Question

  Facial expressions carry meaning that is determined by situations and relationships. For example,in American culture (文化) the smile is in general an expression of pleasure. Yet it also has other uses. A woman's smile at a police officer does not carry the same meaning as the smile she gives to a young child. A smile may show love or politeness. It can also hide true feel?ings. It often causes confusion (困惑) across cultures. For example,many people in Russia consider smiling at strangers in public to be unusual and even improper. Yet many Americans smile freely at strangers in public places (although this is less common in big cities) .  Some Russians believe that Americans smile in the wrong places; some Americans believe that Russians don't smile enough. In Southeast Asian cultures,a smile is frequently used to cover pain?ful feelings. Vietnamese people may tell a sad story but end the story with a smile.

  Our faces show emotions (情感) ，but we should not attempt to "read" people from another culture as we would "read" someone from our own culture. The fact that members of one culture do not express their emotions as openly as members of an?other do does not mean that they do not experience emotions. Rather,there are cultural differences in the amount of facial expressiveness permitted. For example? in public and in formal situations many Japanese do not show their emotions as free?ly as Americans do. When with friends,Japanese and Americans seem to show their emotions similarly.

  It is difficult to generalize about Americans and facial expressiveness because of personal and cultural differences in the United States. People from certain cultural backgrounds in the United States seem to be more facially expressive than others. The key is to try not to judge people whose ways of showing emotions are different. If we judge according to our own cultural habits,we may make the mistake of "reading" the other person incorrectly.

5. What does the smile usually mean in the US?

   A. Love. B. Politeness.

   C. Joy. D. Thankfulness.

6. The author mentions the smile of the Vietnamese to prove that a smile can       .

   A. show friendliness to strangers

   B. be used to hide true feelings

   C. be used in the wrong places

   D. show personal habits

7. What should we do before attempting to "read" people?

   A. Learn about their relations with others.

   B. Understand their cultural backgrounds. 

   C. Find out about their past experience.

   D. Figure out what they will do next.

8. What would be the best title for the text?

   A. Cultural differences

   B. Smiles and relationships

   C. Facial expressiveness

   D. Habits and emotions

Answer 1

[文章大意]本文主要介紹了在不同的文化背景下，不同國(guó)家的人們?cè)谶\(yùn)用面部表情的時(shí)候會(huì)有很大的差異，因此，我們?cè)谂袛嗨�人面部表情的含義的時(shí)候，不要以自己的文化背景為根據(jù)，否則這樣可能會(huì)做出錯(cuò)誤的判斷。

5. C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第二句話"For example,in A-merican culture (文化) the smile is in general an expression of pleasure."可知，在美國(guó)微笑一般表示的是"高興"，故選 C.

6. B推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段的最后一句話"Vietnamese people may tell a sad .story but end the story with a smile."可知，越南人以微笑來(lái)結(jié)束一個(gè)悲傷的故事是在掩飾他們真實(shí)的感情，故選 B.

7. B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一句"If we judge according to our own cultural habits,we may make the mistake of 'reading' the other person incorrectly."可知，在理解他人的面部表情的時(shí)候，首先要了解他們的文化背景，不i通過(guò)自己的文化背景來(lái)理解他人的面部表情。

8. C主旨大意題„本文主要介紹了在不同的文化背景下，人們面部表情傳達(dá)的意思也不盡相同。所以文章是圍繞面部表情的不同表現(xiàn)方式而展開討論的。因此選 C.