Again, in Colombian, a speaker of English would have to know that when he indicates height he most choose between different gestures depending on whether he is referring to a human being or an animal.

出自-2014年6月听力原文

If he keeps the palm of the hand parallel to the floor, as he would in his own culture when making known the height of a child, for example, he will very likely be greeted by laughter, in Colombia this gesture is reserved for the description of animals

出自-2014年6月听力原文

A little extra height brings a number of advantages, says Elio riboli of Imperial College.

2019年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

An individual's genetics has a big influence on their height but once you average over whole populations, genetics plays a less key role.

2019年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

Bentham believe the global trend of increasing height has important implications.

2019年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

Bentham believe the global trend of increasing height has important implications."How tall we are now is strongly influenced by the environment we grew up in," he said."If we give children the best possible start in life now,they will be healthier and mor

2019年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

Born the 16th child to poor parents in Paris in either 1783 or 1784, a young Careme was suddenly abandoned at the height of the French Revolution.

2018年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

But while height has increased around the world, the trend in many countries of north and sub-Saharan Africa causes concern, says Riboli.

2019年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

Imagine a world where building the tallest skyscraper wasn't a race of height, but rather one to collect the most solar energy.

2018年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

One reason for these decreases in height is the economic situation in the 1980s, said Alexander Moradi of University of Sussex.

2019年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

The nutritional and health crises that followed the policy of structural adjustment, he says, led to many children and teenagers failing to reach their full potential in terms of height.

2019年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

The results reveal that while Swedes were the tallest people in the world in 1914, Dutch men have risen from 12th place to claim top spot with an average height of 182.5cm.

2019年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

While height increased in Uganda and niger during the early 20th century, the trend has reversed in recent years, with height decreasing among l8-year-olds.

2019年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

In a study that will appear in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Plant's team tested 229 students during the height of the Obama fever.

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

If you climb to 10000 feet, stay at that height for a day or two.

出自-2012年12月听力原文

Or if you do climb higher sooner, come back down to a lower height when you sleep

出自-2012年12月听力原文

At heights of over 18000 feet, people may be climbing in a constant daze（恍惚）.

出自-2012年12月听力原文

Flight attendants, firefighters, and police officers have to be over a certain height, and be physically fit.

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

Some of these painted walls are preserved in places to a height of one meter.

2019年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

In the first move of its kind, all travelers will be forced to stand on both sides of escalators on the London underground as part of a plan to increase capacity at the height of the rush hour.

2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

It explores the heights with Go Ape, the high wire forest adventure course, or journey beneath the earth at Poole's cavern.

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

The city planner decided to build an underground drainage system, but there simply wasn't enough difference between the height of the ground level and the water level.

2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

As much of Mexico city shut down at the height of a panic, cases began to crop up in New York city, the southwestern United States and around the world.

2010年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

BMI equals body mass divided by the square of height.

2014年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