限时规范练(20) BODY LANGUAGE（Word练习）-【优化指导】2025年高考英语一轮复习高中总复习·第1轮（人教版）

限时规范练(二十)　UNIT 4　BODY LANGUAGE (限时30分钟) Ⅰ.阅读理解 A The classic 1951 science fiction film The Day the Earth Stood Still features a frightening robot (Gort) whose threatening actions are under control only when he is commanded，“Klaatubaradanikto”. What does this mean? I don't know. But when I overhear my students speaking to each other，I am often similarly confused. I teach at a university. One of the “problems” is that as the years pass，I get older，but my students remain the same age —18 to 22.Early on，when I was in my 20s and 30s，this wasn't an issue，as we were close enough in age to speak the same language. But lately I have become well aware that a language ship seems to have sailed，and I am not on board. Let me illustrate. Recently，when I walked into my class，my students were chatting happily with each other. One of their comments caught my ear: “Venmo it to me.” I had no idea what “Venmo” meant，so I asked. The good­natured students were happy to explain it to me，and in return I nodded with an expression of silly embarrassment，as if I should have known better. I went home that evening，absorbed in that moment of non­comprehension. I am not against change，but I am uncomfortable with change when its pace has me hanging on by my fingernails. If I were to awaken from a five­year nap，I'd have no idea what people were talking about. I just wouldn't understand the language. Their willingness to explain their words to me is a great comfort，and I congratulate myself on a least having the desire to know what they're talking about，as well as on my ability—for the most part—to understand their explanations. But what will happen if my interest wanes and that the language ship finally disappears over the horizon? The answer，to me，is clear: Klaatubaradanikto. 1．What did the author probably meet with? A．Hearing loss. B．Cultural shock. C．A language barrier. D．A frightening robot. 2．What makes the author fall behind in language? A．Learning needs. B．Age difference. C．Teaching loads. D．Language abuse. 3．What does the author think of language change? A．It is entirely avoidable. B．It is really small. C．It is very beneficial. D．It is much too rapid. 4．What does the underlined word “wanes” mean in the last paragraph? A．Lessens. B．Grows. C．Happens. D．Maintains. 【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了因为语言变化的速度太快，随着年龄的增长，作为教师的作者和学生们产生了语言上的代沟。 1．C　[解析]推理判断题。根据第一段关键句“But when I overhear my students speaking to each other，I am often similarly confused.”和第三段关键句“I had no idea was ‘Venmo’ meant，so I asked.”可知，作者不理解现在学生们的语言，他不知道“Venmo”是什么意思，由此可知，作者可能遇到了语言障碍。故选C。 2．B　[解析]细节理解题。根据第二段关键句“Early on，when I was in my 20s and 30s，this wasn't an issue，as we were close enough ...aware that a language ship seems to have sailed，and I am not on board.”可知，因为作者年龄逐渐增大，和学生之间有了语言上的代沟，由此可知，年龄差异让作者在语言方面落后。故选B。 3．D　[解析]推理判断题。根据第四段关键句“I am not against change，but I am uncomfortable with change when its pace has me hanging on by my fingernails.”可知，语言变化的速度让作者手足无措，由此可知，作者认为语言变化的速度太快了。故选D。 4．A　[解析]词义猜测题。根据画线单词所在句中的the language ship finally disappears over the horizon和下文“The answer，to me，is clear: Klaatubaradanikto.”可知，句中指如果“我”对语言的兴趣减弱，语言之船消失在地平线上，“我”会更加听不懂学生们的话，由此猜测，画线词意为“减弱”，与lessen同义。故选A。 B A great many studies have been conducted to distinguish between babies learning their first language and children or adults learning a second language. A baby's brain comes into the world prepared to learn any human language they hear spoken around them. The brain gets the same stimulation (刺激) from exposure to any language，although it adapts to certain features of the language such as specific sounds. Learning a language is natural for all babies，like learning to walk. In fact，babies can even acquire two or more languages together，if they hear them regularly. The languages can be similar，like Portuguese and Spanish，or very different，like English and Chinese. Their bilingual (双语的) brains already understand something about the ways that languages can be different. But scientists found that changes exist if people already speak a language and are learning a second one. A language that