题目内容
Whether the eyes are “the windows of the soul” is debatable;that they are intensely important in interpersonal communication is a fact.During the first two months of a baby’s life,the stimulus (刺激物) that produces a smile is a pair of eyes.The eyes need not be real:a mask with two dots will produce a smile.Significantly,a real human face with eyes covered will not motivate a smile,nor will the sight of only one eye when the face is presented in profile (侧面).This attraction to eyes as opposed to the nose or mouth continues as the baby matures.In one study,when American four―year―olds were asked to draw people,75 percent of them drew people with mouths,but 99 percent of them drew people with eyes. In Japan.however,where babies are carried on their mother’s back,they do not acquire as much attachment to eyes as they do in other cultures.As a result,Japanese adults make little use of the face either to encode (把…编码) or decode (理解) meaning.In fact,Argyle reveals that the “proper place to focus one’s gaze during a conversation in Japan is on the neck of one’s conversation partner.”
The role of eye contact in a conversational exchange between two Americans is well defined:speakers make contact with the eyes of their listener for about one second,then dance away as they talk;in a few moments they re-establish eye contact with the listener or reassure themselves that their audience is still attentive,then shift their gaze away once more.Listeners,meanwhile,keep their eyes on the face of the speaker,allowing themselves to glance away only briefly.It is important that they be looking at the speaker at the precise moment when the speaker reestablishes eye contact:if they are not looking,the speaker assumes that they are disinterested and either will pause until eye contact is resumed or will stop the conversation.Just how critical this eye contacting is to the maintenance (维持) of conversational flow becomes clear when two speakers are wearing dark glasses:there may be a sort of traffic jam of words caused by interruption,false starts,and unpredictable pauses.
68.The author is convinced that the eyes are______.
A.of extreme importance in expressing feelings and exchanging ideas
B.something through which one can see a person’s inner world
C.of considerable significance in making conversations interesting
D.something the value of which is largely a matter of long debate
69.Babies will NOT be stimulated to smile by a person________.
A.whose front view is fully perceived(感知)
B.whose face is covered with a mask
C.whose face is seen from the side
D.whose face is free of any covering
70.According to the passage,the Japanese fix their gaze on their conversation partner’s neck because ________.
A.they don’t like to keep their eyes on the face of the speaker
B.they need not communicate through eye contact
C.they don’t think it polite to have eye contact with him or her
D.they didn’t have much opportunity to communicate through eye contact in babyhood
71.According to the passage,a conversation between two Americans may break down due to ________.
A.one temporarily glancing away from the other
B.eye contact of more than one second
C.improperly-timed pause of eye contact
D.constant adjustment of eye contact
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I had this exchange with my 6-year-old last week.
Him: Mom, we have to start buying Danimals.
Me: Why?
Him: So, I can bring it to |school for lunch.It's yogurt .
Me: Why do you want it so badly?
Him: Because Danimals i|s giving away five fantastic Caribbean vacations.
I had to explain that there was little chance that he would win a vacation.It's a strategy used to encourage kids to beg for artificially-colored (人工着色的) yogurt that costs a lot.
Marketing follows my kids —and yours—wherever they go .It comes via TV commercials. Store displays and websites are also constantly selling at our kids .But the most powerful means in kids" lives is the presence of licensed characters on every product imaginable.
Children can begin their day in character clothing.There's even character -themed wall paint available.A breakfast in a character bowl can be followed by a character toothbrush and character toothpaste(牙膏), character soap and shampoo, and a character wash cloth and towel .Then, they can put on character clothing and character shoes.Check that, character clock on the wall: Is it time for characier-shaped fruit snacks yet?
Surround kids with enough of the characters and they'll come to believe they need them.Most of us, of course, don't buy all those items.But say no to four products out of five and your home can still get filled with these tiny items encouraging brand loyalty (品牌忠诚)
At this time of year, parents buy licensed school supplies.With so much marketing around us, it can be tough to stop the tide.
"One thing that helps parents'is that they can talk to other parents about, this kind of thing," Linn suggested ."If you decide you want to buck this, it helps to find other people who will do the same thing .That way, if your child says."Everyone's doing it," you can really have a sense of whether everyone is." |
【小题1】From the dialogue between the author and the son, we can infer that ____-
A.the son likes drinking yogurt a lot. |
B.buying Danimals may win a free tour |
C.the son's school encourages kids to eat yogurt |
D.Danimals in the most popular yogurt among kids. |
A.character bowls increase kids' appetite. |
B.character-themed wall paint is expensive |
C.household goods are becoming the target of advertisers. |
D.Linn considered character-themed products a foolish marketing strategy. |
A.support | B.resist | C.advertise | D.learn |
A.Marketing is affecting kids all the time. |
B.Most kids now don't have a happy childhood, |
C.Kids like buying licensed school supplies a lot. |
D.Licensed character produce are doing great harm to kids. |