A new research has uncovered that culture is a determining factor when interpreting facial emotions (情感).The study reveals that in cultures where emotional control is the standard, such as Japan, focus is placed on the eyes to interpret emotions.Whereas in cultures where emotion is  openly expressed, such as the United States, the focus is on the mouth to interpret emotion.

       "These findings go against the popular theory that the facial expressions of basic emotions can be universally recognized," said University of Alberta researcher Dr.Takahiko Masuda."A person's culture plays a very strong role in determining how they will read emotions and needs to be considered when interpreting facial expression."

       These cultural differences are even noticeable in computer emoticons (情感符号), which are used to convey a writer's emotions over email and text messaging.The Japanese emoticons for happiness and sadness vary in terms of how the eyes are drawn, while American emoticons vary with the direction of the mouth.In the United States the emoticons :)and :-) show a happy face, whereas the emoticons : ( or: -( show a sad face.However, Japanese tend to use the symbol

(' ')to indicate a happy face, and (;_;) to indicate a sad face.

       "We think it is quite interesting and appropriate that a culture tends to mask its emotions.The Japanese would focus on a person's eyes when determining emotion, as eyes tend to be quite subtle (微妙的)," said Masuda."In the United States, where open emotion is quite common, it makes sense to focus on the mouth, which is the most expressive feature on a person's face."

1.The text mainly tells us that __________.

       A.cultural differences are expressed in emotions

       B.culture is the key to interpreting facial emotions

       C.different emoticons are preferred in different cultures

       D.people from different cultures express emotions differently

2.Which emoticon is used by Americans to show a happy face?

       A.(;_;)               B.:-)                  C.:-(                  D.:(

3.If a Japanese wants to detect whether a smile is true or false, he will probably_______.

       A.read the whole face                              B.focus on the mouth

       C.look into the eyes                                 D.judge by the voice

4.People used to believe that _______.

       A.some facial expressions of emotions were too complex to be recognized

       B.people in the world interpreted basic emotions in different ways

       C.people could only recognize the facial expressions of basic emotions

       D.people all over the world understood basic emotions in the same way

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       此行多一个词:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉,在该行右边横线上写出该词,并也用斜线划掉。

       此行缺一个词:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

       此行错一个词:在错的词下画一横线,在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

       注意:原行没有错误的不要改。

Dear Mr. & Mrs. Smith,

       I’m so glad to tell you something about Mary, your lovely daughter, who’s

studying there in China.She is a clever girl with good manners.She   1.   

is always ready to help others, specially those poor in English and       2.   

therefore gets along well with her teachers and classmates.She          3.   

has special interest in Chinese and has learned it so well that              4.   

she can communicate with us in Chinese all in and outside class.        5.   

Mary is also good at maths and often helps the teacher collecting          6.   

and hand out the exercise books.She enjoys doing experiment in         7.   

chemistry labs, but sometimes she was not careful enough.She is one 8.   

of the best students in physics, as well as.All the teachers like her      9.   

and all her classmates would like to invite her to home if she likes      10.   

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