is very different to the one they already know is going to seem harder than the one that's quite similar to their first language. For example，if your first language is English，Spanish words like león for “lion” or sal for “salt” are going to be easier to learn than，say，Chinese shīzi and yán，or Turkish aslan and tuz. To make English words plural (复数)，you usually add ­s or ­es，and the same is true in Spanish，so “lions” is leónes. But in Turkish “lions” is aslanlar，and in Chinese there's no difference between “lion” and “lions” at all. It's mainly the difference from your first language that can make another language “easier” or “harder”，not the language itself. Scientists used to think that there was a cutoff point，at around the age of 12 or 13，after which it was impossible to learn a new language completely. We now know that young people can learn another language throughout their teen years. After that，it does become harder—but not impossible—to reach high levels of fluency in a new language. 5．Why can babies acquire different languages according to the text? A．They receive more stimulation. B．They can make specific sounds. C．They have well­developed brains. D．They are natural language learners. 6．What is the purpose of giving examples in Paragraph 5? A．To arouse interest. B．To make predictions. C．To show the diversity. D．To explain the finding. 7．What can we infer from the last paragraph? A．Adults can learn a new language easily. B．Teenagers can not reach high levels of fluency. C．Languages should be learned at a younger age. D．The cutoff point makes no difference in language study. 8．What is the text mainly about? A．Benefits of acquiring languages. B．Learning difficulties in language. C．Age influence on language learning. D．Differences between children and adults. 【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。文章讲述了婴儿与处于其他人生阶段的人们学习语言的差异。 5．D　[解析]推理判断题。根据第二段中的“The brain gets the same stimulation from exposure to any language ...natural for all babies，like learning to walk.”可知，婴儿接触任何语言都会对大脑产生同样的刺激，这个过程就像学习走路一样自然，故婴儿是天生的语言学习者。故选D。 6．D　[解析]推理判断题。根据第四段内容可知，科学家们发现：当人们已习得母语，并开始学习另一门语言时，他们学习语言的状况会发生改变。若第二语言与母语相似，则学习第二语言会容易些，反之会变难。第五段中，作者通过列举母语与第二语言的差异，解释了科学家们的这个发现。因此，举例的目的不是展现差异，而是通过差异论证研究发现。故选D。 7．C　[解析]推理判断题。根据最后一段内容可知，在较小的年龄段学一门新语言更容易些。故选C。 8．C　[解析]主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其是第一段“A great many studies have been conducted to distinguish between babies learning their first language and children or adults learning a second language.”可知，全篇讲述了婴儿与处于其他人生阶段的人们学习语言的差异，阐述了年龄对语言学习的影响，并建议要学新的语言越早越好。故选C。 Ⅱ.七选五阅读 For making contact and communicating with a person，effective eye contact is essential to our everyday interaction with people，and also to those who want to be effective communicators in public places.1.______． Generally in Western societies and many other cultures，eye contact with a person is expected to be regular but not overly persistent.2.______，causing the person who's the object of a person's stare to feel overly studied and uncomfortable. 3．______．The New Zealand Medical Journal reported that one reason so many young children fall victim to attacks by pet dogs is their overly­lasting eye contact with pets，which causes them to feel threatened and defensive. Overly lasting eye contact is also a sign of a person's over­awareness of the messages they are giving. In the case of people who try to lie to someone，they may distort (扭曲) their eye contact so that they're not avoiding it.4.______.But on the contrary，evasive (逃避的) eye contact is a sign of discomfort. Why do we avoid looking at a person? It may be because we feel ashamed to be looking at them if we're being dishonest of trying to take them in. Evasive eye contact may also a sign of dishonesty. However，Scotland's University of Stirling found that，in a question­and­answer study among children，those who maintained eye contact were less likely to come up with the correct answer to a question than those who looked away to consider their response.5.______，when this energy could be spent on deep thinking. A．This is a widely recognized indicator of lying B．Constant eye contact is often considered to be rude C．