专题01 信息还原期末考前强化训练2023-2024学年牛津译林版九年级英语上册

专题01 信息还原期末考前强化训练 (1) Straight or arched (弯的), thick or thin-eyebrows come in many shapes and sizes. But what are eyebrows even for? They don’t keep us warm like our hair, or help us breathe like our noses. 1 Researchers from the University of York in the UK believe that eyebrows helped us communicate better when we were still evolving (进化). Early humans had large brow ridges (肩骨) . This helped them show their strength. Later, as the human face evolved to become smaller and flatter (更扁平的), our eyebrows allowed us to express complex (复杂的) emotions, as well as better understand others’ emotions, The Guardian reported. 2 This is a sign that someone is willing to interact (互动) with others. While pulling our eyebrows up in the middle is an expression of sympathy (同情), Penny Spikins from York University told The Daily Telegraph. If you still find this hard to understand, just draw a simple face on a piece of paper and draw a line above the eyes. 3 You will find that it is very easy to show anger, fear or surprise on a face. 4 They can also protect our eyes. Their arched shape can help to move rain or sweat around to the sides of our faces, keeping our eyes dry, the BBC reported. Together with our eyelashes(眼睫毛), eyebrows can also help to keep dust and other things out of our eyes. 5 In that case, some researchers believe that we would have evolved same other facial feature to perform the same functions (功能) . That could make us look quite different. A．For example, a quick flash of the eyebrows. B．Let’s take rolling one’s eyes as an example. C．What if we didn’t have eyebrows? D．You can draw lines in different shapes and directions. E．So why do we have them? F．But this is not the only purpose of our eyebrows. G．Eyebrows stop sweat from coming down into the eyes. (2) Today’s teens have grown up online. 1 They do homework online. And surely they get their news online. But because they are so comfortable with the Internet, th