江苏省淮安市2021-2022学年高一下学期期末调研测试英语试题.pdfVIP

江苏省淮安市2021-2022学年高一下学期期末调研

测试英语试题

一、阅读理解

Handgestures(手势)havebeencommonlyusedinourdaily

communication.Theyaddtothemessagebyfillinginwhatwords

sometimesleavebehind.Butareyousomewhatawareofthehistory

thatgoesbehindsomeofthesepopularhandgestures?

◆Handshake

Whetheryou’regreetingsomeoneforthefirsttime,or

successfullynegotiating(商定)anagreement,shakinghandsis

usuallythego-togesture.Whodecidedonthiscustomarygesture,

anyway?ThehistoryofthehandshakedatesbacktoancientGreece,

showingthatneitherpersonwascarryingaweapon.

◆Thumbsupandthumbsdown

Maybeyou’refamiliarwiththepopularstoryofthishand

gesturedatingbacktoRomantimes.Whenagladiator(角斗士)lost,

thecrowdwouldeithersticktheirthumbsouttohavehimkilledor

justnotmakeanysignatall.Thethumbsupdecidedthegladiator’s

fate(命运).AfterWWII,thumbsuponlycametomeanthatthings

weregoingsmoothly.Andthumbsdownmeanttheopposite.

◆Highfive

Accordingtosomesources,thehighfivefirstbecamepopular

whenbaseballplayersperformedatDodgerStadiumonOctober2,1977.

GlennBurke,oneofthecapableplayers,liftedhisamhighabovehis

headandslappedpalmswithhisteammateDustyBakertocelebratea

milestonehomerun,markingwhatiswidelyregardedasthefirst

recordedexampleofahighfive.

◆Thefistbump

Thefistbumpcomesfromboxersinthe1970safterpeoplebegan

imitatinghowtheytouchedglovesbeforeacompetition.Later,

insteadofshakinghands,firstbumpsbecamepopularamongbasketball

players.Thegesturesoonspreadtoallbasketballlovers,and,

beforelong,tothePresidentoftheUnitedStates.

1.Whatdid“thumbsup”meantoagladiatorinRomantimes?

A．BeingB．BeingC．BeingD．Being

cheered.