After a quick ________ at the newspaper, the woman went for the meeting.

A. stare　　　B. glance　　　C. notice　　　D. sight

Facial expressions carry meaning that depends on situation and relationships . For instance , in Americanculture the smile is typically an expression of 　 1　 . Yet it has other functions . A smile may 2 love , politeness , or 　 3 every true feeling . It is also a source of confusion across 　4　 . For example ,many people in Russia 　5　 smiling at strangers in public just to be unsure or even suspicious . Yet many Americans 　6　 freely at strangers in public places .

Some Russians believe that Americans smile in the wrong 　7 ; some Americans believes that Russians don’t smile 　8　 . In Southeast Asian cultures , a smile is 　9 used to cover emotional or mental difficulty , discomfort or anxiety .

Our 　10 make our emotions and attitude known , but we 　11　 not try to “read” people from another culture 　12 we could “read” someone from our own culture . The 　 13 　of facial expressiveness one shows changes among persons and cultures . The 　14 that member of one culture do not 　15　 their emotions as openly as members of 　16　 do does not mean that they do not experience emotions . Rather their cultures 　17 them expressing their emotions and attitudes freely.

If we 　18 people whose ways of showing emotions are not the same according to our own cultural 　19　 , we may make the mistakes of “reading” the other persons 　 20　 .

1. A. satisfaction　　 B. excitement　　　 C. surprise　　　 D. pleasure

2. A. sound　　　　 B. show　　　　　 C. tell　　　　　 D. seem

3. A. include　　　 B. explain　　　　　 C. cover　　　　 D. suggest

4. A. cultures　　　 B. oceans　　　　　 C. nations　　　 D. countries

5. A. enjoy　　　　 B. keep　　　　　　 C. consider　　　 D. continue

6. A. stare　　　　 B. smile　　　　　 　 C. look　　　　 D. about

7. A. time　　　　 B. place　　　　　　 C. way　　　　 D. manner

8. A. enough　　　 B. exactly　　　　 C. openly　　　　 D. well

9. A. completely　　 B. never　　　　　 C. frequently　　 D. always

10.A.hands　　　 B. faces　　　　　　 C. bodies　　　　 D. eyes

11.A.need　　　　 B. should　　　　　 C. could　　　　 D. would

12.A.as　　　　　 B. since　　　　　　 C. though　　　 D. unless

13.A.point　　　 B. reason　　　　　 C. balance　　　 D. degree

14.A.fact 　　　　B. news　　　　　　 C. demand　　　　 D. order

15.A.find　　　　 B. form　　　　　 C. control　　　　 D. express

16.A.another　　　 B. the other　　　 C. others　　　　 D. the others

17.A.keep　　　　 B. feel　　　　　　 C. make　　　　 D. prevent

18.A.observe　　　 B. think　　　　　 C. watch　　　　 D. judge

19.A.ways　　　　 B. life　　　　　　 C. manners　　　 D. patterns

20.A.incorrectly　 B. properly　　　　 C. directly　　　 D. correctly

Since there's little time left, Mother took a ___________ at the title of my composition（作文）.

A. stare　　　　　 　 B. glance　　 　　　C. look　　 　　　　 D. glare

完形填空，阅读下面短文，从所给各题的四个选项中，选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

As Christmas is coming, there are presents to be sent, and rooms to be cleaned. Parents are 1 with difficult jobs of hiding presents from 2 young children. If the gifts are large, this is sometimes a real 3 . On Christmas Eve, young children find the 4 almost unbearable. They are torn between the wish to 5 up late so that they Mil not miss the fun. The wish for gifts usually proves stronger. But though children go to bed early, they often lie 6 in bed for a long time, hoping to get a short 7 at Father Christmas.

　　Last Christmas, my wife and I 8 managed to hide a few large presents in the store room I 9 the moment when my son, Jimmy, would ask me where the new bike had come from, but 10 he did not see it.

　　On Christmas Eve, it took the children hours to go to deep. It must have been nearly 11 when my wife and I went quietly into their room and began 12 stockings. Then I 13 in the bike for Jimmy and left it beside the Christmas tree. We know we would not get much 14 that night, for the children were sure to get up early. At about five o'clock the next morning, we were 15 by loud sounds coming from the children's room--they shouted excitedly! 16 I had time to get out of bed, Jimmy came 17 into our bedroom on his new bike and his sister, Mary, 18 close behind, pushing her new baby carriage. Even the baby arrived, he moved on the 19 and knees into the room dragging a large balloon behind him. Suddenly it burst. That woke us up 20 . The day had really begun with a bang.