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问答题It seems almost incredible that, over the million or more years of man"s evolution, the non-verbal aspects of communication have been actively studied on any scale only since the 1960s and that the public has become aware of their existence only since Julius Fast published a book about body language in 1970.
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This was a summary of the work done by behavioural scientists on non-verbal communication up until that time, and even today, most people are still ignorant of the existence of body language, let alone its importance in their lives.
Charlie Chaplin and many other silent movie actors were the pioneers of non-verbal communication skills; they were the only means of communication available on the screen. Each actor was classed as good or bad by the extent to which he could use gestures and other body signals to communicate effectively.
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When talking films became popular and less emphasis was placed on the non-verbal aspects of acting, many silent movie actors faded into obscurity and those with good verbal skills prevailed.
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As far as the technical study of body language goes, perhaps the most influential pre-twentieth-century work was Charles Darwin"s The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals published in 1872.
This spawned the modern studies of facial expressions and body language and many of Darwin"s ideas and observations have since been validated by modern researchers around the world.
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Since that time, researchers have noted and recorded almost one million non-verbal cues and signals.
Albert Mehrabian found that the total impact of a message is about 7 percent verbal (words only) and 38 percent vocal (including tone of voice, inflection and other sounds) and 55 percent non-verbal. Professor Birdwhistell made some similar estimates of the amount of non-verbal communication that takes place amongst humans. He estimated that the average person actually speaks words for a total of about ten or eleven minutes a day and that the average sentence takes only about 2.5 seconds.
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Like Mehrabian, he found that the verbal component of a face-to-face conversation is less than 35 percent and that over 65 percent of communication is done nonverbally.
问答题Some people prefer to plan activities for their free time very
carefully. Others choose not to make any plan at all for their free time. There
is a discussion in the local newspaper on this issue : Which do you prefer
planning or not planning for your leisure time? Write an essay for the
same newspaper to (1) compare the benefits of planning free
time activities with the benefits of not making plans, (2)
state your own choice ,and (3) give reasons for your
choice. In your essay, you should use specific reasons and
examples to support your choice. You should write 160~200 words
on ANSWER SHEET2.
问答题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}} You are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic: The Fight Against Crime. You should base your composition on the following outline, and write coherently and neatly, in no less than 120 words.
Outline:
1.今日在我国某些城市中犯罪率似乎在上升。
2.面对罪犯,不同的人采取不同的态度。
3.至于我,我的建议如下。
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问答题In modern society, communication with others is quite necessary, but some people pay no attention to he techniques in coping with personal relations. And the following suggestions will help them do better:
(1)Honesty is the best policy.
(2)Take an optimistic attitude to life.
(3)Being broad-minded is essential.
In your essay, you should use the three pieces of information mentioned above you should write 160-200 words on ANSWER SHEET 2.
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Some years ago, Pioneer Hi-bred International, where I was
employed, purchased Norand Corporation. Pioneer's sales representatives used
Norand hand-held terminals to upload daily sales information and download new
price and sales incentive information. Pioneer bought so many of these hand-held
terminals, the economics made the purchase of Norand look interesting. 61)
{{U}}Owning Norand also allowed Pioneer to explore high-technology markets outside
agriculture. {{/U}} But after several years, the emerging laptop
PC technology made the hand-held units out-of-date. Pioneer sold Norand at a
loss. 62) {{U}}Pioneer always took a given percent of the annual profits to divide
equally among all employees, so our profit-sharing checks were lower than if
Pioneer had not purchased Norand. Additionally, my Pioneer stock was lower than
it had been before the purchase of Norand. I was not pleased. {{/U}}
63) {{U}}The CEO of Pioneer, Tom Urban made annual formal visits to each of
the Pioneer divisions to talk about the state of the business and to listen to
employees' concerns. {{/U}}When he went into the meeting room for his first visit
after the sale of Norand, he acknowledged the group, removed his jacket and
neatly folded it across the back of the chair. He loosened his tie, undid his
collar and rolled up his sleeves. What he said next was the last thing I ever
expected to hear a CEO say. He said, "I made a mistake buying
Norand and I am sorry. I am sorry your profit-sharing was lower because of the
purchase, and I am sorry your stock was hurt by the purchase. I will continue to
take risks, but I am a bit smarter now, and I will work harder for you. "The
room was quiet for a moment before he asked for questions. A
great man and leader stood before us that day. 64) {{U}}As I sat listening to him,
I knew I could trust him, and that he deserved every bit of loyalty I could give
to him and to Pioneer. I also knew I could take risks in my own job.