Eye contact is the act of looking into someone's eyes D．But there's something you may not know about eye contact E．Overpowering eye contact can make the other person excited F．Even between humans and non­humans，lasting eye contact is sometimes unadvisable G．Eye contact，as a socializing device，can take a surprising amount of effort to maintain 【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了生活中一些你可能不知道的关于眼神交流的事。 1．D　[解析]根据上文“For making contact and communicating with a person，effective eye contact is essential to our everyday interaction with people，and also to those who want to be effective communicators in public places.”可知，上文介绍了眼神交流在生活中的重要性，D项“但是有一些你可能不知道的关于眼神交流的事”能够承接上文并引起下文，下文介绍的正是一些你可能不知道的关于眼神交流的事。故选D。 2．B　[解析]根据上文“Generally in Western societies and many other cultures，eye contact with a person is expected to be regular but not overly persistent.”可知，上文告诉我们，在西方社会和其他许多文化中，眼神接触不应该过于持久，B项“不断的眼神接触通常被认为是粗鲁的”能够承接上文。故选B。 3．F　[解析]根据下文“The New Zealand Medical Journal reported that one reason so many young children fall victim to attacks by pet dogs is their overly­lasting eye contact with pets，which causes them to feel threatened and defensive.”可知，下文告诉我们儿童与宠物长时间的眼神接触使宠物狗感到受到威胁，并攻击儿童，F项“即使在人类和非人类之间，持续的眼神接触有时也是不可取的”能够引起下文，下文正是人类和非人类之间持续的眼神接触所造成的危害。故选F。 4．A　[解析]根据上文“In the case of people who try to lie to someone，they may distort their eye contact so that they're not avoiding it.”可知，上文告诉我们有人试图撒谎时，会通过扭曲他们的眼神接触来掩饰心虚，A项“这是一个被广泛认可的说谎标志”是对上文内容的总结，扭曲眼神接触是一个被广泛认可的说谎标志。故选A。 5．G　[解析]根据上文内容可知，不进行眼神交流的孩子想出正确答案的可能性更大，说明眼神交流需要耗费精力，G项“眼神交流作为一种社交手段，需要付出惊人的努力才能保持”能够承接上文，概括本段内容。故选G。 Ⅲ.语法填空 “China is a major country in the world and at the center of many developments. To study China and its language can broaden children's minds and improve 1.__________ (they) career prospects，” says Joan Deslandes，head teacher of Kingsford Community School in East London. She 2.__________ (make) the remarks at the prize­giving ceremony at London's Chinatown for the winners of the Chinese proficiency (水平) competitions for primary­and secondary­level students. Altogether，nearly 500 British students participated in the two competitions 3.__________ (hold) earlier this year online. Around 140 students and teachers from 17 schools were present at the event earlier this month. They interspersed (点缀) the prize­giving ceremony with 4.__________ (performance)，including Chinese songs，traditional dances and musical instruments. “And those were just the small number of students 5.__________ won the competition，but behind them there are many schools 6.__________ (teach) Chinese，and a lot of enthusiasm about having Chinese as 7.__________ language option in this country，”says Joan. “China is playing an important part in the 8.__________ (globe) vision. We need to equip the children 9.__________ all the skills to stay connected as they grow up. That involves language and cultural understanding. And in terms of prospects for employability，knowing the Chinese language and being able to communicate 10.__________ (efficient) with people from China can only benefit the young people of this country，”she adds. 【语篇解读】本文是一篇新闻报道。文章主要讲的是东伦敦金斯福德社区学校的校长Joan Deslandes对学习中文的看法。 1．their　[解析]考查代词。they和career prospects之间是所属关系，因此空格处用形容词性物主代词their修饰career prospects，故填their。 2．made　[解析]考查动词的时态。句子描述过去的事情，时态用一般过去时，空格处应填make的过去式，故填made。 3．held　[解析]考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构可知，participated是谓语，空格处用非谓语动词，competitions和hold之间是逻辑上的动宾关系，因此空格处用过去分词表被动，故填held。 4．performances　[解析]考查名词的数。由“Chinese songs，traditional dances and musical instruments”可知，空格处用名词的复数形式，故填performances。 5．who/that　[解析]考查定语从句的关系词。空格处引导的是限制性定语从句，从句中缺少主语，先行词是students，指人，因此空格处用关系代词who/that。故填who/that。 6．teaching　[解析]考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构可知，are是谓语，空格处用非谓语动词，schools和teach之间是逻辑上的主谓关系，因此空格处用现在分词表示主动，故填teaching。 7．a　[解析]考查冠词。根据句意可知，此处要用不定冠词，language以辅音音素开头，不定冠词用a，故填a。 8．global　[解析]考查形容词。空格处须用形容词作定语，修饰名词vision，globe的形容词是global，意为“全球的”，故填global。 9．with　[解析]考查介词。equip sb. with sth.是固定短语，意为“给某人装备某物”，因此空格处用介词with，故填with。 10．efficiently　[解析]考查副词。空格处用副词efficiently作状语修饰动词communicate，efficiently意为“有效地”，故填efficiently。 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$