14. From this passage, we can conclude __________.
A. words are used as frequently as gestures
B. words are often found difficult to understand
C. words and gestures are both used in expressing feelings
D. gestures are more efficiently used than words
[解析]本题是主旨题，由本文中第一段的第一句前段已点明了，可知答案[C]是对的。

15. The best title for this passage may be __________.
A. Words and Feelings
B. Words, Gestures and Feelings
C. Gestures and Feelings
D. Culture and Understanding
[解析]本题是推理题，全文一直在阐述用“话语”和“肢体语言”来表达感情，由此可知答案[B]是对的。

Part II  Vocabulary and Structure 
16. History is a record of mankind; different historians, __________, interpret it differently.
A. therefore               B. on the contrary
C. however                 D. consequently
[解析]本题是词汇题，therefore 表示因此；on the contrary表示相反 ；however表示转折consequently表示结果；
根据题意“历史是对人类发展史的纪录，然而不同的历史学家对历史的阐述也有所不同”故答案是[C]。

17. It was not until it got dark __________ working.
A. that they stopped         B. when they stopped
C. did they stop           D. that they didn""t stop

[解析]本题是语法题，it is….that….属强调句型，句意表示直到…. 才….；故答案是[A]
题意“直到天黑他们才停止工作”。

18. Before the child went to bed, the father asked him to __________ all the toys he had taken out.
A. put off                B. put up
C. put away               D. put out
[解析]本题是词汇题，考查的是动词短语的固定搭配A. put off  推迟  B. put up举起提供食宿C. put away 收拾D. put out熄灭、生产，题意要求的是收拾某东西，故选[C]。
题意“在孩子上床睡觉前，父亲让孩子把拿出来的玩具全部都收拾起来”

19. Thinking that you know __________ in fact you don""t is not a good idea.
A. what   B. That   C. When   D. which
[解析]本题是语法题，本题缺少宾语只有what可作宾语；that是引导宾语从句，不做任何成份，只是连接词。 when 是引导时间状语从句，不做任何成份，只是连接词which引导定语从句，不做任何成份，只是连接词。所以答案是[A]。
题意“想一些你实际上都不知道的东西这是很不明智的”

20."__________ does Mr. Johnson go to London on business?” “At least once a month.”
A. How many              B. How long
C. How often               D. How
[解析]本题考查数词中有关频率的问题，只有How often可以作为提问频率来用，只有答案[C]是符合的。
题意“Mr. Johnson一个月出差到伦敦几次”“至少一月一次”

21. Helen was much kinder to her youngest child than she was to the others, __________, of course, made the others jealous.