7．A　 推断题。根据文章所谈到的内容，可以推断出作者是一位心理学家，另外，文章第三段还提到了“Gordon, an American psychologist”.

6．D　 主旨大意题。根据文章的整体内容可以看出，文章是在讲述如何描述人的内在和外在的特征。

10. People classify a person into certain type according to ______.

A. his way of acting and thinking

B. his way of speaking and behaving

C. his learning and behavior

D. his physical appearance and his personality

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9. It is easier to describe a person’s personality in words than his face because ______.

A. a person’s face is more complex than his personality

B. a person’s personality is easily distinguished

C. people’s personalities are very alike

D. many words are available when people try to describe one’s personality

8. Which of the following is incorrect?

A. Different people may have different personalities.

B. People differ from each in appearance.

C. People can describe all the features of others.

D. People can learn to recognize faces.

7. What is the possible role of the writer?

　　　 　A. Psychologist　　 B. Behaviorist　　 C. Writer　　 D. Sociologist

6.The passage tells the readers ______.

A. how to describe people’s faces

B. how to describe people’s personality

C. how to differ good persons from bad ones

D. how to describe people both inward and outward

5．C 主旨大意题。本文从各个方面谈及英语作为一种语言的发展变化，但并不是讲述英语的历史。所以选项A不对，选项C作为文章的题目最为贴切。选项B只是文章阐述的一个方面，不够全面。文章是在谈到英语的不断变化的时候谈到了现代英语的一些特点，所以选项D也失之于片面。

B

Faces, like fingerprints, are unique. Did you ever wonder how it is possible for us to recognize people? Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the features that make one face different from another. Yet a very young child --- or even an animal, such as a pigeon --- can learn to recognize faces. We all take this ability for granted. We also tell people apart by how they behave. 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. If you were asked to describe what a nice face looked like, you probably would have a difficult time doing so. But if you were asked to describe a nice person, you might begin to think about someone who was kind, considerate, friendly, warm, and so forth.

　 　　 There are many words to describe how a person thinks, feels and acts. Gordon, an American psychologist, found nearly 18,000 English words characterizing differences in people’s behavior. And many of us use this information as a basis for describing, or typing his personality.

　 Bookworms, conservatives(保守派), military(军人或军事的)types --- people are described with such terms. People have always tried to type each other. Actors in early Greek drama wore masks to show the audience 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 television and movie actors do not wear masks. But we can easily tell the good guys from the bad guys because the two types differ in appearance as well as in actions.

4．D　 推理判断题。此题考查考生的推测能力和词汇量，文章讲述的是英国语言演进的具体细节，最适当的答案应该是D。作者很可能是一位语言学家，而不仅仅是教授英语的教师，所以排除C项。

3．A 　细节理解题。根据文章的内容，选项A“普遍认为1500年是现代英语的起点”在文章中没有提到。