{{/U}} 65) {{U}}In the brief moment of silence before the questions
started, I recalled thinking that I would follow him into any battle. {{/U}}
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{{U}}Fathers exposed to poisonous substances are probably just as likely to
be the cause of defects in their unborn infants as mothers. {{/U}}Yet it is women
who are told to stop drinking and smoking and to look after their health when
they are pregnant. And it is women who find that they are banned from jobs where
they are exposed to harmful chemicals or radiation. 62) {{U}}Despite a growing
body of scientific evidence that a man's exposure to damaging substances can
affect his offspring, pregnant women are still charged with the responsibility
of keeping their infants healthy, said Gladys Friedler, of the Boston University
School of Medicine. {{/U}}"This is puzzling", she said. "Most of the workforce is
still male, so why do we still spend so much time looking at women? The health
of men as well as women should be of concern." In the US,
2,500,000 children are born with birth defects each year. In 60 percent of cases
the origin of the defect is not known. 63) {{U}}These figures do not include less
obvious problems that appear later in development, such as biochemical
malfunctions and behavioral problems. {{/U}} Many researchers
still seem reluctant to contemplate that a man's environment can influence the
health of children. "If the effects had not been so obvious, we might still be
reluctant to acknowledge the effect of environmental agents on women." Despite
this, there is a reluctance to accept the accumulated evidence of men's effects
on development, she said. 64) {{U}}Some companies have already taken steps to
"protect the unborn child" by excluding women from jobs where they might be
exposed to dangerous substances. {{/U}}This has led to some bitter disputes
between the women and their employers in the US. The most famous case, now
before the Supreme Court, pits a group of women and their union against Johnson
Controls, a company which makes batteries. 65) {{U}}The company transferred women
from higher-paying jobs where they were exposed to lead on the grounds that it
had to protect unborn children. {{/U}}The irony is that children born to men
working in the factory are probably just as much at risk.
问答题Directions:Studythefollowingpicturecarefullyandwriteanessayentitled"Cultures--NationalandInternational".Intheessayyoushould1)describethepictureandinterpretitsmeaning,and2)giveyourcommentonthephenomenon.Youshouldwriteabout200wordsneatlyonANSWERSHEET2.AnAmericangirlintraditionalChinesecostume(服装)
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问答题1.对成就的不同看法 2.提出取得成功的方法 3.我对成功的观点
问答题Interlocutor:Now,I"dlikeyoutotalkaboutsomethingbetweenyourselvesandspeakloudlysothatwecanhearyou.Youshouldtakecaretosharetheopportunityofspeaking.(PutPictureforCandidatesinfrontofbothcandidatesandgiveinstructionswithreferencetothepicture.)Youaregoingtotalkaboutonlineshoppingandwhatchangesinourlifecomputershavemade.Thispictureisforyourreference.Youhavethreeminutesforthis.Wouldyouliketobeginnow,please?
问答题Equal emphasis, however, is not given to the presiding fact that our bodies are superbly equipped to deal with the little demons and the best way of forestalling an attack is to maintain a sensible life-style.
问答题With the rapid development of the Internet, more and more people have access to it ,for information, entertainment and even education. As a new means of education, online education has caused much public concern. There is a discussion in a local newspaper about this means of education. Write an essay on the topic Online Education for the same newspaper to state your own opinion (s). You should base your essay on the following outlines (given in Chinese) : (1) 目前网络教育已经形成一种热潮; (2) 我认为这股热潮的原因是…… (3) 我对网络教育的评价。 You should write 160~200 words on ANSWER SHEET 2.
问答题Directions: Read the following
statement and write an essay on it. In your essay, you should
(1) state your opinion, and (2) support it with
examples "Never give up, never lose hope." You
should write 160—200 words neatly on ASWER SHEET 2.
问答题Directions:Therehasbeenadiscussionrecentlyontheissueofcommunicationinanewspaper.Writeanessayofabout200wordstothenewspapertoshowyourunderstandingofthesymbolicmeaningofthepicturebelow1)thecontentofthepicture2)thesymbolicmeaning3)thespecialunderstanding2.giveaspecificexample/comment,and3.giveyoursuggestionastothebestwaytocommunicate.
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(61) {{U}}Beauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy.
Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and healthier, have better
marriages and have more respectable occupations. Personal consultants give them
better advice for finding jobs. Even judges are softer on attractive defendants.
But in the executive circle, beauty can become a liability.{{/U}}
While attractiveness is a positive factor for a man on his way up the
executive ladder, it is harmful to a woman. (62) {{U}}Handsome
male executives were considered to have more integrity than plainer men: effort
and ability, were thought to account for their success.{{/U}}
Attractive female executives were considered to have less integrity than
unattractive ones; their success was attributed not to their ability but to
factors such as luck. All unattractive women executive were
thought to have more integrity and to be more capable than the attractive female
executives.(63) {{U}}Interestingly. though the rise of the unattractive overnight
success was attributed more to personal relationships and less to ability, than
was that of attractive overnight successes.{{/U}} Why are
attractive women not thought to be able? An attractive woman is perceived to be
more feminine and an attractive man more masculine than the less attractive
ones. Thus,(64) {{U}}an attractive woman has an advantage in traditionally female
job. but an attractive woman in a traditionally masculine position an pears to
lack the "masculine" qualities required.{{/U}} This is true even
in politics. "When the only clue is how he or she looks, people treat men and
women differently." Says Anne Bowman, who recently published a study on the
effects of attractiveness on political candidates. She asked 125 undergraduate
students to rank two groups of photographs, one of men and one of women, in
order of attractiveness. The students were told the photographs were of
candidates for political office. They were asked to rank them again, in the
order they would vote for them. (65) {{U}}The results showed that
attractive male utterly defeated unattractively men. but the women who had been
ranked, most attractive invariably received the fewest votes.{{/U}}
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问答题You and your family had dinner in a restaurant a few nights ago. The service at the restaurant was terrible and the food was bad. You and two of your family members had severe stomach-aches the following day. The food was also overpriced. Write to the manager of the restaurant and explain these problems. Give any details that you think are relevant. Ask the manager to do something about the situation. You should write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write your own address. Begin your letter as follows: Dear Sir/Madam,