Perhaps the most famous theory, the study of body movement, was suggested by Professor Ray Birdwhistell. He believes that physical appearance is often culturally programmed. In other words, we learn our looks ---- we are not born with them. A baby has generally informed face features. A baby, according to Birdwhistell, learns where to set the eyebrows by looking at those around-family and friends. This helps explain why the people of some areas of the United States look so much alike, new Englanders or Southerners have certain common face features that cannot be explained by genetics(遺傳學(xué)). The exact shape of the mouth is not set at birth, it is learned after. In fact, the final mouth shape is not formed until well after new teeth are set. For many, this can be well into grown-ups. A husband and wife together for a long time often come to look alike. We learn our looks from those around us. This is perhaps why in a single country area people smile more than those in other areas. In the United States, for example, the South is the part of the country where the people smile most frequently. In New England they smile less, and in the western part of New York State still less. Many southerners find cities such as New York cold and unfriendly, partly because people on Madison Avenue smile less than people on Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Georgia. People in largely populated areas also smile and greet each other in public less than people in small towns do.
【小題1】Ray Birdwhistell believes that physical appearance ____.

A．has little to do with culture
B．has much to do with culture
C．is ever changing
D．is different from place to place
【小題2】According to the passage, the final mouth shape is formed ____.
A．before birth
B．a(chǎn)s soon as one’s teeth are newly set
C．sometime after new teeth are set
D．a(chǎn)round 15 years old
【小題3】Ray Birdwhistell can tell what area of the United States a person is from by ____.
A．how much he or she laughs
B．how he or she raises his or her eyebrows
C．what he or she likes best
D．the way he or she talks


【小題1】B
【小題2】C
【小題3】A

解析試題分析：本文介紹了人的面目不是生來(lái)注定，而是后天習(xí)得的理論。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第2句physical appearance is often culturally programmed可推知Ray Birdwhistell認(rèn)為人的外貌和文化有關(guān)，此題答案為B。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章中間的句子the final mouth shape is not formed until well after new teeth are set可推知最后的嘴的形成是新的牙長(zhǎng)出后，此題答案為 C。
【小題3】推斷題。根據(jù)文章末尾部分This is perhaps why in a single country area people smile more than those in other areas.對(duì)各個(gè)地方人笑的多少的歸納可推知此題答案為A。
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