单选题 As with other forms of nonverbal communication, the use of touch to communicate feelings and emotions varies widely from culture to culture. Edward T. Hall theorized that, (1) touch, two general cultural classes exist: contact and noncontact. He called cultures that (2) much contact contact cultures and (3) that permit little contact noncontact cultures.
People in contact cultures (4) in closer proximity to each other. They touch more, face one another more directly, and utilize more eye contact than (5) in noncontact cultures. Contact cultures (6) most Arab countries, Mediterranean and Jewish people, Eastern Europeans, Russians, Hispanics, and Indonesians. Noncontact people (7) —are from northern Europe, Japan, China, Korea, and other Far Eastern countries.
The United States usually is (8) as a noncontact culture, primarily because of its original European settlers. Touching behavior, (9) , varies among the different ethnic groups that make (10) the country. Blacks and Italian-Americans—to (11) two examples—tend to use touch rather widely to communicate closeness and affection. Anglo-Americans normally are (12) in touching others.
Gender differences are (13) . Women seem to be touched by others more than men are, and men do more opposite-sex touching than women do. In the United States, touching (14) women is so embedded (15) the culture that it goes largely (16) . Men have more freedom to guide women through doors or into cars or even to (17) them on the back. (18) men often is (19) as a sign of (20) or a sexual invitation.

单选题 A. due to B. in addition to C. in contrast to D. with regard to

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 考查短语辨析。由句中相关部分two general cultural classes exist: contact and non-contact(存在着两种普遍的文化类别，即接触文化和非文化接触)可知，前文提到touch这个话题，后文是关于touch的具体分类，所以空格处应填入D项with regard to“关于，对于”。A项due to“由于”，B项in addition to“除……之外”，C项in contrast to“与……相对而言”，均与句意不符。

单选题 A. incur B. allow C. contain D. tolerate

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 考查动词辨析。本句是对上句中提到的两种文化类别的解释。and连接两个并列的宾语及宾补成分，宾语分别由that引导的定语从句修饰。因此，从后一个定语从句中的permit可推断出前一个定语从句的空格处需填入一个与permit意思相近的词。四个选项中，B项allow“允许”符合句意。

单选题 A. those B. ones C. which D. what

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 考查代词辨析。本题是对句子结构的理解，空格处需要填入一个指代cultures的代词，B项ones前要有the，C项的which和D项的what填入空格处不符合语法规则。A项those是指示代词，在本句指代cultures，为正确答案。

单选题 A. interact B. communicate C. cooperate D. integrate

单选题 A. ones B. whom C. who D. those

单选题 A. include B. compose C. consist D. contain

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 考查动词辨析。A项include意为“包括”，B项compose“组成”常用于被动语态：be composed of，C项consist“由……组成”是不及物动词，常用表达是A consists of B，D项contain意为“包含，容纳”。从句意和语法的角度考虑，A项正确。

单选题 A. overall B. typically C. strictly D. specially

单选题 A. selected B. chosen C. classed D. entitled

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 考查动词辨析。结合上段最后两句的分析，本句是指美国的文化类别。A项select“精选”，B项choose“选择”，D项entitle“给……以称号”均没有分类的意思。只有C项class“把……分类”符合句意，因而是正确答案。

单选题 A. nevertheless B. yet C. however D. though

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 考查逻辑关系。A项nevertheless意为“然而”，B项yet意为“但是”，C项however意为“然而”，D项though意为“尽管”。四个选项都有转折的意义，但只有however用在句中时，前后都需要逗号。因此正确答案为C项。

单选题 A. up B. of C. from D. out

单选题 A. set B. offer C. make D. follow

单选题 A. refrained B. restrained C. restricted D. limited

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 考查动词辨析。本句和上句都旨在说明同一个国家不同种族的人接触行为也不尽相同。上句指出美国黑人和意大利人在表达亲密关系和爱意时倾向于运用身体接触。可以推断出，本句是指英裔美国人在接触别人时不可能像前者那样。A项refrained“克制”是不及物动词，只用于主动语态，C项restricted“限制，使不出界限”和D项limited“限制”从意思看均不正确。只有B项restrained“克制，约束”既是及物动词，又符合句意(英裔美国人在接触别人时通常克制自己)。

单选题 A. apparent B. seeming C. paradoxical D. indicative

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 考查形容词辨析。A项apparent意为“明显的”，B项seeming意为“表面上的”，C项paradoxical意为“似是而非的”，D项indicative意为“指示的”。本句是本段的主题句，由下句的阐述可推断，空格处应填入A项。

单选题 A. of B. by C. on D. among

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 考查介词辨析。四个选项代入文章中的意思分别是：touching of women“接触女人”，touching by women“被女人接触”，touching on women“接触到女人的身体上”，touching among women“女人之间的接触”。根据句意应选D项。

单选题 A. into B. in C. within D. upon

单选题 A. unnoticed B. unrecognized C. felt D. sensed

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 考查形容词辨析。本句意为：在美国，女人之间的身体接触在其文化中的根基非常深，在多数情况它都______。C项felt和D项sensed均表示“感觉到”，代入文中与句意不符。A项unnoticed意为“不被注意的”，B项unrecognized意为“没被辨认的”。根据句意，应选A项。

单选题 A. pound B. hit C. pat D. strike

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 考查动词辨析。A项pound意为“连续打击”，B项hit意为“打，撞击”，C项pat意为“轻触，轻拍”，D项strike意为“撞击”。由连接词or之前的并列成分可推断，此处应填入C项。pat them on the back意为“轻拍她们的背”。

单选题 A. Likewise B. As C. Whereas D. However

单选题 A. received B. consumed C. perceived D. supposed

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 考查动词辨析。A项received意为“被接受的”；B项consumed意为“被消费的”；D项supposed意为“被认为”，但不能与as搭配，可用于以下搭配：be supposed to be“本认为是”。C项perceived“被理解为”可与as搭配，从意思和语法来看均正确。