阅读理解APeoplefromEastAsiatendtohavemoredifficultythanthosefromEuropeindistinguishingfacialexpressions—andanewreportpublishedonlineinCurrentBiologyexplainswhy.RachaelJack,UniversityofGlasgowresearcher,saidthatratherthanscanningevenly(均匀的)acrossafaceasWesternersdo,Easternersfixtheirattentionontheeyes."WeshowthatEasternersandWesternerslookatdifferentfacefeaturestoreadfacialexpressions,"Jacksaid."Westernerslookattheeyesandthemouthinequalmeasure,whereasEasternersfavortheeyesandneglect(忽略)themouth."AccordingtoJackandhercolleagues,thediscoveryshowsthathumancommunicationofemotionismorecomplexthanpreviouslybelieved.Asaresult,facialexpressionsthathadbeenconsidereduniversallyrecognizablecannotbeusedtoreliablyconveyemotionincross-culturalsituations.Theresearchersstudiedculturaldifferencesintherecognitionoffacialexpressionsbyrecordingtheeyemovementsof13WesternCaucasianand13EastAsianpeoplewhiletheyobservedpicturesof.expressivefacesandputthemintocategories:happy,sad,surprised,fearful,disgusted,angry,orneutral.Theycomparedhowaccuratelyparticipantsreadthosefacialexpressionsusingtheirparticulareyemovementstrategies.ItturnedoutthatEasternersfocusedmuchgreaterattentionontheeyesandmadesignificantlymoreerrorsthandidWesterners."Theculturaldifferenceineyemovementsthattheyshowisprobablyareflectionofculturaldifferenceinfacialexpressions,"Jacksaid."OurdatasuggestthatwhereasWesternersusethewholefacetoconveyemotion,Easternersusetheeyesmoreandmouthless."Inshort,thedatashowthatfacialexpressionsarenotuniversalsignalsofhumanemotion.Fromhereon,examininghowculturalfactorshavediversifiedthesebasicsocialskillswillhelpourunderstandingofhumanemotion.Otherwise,when6\nitcomestocommunicatingemotionsacrosscultures,EasternersandWesternerswillfindthemselveslostintranslation.()1.ThediscoveryshowsthatWesterners.A.payequalattentiontotheeyesandthemouthB.considerfacialexpressionsuniversallyreliableC.observetheeyesandthemouthindifferentwaysD.havemoredifficultyinrecognizingfacialexpressions()2.Whatwerethepeopleaskedtodointhestudy?A.Tomakeafaceateachother.B.Togettheirfacesimpressive.C.Toclassifysomefacepictures.D.Toobservetheresearchers'faces.()3.Whatdoestheunderlinedword"they"inParagraph6referto?A.Theparticipantsinthestudy.B.Theresearchersofthestudy.C.Theerrorsmadeduringthestudy.D.Thedatacollectedfromthestudy.()4.IncomparisonwithWesterners,Easternersarelikelyto.A.dotranslationmoresuccessfullyB.studythemouthmorefrequentlyC.examinetheeyesmoreattentivelyD.readfacialexpressionsmorecorrectly()5.Whatcanbethebesttitleforthepassage?A.TheEyeastheWindowtotheSoulB.CulturalDifferencesinReadingEmotionsC.EffectiveMethodstoDevelopSocialSkillsD.HowtoIncreaseCross-culturalUnderstanding【语篇解读】本文为科普说明文。主要介绍了最新的科学6\n研究发现：东方人比西方人更难于读懂他人的面部表情。66.答案：A考点：细节理解题解析：根据第三段“Westernerslookattheeyesandthemouthinequalmeasure,whereasEasternersfavortheeyesandneglect(忽略)themouth.”可以得出答案67.答案：C考点：细节理解题解析：根据第五段“…byrecordingtheeyemovementsof13WesternCaucasianand13EastAsianpeoplewhiletheyobservedpicturesof.expressivefacesandputthemintocategories:happy,sad,surprised,fearful,disgusted,angry,orneutral.”可以判断选C68.