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Unit 4质量评估试卷 [见学生用书活页卷P33]
(满分120分,限时100分钟)
选择题部分
第一部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分50分)
第一节 (共15小题;每小题2.5分,满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
A
How you move and gesture says as much about you as what comes out of your mouth.
Jenny Smith,34,an assistant vicepresident at a bank in New York,was interviewing candidates for a position which required a person with good communication skills.
One candidate in particular stood out,but not in a good way.While she could have been very intelligent,her body language sent out very different messages.Her handshake was more of a finger shake,and her eye contact was weak.
To Jenny,what the candidate said didn't matter because her body language said everything: she wasn't suitable for the position.The candidate may have been quite appropriate,but she didn't manage to get that across.So our body language may not do us justice.But there are some signals which are very common and are worth a thousand words.
For example,a handshake can say much more than “hello,nice to meet you”.The most important part of a handshake is palmtopalm contact.It's even more important than how strong your handshake is.The palmtopalm contact makes people seem honest: it seems to say “I am sincere.” A weak handshake—when the palms don't touch—makes you seem unfriendly,insincere.
But people sometimes use body language to give each other the wrong impression.Somebody who has a firm handshake may be pretending to be sincere,and somebody with a weak handshake may just be a bit shy and nothing more.
Body language can also be overdone.While eye contact gives an impression of friendliness,too much eye contact or eye contact which is too intense can make people feel uncomfortable.
语篇解读:本文是一篇说明文。作者通过一个面试者的故事说明了肢体语言的重要性。
( B )1.Why did the candidate for the job fail?
A.Because she wasn't clever enough.
B.Because she used improper body language.
C.Because she said the wrong things.
D.Because she expressed a bad attitude.
【解析】 细节理解题。根据第四段第一句中的“because her body language s