Question

Perhaps the most astonishing theory to come out of kinetics, 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 unformed facial 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 regions of the United States look so much alike. New Englanders or Southerners have certain common facial characteristics that cannot be explained by genetics (遗传学) “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 permanent (永久的) teeth are set. For many, this can be well into adolescence (青春期). A husband and wife together for a long time often come to look somewhat alike. We learn our looks from those around us. This is perhaps why in a single country there are areas where 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 Peach Tree Street in Atlanta, Georgia．People in densely (稠密地) populated urban areas also tend to smile and greet each other in public less than people in rural areas and small towns.

Ray Birdwhistell believes that physical appearance ______.

       A．has little to do with culture     B．can be influenced by culture

       C．is decided by culture       D．varies from place to place

Ray Birdwhistell can tell what region 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

People who live _____ are more friendly according to the passage.

       A．in densely populated areas      B．in the country

       C．in New York City           D．in the North

This passage might have been taken out of a book dealing with ______.

       A．physics     B．health       C．chemistry  D．none of the above

Answer 1

【小题1】B

【小题2】A

【小题3】B

【小题4】D

解析:

【小题1】 细节题。根据He believes that physical appearance is often culturally programmed.可知人的外表经常受文化的影响。

【小题2】推断题。根据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.通过美国人笑的频率，我们可以了解他/她来自什么地方。

【小题3】 细节题。根据People in densely populated urban areas also tend to smile and greet each other in public less than people in rural areas and small towns.可知答案。

【小题4】推断题。文章首句有kinetics, the study of body movement,，可见此文是关于身体运动学的内容的，与A、B、C无关。故选D。