell more than legs.
D.Facial expressions tell the truth.
答案与解析
本文是一篇说明文。本文主要介绍了某些肢体动作所表达的隐含含义。
1.A 细节理解题。根据第二段中的"If you keep your arms to the sides of your body or behind your back, this suggests you are not afraid of taking on whatever comes your way"可知,如果一个人将双臂放于背后,那就表明他毫不畏惧。故选A。
2.D 细节理解题。根据第三段中的"When you want to appear confident, keep your head level"可知,如果你想表现得有自信,那你应该将头部保持水平方向。故选D。
3.B 标题概括题。根据全文内容可判断出,本文主要介绍的是某些肢体动作所表达的隐含含义。B项意为"肢体移动泄露了脑子里的秘密",体现了本文的核心,适合用作标题。故选B。
Ⅱ.完形填空
(2017·湖南省益阳市模拟)
On a cold winter morning, an old man sat awkwardly(笨拙地) against a wall at Sydney's Circular Quay station. I glanced for a moment but __1__ him and walked on to my office as I __2__ he was a derelict (流浪汉).
On my way back that afternoon, in the __3__ place I saw an ambulance and the man was being __4__ by two nurses. He wasn't a derelict but a worker, who __5__ fell ill on his way to work.
Shame shocked me when I realized that sick, old man had put up with the __6__ of the entire day. He probably reached out to passersby for __7__. No one stopped. No one __8__.
A different season and I again __9__ an old man half lying on the footpath. Caught up in the __10__ rush of people commuting (乘车上下班), I would have __11__ him quickly as I had done before. However, the __12__ of the old Winter Man forced me to walk to the man on the ground, who was dressed in smart clothes but lifeless, and __13__ down to ask if he was OK. He __14__ consciousness again, and told me he was diabetic (糖尿病) and __15__ me to call an ambulance for him, which I did.
Very weak, he said to me, in a __16__, "Nobody stopped. Thank you." I looked into his eyes for a moment in __17__, but much was spoken without a word being said.
As the __18__ ambulance siren(警笛声) announced the arrival of help, a number of __19__ rushed at me: sadness for the Winter Man and __20__ that I didn't walk past another person in need. I was amazed that it had been so easy to be helpful.
1.A.ignored B.remembered C.comforted D.understood
2.A.announced B.proved C.expected D.thought