题目内容
We all know that language can sometimes get lost in translation. But do you know that some facial 1. may also be2. in cross-cultural situations?
According to a study by Glasgow University, Europeans look3. a person's whole face 4. people from East Asia focus 5.on the eyes. Researchers recorded the eye movements of 13 Westerners and 13 Easterners as they observed pictures of expressive faces. They were asked to6.the pictures into the following categories: happy, sad, surprised, fearful, disgusted, angry, or neutral.
The team found East Asians focus much more attention on the eyes and also make a 7.number of mistakes. Different from Europeans, they8. to have a more difficult time 9. the difference between a face that looks fearful as opposed to surprised, and disgusted as opposed to angry.
"Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth10. , whereas Easterners11.the eyes and neglect the mouth," said researcher Rachael Jack. "This means that Easterners have12. in telling apart facial expressions that look similar around the eye region."
Jack said that the differences in eye movement reflected a cultural13.in the way people use their faces to express themselves. Easterners use the eyes more and the mouth 14. .
The difference in the use of text message "emoticons" (表情符号) 15. the idea. Easterners use the eyes to16. emotion, for example "^-^" for happy and "┬_┬" for sad. Westerners, 17., use the mouth, for example ":-)" for happy and ":-(" for sad.
The researchers said their results showed communication between people is much more18. than previously thought. When it 19. communicating emotions across cultures, Easterners and Westerners can find themselves20. in translation.
21. A. expressions B. appearances C. features D. differences
22. A. interesting B. confusing C. outstanding D. surprising
23. A. across B. for C. on D. into
24.A. when B. as C. while D. if
25.A. really B. mainly C. slightly D. nearly
26. A. make B. turn C. get D. put
27. A. small B. big C. fewer D. larger
28.A. need B. attempt C. tend D. intend
29. A. saying B. telling C. knowing D. judging
30.A. in a different way B. in equal measure C. in turns D. alternatively
31. A. favor B. approve C. find D. focus
32. A. difficulty B. ability C. possibility D. certainty
33. A. interest B. gap C. similarity D. concern
34. A. little B. least C. less D. more
35. A. supports B. opposes C. rejects D. counts
36. A. make B. create C. convey D. prove
37. A. therefore B. however C. although D. moreover
38. A. separated B. related C. expected D. complicated
39. A. comes to B. talks about C. turns to D. gets to
40. A. puzzling B. lost C. exciting D. upset
1.A
2.B
3.A
4.C
5.B
6.D
7.D
8.C
9.B
10.B
11.A
12.A
13.B
14.C
15.A
16.C
17.B
18.D
19.A
20.B
【解析】略
As we all know, language is always changing. In a society where life continues year after year with few changes, the language does not change either. The earliest known languages had difficult grammar but a small, limited vocabulary. Over the century, the grammar changed, and the vocabulary grew. For example, the English and Spanish people who came to America during the sixteenth century gave names to all the new plants and animals they found. In this way, hundreds of new words were introduced into English and Spanish vocabularies. Today life is changing very fast, and language is changing fast too.
There are several major(主要) language families in the world. Some scientists say there are nine main families, but other scientists divide them differently. The languages in each family are connected, and scientists think that they came from the same parent language. About 3 percent of the people in the world speak languages that are not in these major families.
1.The early language had ________.
A.a lot of problems |
B.words and easy grammar |
C.words but no grammar |
D.grammar but not many words |
2.In the next few hundred years we can expect language to _____.
A.stay exactly the same |
B.change a great deal |
C.change only a little |
D.ask more words and drop some grammar |
3.What this article shows is that _____.
A.languages change fast |
B.languages really don't want to change |
C.language really with changes in society |
D.Spanish and English change |