Question

Faces, like fingerprints, are unique. Did you ever wonder how it is possible for us to recognize people?

9 Yet a very young child―or even an animal, such as a pigeon, can learn to recognize faces. We all take this for granted.

10 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. 11 But if you were asked to describe a "nice person" you might begin to think about someone who was kind, consider ate 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 behaviour. 12 Book worms ,conservatives, military types—people are de?scribed with such terms.

People have always tried to "type" each other. Actors in early Greek drama wore masks to show the audi?ence 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 televi?sion and movie actors do not wear masks. 13

A.    If you were asked to describe what a " nice face" looked like, you probably would have a difficult time do?ing 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 feature? that make one face different from another.

Answer 1

G 根据上文"Faces, like fingerprints are unique. Did you ever wonder how it is possible for us to recognize people?，可知，人们的面容如指纹一样是独一无二的，即使优秀的作家也很难描述出一个人的全部面部特征，从而与其他人区分开，故选G项。

C 根据下文''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.，，可推知，人们通过行为方式的不同而进行区别彼此，故选c项。

A 根据上文''But describing someone's personality in words is somewhat easier than describing his face.，，并呼应下文"But if you were asked to describe a ' nice person  you might begin to think about someone who was kind, consider?ate, friendly, warm, and so forth."可知，此处对品格与面容进行类比，故选A项。

E 根据下文"Bookworms, conservatives, military types-people are described with such terms.'，可知，这些术语都是用来描述人们的个性或给人们划分类别的，故选E项。

B 根据上文"Actors in early. Greek drama wore masks to show the audience whether they played the villain's or the hero's role.，，并结合"Today, most television and movie ac?tors do not wear masks."可推知，现在电视和电影演员不带面具，但我们能容易地区分出"好人"和"坏人"，这是因为他们的角色在行为与相貌上不同，故选B项。