新视野英语一级试题及答案4(4)

whiskers (腮须) on my face. It was like having my dad kiss me when I was a little boy. I wasn't really 10.

used tothis custom, but when he finally let go, I have to admit that my attitude had changed entirely. I felt relaxed. I had lightened up and thoroughly forgotten about my 11.

less thanperfect journey to his home.

Arthur's wife was standing behind him and I expected him to make an introduction, but there was no need. 12.

Instead, as he began to make a gesture toward her,

she grabbed me and pulled me close for a kiss of her own. No whiskers this time. She probably left a bit of her red lipstick (口红) on my face, though. I imagined 13.

arrivinghome with such a red mark on my cheek and the 14.

relationI would get from my wife. 15. , she was there and received a red mark Fortunatelythat matched mine. I was completely 16.

focusedon the kiss when from his wife's lips

\to my home\17. giving me 18.

a startleburst. She said it with a look that was even more sincere than the look Arthur first greeted us with and I was again moved. I wanted to be able to offer my own guests such an impression 19.

consciouslyuponwelcome, but I 20.

controlled myself not to express these

feelings. Who would resist such a warm welcome?

Questions 21 to 40 are based on the following passage.

It isn't always about how smart you are or how hard you tried. It isn't even always about how well your speech was written or how well you made your 21.

argument.

Sometimes it's simply about how tall you are. That's right, how tall you are. Researchers had two men of 22.

relativelyequal intelligence (智力), speaking ability,

appealand physical 23. give the same speech. They

practiced together and tried to present with similar energy, 24.

rateof speech, pitch and tone of voice, gestures, and expressions. Both men gave the speech to five different groups of twenty. Both men were 5 foot 8 inches tall. The 25.

differencewas that when they made their

presentation, one man was provided a 4-inch riser to 26.

stand onbehind the podium (讲台). After they

the

people

were

asked

about

their

27.

finished,

reactionto their speaker's perspective. Seventy-six

percent of the audience who listened to the man who appeared to be 6 foot tall agreed strongly with his 28.

perspectivewhile only 13% disagreed. 29.

As a result, the man who did not use the riser

whileonly had 57% agree with his argument 30. disagreed. The researchers 31. experiment ten more times with 32. Whether we know it or not, we 33. others' looks and much of the 34. rewarded24% the same results. to focus on we get similartendintroductionfrom them is based on their physical appearance. Introductions, job interviews, and encounters 35. influenced

too much sowithstrangers are all probably

36.

by looks, and

. This is not to say that keeping

your appearance neat is not important, but there are things that we cannot control 37.

forheight and how attractive we commonare to most people. It is 38. knowledge that,