B

  We use both words and gestures to express our feelings,but the problem is that these words and gestures can be understood in different ways.It is true that a smile means the same things in any language.So does laughter or crying.

   Fear is another emotion that is shown in much the same way all over the world.In Chinese and in English literature.a phrase like“he went pale and began to tremble” suggests that the man is either very afraid or he has just got a very big shock.However,”“he opens his eyes wide” is used to suggest anger in Chinese while in English it means surprise.In Chinese“surprise”can be described in a phrase like“they stretched out their tongues”.But in English it is an insulting

gesture or expresses strong dislike.

   Even in the same culture,people differ in ability to understand and express feelings.Experiments in America have shown that women are usually better than men at recognizing fear,anger,love and happiness on people’s faces.Other studies show that older people usually find it easier to recognize or understand body language than younger people do.

38.According to the passage,           .

     A.we can hardly understand what people’s gestures mean

     B.we can not often be sure what people mean when they describe their feelings

   in words or gestures

     C.words can be better understood by older people

     D.gestures can be understood by most of the people While words can not

39.In the same culture,        .

     A.people have different ability to understand and express feelings

     B.people have the same understanding of something

     C.people never fail to understand each other  

     D.people are equally intelligent

40.From this passage,we can conclude        

   A.words are used as frequently as gestures

   B.words are often found difficult to understand

   C.words and gestures are both used in expressing feelings

   D.gestures are more efficiently used than words

41.The best title fur this passage may be        .

   A.Words and Feelings  B. Words,Gestures and Feelings

   C.Gestures and Feelings D.Culture and Understanding

A

  When friends come to visit us in the evening,they,spend their time telling us they are in a hurry and looking at their watches.It isn’t that our friends are all very busy; it is just that we haven’t got a television.People think that we are very strange.“But what do you do in the evening?”they are always asking. The anser is very simple.Both my wife and I have hobbies.We certainly don’t spend our evenings staring at the walls.My wife enjoys cooking and,painting and

often attends evening classes in foreign languages.This is very useful as we often go abroad for our holidays.I collect stamps and I’m always busy with my collection. Both of us enjoy listening to the music and playing chess together.

   Sometimes there are power cuts and we have no electricity in the house.This does not worry us.We just light candles and carry on with what we were doing before.Our friends,however,are lost-no television! So they don’t know what to do.On such evenings our house is very full:they all come to us.They all have a good time.Instead of sitting in silence in front of the television,everybody talks and plays games.

36.The couple have not got a television because      .

A.they are not rich enough

    B.they are strange people

    C.they enjoy spending evenings in their own ways

    D.they don’t know what to do when there are power cuts

37.The best title for this passage is      .

A .Why Do We Need a Television? 

B.Candle! But No Electricity!

C.Different Friends,Different Hobbies.  

D.We Go Without Television

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