【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 r is found there. C. New wetlands are created. D. The river flows more freely.11. What will the Government most probably do in the future? A. Do more research on the beavers.B. Build more habitats for animals.C. Limit the use of poison.D. Protect the beavers.DGesturing with hands while speaking is a mon human behavior, but no one knows why we do it. Now, a group of researchers reports that gesturing adds emphasis to speech but not in the way researchers had thought.Gesturing while speaking, or talking with your hands, is mon around the world. Many munications researchers believe that gesturing is either done to stress important points, or to explain specific ideas, which you can think of as the drawing in the air. But there are other possibilities. For example, it could be that gesturing, by changing the size and shape of the chest, lungs and vocal muscles, affects the sound of a person39。s speech.Researchers decided to test whether this idea was true, or just so much hand waving. The team had volunteers move their dominant hand(優(yōu)勢手) as if they were cutting wood, while continuously saying a as in cinema. They were instructed to keep the a sound as steady as they could. Despite that instruction, when the team played audio recordings of this to other people, they found the listener could hear the speaker39。s gestures. When the listener was asked to move their arms to the rhythm, their movements matched perfectly with those of the original speaker.Because of the way the human body is constructed, hand movements influence torso(軀干) and throat muscles. Gestures are tightly tied to amplitude(振幅). Rather than just using your chest muscles to produce air flow for speech, moving your arms while you speak can add voice emphasis. And you can hear someone39。s motions, even when they39。re trying not to let you.Some language researchers don39。t like this idea, because they want language to be all about municating the contents of your mind, rather than the state of your body. But we think that gestures are allowing the voice signal to carry additional information about bodily tension and motion. It39。s information of another kind, says UConn psychologist and director of the Center for the Ecological Study of Perception and Action James Dixon, one of the authors of the paper.12. What does the underlined word “emphasis” in Paragraph 1 mean? A. A little humour. B. Some description.C. Extra explanation. D. Special importance.13. What does the study mainly research? A. Gestures’ effects on voice.B. The ways to make gestures.C. The skills of drawing in the air.D. Different gestures around the world. 14. Why can listeners “hear” speakers’ gestures? A. Because gestures go with different amplitudes.B. Because speakers and listeners are too familiar. C. Because volunteers have the same dominant hands.D. Because speakers give secret instructions in their speech.15. Some language researchers disagree with the study because they think ________. A. the body states can municate thoughts B. language is the only way to express oneselfC. the voice can carry body moving informationD. listeners can hear someone39。s motions if they like第二節(jié)（共5小題；，）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。From 18 to 24 May, it’s Mental Health Awareness Week. 16 What is mental health?Mental health is about how we think, feel and behave. 17 Depression is when you lose interest in things you usually enjoy and feel sad for a long time. Anxiety is feelings of fear and worry. What is Mental Health Awareness Week?Mental Health Awareness Week is an annual event that started in the UK in 2001. 18 It is organised by the Mental Health Foundation, a UK charity that raises awareness of mental health problems. Each year, Mental Heal