高二暑假英语七选五专练（六）

1、高二暑假七选五专练（六）（一）Our new foreign students are going to arrive very soon. 1 2 You can stand close to people in the Middle East but dont stand too close to North Americans! Give them more personal space. Do you know How to touch people correctly? Chinese girls often walk arm in arm with their friends. S

2、outh Americans sometimes hold your arm when they talk to you, so you cant move away! 3 4 In some places, it isnt polite to look at people when you talk, but in other countries it isnt polite to look somewhere else. In Britain and the US, people usually look at each other when they talk. And how do y

3、ou say goodbye? Thats easy, wave to say goodbye. But be careful! In Greece, its not at all polite! 5 A. But in Britain many people dont like other people to touch them at all. B. How close do you stand when you talk to a friend?C. Lets welcome our foreign friends warmly.D. Do you look at people when

4、 you talk?E. Here are some ways to communicate with them politely.F. In fact, its very rude!G. It is bad manners to stand close to people you are talking to.（二）How much do you know about AlbertEinstein?Albert Einstein was considered the greatest scientist of the 20th century and one of the greatest

5、of all time. 1 Albert Einstein, who was born on March 14, 1879 in was a great scientist in the world. As a boy, he was slow to talk, but later in his childhood he showed great curiosity about nature and ability to solve difficult mathematical problems . After he left school, he went to Switzerland,

6、where he graduated from the university with a degree in mathematics. He was strange because he hated haircuts andnewclothes. He believed in peace. 2 However, hismost famous idea, E = mc, helped create the most dangerous weapon. Many people think he was the smartest person in the world. 3 What did he

7、like?Einstein liked learning sailing. 4 He once joked, “Sailing is the sport that takes the leastenergy!”When Einstein was a child, his mother made him take violin lessons. At first, he didnt like the violin. But then he learned to love music and became a goodviolinist. he said, “Love is the besttea

8、cher.”Why is the skyblue?In 1910, Einstein asked a question which many children often ask, “Whyis the sky blue?” After his careful research, he answered the questionlike this: because light is made up of many colors including blue. Whenlight travels to Earth, gas particles(气体微粒) spread the blue ligh

9、t all overthe 5 A. His answer is true inphysics.B. His discoveries and theories have greatly influenced science in many fields.C. He sailed in small boats all his life.D. All his life, he hated Albert Einstein But Einstein said that he thought like a child with many questions and unusualideas.G. He

10、used his theory to make weapons.（三）In 2011, when British photographer David J. Slater was visiting a park in Indonesia, his camera was taken away by a group of black monkeys. The result was hundreds of monkey selfies (自拍照). 1 Slater then sold the photos and they became popular on the Internet.Nobody

11、 knew they would create a copyright battle three years later.Last month, a website put the monkey selfies online under a collection of free photos without Slaters permission. 2 3 They said that according to US copyright law, whoever pushes the button on the camera owns the copyright to the photo. It

12、 was the monkeys but not Slater that pushed the button.They said, “US copyright law says that works that come from a non-human source cant ask for copyright, that means monkeys dont own copyright.” 4 He said he bought the cameras; he spent a lot of money traveling to Indonesia; and it was his carele

13、ssness that allowed the monkeys to take his cameras away. All these have made him own the pictures, no matter who pushed the button. In a sense, the monkeys helped him take the photos, Slater said. 5 Who do you think will win this interesting battle?A. The best ones show a monkey smiling toothily for the camera.B. Slater argues that the pictures belong to him as they were taken from his camera.C. Slater asked the website to take them down since he owns the copyright.D. However, the website refused to do so.E. As of now