单选题 Directions:
In this part there are four passages, each followed by five questions or unfinished statements. For each of them, there are four suggested answers. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Mark your ANSWER SHEET by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the corresponding letter in the brackets.
We use both words and gestures to express our feelings, but the problem is that these words and gestures can be understood in different ways.
It is true that a smile means the same thing in any language. So does laughter or crying. There are also a number of striking similarities in the way different animals show the same feelings. Dogs, tigers and humans, for example, often show their teeth when they are angry. This is probably because they are born with those behavior patterns.
Fear is another emotion that is shown in much the same way all over the world. In Chinese and in English literature, a phrase like "he went pale and begin to tremble" suggests that the man is either very afraid or he has just got a very big shock. However, "he opened his eyes wide" is used to suggest anger in Chinese whereas in English it means surprise. In Chinese "surprise" can be described in a phrase like "they stretched out their tongues". Sticking out your tongue in English is an insulting gesture or expresses strong dislike.
Even in the same culture, people differ in ability to understand and express feelings. Experiments in America have shown that women are usually better than men at recognizing fear, anger, love and happiness on people's faces. Other studies show that older people usually find it easier to recognize or understand body language than younger people do.
单选题 According to the passage,______.
  • A. we can hardly understand what people's gestures mean
  • B. we can not often be sure what people mean when they describe their feelings in words or gestures
  • C. words can be better understood by older people
  • D. gestures can be understood by most of the people while words can not
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。文中第一句指出：but the problem is that these words and gestures can be understood in different ways．根据此句可知B为正确答案。
单选题 People's facial expressions may be misunderstood because______.
  • A. people of different ages may have different understanding
  • B. people have different cultures
  • C. people of different sex may understand a gesture in a different way
  • D. people of different countries speak different languages
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 推断题。文中第三段从however开始到最后是作者举例说明由于文化不同而造成的语言不同的事实，所以B为正确答案。
单选题 In the same culture,______.
  • A. people have different ability to understand and express feelings
  • B. people have the same understanding of something
  • C. people never fail to understand each other
  • D. people are equally intelligent
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。文中第四段第一句指出even in the same culture，people differ inability to understand and express feelings，由此可知正确答案为A。
单选题 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
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 推断题。文中第一句话指出we use both words and gestures to express our feelings，此句也是文章的中心句，以下都是通过具体例子来说明它，所以可推断C为正确答案。
单选题 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
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 概括题。通读全文可知文章的主旨是表达words和gestures两种表达方式与feelings的关系．所以文章的标题应该是答案B。