81. What reaction does Linda imagine the children will have?

　　　 (No more than 5 words)　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 (2 marks)

78. being laid off　　 79. Results　 80. another pay increase

Section B (10 marks)

　　 Directions: Read the following passage, Answer the questions according to the

information given in the passage.

Secret Santas

　　　 On Christmas morning, Linda wakes up, and tries to imagine the wide-eyed surprise of children in another household as they unwrap the presents she carefully chose for them. Linda has never met the children, but that’s all part of the joy of giving as secret Santas, she says.

　　　 "It's an amazing feeling to buy gifts on an anonymous (匿名的) basis," says Linda.

"It brings a whole new meaning to the holidays."

　　　 Linda and Tony are an American couple living in Toronto, Canada, and Linda did charitable work as a member of the American Women's Club of Toronto. As the name suggests, members are U.S. citizens living in Toronto, who join together for fellowship and community service.

　　　 To find her "adopted" family, Linda goes to the local schools and requests a wish list for a family that's struggling to survive. Last year she helped a single mother with three children. The mother works as a cleaning lady in a nursing home.

　　　 "The list is always heartbreaking. They have an opportunity to ask for anything and do just the opposite, asking for basic clothes or simple toys," she says. "We always buy the kids a new winter coat, hats, and gloves." She also buys gifts for the parents.

　　　 Last year Linda asked the mother for a second wish list--one that didn't include the basics. "Every child should have a Christmas that sticks with them for a lifetime." She purchased iPods for the two older children and a video game system for the youngest."I have learned a very valuable lesson in all of this," says Linda. "Pay attention to what's going on in your own backyard--no matter where you live."

　　　 The joy of giving as secret Santas is much sweeter when the gift is anonymous.

75. at the beginning　 76. a journeyman’s wages　 77. many well-trained workers　

70. What can be the best title for the passage?

　　 A. The Eye as the Window to the Soul

B. Cultural Differences in Reading Emotions

C. Effective Methods to Develop Social Skills

D. How to Increase Cross-cultural Understanding

解析：文章题目判断题。本文讲述了由于文化不同而显示出来的对于面部表情的判断的差异，所以B项符合全文意义。

答案：B

Part 1V　 Writing (45 marks)Section A (10 marks)

　　 Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the numbered blanks by using the

information from the passage.

　　　 Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

　　 An apprenticeship is a form of on-the-job training that combines workplace experience and classroom learning. It can last anywhere from one to six years, but four years is typical for most. An apprentice spends the majority of the time in a workplace environment learning the practical skills of a career from a journeyman---someone who has done the job for many years. The rest of the apprentice's time is spent in a classroom environment learning the theoretical skills the career requires. Being an apprentice is a full-time undertaking.

　　 One of the advantages of apprenticeship is that it does not cost apprentices anything. The companies that hire them pay for school. What's more, it offers apprentices an "earn while you learn" opportunity. They usually start out at half the pay of a journeyman, and the pay increases gradually as they move further along in the job and studies. Near the end of the apprenticeship, their wages are usually 90 percent of what a journeyman would receive. Apprenticeship also pays off for employers. It can offer employers a pool of well-trained workers to draw from.

　　 Despite the advantages, apprentices are usually required to work during the day and attend classes at night, which leaves little time for anything else. Sometimes, they might be laid off(下岗) if business for the employers is slow.

　　 Once they have completed the apprenticeship and become journeymen, they receive a nationally recognized and portable certification and their pay also increases again. Some journeymen continue employment with the companies they apprenticed with; others go onto different companies or become self-employed contractors.

答案：71. Apprenticeship　 72. classroom learning　　 73. the majority　　 74.theoretical　

69. In comparison with Westerners, Easterners are likely to __

A. do translation more successfully

B. study the mouth more frequently

C. examine the eyes more attentively

D. read facial expressions more correctly

解析：细节理解题。 根据文中的 It turned out that Easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made significantly more errors than did Westerners.可知C项符合文意。

答案：C

68. What does the underlined word "they" in Paragraph 6 refer to?

A. The participants in the study.

B. The researchers of the study.

C. The errors made during the study.

　　 D. The data collected from the study.

解析：代词指代判断题。第六段给出了实验的结论，所以The cultural difference in eye movements that they show is probably a reflection of cultural difference in facial expressions句意应为“他们显示出来的由于文化不同而在眼睛动作方面的不同可能是由于文化不同而在面部表情上显示出来的不同。”所以they应该指参与实验的被试验者。

答案：A

67. What were the people asked to do in the study?

A. To make a face at each other.　　 B. To get their faces impressive.

C. To classify some face pictures.　 D. To observe the researchers' faces.

解析：细节理解题。根据第五段的叙述可知这个实验是分别让13名西方人和13名东方人一起辨别人们不同的面部表情，所以C项意义符合本段文意。

答案：C

66. The discovery shows that Westerners __

　　 A. pay equal attention to the eyes and the mouth

　　 B. consider facial expressions universally reliable

　　 C. observe the eyes and the mouth in different ways

　　 D. have more difficulty in recognizing facial expressions

解析：细节理解题。根据Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure可知A项符合句意。

答案：A

65. What can we know from the last paragraph?

　　　 A. Mary feels pity for herself.

　　　 B. Mary has recovered from her disease.

　　　 C. Mary wants to help others as much as possible.

D. Mary determines to go back to the dance floor.

解析：归纳判断题。根据文中的叙述以及最后一句话 I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be."可知玛丽在尽力帮助别人，所以C项正确。

答案：C

C

　　　 People from East Asia tend to have more difficulty than those from Europe in distinguishing facial expressions--and a new report published online in Current Biology explains why.

　　　 Rachael Jack, University of Glasgow researcher, said that rather than scanning evenly

(均匀的) across a face as Westerners do, Easterners fix their attention on the eyes.

　　　 "We show that Easterners and Westerners look at different face features to read facial expressions," Jack said. "Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure, whereas Easterners favor the eyes and neglect (忽略) the mouth."

　　　 According to Jack and her colleagues, the discovery shows that human communication of emotion is more complex than previously believed. As a result, facial expressions that had been considered universally recognizable cannot be used to reliably convey emotion in cross-cultural situations.

　　　 The researchers studied cultural differences in the recognition of facial expressions by recording the eye movements of 13 Western Caucasian and 13 East Asian people while they observed pictures of expressive faces and put them into categories: happy, sad, surprised, fearful, disgusted, angry, or neutral. They compared how accurately participants read those facial expressions using their particular eye movement strategies.

　　　 It turned out that Easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made significantly more errors than did Westerners. "The cultural difference in eye movements that they show is probably a reflection of cultural difference in facial expressions," Jack said. "Our data suggest that whereas Westerners use the whole face to convey emotion, Easterners use the eyes more and mouth less."

　　 In short, the data show that facial expressions are not universal signals of human emotion. From here on, examining how cultural factors have diversified these basic social skills will help our understanding of human emotion. Otherwise, when it comes to communicating emotions across cultures, Easterners and Westerners will find themselves lost in translation.

64. When Mary received the life-changing news, she __.

　　　 A. lost control of herself 　　

B. began a balanced diet

C. Med to get a treatment

D. behaved in an adult way

解析：细节理解题。根据文中的In a childlike act, she left the hospital and treated herself to a box of doughnuts (甜甜圈)可知Mary 当时几乎不能自控，所以A项意义符合文意。

答案：A