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1、考点规范练8(Unit2)I.阅读理解Tntheearly1970s,DavidMcNei11,apsychologyprofessorattheUniversityofChicago,wasgivingatalkinaParislecturehal1whensomethingqueercaughthiseye.Therewasawomaninthebackoftheroommovingherarmsinawaythatseemedtoconveyexactlywhathewassaying.Ittookhimamomenttorealize
2、thatshewasspeaking,too,andanothertorealizethatshewasaninterpreter,translatinghiswordsintoFrench.ForMcNei11,thatmomentofconfusionmadehimrealizethatgestureandspeecharenotasseparateastheyseem.Gestureresearchershavespentthepast40yearsuncoveringhowmovementsaretiedtospeech.Regard
3、lessoftheirspokenlanguageorculture,humansgesturewhentheytalk.Theygestureeveniftheyhaveneverseengesturesbefore—peoplewhohavebeenblindsincebirthdoit—andtheygestureevenifthey，retalkingtosomeoneonthephoneandknownoonecanseethem.Whenspeechisinterrupted,soisgesture.Tnfact,gesturei
4、ssotightlyboundtolanguagethatdifferencesbetweenlanguagesshowupasdifferencesingesture.Tnotherwords,thewayyoupackageyourthoughtsintospeechisalsohowyoupackagethemintomovement.Researchersareespecial1yinterestedinthetimeswhengesturesdon,tmatchspeech>Themismatchcanbeavaluablewind
5、owtowhatsgoingoninthemind.Forexample,untilabout7yearsofage,childrendon'tunderstandthatifyoupouratai1glassofwaterintoashorter,widerglass,theamountofwaterstaysthesame.Theythinktheshorterglasscontainslesswater.Whenaskedtoexplaintheirreasoning,somechi1drenwi11say,“Thisoneisshor
6、ter,vwhi1egesturingthattheglassiswider.Thatdiscrepancy（才盾）showstheysubconsciouslygraspthatbothdimensionsareimportant.Whenwespeak,weputourthoughtsintowords,andwhenwegesture,weputourthoughtsintoourhands.Butgesturesdon,tjustshowwhatwe'rethinking—theyactual1yhelpusthink.Toddler
7、s（初学走路的孩子）whoareencouragedtogesturetendtostartproducingmorewords.AdultsinvoIvedinvariousproblem-solvingtasksdobetterwhentheyareencouragedtogesture.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.Whichcanbestreplacetheunderli
8、nedword"queer”inParagraph1?A.Strange.B.Terrible.C.Boring.D.Funny.答案:A解析:词义猜测题。由卞文那
