Reading Comprehension

Cloze Test

　　Think you're good at reading people's expressions? Well, think again．New software is ten per cent better at it than the average person．There's even a device to improve your emotional intelligence．

　　Every time you interact with people, you 　　1　　 unconscious signals that you're following what they're saying．　　2　　, you might nod to show that you're following or squint(眯眼看)a bit to show that you've lost track．However, we're not very good at interpreting these signals．　　3　　 we only get it right about half of the time．

　　Now social X-ray glasses can help you 　　4　　 some of these signals better by means of a built-in camera 　　5　　 to software which 　　6　　 facial expressions．The six basic 　　7　　 facial states it recognizes are：thinking, agreeing, concentrating, interested, confused and disagreeing．The device can read 24 'feature points' on a face and 　　8　　 which of these six general facial states is being 　　9　　．You get the information via an earpiece, which tells you how the listener is responding．There's also a traffic light system displayed on the lens with a red, amber(yellowishbrown)or green light to show that the listener is interested, 　　10　　 interested or not interested．If it shows red, it's time to shut up!

　　The other novelty(something new)is sociometric badges．These are 　　11　　 to provide feedback on how often you're speaking, for how long and who with．Each person is represented by a dot, which is larger if you're talkative and smaller if not．If you speak in a monologue the dot will turn red, but if it's a dialogue it turns white．The interaction between speakers is represented by lines between them, so a thick line if two people speak a lot to each other and very thin if they 　　12　　 speak．The information is sent wirelessly to any device that can display it graphically．In one experiment, 　　13　　 some of the speakers started with very different dots, by the end of the experiment all the dots were more or less the same size and color, 　　14　　 that people had changed their behavior and made the interaction more even．

　　Think how differently our interactions with people could be if we could read their 　　15　　 to what we're saying with x-ray specs and track how well we work as a group with a sociometric badge! It's early days, but these devices may well transform how we interact with each other in the future．

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的（A、B、C和D）四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Let me be upfront about the fact that I hate telephones．The phone rings when it wants to and 　　1　　 when I want itto．I can't 　　2　　 who's on the other end of the phone;evenwhen I place the call,there's no guarantee who or whetheranyone will 　　3　　．When I'm talking to someone on thephone．I'm 　　4　　 of facial expression,“body language”dozens of 　　5　　 that will help me best make my case．And the sound of a telephone ringing late at night will raise my blood Pressure 　　6　　 I can persuade my kids to live at home— andbe in by 10∶30．— the 　　7　　 of their lives．

　　So I could hardly be 　　8　　 to be happy about the increase of cell phones．But I'm not the 　　9　　 one who's cranky（脾气坏的）about cell phones ringing in theatres,restaurants,airports,trains,and shopping malls．You know how little kidsthink they're 　　10　　 from you if they cover their eyes?That's how cell phone users strike me in front of their faces and pre-tend I can't hear the 　　11　　 of their latest conquests— busi-ness,soclal,or private．

　　But I'm 　　12　　 a casual crankiness about the lack of social skills of the average cell phone user．I think we're so 　　13　　 with the ostensible（表面的）convenience of the commun-cation that we're overlooking the effectiveness we're losing．

　　We humans seem to repeatedly forget our 　　14　　:that time for deep thoughts and focus is part of what makes us healthy．　　15　　，we'll catch on that all this interruption is nothing we should live with．

　　Are we 　　16　　 what we would choose to?　　17　　 we can,in fact,choose．And I choose to leave my cell phone,turned 　　18　　，in my glove box．And finally,to the guy 　　19　　 on his cellphone while walking on my heels:“　　20　　 up．Take arest,and think for a while”．

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完形填空

　　Facial expressions carry meanings, which depends on situations and relationships．For instance, in American culture the smile is typically an expression of 　　1　　．Yet it has other functions．A smile may 　　2　　 love, politeness, or 　　3　　 true feeling．It is also a source of confusion across 　　4　　．　　5　　,many people in Russia 　　6　　 smiling at strangers in public to be unusual or even suspicious．Yet many Americans 　　7　　 freely at strangers in public places．Some Russians believe that Americans smile in the wrong 　　8　　; some Americans believe that Russians don't smile enough．In Southeast Asian cultures, a smile is frequently used to cover emotional pain or mental difficulty, discomfort or anxiety．

　　Our faces make our emotions and attitudes known, 　　9　　 we should not try to "read" people from another culture 　　10　　 we would "read" someone from our own culture．The degree of facial expressiveness one shows changes 　　11　　 persons and cultures．The fact that members of one culture do not 　　12　　 their emotions as openly as members of 　　13　　 does not mean 　　14　　 they do not 　　15　　 emotions．Rather, their cultures 　　16　　 them expressing their emotion and attitudes freely．

　　If we 　　17　　 people whose 　　18　　 of showing emotion are not the same according to 　　19　　 own cultural patterns, we may make the 　　20　　 of "reading" the other persons incorrectly．

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