UNIT 4 Body Language A组·基础巩固 Ⅰ. 语法填空 A Hand gestures are a quick and quiet way for people of all cultures to express, both negatively and positively, a particular feeling or word. Every culture has 1. ________ (it) own gestures, and they do not always mean the same things universally. 2. ________ (make) the “OK” gesture with the thumb and index finger is a positive hand gesture in the United States. It 3. ________ (make) by touching the tip of the thumb to the tip of the index finger. 4. ________ other three fingers are extended above the thumb and index finger. However, this hand gesture is considered insulting in France and Latin America. The “victory” hand gesture is made by bending the third and 5. ________ (four) fingers to touch the tip of the thumb and extending the index and middle finger upward, 6. ________ (separate) them by about an inch to form the letter V. Facing the palm outward to the person 7. ________ (finish) the victory gesture. The Allied leaders used it to show the symbol of victory during World War Ⅱ. The thumbsup hand gesture is made by extending your thumb into the air while curling the other four fingers inward. The meaning behind this gesture, 8. ________ least in Western cultures, is “well done”. 9. ________, in such places as Latin America, Sardinia, Greece, and southern Italy, the gesture has the opposite 10. ________ (mean). In these places, this gesture is viewed as negative and insulting. 【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了几种肢体语言以及它们的不同含义。 1. its 考查代词。所填的词修饰名词,所以用形容词性的物主代词。 2. Making 考查非谓语动词。所填的词作主语,所以用动词ing形式。 3. is made 考查时态和语态。make和it为动宾关系,文章的时态是一般现在时,所以用一般现在时的被动语态。 4. The 考查冠词。此处表示“其他的”,所以填The。 5. fourth 考查序数词。根据前面的third可知,所填的词也要用序数词。 6. separating 考查非谓语动词。分析句子成分可知,所以填动词作伴随状语,所以用动词ing形式。 7. finishes 考查主谓一致。句子的主语是非谓语动词短语,属于第三人称单数形式,所以填finishes。 8. at 考查固定搭配。at least意为“至少”,是固定搭配。 9. However 考查副词。根据句意可知,上下文是转折关系,所以用However。 10. meaning 考查名词。所填的词作宾语,所以用名词形式,所以填meaning。 B Face changing is used 1. ________(exp