【題目】Five Questions to Ask to Detect a Lie

Are you being lied to? Find out how you can tell.

How is the person speaking?

Although a change in voice can be the tip-off to a lie, experts say that to be sure, you should also pay attention to a person’s speech rate and breathing pattern. ___【1】__

What is the person saying?

Liars tend to avoid exclusionary words like “but,” “nor,” “except,” and “whereas,” because they have trouble with complex thought processes. __【2】___ In their attempts to distance themselves psychologically from their tall tales, liars will tend to communicate using fewer personal pronouns.

Is his face giving it away?

You may think disguising your true feelings is easily accomplished with the help of a smile, but the expressions that flash across your face will give away what you’re really thinking—whether you know it or not. __【3】___ These clues are often so difficult to detect that even trained experts have trouble discerning them.

How is the person smiling?

A smile can sometimes mask a person’s true feelings. ___【4】___ You may be able to detect the emotions he or she is trying to hide—such as fear, anger, and disgust. A true smile will incorporate both a person’s lips and eyes.

___【5】__

It’s more important to examine a person’s entire demeanor, as there’s no one feature that’s apt to give away a liar. Honesty is characterized by features that are in sync with one another—so besides posture, note the fit between face, body, voice, and speech.

A. Does the body language follow the story?

B. Is your subject behaving uncharacteristically?

C. Liars are less likely to use the words “I,” “me,” and “mine.”

D. You should weigh rate of speech, tone of voice, posture, and hand gestures.

E. Pay close attention to how a person smiles as well as other facial movements.

F. Experts advise paying close attention to the micro-expressions that a face can’t hide.

G. If a person either speeds up or slows down, chances are you’re not hearing the whole truth.

【題目】This restaurant has become popular for its wide __________ of foods that suit all tastes and pockets.

A. division B. area

C. range D. circle

【題目】The electronic red-packet has been so ______ that AliPay and Tencent Wechat compete against each other openly and secretly since the beginning of this year.

A. popular B. convenient C. favorable D. arbitrary

【題目】As well as teaching soccer's basic skills and rules, the introduced textbooks will ______ team spirit and sense of responsibility.

A. multiply B. distinguish

C. preserve D. develop

【題目】The video, Under the Dome, has rapidly pushed the public______about air pollution and encouraged people to join in efforts to make a difference.

A. analysis B. imagination

C. awareness D. argument

【題目】Pinnawella Elephant Orphanage

Pinnawella is an orphanage for baby elephants that have been found abandoned in the wild.There are 60 small elephants on the site and they are fed, trained and cared for by the orphanage. If you visit Pinnawella during feeding time, you may be given the opportunity to bottle-feed an elephant during your Sri Lanka holiday. Bathing time is also popular with visitors and accompanying a baby elephant to a nearby river is a wonderful experience.

Colombo Zoo

After seeing an elephant in the wild, seeing one in the zoo may seem a little uninspiring; however this is one for the children.The Colombo Zoo is famous for its elephant shows，where six Indian elephants do all kinds of tricks，from playing the music instruments to shooting basketballs with their trunks.

Wasgamuwa National Park

Wasgamuwa National Park is located in the town of Mahiyangana, an ancient city and important site in the Buddhist religion.It is one of the best places to see wild elephants in their natural habitats(棲息地)and is closest to six other national parks.The park and nearby area also provide ample bird watching opportunities.

Yala National Park

Yala is the largest national park in Sri Lanka and home to the majority of the islands wildlife，including Indian elephants and rare leopards.Arranging a tour here is the best way to spot an elephant，and if you're particularly lucky you may also spy a leopard lying lazily around on an overhanging tree branch.

Maduruoya National Park

This Park has a huge reservoir and if you get up before sunrise，you may spot some elephants playing about in the large expanse of water. You can also ride an elephant through the dense forests, which is perhaps one of the strangest forms of transportation to use on your Sri Lanka holidays.

【1】Which place should visitors go to if they want to have closer contact with elephants?

A．Maduruoya National Park

B．Wasgamuwa National Park

C．Colombo Zoo

D．Pinnawella Elephant Orphanage

【2】According to the author，Colombo Zoo________.

A．a(chǎn)ctually causes harm to elephants

B．can bring pleasure to children

C．has a good way to protect elephants

D．is not inspiring at all

【3】It can be inferred from the passage that________.

A．Wasgamuwa National Park is the best place to watch birds

B．Yala National Park has nothing special to watch

C．visitors can watch birds in Yala National Park

D．a(chǎn) leopard can climb up trees and stay there

【4】What may cause the tourists' curiosity in Maduruoya National Park?

A．The huge reservoir which has a large expanse of water.

B．The beautiful and charming scene of sunrise.

C．Riding elephants through the dense forests.

D．A group of elephants playing in the water.

【題目】Perhaps the most challenging material you read at school is poetry. Though the message of some poems may be very simple, the way poets put words together often makes this message elusive. When you read a poem, you should begin by trying to understand what the poet is saying on the surface, then examine the way the poet expresses this content, and finally decide how the poem's meaning is created. Here are some steps to read a poem.

First, read the poem once slowly aloud without writing or marking anything. Don't stop until you finish the poem, even if you don't know the meaning or pronunciation of a word. When you've finished, think it over for a moment on any words, images, and characters that caught your attention. Then read the poem again silently. When you come to a word you don't know, look it up in the dictionary.

Understand the meaning of figurative (比喻的)language. Figurative language doesn't mean exactly what it says; instead, it suggests meanings. For example, in the line “Love, all alike, no season knows”, the poet doesn't mean love is unfamiliar with four seasons. Love cannot know anything at all; only people can know something. Thus, the poet is personifying(擬人化) love, giving it human qualities.

Examine and think about the poet's use of language. Why, for example, did the poet choose to compare his love to a red rose instead of a tree or a bird? We can use associations: we usually associate roses with beauty and love, but we also know a rose bush has thorns (刺). All of these associations may not be right for a particular poem, but many of them probably will.

Finally, read the poem one more time aloud.Practice using pauses and stress to make the poem's meaning come alive.

【1】The underlined word “elusive” in Paragraph 1 probably means “________”．

A．easy B. interesting

C．difficult D. boring

【2】What should we put on the first place when reading a poem?

A．The form of the poem.

B．The content of the poem.

C．The meaning of the poem.

D．The language of the poem.

【3】When reading a poem for the first time, we should________．

A．try to understand new words

B．examine the poem's language

C．try to understand its meaning well

D．a(chǎn)void being stopped by new words

【4】We can learn from the passage that figurative language________．

A．is useful in expressing love

B．helps us understand new ideas

C．is easy for most readers to understand

D．should be repeated while reading a poem

【題目】If you can’t trust your friend to have a relationship with another person you consider a friend, it’s a clear ______ of a problem in your friendships.”

A. disappearance B. symbol

C. symptom D. settlement

【題目】They have read the paper many times, but it doesn't make any __________.

A. sense B. value

C. mark D. symbol

【題目】The writer conveyed a positive attitude through his works.______, his readers are motivated and are themselves becoming a source of motivation for others.

A. On the whole B. In the meanwhile

C. In the way D. On the contrary