People often use gestures to express our feelings, but the problem is that the 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.  Fear is another emotion(情感) 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!” “Stretching out your tongue” in English is an insulting(侮辱的, 無禮的)gesture or expresses strong dislike.
Even in the same culture, people differ in their 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 understand body language than younger people do.
小題1:Which of the following is TRUE according to the text? 
A．We can easily understand what people’s gestures mean.
B．It is difficult to tell what people’s gestures really mean sometimes.
C．Gestures can be understood by most people but words are not.
D．Words can be better understood by older people.
小題2:People’s facial expressions may be misunderstood in different cultures because ______ .
A．people from different cultures have different meanings about some facial expressions
B．people speaking different languages have different facial expressions
C．people of different ages may have different interpretations (解釋)
D．people of different sexes may understand a gesture differently
小題3:From the passage,  we can conclude(得出結(jié)論) that ______ .
A．words are often more difficult to understand than gestures
B．gestures can be more effectively used than words to express feelings
C．gestures can be used to express feelings
D．gestures are used as frequently as words to express feelings
小題4:The best title for this passage can be ______ .
A．GesturesB．Feelings
C．Culture and Understanding D．Gestures and Feelings

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:D

試題分析：文章討論的是在不同的文化中相同的姿勢與所表達的情感可能會有不同，在3,4兩段與具體的例子來說明。
小題1:B 推理題。根據(jù)文章第3,4段說明同一的姿勢也許在不同的地方會有不同的意思，有時候我們會很難理解其真正的含義，故B正確。
小題2:A 推理題。根據(jù)文章第三段給出的幾個例子可知在不同的文化中對于同樣的表情會有不同的理解，故A正確。
小題3:C 歸納總結(jié)題。根據(jù)文章三四段給出的例子可知我們的姿勢經(jīng)常被用來表達我們的情感，故C正確。
小題4:D 主旨大意題。文章討論的是在不同的文化中相同的姿勢與所表達的情感可能會有不同，在3,4兩段與具體的例子來說明。故D正確。
點評： 本文對細節(jié)和推理能力要求很高，要求考生閱讀時抓住文章的中心和細節(jié)。
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