答案：A考点：词义猜测解析：根据定语从句“thattheyshow”所修饰的eyemovements在研究中为theparticipants所作（从theeyemovementsof13WesternCaucasianand13EastAsianpeople”可知）可判断选A69.答案：C考点：细节理解题解析：根据第六段“ItturnedoutthatEasternersfocusedmuchgreaterattentionontheeyesandmadesignificantlymoreerrorsthandidWesterners.”可判断选C70.答案：B考点：主旨大意题解析：文章首先指出科学研究的最新发现：东方人比西方人更难于读懂人的面部表情。之后更具体地介绍研究的结构及其研究过程，最后得出结论：文化差异丰富了理解情感的基本社会技巧，即：不同的文化背景使人理解他人情感的方式也不尽相同。由此判断最佳标题应为BBIntheUnitedStates,thereweresomewell-constructedhousesfornativeIndians,rangingfromthesimplebrushsheltertothefive-storiedpueblo.IntheeasternUnitedStates,oneoftheexistingtypeswasthatcommonlyknow6\nundertheAlgonkiannameofwigwaminwhichtheIroquoisIndianslived.Thewigwamswereofwagon-topshapewithstraightsidesandends,madebybendingyoungtreestoformtheroundshape.OverthisshapepiecesoftreebarkwerelaidtoprotecttheIndiansfrombadweather.Overthebarkdriedgrasswasadded.Asmallholeallowedsmoketoescapefromthetop.Doorwaysateachendservedalsoaswindows,TheIroquoisIndiansbuilttrunkwallsallaroundtheirvillages.Thewallhadonlyoneopening,Theycouldquicklyclosethisopeningiftheirenemiescamenear.Interestingly,theChoctawIndiansinMississippialsolivedinawigwamofamostprimitive(原始的)construction,butdifferentfromthoseoftheIroquoisIndians.TheChoctawIndians’wigwams,madefrommud,caneandstraw,wereintheformofabee-hive.Thecoveringwasmadeofalong,toughgrass.Apostinthecentresupportedtheroof.Aholeinthetopadmittedthelight,andallowedthesmoketopassout.Thetipitent-housingoftheupperlakeandplainsareawasputupwithpolessetlightlyintheground,tiedtogethernearthetop,andcoveredwithbarkandgrassinthelakecountry.Itwaseasilyportable,andtwowomencouldsetituportakeitdownwithinanhour.ThePawnee,MandanandotherIndiantribes(部落)alongtheMissouribuiltsolidring-shapedstructuresoftrunk,coveredwithearthanddriedgrass,housingadozenfamilies.TheWichitaandothertribesoftheTexasborderbuiltlargering-shapedhousescoveredwithdriedgrass.K^S*5U.CApartfromtheregularhousing,almosteverytribehadsomestyleofhousing.()1.WhichofthefollowingpicturesshowsthehousefortheIroquoisIndians？6\n()2.Accordingtothepassage,thePawneeIndiansbuilttheirhouses_____.A.withopeningsinthetrunkwallsB.largeenoughforseveralfamiliesC.inaringshapewithbarkandmudD.bybendingyoungtreestoformtheshape()3.AllthenativeIndianhousesdescribedinthepassagewere_____.K^S*5U.CA.ofthesameshapeB.coveredwithgrassC.builtwithapostinthecentreD.builtwithdoorwaysateachend()4.Thepassagesuggeststhat________A.allthenativeIndiansbuilttrunkwallsallaroundtheirhousesB.allthenativeIndianhouseswerebuiltwithpolestiedtogetherC.theIroquoisIndianstooksafetyintoaccountwhilebuildingtheirwigwamsD.theChoctawIndiansinMississippibuilttheirwigwamswithstraightsidesandends【语篇解读】本篇文章为记叙文。主要讲述了美国的土著居民印第安人的房屋结构和建房特点，展示了美国当地人的居住文化。72.答案A。【解析】细节理解题。根据第二段第二句“Thewigwamswereofwagon-topshapewithstraightsidesandends……”可知，选项A符合题意。73.答案B。6\n【解析】细节理解题。根据第五段中“ThePawnee,MandanandotherIndiantribes……housingadozenfamilies”可知，应选B项。74.答案B。【解析】细节理解题。文章中出现的grass是Indiantribes建造房屋所必不可少的东西。由此可知，印第安人的屋子都用草盖着。由此可知B项正确75.答案C。K^S*5U.C【解析】推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句“Theycouldquicklyclosethisopeningiftheirenemiescamenear”可以推断出theIroquoisIndians建造房屋的时候把自身的安全考虑在内了。因此可推断出C项6
