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1、考点规范练8( Unit2)Ⅰ.阅读理解Intheearly1970s,DavidMcNeill,apsychologyprofessorattheUniversityofChicago,wasgivingatalkinaParislecturehallwhensomethingqueercaughthiseye.Therewasawomaninthebackoftheroommovingherarmsinawaythatseemedtoconveyexactlywhathewassaying.Ittookhimamomenttorealizethatshewasspeakin
2、g,too,andanothertorealizethatshewasaninterpreter,translatinghiswordsintoFrench.ForMcNeill,thatmomentofconfusionmadehimrealizethatgestureandspeecharenotasseparateastheyseem.Gestureresearchershavespentthepast40yearsuncoveringhowmovementsaretiedtospeech.Regardlessoftheirspokenlanguageorculture,
3、humansgesturewhentheytalk.Theygestureeveniftheyhaveneverseengesturesbefore—peoplewhohavebeenblindsincebirthdoit—andtheygestureevenifthey’retalkingtosomeoneonthephoneandknownoonecanseethem.Whenspeechisinterrupted,soisgesture.Infact,gestureissotightlyboundtolanguagethatdifferencesbetweenlangua
4、gesshowupasdifferencesingesture.Inotherwords,thewayyoupackageyourthoughtsintospeechisalsohowyoupackagethemintomovement.Researchersareespeciallyinterestedinthetimeswhengesturesdon’tmatchspeech.Themismatchcanbeavaluablewindowtowhat’sgoingoninthemind.Forexample,untilabout7yearsofage,childrendon
5、’tunderstandthatifyoupouratallglassofwaterintoashorter,widerglass,theamountofwaterstaysthesame.Theythinktheshorterglasscontainslesswater.Whenaskedtoexplaintheirreasoning,somechildrenwillsay,“Thisoneisshorter,”whilegesturingthattheglassiswider.Thatdiscrepancy(矛盾)showstheysubconsciouslygraspth
6、atbothdimensionsareimportant.Whenwespeak,weputourthoughtsintowords,andwhenwegesture,weputourthoughtsintoourhands.Butgesturesdon’tjustshowwhatwe’rethinking—theyactuallyhelpusthink.Toddlers(初学走路的孩子)whoareencouragedtogesturetendtostartproducingmorewords.Adultsinvolvedinvariousproblem-solvingtas
7、ksdobetterwhentheyareencouragedtogesture.Puttingideasintomotionsbringsusclosertograspingwhatweneedtograsp.【语篇导读】本文是说明文。文章解释了人们说话时为什么会做手势。1.Whichcanbestreplacetheunderlinedword“queer”inParagraph1?A.Strange. B.Terrible. C.Boring. D.Funny.答案:A解析:词义
