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阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
What do we think with? Only the brain? Hardly. The brain is like a telephone exchange. It is the switchboard (电话总机), but not the whole system. Its function (功能), is to receive incoming signals, make proper connections, and send the messages through to their destination (目的地). For efficient (有效的) service, the body must function as a whole.
But where is the “mind”? Is it in the brain? Or perhaps in the nervous system? After all, can we say that the mind is in any particular place? It is not a thing, like a leg, or even the brain, It is a function, an activity. Aristotle, twenty-three hundred years ago, observed that the mind was to the body what cutting was to the ax (斧). When the ax is not in use, there is no cutting, So with the mind. “Mind,” said Charles H. Woolbert, “is what the body is doing.”
If this activity is necessary for thinking, it is also necessary for carrying thought from one person to another. Observe how people go about the business of ordinary conversation. If you have never done this painstakingly, you have a surprise in store, for good conversationalists are almost constantly in motion. Their heads are continually nodding and shaking sometimes so vigorously (有力的) that you wonder how their necks can stand the strain (拉紧).
Even the legs and feet are active. As for the hands and arms, they are seldom still for more than a few seconds at a time.
These people, remember, are not making speeches. They are morely common folk trying to make others understand what they have in mind. they are not conseious of (意识到) movement. Their speech is not studied. They are just human creatures in a human environment, trying to adapt (适应) themselves to a social situation. Yet they talk, not only with oral language, but with visible actions that involve (包括) practically every muscle in the body.
In short, because people really think all over, a speaker must talk all over if he succeeds in making people think.
1．Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
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A．Bodily Communication.
B．Bodily Actions.
C．Spoken Language.
D．Conversations.
2．Which of the following statements would the author agree with?
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A．Thinking is social phenomenon (现象).
B．Thinking is only a brain function.
C．Thinking is a function of the nervous system.
D．Thinking is the sum total of bodily activity.
3．In communication, it is necessary not only to employ speech, but also ________.
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A．to speak directly to the other person
B．to employ a variety of bodily movements
C．to be certain that the other person is listening
D．to pay great attention to the other person's actions
4．It can be inferred from the passage that the basic function of bodily activity in speech is to ________.
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A．make the listener feel moved
B．make the speaker understood
C．emphasize the speaker's spoken words
D．pass the speaker's implied meaning to the listener
5．Which of the following is TRUE?
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A．The brain is compared to a telephone exchange.
B．The mind is an activity of the nervous system.
C．Some people remain still while talking to others.
D．Many people move their bodies on purpose while talking.
科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：053
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In the 1940s, Pinehaven Park was one of Crafton City's loveliest recreation(娱乐)areas. Over 40 acres of woods and fields were open to the public. In the 1950s, part of the park was taken over by Crafton City's garbage. Fifteen acres were to be used for landfill disposal(理置). As time went on, more and more of the park was used for garage disposal and less for recreation. Two years ago, the park was closed to the public for good. Along with household garbage, industrial chemicals had for years been dumped (倾倒)in the Pinehaven landfill. These poisonous chemicals had begun to seep(渗)back up through the soil. All of Pinehaven Park had become dangerously polluted.
Last year, the fish in the Crafton River began to die. After a series of investigations(研究), it became clear that the people of Crafton City were not to blame. 100～150 miles upstream, big paper mills were dumping industrial wastes into the river. Little by little, the level of poison in the river began to rise. Finally, it became so polluted that the fish themselves could no longer survive.
Downtown Crafton used to be a quiet area. Ten years of remarkable growth changed that in a big hurry. But with Crafton City's new prosperity(繁荣)came a new problem: air pollution. And it is a serious problem. Air pollution levels in Crafton are regularly reaching those of the nation's large industrial cities.
(1)Which of the following best states the central idea of the passage?
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A．Chemical dumping is a serious threat to Crafton City's soil.
B．The rapid growth of industry has brought air pollution to Crafton City.
C．The disposal of garbage can destroy recreation areas.
D．Industrial growth and progress have resulted in the pollution of Crafton City's water, air, and soil.
(2)According to the passage, what portion of the park had originally been marked for use as a garbage dump?
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A．Less than half B．Exactly half
C．About one third D．Most of it
(3)As it is used in the passage, the phrase“for good”means ________.
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A．practically B．for ever
C．thoroughly D．advantageously
(4)According to the passage, one result of dumping industrial chemicals into the landfill was that ________.
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A．the land became unsafe for humans
B．the animals on the land died
C．the poisonous chemicals were washed into the nearby river
D．the smoke from the chemicals polluted the air surrounding the landfill
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科目：高中英语 来源：四川省绵阳中学2009－2010学年高一下学期入学考试英语试题 题型：050
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