速测(三)完形+还原短文+阅读填表格+词语运用
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Ⅰ.完形填空
I was never very tidy, yet my roommate Kate was very organized. Each of her objects had its place, but mine always hid somewhere. She even labeled(贴标签) everything. I always looked for everything. Over time, Kate got tidier and I got 1 . She would push my dirty clothing over, and I would lay my books on her tidy desk. Both of us can't 2 each other.
War broke out one evening. Kate came into the room. Soon, I heard her shouting, “ 3 your shoes!” At the same time, I saw my shoes flying at me. I jumped to my feet and started yelling. She yelled back louder.
The room was filled with 4 . We could not have stayed together for a single minute until her phone rang. Kate answered it. From her end of the conversation, I could tell right away her grandma was seriously ill. 5 she hung up, she quickly crawled(爬) under her covers, starting to cry.
Obviously, that was something she should not go through 6 . All of a sudden, a warm feeling of sympathy(同情) rose up in my heart.
Slowly, I 7 the pencils, made my bed and swept the floor, even on her side. I was too busy with my work to notice that Kate had sat up. She was watching, her tears dried and her 8 was such disbelief. I looked up into her eyes. She smiled at me, “Thanks.”
Kate and I stayed roommates for the rest of the year. Though we didn't always agree, we learned the key to living together: giving in, cleaning up and holding on.
( )1.A.messier B.earlier C.happier
( )2.A.hear B.hurt C.stand
( )3.A.Take off B.Put away C.Lay out
( )4.A.anger B.joy C.fear
( )5.A.Although B.Unless C.When
( )6.A.again B.alone C.already
( )7.A.collected B.bought C.dropped
( )8.A.decision B.expression C.condition
Ⅱ.还原短文
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Have you ever tried to hide your emotions(情感) from someone during a conversation? 9.
Scientists from the Ohio State University have found that people are able to tell other people's emotions according to changes in the color of their faces.
Scientists studied pictures of people's facial expressions. 10. For example, happiness makes our faces red around the cheeks and a little blue around the chin. Disgust(厌恶) creates not only a blue-yellow color around the lips, but also a red-green color around the nose and forehead.
“We believe these color patterns are the result of small changes in blood flow triggered(触发) by the central nervous(神经) system,” lead researcher Alex Martin said.
11. Does the color alone or also facial expressions help people tell others' emotions?
To figure this out, scientists added color patterns to pictures of faces that showed no facial expressions. 12. They were able to tell the emotions 75 percent of the time without any difficulty.
13. For example, when two people are heatedly arguing over something, we say they are red in the face. When a person is very angry, we'd say h
