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 began 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.
　　11. 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
　　答案:B
　　本题考查的是考生对文章整体意思的把握。答案对应于文章的、二段。段说这些词汇手势会被理解成不同的含义，因此B：当人们用词汇，话语或手势、姿态表达感受时，我们经常不能确定他们的意思，是正确的。A，我们很难理解人们手势的意思，不正确。在第二段中作者微笑，大笑和哭泣在任何语言中的意思是相同的，不同的动物也会以相同的方式表达相同的感受。所以人们的手势或姿态并不是很难理解的。C也不正确，因为文章说老人比年轻人更能很好地理解肢体语言，没有提到词语。D文章中没有提到。
　　12. 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
　　答案:B
　　本题主要考查的是考生的推断能力及对细节的把握。答案对应后一段，开头说“即使在相同的文化下，人们理解和表达感受的能力也会不一样。”这说明上面提到的是不同的文化传统会造成不同的理解。所以B是正确的。文章没有提到年龄的问题，因此A不人选。后一段说女性通过脸部表情识别恐惧、生气、爱和高兴方面比男人要好，但没有说性别不同理解不同，所以C是错误的。文章没有提到语言的差异，D也不对。
　　13. 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
　　答案:A
　　本题主要考查的是考生对细节的把握。答案对应后一段，开头说“即使在相同的文化下，人们理解和表达感受的能力也会不一样。”这说明不同的文化更是这样。即A正确。
　　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
　　答案:C
　　本题考查的是考生的总结能力及对文章具体细节的把握。段开头“We use both words and gestures to express our feelings．”因此选C。文章并没有对词语和手势或姿态进行比较，所以A，B，D都不对。
　　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
　　答案:B
　　本题主要考查的是考生对文章主旨的把握。由文章结构分析可看出，文章主要谈到的是人们在理解肢体语言以及表情所表达的感受方面的异词，words在行就于gesture一起被提到了，而culture不是主要内容。

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