专升本英语（阅读理解）模拟试卷21
阅读理解
Did you know that all human beings have a \\
1.In terms of body distance, North Americans________.(C)
A. are similar to South Americans
B. stand farther apart
C. feel ill at ease when too close
D. move nearer during conversation
解析：题干关键词“North Americans”定位至第二段第二句“North Americans find this awkward and often back away a few inches．”北美人发现这(指前文说的“谈话时靠得很近，甚至达到面对面的程度”)很尴尬并且常退后几英寸。awkward与ill at ease同义，所以C正确。
2.For Asians, the comfort zone________.(D)
A. is deliberately determined
B. measures 21 inches
C. varies according to status
D. implies esteem
解析：由题干关键词“Asians”定位至第二段后面部分“In much of Asia and Africa，there is even more space between two speakers in conversation．This greater space subtly lends an air of dignity and respect．This matter of space is nearly always unconscious．”大意为：在谈话时，亚洲人之间的距离更大，并且距离空间越大越显示出一种尊重的氛围。人们保持这样的距离常常是无意识的。所以D正确。
3.It can be inferred from the passage that in a crowded elevator, a Frenchman would ______.(B)
A. behave in the same way as an American would
B. make no particular effort to distance himself
C. be afraid of body contact
D. do his best to leave
解析：由题干关键词“crowded elevator”和“Frenchman”定位至第三段最后一句“In the United States，for example，people try to keep their bodies apart even in a crowded elevator；in Paris they take it as it comes!”在拥挤的电梯里，美国人尽量让他们的身体分开一些；而在巴黎，人们比较随意!所以B正确。
4.When Americans tell a joke, they often________.(C)
A. pat people on the head
B. give people a hug
C. dig people in the ribs
D. touch people on the arm
解析：由题干关键词“Americans tell a joke”定位至最后一段第二句“…they nudge a man in the ribs to emphasize a funny story…”……他们(美国人)在强调一个有趣的故事时，常常碰一下谈话对象的肋骨……。所以C正确。
5.Which of the following is true about \\(D)
A. The Asians are likely to pat an arm in reassurance with left hand.
B. People in the USA are all left-handed.
C. People in Moslem countries tend to use left hand.
D. Japanese are less likely to use left hand.
解析：由题干关键词“left—handedness”定位至最后一段最后两句“To many people—especially those from Asia or the Moslem countries–such body contact is unwelcome，especially if inadvertently done with left hand．The left hand carries no special significance in the U．S．Many Americans are simply left—handed and use that hand more．”对于一些人来说——特别是来自亚洲和伊斯兰国家的人——这样的身体接触(上文提到的如轻拍胳膊表示确信等)是不受欢迎的，尤其是有人不小心用左手做了这些动作。在美国，用左手没有特殊的含义，很多美国人就是左撇子，用左手的机会更多。由“To many people–especially those from Asia or the Moslem countries–such body contact is unwelcome”可知，D正确，A、C不正确；由Many Americans are simply left—handed可知，B不正确。
In the United States today, nearly half of us live in areas that we refer to as the suburbs. Any dictionary will define the suburbs as those areas, usually residential, that lie outside cities and towns. But, for millions of Americans in the last thirty years, the suburbs have come to mean much more than that.
For those who moved to the developing suburbs after the Second World War, they represented an escape from urban congestion to a home of one\’s own—preferably one with an attached two-car garage on a little half-acre of tree-shaded land. It also meant daily communication to work by railroad or expressway, a lawn to mow, and a mortgage to pay off over the year.
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