Paul couldn’t sleep last night. He woke up early and sat up, and then he lay down again. He felt terrible. “I must be sick,” he thought. “but I must study for that test.”

He got up and looked for his history notebook. He finally found it under a pile of clothes on a chair. He went over his history notes, but he couldn’t remember any of the facts in the notes. “What shall I do?” he thought. He felt terrible.

    Just then Paul’s telephone rang. He put down his notebook and picked up the telephone.

    “Good morning,” Jack’s voice said, “You must be wrong about that test.”

    “What do you mean?” Paul asked weakly.

    “We’re not going to have the test today.” Jack said. “I wrote down the date in my notebook. The test will be next Wednesday; it isn’t today. How do you feel this morning?”

    “Fine,” said Paul. “Just fine!” Suddenly he really felt fine.

1.Paul felt uneasy because he

A. was seriously ill.                   B. was too tired.    

C. was worried about the coming test.     D. couldn’t find his history notebook.

2.It seemed that Paul __________

A. was good at history.                 B. liked to study history.

C. lost interest in history.               D. was ready for the history test.

3.What made Paul feel fine at once?

A. The telephone call

B. the coming test.

C. Jack’s notebook

D. The fact that the test was not to be given that day.

4.“How do you feel this morning?” From this question we can see Jack________

A. knew Paul.                         B. knew Paul very well.

C. wanted to help Paul with his history.     D. would lend Paul his notebook..

We all know that language can sometimes get lost in translation. But do you know that some facial【小题1】may also be【小题2】in cross-cultural situations?
According to a study by Glasgow University, Europeans look【小题3】 a person's whole face 【小题4】people from East Asia focus 【小题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 to【小题6】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  【小题7】number of mistakes. Different from Europeans, they【小题8】 to have a more difficult time  【小题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 mouth【小题10】, whereas Easterners【小题11】the eyes and neglect the mouth," said researcher Rachael Jack. "This means that Easterners have【小题12】 in telling apart facial expressions that look similar around the eye region."
Jack said that the differences in eye movement reflected a cultural【小题13】in the way people use their faces to express themselves. Easterners use the eyes more and the mouth 【小题14】 .
The difference in the use of text message "emoticons" (表情符号)【小题15】 the idea. Easterners use the eyes to【小题16】 emotion, for example "^-^" for happy and "┬_┬" for sad. Westerners,【小题17】, use the mouth, for example ":-)" for happy and ":-(" for sad.
The researchers said their results showed communication between people is much more【小题18】 than previously thought. When it 【小题19】 communicating emotions across cultures, Easterners and Westerners can find themselves【小题20】 in translation.
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A．when B．as C．while D．if

People from East Asia tend to have more difficulty than those from Europe in distinguishing facial expressions--and a new report published online in Current Biology explains why.

      Rachael Jack, University of Glasgow researcher, said that rather than scanning evenly(均匀的) across a face as Westerners do, Easterners fix their attention on the eyes.

      "We show that Easterners and Westerners look at different face features to read facial expressions," Jack said. "Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure, whereas Easterners favor the eyes and neglect (忽略) the mouth."

      According to Jack and her colleagues, the discovery shows that human communication of emotion is more complex than previously believed. As a result, facial expressions that had been considered universally recognizable cannot be used to reliably convey emotion in cross-cultural situations.

      The researchers studied cultural differences in the recognition of facial expressions by recording the eye movements of 13 Western Caucasian and 13 East Asian people while they observed pictures of. expressive faces and put them into categories: happy, sad, surprised, fearful, disgusted, angry, or neutral. They compared how accurately participants read those facial expressions using their particular eye movement strategies.

      It turned out that Easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made significantly more errors than did Westerners. "The cultural difference in eye movements that they show is probably a reflection of cultural difference in facial expressions," Jack said. "Our data suggest that whereas Westerners use the whole face to convey emotion, Easterners use the eyes more and mouth less."

    In short, the data show that facial expressions are not universal signals of human emotion. From here on, examining how cultural factors have diversified these basic social skills will help our understanding of human emotion. Otherwise, when it comes to communicating emotions across cultures, Easterners and Westerners will find themselves lost in translation.

