Question

【题目】 Why do you feel encouraged when your teacher gives you a smile? How do you know your mother is angry when she frowns? In both cases, the person is telling us something not with words, but with facial expressions.

Facial expressions are one or more movements on a person’s face, such as frowning, raising one’s eyebrows, and nose and lip movements. They express people’s feelings.

Scientists at Oxford University have shown that humans have 80 muscles on their faces. These muscles can create more than 7,000 facial expressions. However, there are five main kinds of facial expressions that are common in all cultures: happiness, sadness, surprise, fear and anger. Facial expressions are very important to communication. One study at UCLA, in the US, showed that in most conversations, over 93 percent of the communicating is done without speaking.

If people can read facial expressions, they may be better at knowing what other people are feeling, so they can understand them better. Someone who does not enjoy a certain type of food usually will make a face when they see or taste it. A frown means worry or anger. Raised eyebrows and open eyes show surprise.

However, there are some taboos for reading people’s facial expressions. For example, it is not a good idea to stare at someone for a long time while you are reading his or her facial expressions. They may think you are rude.

【1】Which of the following is TRUE according to the story?

A.No facial expressions are the same in different cultures.

B.Our face muscles can create 80 facial expressions.

C.Reading facial expressions can help people understand each other.

D.You can stare at someone while reading his or her facial expressions.

【2】When someone feels surprised, he or she may________.

A.make a faceB.frown

C.give you a smileD.raise the eyebrows and open the eyes

【3】The story is mainly about________.

A.types of facial expressionsB.how facial expressions are created

C.an introduction to facial expressionsD.different meanings of facial expressions

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】C

【解析】

本文讲述了面部表情表达了人们的感情，在日常交流中很重要，以及交流中需要注意的问题。

【1】推理判断题。根据第三段“However, there are five main kinds of facial expressions that are common in all cultures: happiness, sadness, surprise, fear and anger. 然而，有五种主要的面部表情在所有的文化中都很普遍: 快乐，悲伤，惊讶，恐惧和愤怒。”，可知选项A是错误的；根据第三段“These muscles can create more than 7,000 facial expressions. 这些肌肉可以产生7000多种面部表情。”，可知选项B是错误的；根据倒数第二段“If people can read facial expressions, they may be better at knowing what other people are feeling, so they can understand them better. 如果人们能读懂面部表情，他们可能更能了解别人的感受，这样他们就能更好地理解别人的感受。”，可知选项C是正确的；根据最后一段“it is not a good idea to stare at someone for a long time while you are reading his or her facial expressions. 当你读一个人的面部表情时，盯着他看很长时间是不明智的。”，可知选项D是错误的。故选C。

【2】细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“Raised eyebrows and open eyes show surprise.”可知，扬起眉毛和睁开眼睛表示惊讶，故选D。

【3】主旨大意题。文章主要介绍了面部表情的用途以及面部表情的含义，可知本文主要是总体上介绍面部表情，而不是介绍面部表情的种类，故选C。