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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从（Ａ、Ｂ、Ｃ和Ｄ）四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 He hated my name, Whitney. My family never knew why. He wished for my name to be Nicole, which was how it became my （36） name. He was the first man I ever trusted, （37） my father, and he still is one of the few men I trust. He loves me; after all, I am his granddaughter, （38） . He has a disease that causes his （39） to drift. He doesn’t remember his own wife half the time; I don’t know why I （40） he will remember me when I see him. My dad and grandmother held his hands as they （41） him in to see me for the first time in four months. His bones （42） under his skin, and I could tell that his （43） no longer occupied his mouth. He didn’t look like my grandfather; his face was that of a （44） . He looked like he might have when he was in World War II, but Alzheimer’s（老年痴呆症）was his （45） now. They sat him down. Without a glance at me, my grandfather （46） his head for at least a half hour, almost as if he were ashamed. Suddenly he （47） tracing（顺着轮廓描画）my palm, noticing every line and detail. His fingers fell through the spaces between （48） like sand. I stood up, still holding his hand, and took him for a walk to try to （49） him a bit. When we returned, he did not want to sit. He looked at me with a grandfather’s （50） . His eyes played with mine, searching for memories we had （51） . He started to play with my hair, examining the faint color through his almost （52） eyes. I took his hand and spun myself around （53） we were dancing like we used to.
All too soon, it was time to （54） . He planted a million kisses on my cheeks as I felt tears welling up in my eyes. I was his little girl again, although he didn’t remember my （55） . That’s okay. He didn’t like it anyway. 36. A. first B. last C. middle D. full 37. A. according to B. besides C. like D. unlike 38. A. always B. sometimes C. perhaps D. unbelievably 39. A. mind B. eyes C. hands D. body 40. A. doubt B. hope C. know D. expect 41. A. walked B. called C. carried D. pushed 42. A. felt sharp B. looked terrible C. stood out D. hurt badly 43. A. speech B. smile C. tongue D. teeth 44. A. soldier B. stranger C. patient D. victim 45. A. war B. dream C. career D. story 46. A. turned B. raised C. hung D. scratched 47. A. stopped B. started C. remembered D. imagined 48. A. them B. those C. others D. mine 49. A. calm B. move C. amuse D. wake 50. A. bravery B. intelligence C. softness D. weakness 51. A. exchanged B. refreshed C. shared D. lost 52. A. blind B. tearful C. cold D. sleepy 53. A. so that B. as if C. until D. because 54. A. eat B. rest C. leave D. meet 55. A. appearance B. childhood C. birthday D. name 阅读理解
Culture is a huge factor in determining whether we look someone in the eye or the kisser to interpret facial expressions, according to a new study. For instance, in Japan, people tend to look to the eyes for emotional indications, while Americans tend to look to the mouth, says researcher Masaki Yuki, a behavioral scientist at Hokkaido University in Japan. This could be because the Japanese, when in the presence of others, try to suppress（抑制）their emotions more than Americans do, he said. In any case, the eyes are more difficult to control than the mouth, he said, so they probably reveal more about a person’s emotional state even if he or she is trying to hide it. As a child growing up in Japan, Yuki was fascinated by pictures of American celebrities. “Their smiles looked strange to me,” Yuki told LiveScience. “They opened their mouths too widely, and raised the corners of their mouths in an exaggerated（夸张的）way.” Japanese people tend to shy away from direct displays of emotion, and rarely smile or frown with their mouths, Yuki explained, because in Japan high value is placed on conformity（从众随俗）, humbleness and emotional suppression, qualities that are thought to promote better relationships. So when Yuki entered graduate school and began communicating with American scholars over e-mail, he was often confused by their use of emoticons such as smiley faces :) and sad faces, or :（. “It took some time before I finally understood that they were faces,” he wrote in an e-mail. In Japan, emoticons tend to emphasize the eyes, such as the happy face （^_^） and the sad face （;_;）. “After seeing the difference between American and Japanese emoticons, it dawned on me that the faces looked exactly like typical American and Japanese smiles,” he said. 1. ______ tend to control their ______ so that they do not show their feelings. A. Americans; eyes B. Americans; mouths C. Japanese; eyes D. Japanese; mouths 2. The Japanese look to the eyes rather than the mouths to read faces because _____. A. they think that a more polite way B. their mouths give little readable signs C. the eyes are better controlled D. their mouths often give false information 3. The fact that the Japanese rarely smile or frown with their mouths results from ______. A. the influence of American celebrities B. the Japanese physical condition C. the Japanese political system D. the Japanese culture 4. Yuki got confused about the American emotional face symbols because they ______. A. differ exaggeratedly in the mouths B. show no difference in the eyes C. have no lines to suggest round faces D. are too simple to express emotions 5. The best title of the article may be ______. A. Eyes Reveal More of Emotion than Mouths B. Which Say More, American Mouths or Japanese Eyes? C. Americans and Japanese Read Faces Differently D. Is It Possible to Smile with the Eyes?
任务型阅读 All major cinemas in China have been showing director Feng Xiaogang's latest blockbuster Assembly --- a drama about war and closure from the 1940s to the present. Many filmgoers have left theaters with tears rolling down their cheeks, a phenomenon rarely seen in the country&nb
