Question

Smiling

People smile at times. However, the meaning of a smile in different cultures may be different. Depending on different cultures, smiling can express joy and amusement, but it can also indicate embarrassment（苦恼）. The following examples show this point of view:

In an attempt to be open and friendly, people in the United States smile a lot. Every one smiles at each other, this nonverbal communication shows being friendly in the United States. However，in China, smiling is not only an expression of happiness, but also a way to avoid being embarrassed. Chinese people like smiling when they are embarrassed in order to avoid embarrassment. Smiling is a kind of good will but not sneer（嘲笑）. For example: When a child falls off from a bike, the adults in China may smile, which is a kind of gentle encouragement and may not be a kind of impolite laugh.

When a person from the United States might blush（脸红）with embarrassment or become offensive, a Chinese might blush with smile. To avoid serious misunderstanding, people who engage in intercultural communication should be able to understand the meaning of smiling appropriately. Related to the smile is the laugh. Also, different cultures have different meanings about laugh. For example, Americans can enjoy a very heartfelt belly (腹部) laugh that comes from the deepest emotions. However, most Chinese seldom laugh that way because they are thought to be silly except among close friends.

1.We can use smile to express all of the following feelings except_________,

A．joy and happiness

B．amusement

C．embarrassment

D．fear

2.People often smile at each other in the United States because_________.

A．they are very happy	B．they want to show they are friendly
C．they want to hide their true feelings	D．they want to avoid embarrassment

3.In China, seeing a child falls off a bike, an adult will smile in order to ________.

A．laugh at him	B．avoid his own embarrassment
C．avoid embarrassment and encourage the boy	D．show his politeness

4.What is mainly talked about in the passage?

A．People smile at times.	B．Smiling can express different feelings depending on different cultures.
C．Americans are more open and friendly than Chinese people.
D．The Chinese people often hide their true feelings.

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.B

【解析】本文主要讲述了中西方的微笑，大笑表示不同的含义。举了在中国和在美国的各种情况下的微笑和大笑的含义等。

1.D细节题。根据第一段smiling can express joy and amusement, but it can also indicate embarrassment（苦恼）.及常识可得出答案D。    

2.B 细节题。根据文中第二段前两句In an attempt to be open and friendly, people in the United States smile a lot. Every one smiles at each other, this nonverbal communication shows being friendly in the United States.可以得出美国人想要表达友好，所以才微笑。答案B。

3.C细节题。根据第二段最后两句For example: When a child falls off from a bike, the adults in China may smile, which is a kind of gentle encouragement and may not be a kind of impolite laugh.可得出答案C。  

4.B 文章主旨题。本文主要叙述了中西方笑所表达的不同含义，不同的文化，笑表达出的意思是不同的。故选B