英语六级阅读理解强化题带答案.docx

英语六级阅读理解强化题带答案Whatdowethinkwith?Onlythebrain?Hardly.Thebrainislikeatelephoneexchange.Itistheswitchboard,butnotthewholesystem.Itsfunctionistoreceiveincomingsignals,makeproperconnection,andsendthemessagesthroughtotheirdestination.Forefficientservice,thebodymustfunctionasawhole.Butwhereisthe"mind"?Isitinthebrain?Orperhapsinthenervoussystem?Afterall,canwesaythatthemindisinanyparticularplace?Itisnotathing,likealeg,oreventhebrain.Itisafunction,anactivity.Aristotle,twenty-threehundredyearsago,observedthatthemindwastothebodywhatcuttingwastotheax.Whentheaxisnotinuse,thereisnocutting.Sowiththemind."Mind,"saidCharlesH.Woolbert,"iswhatthebodyisdoing."Ifthisactivityisnecessaryforthinking,itisalsonecessaryforcarryingthoughtfromonepersontoanother.Observehowpeoplegoaboutthebusinessofordinaryconversation.Ifyouhaveneverdonethispainstakingly,youhaveasurpriseinstore,forgoodconversationalistsarealmostconstantlyinmotion.Theirheadsarecontinuallynoddingandshakingsometimessovigorouslythatyouwonderhowtheirneckscanstandthestrain.Eventhelegsandfeetareactive.Asforthehandsandarms,theyareseldomstillformorethanafewsecondsatatime.Thesepeople,remember,arenotmakingspeeches.Theyaremerelycommonfolktryingtomakeothersunderstandwhattheyhaveinmind.Theyarenotconsciousofmovement.Theirspeechisnotstudied.Theyarejusthumancreaturesinahumanenvironment,tryingtoadaptthemselvestoasocialsituation.Yettheyconverse,notonlywithorallanguage,butwithvisibleactionsthatinvolvepracticallyeverymuscleinthebody.Inshort,becausepeoplereallythinkallover,aspeakermusttalkalloverifhesucceedsinmakingpeoplethink.21.Thebesttitleforthepassagewouldbe_______.A.BodilyCommunicationB.SpokenLanguageC.BodilyActionsD.Conversation22.Whichofthefollowingstatementswouldtheauthoragreewith?A.Thinkingisasocialphenomenon.B.Thinkingissolelyabrainfunction.C.Thinkingisafunctionofthenervoussystem.D.Thinkingisthesumtotalofbodilyactivity.23.Incommunication,itisessentialnotonlytoemployspeech,butalso_______.A.tospeakdirectlytotheotherpersonB.toemployavarietyofbod