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【題目】 Mirroring body language is a way to bond and to build understanding. It is a powerful tool that we use without even knowing it.

The most obvious forms of mirroring are yawning and smiling. When you see someone yawn, you are likely to yawn immediately. Smiling is also pretty contagious-seeing a smiling person makes you want to smile too.

Mirroring body language is a nonverbal way to say “I am like you, I feel the same”. Research shows that people who experience the same feelings are likely to trust, understand and accept each other.

Women have the natural ability to pick up and understand body signals. Therefore, it is not surprising that a woman is more likely to mirror another woman than a man is to mirror another man. That's why women are regarded as better talkers, even if they might not really have more close friends.

It is interesting that when a man tries to mirror a woman's body language while she is talking, he may seem to her as caring, intelligent and attractive.

Mirroring body language is an excellent way to build trust and understanding quickly. If you want to set up a connection with a new person, mirror his or her gestures, sitting position, tone of voice and talking pace. This will make them feel that there is something about you that they like.

While mirroring body language gains you acceptance, you still need to take into consideration your relationship with the person you are mirroring. If you are in a lower social position and are mirroring the body language of your boss, he will view you as arrogant. However, if you want to defeat those who are trying to prove superior to you, mirroring their body language will help defeat them and change their position.

【1】What does the underlined word “contagious” in paragraph 2 mean?

A.Affecting each other.B.Powerful to show one's feelings.

C.Attractive to the others.D.Being gentle to people around.

【2】When copying others' body language, one usually can ______.

A.send wrong messagesB.hide true feelings

C.win others' acceptanceD.avoid misunderstanding

【3】What might happen if you try to mirror your boss's body language?

A.You will appear very attractive.B.It will help to soften his position.

C.You will seem unacceptably proud.D.It will be a good way to build trust.

【4】What is the main idea of the text?

A.It is important to copy the others' gestures.

B.Why women are regarded as better talkers.

C.Men is not good at nonverbal communication.

D.Mirroring body language can be a useful tool.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】

這是一篇說(shuō)明文。文章主要說(shuō)明了模仿身體語(yǔ)言是一種聯(lián)系和建立理解的方式。它是我們?cè)诓恢�不覺(jué)中使用的強(qiáng)大工具。模仿身體語(yǔ)言是一種非語(yǔ)言方式來(lái)表達(dá)“我和你一樣，我有同樣的感覺(jué)”。研究表明，有同樣感受的人更容易相互信任、理解和接受。并說(shuō)明了不同性別、關(guān)系的人對(duì)他人模仿自己肢體語(yǔ)言的看法。

【1】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)后文seeing a smiling person makes you want to smile too.可知看到一個(gè)微笑的人也會(huì)讓你想要微笑。由此可知，微笑具有感染性，可以讓人們相互影響。劃線單詞意思為“相互影響”。故選A。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段Mirroring body language is a nonverbal way to say “I am like you, I feel the same”. Research shows that people who experience the same feelings are likely to trust, understand and accept each other.可知鏡像身體語(yǔ)言是一種非語(yǔ)言方式來(lái)表達(dá)“我和你一樣，我有同樣的感覺(jué)”。研究表明，有同樣感受的人更容易相互信任、理解和接受。由此可推知，模仿別人的肢體語(yǔ)言往往能贏得別人的認(rèn)可。故選C。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段中If you are in a lower social position and are mirroring the body language of your boss, he will view you as arrogant(狂妄).可知如果你的社會(huì)地位較低，卻模仿老板的肢體語(yǔ)言，他會(huì)認(rèn)為你很傲慢。由此可知，如果你試圖模仿老板的肢體語(yǔ)言，你會(huì)顯得傲慢。故選C。

【4】主旨大意題。根據(jù)第一段Mirroring body language is a way to bond and to build understanding. It is a powerful tool that we use without even knowing it.可知模仿身體語(yǔ)言是一種聯(lián)系和建立理解的方式。它是我們?cè)诓恢�不覺(jué)中使用的強(qiáng)大工具。結(jié)合文章還說(shuō)明了模仿身體語(yǔ)言是一種非語(yǔ)言方式來(lái)表達(dá)“我和你一樣，我有同樣的感覺(jué)”。研究表明，有同樣感受的人更容易相互信任、理解和接受。并說(shuō)明了不同性別、關(guān)系的人對(duì)他人模仿自己肢體語(yǔ)言的看法。由此可知，這篇文章的主旨是模仿身體語(yǔ)言是一個(gè)有用的工具。故選D。