Question

【题目】Puzzled face asks for help

Think about the last time you did something that you found difficult. Was it working out a puzzle or working hard on your math homework?

Can you remember the expression you had on your face?Most people will press their lips together and frown when they are doing something they find difficult. This is normally seen as a sign of effort. Now we’ve found that it can also say more than that.

A recent study at the University of Portsmouth in England suggests that the human expression of effort and frustration(挫折) is our way of asking others for help.

Scientists at the university gave children and chimpanzees(黑猩猩) an impossible puzzle to work out. When the children couldn’t work out the puzzle, their faces expressed determination and effort. The chimpanzees’ did not.

Humans and chimpanzees have many facial expressions that share the same meaning. A human smile is the same as a chimpanzee showing its teeth in happiness.

Scientists believe that over time, humans have evolved(进化) to use this facial expression to ask for help. We have also learned to respond to it by offering help.

According to Dr Albert Mehrabian, a well-known professor of psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), only 7% of human communication happens through words and 55% is through body language. Therefore, understanding expressions is second nature to human beings.

With this in mind, next time you see a person with a frustrated expression, listen to your heart and stop to lend them a hand.

【1】【1】What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A. Frowning??? B. The expression??? C. Something difficult??? D. A sign of effort

【2】【2】According to the recent study, people’s expression of effort or frustration tells others that __________.

A. they need help??? B. they can do things themselves

C. they will give up??? D. they want to be alone.

【3】【3】Which of the following about the study is TRUE?

A. Scientists gave the chimpanzees an easy puzzle.

B. The chimpanzees smiled as they worked out the puzzle.

C. The chimpanzees’ face didn’t show determination or effort.

D. The chimpanzees used other expressions to ask for help.

【4】【4】According to Dr Albert Mehrabian, we learn that ____________.

A. body language is very important in human communication

B. people don’t like to use words to communicate

C. human expressions are not a kind of body language

D. words can’t help much in communication

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】【1】B

【2】【2】A

【3】【3】C

【4】【4】A

【解析】本篇文章难度适中，主要讲述人们在需要求助时的表情，最后作者呼吁我们，如果下次你看到有人表情沮丧，记得去帮助他。

【1】【1】根据Can you remember the expression you had on your face?Most people will press their lips together and frown when they are doing something they find difficult. This is normally seen as a sign of effort. Now we’ve found that it can also say more than that.可知，面部表情不但表达他正在努力，而且还有其他含义，根据句意，故选B。

【2】【2】根据A recent study at the University of Portsmouth in England suggests that the human expression of effort and frustration(挫折) is our way of asking others for help.可知，故选A.

【3】【3】根据When the children couldn’t work out the puzzle, their faces expressed determination and effort. The chimpanzees’ did not.可知，故选C.

【4】【4】根据only 7% of human communication happens through words and 55% is through body language. Therefore, understanding expressions is second nature to human beings.可知，故选A.