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1、2019-2020年高考英语一轮复习考点规范练19Unit4Bodylanguage新人教版必修4Ⅰ.阅读理解Intheearly1970s,DavidMcNeill,apsychologyprofessorattheUniversityofChicago,wasgivingatalkinaParislecturehallwhensomethingqueercaughthiseye.Therewasawomaninthebackoftheroommovingherarmsinawaythatseemedtoconveyexactlywhathewassaying.I
2、ttookhimamomenttorealizethatshewasspeaking,too,andanothertorealizethatshewasaninterpreter,translatinghiswordsintoFrench.ForMcNeill,thatmomentofconfusionmadehimrealizethatgestureandspeecharenotasseparateastheyseem.Gestureresearchershavespentthepast40yearsuncoveringhowmovementsaretiedtos
3、peech.Regardlessoftheirspokenlanguageorculture,humansgesturewhentheytalk.Theygestureeveniftheyhaveneverseengesturesbefore—peoplewhohavebeenblindsincebirthdoit—andtheygestureevenifthey’retalkingtosomeoneonthephoneandknownoonecanseethem.Whenspeechisinterrupted,soisgesture.Infact,gesturei
4、ssotightlyboundtolanguagethatdifferencesbetweenlanguagesshowupasdifferencesingesture.Inotherwords,thewayyoupackageyourthoughtsintospeechisalsohowyoupackagethemintomovement.Researchersareespeciallyinterestedinthetimeswhengesturesdon’tmatchspeech.Themismatchcanbeavaluablewindowtowhat’sgo
5、ingoninthemind.Forexample,untilabout7yearsofage,childrendon’tunderstandthatifyoupouratallglassofwaterintoashorter,widerglass,theamountofwaterstaysthesame.Theythinktheshorterglasscontainslesswater.Whenaskedtoexplaintheirreasoning,somechildrenwillsay,“Thisoneisshorter,”whilegesturingthat
6、theglassiswider.Thatdiscrepancy(矛盾)showstheysubconsciouslygraspthatbothdimensionsareimportant.Whenwespeak,weputourthoughtsintowords,andwhenwegesture,weputourthoughtsintoourhands.Butgesturesdon’tjustshowwhatwe’rethinking—theyactuallyhelpusthink.Toddlers(初学走路的孩子)whoareencouragedtogesture
7、tendtostartproducingmorewords.Adultsinvolvedinvariousproblem-solvingtasksdobetterwhentheyareencouragedtogesture.Puttingideasintomotionsbringsusclosertograspingwhatweneedtograsp.1.Whichcanbestreplacetheunderlinedword“queer”inParagraph1?A.Strange. B.Terrible.C.Boring.D.Funny.2.Wha
