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广东省广州东莞五校09-10学年高一下学期期末联考(英语) The eyes are one of the most
expressive instruments of body language. Keith，sev
enteen，from Montclair New Jersey，learned the hard way about one 21 the eyes can make .“I had a teacher who graded heavily on classroom
discussion,” Keith says. “He seemed to have a strong ability to know just when
I didn’t have the 22 . I couldn’t
figure out how he could be so ___23 . Then it
dawned on(为……所明白)me. 24 I didn’t know the answer，I would avoid looking at him. When I did know what to say，I always glanced(扫视)straight back at him. From that moment on，I 25 myself to
look at him in the eye, 26 I knew the
work or not. That trick has saved me a lot of trouble.”
Many people，including some policemen，believe eye contact is a good 27 of honesty.
If someone c
an’t
look at you directly in the eye，then he or she is not playing 28 , they
insist. After many experiments, 29 , a number of
experts have found out that good liars can make false eye contact.
Eye contact，though not a(n) 30 sign of honesty，is a clear way to show interest in
another person. When a person looks at you and 31 to do so，you know his 32 is placed on you. When he turns his head away，his mind is probably 33 . But there are exceptions. A __34 person may
have trouble making and keeping eye contact，no matter how interested he is in the other person. And certain
nationalities,such as the British and Germans，are much 35__ oriented(适应)to eyeball to eyeball contact than，say，the French
and Arabs.
