成人英语三级
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 thing in any language． So does laughter or cry-ing． There are also a number of striking similarities in the way different animals show the same feelings． Dogs, tigers and humans, for example, often show their teeth when they are angry． This is probably because they are born with those behavior patterns．
Fear is another emotion that is shown in much the same way all over the world． In Chi-nese and in English literature, a phrase like "he went pale and begin to tremble" suggests that the man is either very afraid or he has just got a very big shock． However,"he opened his eyes wide" is used to suggest anger in Chinese whereas in English it means surprise． In Chinese "surprise" can be described in a phrase like "they stretched out their tongues!"
Sticking out your tongue in English 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 usu-ally find it easier to recognize or understand body language than younger people do．
According to the passage,__________．
A．we can hardly understand what people's gestures mean
B．we cannot be sure people's feelings described in words or gestures
C．words can be better understood by older people
D．gestures can be understood by most of the people
我们用语言和肢体语言来表达我们的情感，但问题是理解这些语言和肢体语言的方式不一样。
的确，微笑在任何语言中都代表着同样的感情。哭和笑都是如此。不同动物表达相同的感情也有着惊人的相似之处，比如说狗、老虎和人类在生气时都会露出牙齿。这可能是因为我们生来就有着同样的行为模式。
害怕是另一种在全世界范围内表达方式都差不多的感情。在中国文学及英国文学中，像“他脸色苍白并开始颤抖”这样的句子表明一个人很害怕或者刚刚受到了惊吓。然而“眼睛睁得大大的”在中文中是表示生气，而在英文中却是表示惊讶。在中文中，惊讶可以用“他们惊讶得伸出了舌头”来表示。然而在英文中，伸出舌头却是一种很侮辱人的姿势，或者是表达强烈的厌恶之情。
即使是在同样的文化中，人们在理解和表达情感方面也不尽相同。美国的实验表明女性比男性更会识别人们脸上所流露出来的害怕、愤怒、爱和开心的情绪。也有研究表明年长一些的人比起青年人更容易认出和理解人们的肢体语言。
【答案详解】
逻辑推断题。文中第一段but the problem is that these words and ges．tures can be understood in different ways指出，人们理解语言和手势语的方式不同，然后在第二段和第三段分别举了几个例子，说明在笑、哭和害怕等方面，人们的肢体语言是差不多的，也就是说在不同的文化中，大多数人都能理解很多的肢体语言，故答案选D。
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