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Fireflysaigon Posted 17 years ago
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Reading comprehension
Could anyone help me with the following questions about reading comprehension? Thanks in advance.
Sometimes you know things about people the first time you see them, for example, that you want to be friends with them or that you don’t trust them. But perhaps this kind of intuition isn’t as hard to explain as it may seem. For instance, people give out body language signals all the time. The way you hold your body, head and arms tells people about your mood. If you hold your arms tightly at your sides, or fold them across your chest, people will generally feel that you are being defensive. Holding your head to one side shows interest in the other, while an easy, open posture indicates that you are self-confident .All this affects the way you feel about someone.
Also, a stranger may remind you of a meeting with someone. This may be because of something as simple as the fact that he or she is physically similar to someone who treated you well or badly. Your feelings about a stranger could be influenced by a smell in the air that brings to mind a place where you were happy as a child. Since even a single word can bring back a memory such as that, you may never realize it is happening.
1. Intuition described in the passage can be explained by means of _______
A. signals B. languages C. behaviours D. styles
The answer is “A. signal”. I know that “intuition means “instinct”. I also know that “B, C & D” are incorrect but I can’t make sense of this. Who can give me a clear explanation?
Sometimes you know things about people the first time you see them, for example, that you want to be friends with them or that you don’t trust them. But perhaps this kind of intuition isn’t as hard to explain as it may seem. For instance, people give out body language signals all the time. The way you hold your body, head and arms tells people about your mood. If you hold your arms tightly at your sides, or fold them across your chest, people will generally feel that you are being defensive. Holding your head to one side shows interest in the other, while an easy, open posture indicates that you are self-confident .All this affects the way you feel about someone.
Also, a stranger may remind you of a meeting with someone. This may be because of something as simple as the fact that he or she is physically similar to someone who treated you well or badly. Your feelings about a stranger could be influenced by a smell in the air that brings to mind a place where you were happy as a child. Since even a single word can bring back a memory such as that, you may never realize it is happening.
1. Intuition described in the passage can be explained by means of _______
A. signals B. languages C. behaviours D. styles
The answer is “A. signal”. I know that “intuition means “instinct”. I also know that “B, C & D” are incorrect but I can’t make sense of this. Who can give me a clear explanation?
- What one feels about a stranger may be influenced by something that ______
A. strengthen one’s past behaviours B. reminds one of one’s past treatment
C. revives one’s past memories D. points to one’s childhood
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1-- The question does not ask the meaning of 'intuition'; it ask how (= by what means) intuition is explained. " intuition isn’t as hard to explain as it may seem. For instance, people give out body language signals all the time".
- 1-- The question does not ask the meaning of 'intuition'; it ask how (= by what means) intuition is explained.
- " intuition isn’t as hard to explain as it may seem.
- For instance, people give out body language signals all the time".
- 2-- 'Points to' is an inappropriate collocation; nor need it be only 'childhood'-- the effect is of one's past in general.
- If you have typed these passages and questions accurately, then they were probably not written by native speakers.
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1-- The question does not ask the meaning of 'intuition'; it ask how (= by what means) intuition is explained. " intuition isn’t as hard to explain as it may seem. For instance, people give out body language signals all the time".
2-- 'Points to' is an inappropriate collocation; nor need it be only 'childhood'-- the effect is of one's past in general.
If you have t
2-- 'Points to' is an inappropriate collocation; nor need it be only 'childhood'-- the effect is of one's past in general.
If you have t
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Dear Mister Micawber,
Thanks very much for your prompt reply. I have typed this passage correctly from a website in Vietnamese. Because I like it, I have tried to understand it. Many thanks again.
Thanks very much for your prompt reply. I have typed this passage correctly from a website in Vietnamese. Because I like it, I have tried to understand it. Many thanks again.
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Hi, this is the university entrance exam in Vietnam in 2006. I checked the answer and it's "behaviours" not "signals" (there is not even "signals" in the exam question). So which is right?
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There is not even "signals" in the exam question --Yes, there is; it's A:
1. Intuition described in the passage can be explained by means of _____
A. signals B. languages C. behaviours D. styles
1. Intuition described in the passage can be explained by means of _____
A. signals B. languages C. behaviours D. styles
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No, I mean in the exam question of the university entrance examination in 2006 in Viet nam, we just had:
A. styles B. languages C. patterns D. behaviours
And the answer I checked is D.
So which is right? Or nothing's right, only "signals" is right?
A. styles B. languages C. patterns D. behaviours
And the answer I checked is D.
So which is right? Or nothing's right, only "signals" is right?
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Then D is correct. I cannot understand why you did not post the original.
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