单选题 Languages are remarkably complex and wonderfully complicated organs of culture.
They contain the quickest and the most efficient means of communicating within their respective culture. To learn a foreign language is to learn another culture. In the words of a poet and philosopher, "As many languages as one speaks, so many lives one lives. " A culture and its language are as necessary as brain and body; while one is a part of the oth- er, neither can function without the other. In learning a foreign language, the best begin- ning would be starting with the non-language elements of the language: its gestures, its body language, etc. Eye contact is extremely important in English. Direct eye contact leads to understanding, or, as the English saying goes, seeing eye-to-eye. We can never see eye-to-eye with a native speaker of English until we have learned to look directly into his eyes.
单选题 The best title for this passage is______.
  • A. Organs of Culture
  • B. Brain and Body
  • C. Looking into his eyes
  • D. Language and Culture
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 主旨题。根据第一句：Languages are remarkably complex and wonderfully complicated organs of culture．可知语言与文化有密切的关系。又因第一句话是本文的中心句，其他几项只是本文描写的细节．无概括性。所以本文的标题很显然就是答案D。
单选题 According to this passage, the best way to learn a foreign language is______.
  • A. to read the works of poets and philosophers
  • B. to find a native speaker and look directly into his eyes
  • C. to begin by learning its body language
  • D. to visit a country where you can study
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。本题的答案出现在文中：In learning a foreign language，the best beginning would be starting with the non—language elements of the language：its gestures，its body language，etc．学习一门语的最佳途径之一是身体语言。可知答案为C。
单选题 According to this passage, gestures are______.
  • A. spoken words
  • B. a non-language element
  • C. pictures in a language
  • D. written language
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。文中指出the non—language elements of the language：its gestures，由此可知答案为B。
单选题 "As many languages as one speaks, so many lives..." means______.
  • A. if one learns many foreign languages, one will have a better understanding of his own language
  • B. life is richer and more interesting if one knows several languages
  • C. no matter how many languages one knows, one can never know more than one's own culture
  • D. if a person speaks only one language, he will live a very happy life
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 理解题。此句的含义为一个人会说的语言越多，他的生活就越丰富。因此可知答案为B。
单选题 Which of the following doesn't share the same meaning with the others?
  • A. signs
  • B. gestures
  • C. efficient
  • D. body language
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 直观题。由题中可知A、B两项均属于D中的一种，而C与此毫无联系。