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(2021·淄博高二检测)
Nonverbal Communication
When you are in another country, it is important to know the language, but it is equally important to know how to communicate nonverbally (不用言语地). Before saying anything, people communicate nonverbally by making gestures. According to an investigation, only 30 to 35 percent of our communication is verbal. When people don’t know the language, the most common way to communicate is through gestures. However, many gestures have different meanings, or no meaning at all, in different parts of the world.
In the United States, for example, nodding your head up and down means “Yes”. In some parts of Greece and Turkey, however, this motion can mean “No”. In Southeast Asia, nodding your head is a polite way of saying “I’ve heard you. ”
In ancient Rome, when the emperor wanted to spare someone’s life, he would put his thumb up. Today in the United States, when someone puts his/her thumb up, it means “Everything is all right. ” However, in Greece, the gesture is insulting(侮辱的) and should not be used there.
In the United States, raising your closed hands above your head means “I’m the champion” or “I’m the winner”. It is the sign that prizefighters make when they win a fight. When a leading Russian statesman (政治家) made this gesture after a White House meeting, Americans misunderstood and thought he meant he was a winner. In Russia, however, it is a sign of friendship.
There are other nonverbal signals that people should be aware of when they go to another country, such as the distance to maintain between speakers. Americans stand closer to each other than English people. English people don’t like touching somebody or being touched. Now in America, touch is important. For example, friends touch each other on the arm. They often put an arm around a friend when they say “Hello” or “Goodbye”.
【语篇概述】本文主要介绍了“非语言交流”这种方式。
1. Why we need to learn nonverbal communication?
A. Most people speak different languages.
B. Much of our communication is nonverbal on many occasions.
C. People usually make gestures before saying anything.
D. It’s easy to learn how to express oneself through gestures.
【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据第一段可知仅有30%-35%的交流是通过言语的形式, 从而推出“在很多场合, 大多数的交流是非语言形式的”是学习“非语言交流”的最主要的原因。
2. If a native in Singapore nods his head up and down when you talk to him, his motion means “_______”.
A. yes B. no
C. that’s all right D. I’ve heard you
【解析】选D。细节理解题。由文章第二段的最后一句话“In Southeast Asia, nodding your head. . . ’I’ve heard you’”可知答案。
3. When the Russian leader put up his clasped hand after the meeting at the White House _______.
A. he meant Russia was the winner
B. he was insulting America
C. he made a show of friendship to America
D. he in fact meant nothing at all
【解析】选C。细节理解题。由第四段后半部分中的“When a leading Russian statesman made. . . it is a sign of friendship”可知答案。
4. When you are talking to English people you should remember _______.
A. not to touch them
B. to stand close to them
C. to put an arm around them
D. not to show your feelings
【解析】选A。细节理解题。由最后一段English people don’t like touching. . . 可知和英国人谈话时不能触碰到他们的身体。