1.The discovery shows that Westerners __

A. pay equal attention to the eyes and the mouth

B. consider facial expressions universally reliable

C. observe the eyes and the mouth in different ways

D. have more difficulty in recognizing facial expressions

2.What were the people asked to do in the study?

A. To make a face at each other.

B. To get their faces impressive.

C. To classify some face pictures.

D. To observe the researchers' faces.

3.What does the underlined word "they" in Paragraph 6 refer to?

A. The participants in the study.

B. The researchers of the study.

C. The errors made during the study

D. The data collected from the study.

4.In comparison with Westerners, Easterners are likely to __

A. do translation more successfully

B. study the mouth more frequently

C. examine the eyes more attentively

D. read facial expressions more correctly

5.What can be the best title for the passage?

A. The Eye as the Window to the Soul

B. Cultural Differences in Reading Emotions

C. Effective Methods to Develop Social Skills

D. How to Increase Cross-cultural Understanding

People from East Asia tend to have more difficulty than those from Europe in distinguishing facial expressions — and a new report published online in Current Biology explains why.

Rachael Jack, University of Glasgow researcher, said that rather than scan evenly(均匀的) across a face as Westerners do, Easterners fix their attention on the eyes.

"We show that Easterners and Westerners look at different face features to read facial expressions," Jack said. "Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure, whereas Easterners favor the eyes and neglect (忽略) the mouth."

According to Jack and her colleagues, the discovery shows that human communication of emotion is more complex than previously believed. As a result, facial expressions that had been considered universally recognizable cannot be used to reliably convey emotion in cross-cultural situations.

The researchers studied cultural differences in the recognition of facial expressions by recording the eye movements of 13 Western Caucasian and 13 East Asian people while they observed pictures of expressive faces and put them into categories: happy, sad, surprised, fearful, disgusted, angry, or neutral. They compared how accurately participants read those facial expressions using their particular eye movement strategies.

It turned out that Easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made significantly more errors than did Westerners. "The cultural difference in eye movements that they show is probably a reflection of cultural difference in facial expressions," Jack said. "Our data suggests that whereas Westerners use the whole face to convey emotion, Easterners use the eyes more and mouth less."

In short, the data show that facial expressions are not universal signals of human emotion. From here on, examining how cultural factors have diversified these basic social skills will help our understanding of human emotion. Otherwise, when it comes to communicating emotions across cultures, Easterners and Westerners will find themselves lost in translation.

1.What were the people asked to do in the study?

A．To make a face at each other.

B．To get their faces impressive.

C．To classify (分类) some face pictures.

D．To observe the researchers' faces

2.What does the underlined word "they" in Paragraph 6 refer to?

A．The participants in the study.               B．The researchers of the study.

C．The errors made during the study.           D．The data collected from the study.

3.In comparison(比较) with Westerners, Easterners are likely to         .

A．do translation more successfully

B．study the mouth more frequently

C．examine the eyes more attentively

D．read facial expressions more correctly

4.What can be the best title for the passage?

A．The Eye as the Window to the Soul

B．Cultural Differences in Reading Emotions

C．Effective Methods to Develop Social Skills

D．How to Increase Cross-cultural Understanding

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Paul could not sleep late last night. He woke up 1 got up, then he 2 down again. He felt terrible. “I must be sick,”he thought, “ 3 I must study 4 the test.”

He got up and looked 5 his history notebook. He finally found it under 6 clothes on his chair. He 7 his notes. “What 8 I do?”he thought.

9 , Paul's telephone rang. So he put down his notebook and 10 the telephone.

“Good morning,”Jack's 11 said, “you must be wrong about the test.”

“What do you mean?”Paul asked weakly.

“We are not 12 to have a test today,”Jack said. “I wrote down the 13 in my notebook. The test will be next Wednesday; it isn't today. 14 do you feel this morning?”

“Fine,”said Paul. “Just fine!”Suddenly he 15 felt fine.

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