Have you ever heard your own voice? “Of course,” you say.
Has anyone else ever heard your voice? Again you say, “Of course.”
But that’s not quite true. Nobody else has ever heard your voice-the way you hear it. When you talk, you set up sound waves The air outside your head carries the sound waves to your outer ears. But, of course, the sound of your voice begins inside your head. The bones of your head pick up the sound waves, too. They carry the sound waves straight to your inner ears. You get the sound from the outside and the inside too. Other people get just the sound waves from the outside. That is why they don’t hear your voice the way you do.
1.You ______hear your voice the same way others hear it.
A.can’t B.seldom C.sometimes D.always
2.Sound travels in the form of ______.
A.bones B.air C.waves D.voice
3.When you talk, sound waves are set up inside _______.
A.your inner ears B.your outer ears
C.your head D.your head bones
4.The underlined phrase “pick up ”here means _______.
A.to raise B.to gain C.to select D.to pull
5.The passage is mainly about________.
A.waves in the air B.the way you hear your own voice
C.voice spreading far and wide
D.the different way people hear their voices
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Facial expressions carry meanings, which depends on situations and relationships. For instance, in American culture the smile is typically an expression of 1.Yet it has other functions. A smile may 2love, politeness, or 3true feeling. It is also a source of confusion across 4. 5, many people in Russia 6smiling at strangers in public to be unusual or even suspicious. Yet many Americans 7freely at strangers in public places. Some Russians believe that Americans smile in the wrong 8; some Americans believe that Russians don't smile enough. In Southeast Asian cultures, a smile is frequently used to cover emotional pain or mental difficulty, discomfort or anxiety.
Our faces make our emotions and attitudes known, 9we should not try to "read" people from another culture 10we would "read" someone from our own culture. The degree of facial expressiveness one shows changes 11persons and cultures. The fact that members of one culture do not 12their emotions as openly as members of 13does not mean 14they do not 15emotions. Rather, their cultures 16them expressing their emotion and attitudes freely.
If we 17people whose 18of showing emotion are not the same according to 19own cultural patterns, we may make the 20of "reading" the other persons incorrectly.
1.A. worried B. surprise C. excitement D. pleasure
2.A. show B. tell C. sound D. seem
3.A. cover B. cultures C. include D. suggest
4.A. countries B. cultures C. nations D. oceans
5.A. In a word B. As a result C. For example D. On the contrary
6.A. keep B. enjoy C. continue D. consider
7.A. stare B. smile C. look D. shout
8.A. direction B. manner C. time D. place
9.A. and B. so C. but D. or
10.A. as B. though C. unless D. since
11.A. among B. into C. between D. about
12.A. find B. form C. express D. control
13.A. the others B. others C. the other D. another
14.A. whether B. that C. if D. why
15.A. experience B. use C. bring D. carry
16.A. feel B. keep C. prevent D. make
17.A. think B. observe C. judge D. watch
18.A. hopes B. ways C. thoughts D. means
19.A. your B. their C. one's D. our
20.A. answer B. mistake C. promise D. use
I don’t think those curtains _______ very well with the wallpaper.
A. suit B. go C. fit D. match
You’d better _______ your diet rather than eat the same food all the time.
A. vary B. change C. improve D. exchange
The book _______ forty maps, _______ that of Great Britain.
A. contains, includes B. is containing, including
C. includes, contains D. contains, including
I know nothing about the young lady _______ she is from Beijing.
A. except B. except for C. except that D. besides
