Choose the item (A, B, C or D) that best completes the unfinished statement.
Sometimes people add to what they say even when they don't talk. Ges­tures are the "silent language" of every culture. We point a finger or move another part of the body to show what we want to say. It is important to know the body language of every country or we may be misunderstood. In the United States, people greet each other with a handshake in a formal introduction. The handshake must be firm. If the handshake is weak, it is a sign of weakness or unfriendliness. Friends may place a hand on the other's arm or shoulder. Some people, usually women, greet a friend with a hug.
Space is important to Americans. When two people talk to each other, they usually stand about two and a half feet away and at an angle, so they are not facing each other directly. Americans get uncomfortable when a person stands too close. They will move back to have their space. If Americans touch another person by accident, they say, "Pardon me." or "Excuse me." Americans like to look the other person in the eyes when they are talking. If you don't do so, it means you are bored, hiding something, or are not interested. But when you are stare at someone, it is not polite. For Americans, thumbs-up means yes, very good, or well done. Thumbs down means the opposite. To call a waiter, raise one hand to head level or above. To show you want the check, make a move­ment with your hands as if you are signing a piece of paper. It is all right to point at things but not at people with the hand and index finger. Americans shake their index finger at children when they scold them and pat them on the head when they admire them. Learning a culture's body language is sometimes confusing. If you don't know what to do, the safest thing to do is to smile.
From the passage we can learn that_______.




A.gestures don't mean anything while talking
B.it's confusing to understand a culture's body language
C.gestures can help us to express ourselves
D.American people often use body language in communication

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Martin paints pictures, but he doesn’t make his ______ that way. He works in a big store.




A.living
B.live
C.lively
D.life

________(57)




A.poisons
B.pours
C.puts
D.surrounds

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.




A.calm
B.calculate
C.come
D.century

In line 7, the word “notion” is closet in meaning to _____.




A.nonsense
B.notice
C.idea
D.consequence

Although we suspected that he was guilty, he went scot-free.




A.was fined
B.was freed without any fine
C.was released from prison
D.was not charged with murder

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.
__________ Columbus was one of __________ first people to cross __________ Atlantic.




A.Ø /the / Ø
B.The / the / the
C.Ø / the / an
D.Ø / the / the

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Thanks to my friends’ ______ remarks, my essays have been improved.




A.constructive
B.construction
C.constructor
D.construct

A.minority
B.optimistic
C.accompany
D.eradicate

.......(2)........




A.increases
B.improves
C.helps
D.makes