Much meaning can be carried clearly, with our eyes, so it is often ______ that eyes can speak.

Do you have such kind of ______? In a bus you may look at a stranger, but not too long. And if he ______ that he is being looked at, he may feel uncomfortable. The same in our daily life. If you are looked at for more than necessary, you will look at yourself up and down, to see if there is ______ wrong with you. If nothing goes wrong, you will feel ______ toward the person who is looking at you that way. Eyes do speak, right?

Looking too long at someone may seem to be impolite. But sometimes things are different. If a man looks at a woman for more than 10 seconds, it may means that he wishes to attract(吸引) her attention, to make her understand that he ______ her. When two people are in a conversation, the speaker will only look at the listener from time to time, ______ make sure that the listener does pay attention ______ what he or she is speaking. Lovers will enjoy looking at each other or being looked at for a long time, to show something that ______ cannot express.

Clearly, eye contact should be done according to the relationship between two people and the place ______ you stay.

1.A. spoke B. said C. told D. talked

2.A. experience B. eyes C. mind D. news

3.A. found B. knew C. finds D. saw

4.A. anything B. something C. everything D. nothing

5.A. happy B. angry C. sad D. thankful

6.A. loves B. hates C. thanks D. looks at

7.A. in order that B. so that C. in order to D. for

8.A. for B. of C. with D. to

9.A. eyes B. words C. minds D. body

10.A. which B. that C. where D. there

When my family moved to America from in 2016 from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States. I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive(敏感)Americans are and how they dislike the description "old". I then apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry.

In China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect old people because they know they can learn from their rich experience. However, in the United States, people think "growing old" is a problem since "old" shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young.

After that, I changed the way I had been with old people. It is not that I don't respect them anymore; I still respect them, but now I don't show my feelings through words.

1.Jack brought the couple their food very fast because _______.

A. the manager asked him to do so B. he respected the elderly

C. the couple wanted him to do so D. he wanted more pay

2.When Jack called the couple “elderly”, they became _______.

A. nervous B. satisfied C. unhappy D. excited

3.In Jack’s hometown, _______.

A. people dislike being called “old”

B. people are proud of being old

C. many people reach the age of seventy or eighty

D. the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The more Jack explained, the angrier the couple got.

B. Jack wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience.

C. The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple.

D. From this experience, Jack learned more about American culture.

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