23.The American English equivalent for “私立学校” is ________.(       )

A. public school                                                    B. council school

C. private school                                                   D. grade school

24. It has been claimed that ________ are probably the most significant areas of the body for nonverbal communication.(       )

A. gestures                                                           B. postures

C. facial expressions and eye behaviors                   D. body languages

Ⅱ . Gap-filling (10%)

Directions: Each of the following statements has an underlined space. Fill in each underlined space with a proper expression.

1. “ Language is vocal ” means that speech is the primary medium of language while writing is ________.

2.The English equivalent for “铁石心肠” is ________.

3. The festival celebrated on February 14 is called ________.

4. ________ relations refer to constructions whose components are linked in meaning through juxtaposition and punctuation and not through the use of conjunctions.

5.The English equivalent for “趁热打铁” is ________.

6.One can tell from the sentence “ she is missing the boat ” that she is ________.

7. ________ refers to paradise, derived from the garden in which Adam and Eve fist lived.

8.The ________ is a symbol of fear, cowardice or timidity.

9.Slender is an euphemism, referring to ________.

10. “ I didn’t know that you were interested in politics. Neither did I.