Question

Faces, like fingerprints, are unique. Did you ever wonder how it is possible for us to recognize people? ___1.____. Yet a very young child – or even an animal, such as a pigeon , can learn to recognize faces. We all take this for granted.

___2.____. When we talk about someone’s personality, we mean the ways in which he or she acts, speaks, thinks and feels that make that individual different from others.

Like the human face, human personality is very complex. But describing someone’s personality in words is somewhat easier than describing his face. ____3.____. But if you were asked to describe a “nice person”, you might begin to think about someone who was kind, considerate, friendly, warm, and so forth.

There are many words to describe how a person thinks, feels and acts. Gordon Airport, an American psychologist, found nearly 18,000 English words characterizing differences in people’s behavior. _ _4.___. Bookworms, conservatives, military types – people are described with such terms.

People have always tried to “type” each other. Actors in early Greek drama wore masks to show the audience whether they played the villain’s or the hero’s role. In fact, the words “person” and “personality” come from the Latin persona, meaning “mask”. Today, most television and movie actors do not wear masks. __5.____.

A. If you were asked to describe what a “nice face” look like, you probably would have a difficult time doing so.

B. But we can easily tell the “good guys” from the “bad guys” because the two types differ in appearance as well as in actions.

C. We also tell people apart by how they behave.

D. People have difficulty in describing the features of fingerprints.

E. And many of us use this information as a basis for describing, or typing one`s personality.

F. Experts say that actors differ in their behavioral and physical characteristics in acting.

G. Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the features that make one face different from another.

 

Answer 1

1.G

2.C

3.A

4.E

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要告訴我們在語言里有很多描述人的個性特征的詞，但是用來描述人的外貌的詞很少。

1. 根據下一句Yet a very young child – or even an animal, such as a pigeon , can learn to recognize faces.一個小孩子，甚至一個動物也能夠學會辨識臉。可知前面這句應該表示識別臉部特征是很困難的。故G正確。

2. 根據下一句When we talk about someone’s personality, we mean the ways in which he or she acts, speaks, thinks and feels可知我們通常是通過別人的行為方式來辨別的。故C項表達是正確的。

3.A 根據前面一句But describing someone’s personality in words is somewhat easier than describing his face.可知用語言描述人的性格要比描述臉更容易。接下來就是解釋描述人臉是很困難的。故A正確。

4.E 根據前面一句nearly 18,000 English words characterizing differences in people’s behavior很早有很多描述人類行為差異的英文單詞。接下來就應該說明很多人都會使用這樣的信息。故E正確。

5.B 根據前一句Today, most television and movie actors do not wear masks.可知現在很多演員都不要面具了，但是我們仍然可以辨別他是好人還是壞人。故B項正確。

考點：七選五閱讀