Take dogs for example．They show their teeth to warn，shake their tails to welcome and stand firm，with hair upright，to fight．These signals are surely the equals of the human body language of facial expression，gesture and posture．

Color can be an important means of communication for animals．Many birds and fishes change color，for example，to attract partners during the mating（交配） season．And mating itself is commonly done after a special dance which both partners take part in．

Here，again，there are striking similarities to young men and women who dress up to meet partners at parties，where the music is often too loud for word communication．Communication there takes place through appearance and movement．

The most carefully planned dances in the animal kingdom are those which bees use to communicate．With body movements alone they can tell other bees the direction and distance of a newly discovered food．

All these examples may suggest instinctively（本能地）rather than intelligent communication．But human body language is largely instinctive，too．And， in many ways，body language says far more than intelligent，word communication ever can．

1．Nodding and shaking the head is a ____ ．

A．gesture B．facial expression C．posture D．1anguage

2．Dogs shaking their tails means ____ ．

A．warning B．welcoming C．fighting D．laughing

3．Which of the following is true？

A．Color is not a way of communication for animals．

B．Many birds and fishes change color to show that they don't want to mate．

C．A special dance often takes place before mating itself．

D．Word communication is better at parties where music is so loud．

4．Bees use body movements to ____ ．

A．attract partners to communicate

B．communicate where they have been

C．te1l other bees where to go and how far it is

D．show their victory

C）短文改错。（10分）

A cat fell in love with a young man， 1．____

asked Venus to change her into a girl．

Venus had a pity on her and changed her into 2．____

a beautiful girl．The young man was struck

by her beauty and led her home like his wife．3．____

Venus wanted to know that she had changed 4．____

her nature before she had changed her form．5．____

As they sitting in their bedroom，Venus put 6．____

a mouse before her．The girl forgot her 7．____

new condition，got up off her seat，and 8．____

jumped upon the mouse．Venus was anger 9．____

at this and immediately turned it into a 10．____

cat again．

D）书面表达。（15分）

假设你叫朱锋，你收到了一位美国笔友Tom的一封信。他向你询问了一些问题：他上个月在中国度假时，周围的中国朋友见面时，总爱问他上哪儿去，吃过饭没有之类的问题。他感到很不理解。请你给他写封信，作出一个恰当的解释。

Key:

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8．／g／9．／ei／10．／E／

B）1．custom 2．communicate 3．gesture 4．manage 5．distance 6．Manners 7．comfortable 8．typing 9．disagreement 10．counted

II．A）1—5DACCA6—10AABCB