Question

【題目】 Why do you feel encouraged when your teacher gives you a smile? How do you know your mother is angry when she frowns? In both cases, the person is telling us something not with words, but with facial expressions.

Facial expressions are one or more movements on a person’s face, such as frowning, raising one’s eyebrows, and nose and lip movements. They express people’s feelings.

Scientists at Oxford University have shown that humans have 80 muscles on their faces. These muscles can create more than 7,000 facial expressions. However, there are five main kinds of facial expressions that are common in all cultures: happiness, sadness, surprise, fear and anger. Facial expressions are very important to communication. One study at UCLA, in the US, showed that in most conversations, over 93 percent of the communicating is done without speaking.

If people can read facial expressions, they may be better at knowing what other people are feeling, so they can understand them better. Someone who does not enjoy a certain type of food usually will make a face when they see or taste it. A frown means worry or anger. Raised eyebrows and open eyes show surprise.

However, there are some taboos for reading people’s facial expressions. For example, it is not a good idea to stare at someone for a long time while you are reading his or her facial expressions. They may think you are rude.

【1】Which of the following is TRUE according to the story?

A.No facial expressions are the same in different cultures.

B.Our face muscles can create 80 facial expressions.

C.Reading facial expressions can help people understand each other.

D.You can stare at someone while reading his or her facial expressions.

【2】When someone feels surprised, he or she may________.

A.make a faceB.frown

C.give you a smileD.raise the eyebrows and open the eyes

【3】The story is mainly about________.

A.types of facial expressionsB.how facial expressions are created

C.an introduction to facial expressionsD.different meanings of facial expressions

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】C

【解析】

本文講述了面部表情表達(dá)了人們的感情，在日常交流中很重要，以及交流中需要注意的問題。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段“However, there are five main kinds of facial expressions that are common in all cultures: happiness, sadness, surprise, fear and anger. 然而，有五種主要的面部表情在所有的文化中都很普遍: 快樂，悲傷，驚訝，恐懼和憤怒。”，可知選項(xiàng)A是錯(cuò)誤的；根據(jù)第三段“These muscles can create more than 7,000 facial expressions. 這些肌肉可以產(chǎn)生7000多種面部表情�！�，可知選項(xiàng)B是錯(cuò)誤的；根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段“If people can read facial expressions, they may be better at knowing what other people are feeling, so they can understand them better. 如果人們能讀懂面部表情，他們可能更能了解別人的感受，這樣他們就能更好地理解別人的感受�！�，可知選項(xiàng)C是正確的；根據(jù)最后一段“it is not a good idea to stare at someone for a long time while you are reading his or her facial expressions. 當(dāng)你讀一個(gè)人的面部表情時(shí)，盯著他看很長時(shí)間是不明智的�！保�可知選項(xiàng)D是錯(cuò)誤的。故選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段“Raised eyebrows and open eyes show surprise.”可知，揚(yáng)起眉毛和睜開眼睛表示驚訝，故選D。

【3】主旨大意題。文章主要介紹了面部表情的用途以及面部表情的含義，可知本文主要是總體上介紹面部表情，而不是介紹面部表情的種類，故選C。