Question

    Our body’s response is an important part of an emotional reaction to any event. If you’ve been criticized in public and found your face heated and your heart pounding, you’ve experienced your body’s reaction to shame.

Sometimes what you’re feeling is clear and consistent with what you’re saying. You might say “welcome” as you greet a guest with a smile. But at other times, we mask our emotions from the people around us. There are many reasons to hide how you’re feeling. You don’t want to rock the boat in a strict teachers class or you don’t want to hurt a friend’s feelings. You simply want to smooth situations over.

Even when you don’t communicate your feelings in spoken words, you may still be giving information with your body. Arms across your chest when you approach that new teacher? Looking down when you speak to your friend? These gestures are all important expressions of an emotion. Try understanding what others are communicating with their bodies. Notice things like eye contact, rate of speech and posture. How does their verbal communication match their body language? How about you? Try tuning in to your own body. How do you think others see you? Is that consistent with how you feel? Is it how you want to feel?

Body language communication is a two-way street. It communicates to others what you are feeling, but it also has a powerful effect on your own emotional state. Changing your body and posture can affect how you feel. Sit up in the meeting and you might find yourself more focused. Take a deep breath and you feel less anxious.

The body and your body language is a great field to dig into, especially if hiding how you feel has become habitual for you. Over time, if you become practiced in hiding your feelings, you may begin to hide them from yourself, too. Then the consequence can be losing contact with your own emotions. That’s actually harmful to your mental health.

1.What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean?

A.make trouble B.study

C.apologize D.go boating

2.How does the author explain his ideas in the third paragraph?

A.By listing data. B.By giving examples.

C.By providing definitions. D.By analyzing previous results.

3.The author uses the example of taking a deep breath to show ________.

A.the significance of taking exercise

B.the necessity of hiding our feelings

C.the effects of body movements on our feelings

D.the importance of using postures in communication

4.What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A.We should practice controlling our feelings.

B.Body language is hard for us to understand.

C.We may try to record our feelings more often.

D.Hiding feelings for long does harm to our health.

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章讲述了肢体语言对我们感情的影响，如果长时间隐藏我们的感情，这对我们的身体是有害的。

1.

词义猜测题。根据划线短语后半句or you don’t want to hurt a friend’s feelings. 可知，你不想伤害朋友的感情，此处or连接两个句子的谓语动词的意思应该接近，由此可知，rock the boat的意思是伤害或制造麻烦的意思，结合选项可知，选项A“制造麻烦”，符合题意。故选A。

2.

推理判断题。阅读第三段Arms across your chest when you approach that new teacher? Looking down when you speak to your friend? These gestures are all important expressions of an emotion.可知，当你接近那个新老师的时候，你的手臂交叉在胸前？当你和你的朋友说话时低头看？这些手势都是情绪的重要表达。由此可推知，作者在第三段通过举例子的方法来解释自己的观点。故选B。

3.

推理判断题。根据第二段It communicates to others what you are feeling, but it also has a powerful effect on your own emotional state.可知，肢体语言交流可以与他人交流您的感受，但对您自己的情绪状态也有很大的影响。再结合Take a deep breath and you feel less anxious.可知，深呼吸，您会减少焦虑。由此可推知，作者用深呼吸的例子来说明肢体语言对我们情感的影响。故选C。

4.

推理判断题。根据最后一段Then the consequence can be losing contact with your own emotions. That’s actually harmful to your mental health.可知，隐藏自己感情的结果就是失去了与自己情绪的联系。这实际上对你的心理健康有害。由此可推知，长期隐藏感情对我们的健康有害。故选D。