江苏省无锡市天一中学2022-2023学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题(原卷版).pdfVIP

乐民之乐者，民亦乐其乐；忧民之忧者，民亦忧其忧。——《孟子》

江苏省天一中学2022一2023学年第一学期期中考试

高一英语

第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)

第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)

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Handgestures(手势)havebeencommonlyusedinourdailycommunication.Theyaddto

themessagebyfillinginwhatwordssometimesleavebehind.Butareyousomewhatawareofthe

historythatgoesbehindsomeofthesepopularhandgestures?

◆Handshake

Whetheryou’regreetingsomeoneforthefirsttime,orsuccessfullynegotiating(商定)an

agreement,shakinghandsisusuallythego-togesture.Whodecidedonthiscustomarygesture,

anyway?ThehistoryofthehandshakedatesbacktoancientGreece,showingthatneitherperson

wascarryingaweapon.

◆Thumbsupandthumbsdown

Maybeyou’refamiliarwiththepopularstoryofthishandgesturedatingbacktoRoman

times.Whenagladiator(角斗士)lost,thecrowdwouldeithersticktheirthumbsouttohavehim

killedorjustnotmakeanysignatall.Thethumbsupdecidedthegladiator’sfate(命运).After

WWII,thumbsuponlycametomeanthatthingsweregoingsmoothly.Andthumbsdownmeant

theopposite.

◆Highfive

Accordingtosomesources,thehighfivefirstbecamepopularwhenbaseballplayers

performedatDodgerStadiumonOctober2,1977.GlennBurke,oneofthecapableplayers,lifted

hisamhighabovehisheadandslappedpalmswithhisteammateDustyBakertocelebratea

milestonehomerun,markingwhatiswidelyregardedasthefirstrecordedexampleofahighfive.

◆Thefistbump