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17．Another cultural aspect of nonverbal communication is one that you might not think about：space．Every person feels himself have a sort of invisible protection surrounding his physical body．When someone comes too close，he feels uncomfortable．When he bumps onto someone，he feels obliged to apologize．But the size of a person's"comfort zone"depends on his cultural ethnic origin．For example，in casual conversation，many Americans stand about four feet apart．In other words，they like to keep each other"at an arm's length"．People in Latin or Arab cultures，in contrast，stand very close to each other and touch each other often．If someone from one of those cultures stands too close to an American while in conversation，the Americans may feel uncomfortable and back away．
When Americans are talking，they expect others to respond to what they are saying．To Americans，polite conversationalists understand by showing expressions of excitement or dislike，shock or sadness．People with a"poker face"，whose emotions are hidden by a deadpan（無表情的） expression，are looked upon with suspicion．Americans also show their attentiveness in a conversation by raising their eyebrows，nodding，smiling politely and maintaining good eye contact．However，some cultures view direct eye contact as impolite or threatening．Americans see it as a sign of genuineness and honesty．If a person doesn't look you in the eye，American might say：you should question his motives---or suppose that he doesn't like you．Yet with all the concern for eye contact，Americans still consider staring---especially at strangers---to be rude．
58．What the author discussed in the previous section is most probably aboutD．
  A．classification of nonverbal communication
  B．the reasons why people should think about space
  C．the relationship between communication and space
  D．some other cultural aspects of nonverbal communication
59．How far people keep to each other while talking is closely associated with theirB．
A．race      
B．culture         
C．custom      
D．nationality
60．When a person from Latin America talks to an Arabian on informal occasions，A．
A．he stands about four feet away            
B．"comfort zone"does not exist
C．keeping close enough is preferred             
D．communication barriers （障礙） may appear
61．In a conversation between friends，Americans regard it as honest and truthful toA．
A．maintain direct eye contact                   
B．hide emotions with a deadpan expression
C．display excitement or dislike，shock or sadness   
D．raise their eyebrows，nod and smile politely．

Answer 1

分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了非語言交流的另外一種因素，就是距離，以及言語交際時(shí)的表情的使用．

解答 58．D．推理判斷題：題目的意思是：在先前的章節(jié)中作者最有可能討論了什么．依據(jù)文章的第一句選擇答案？"非言語交際的另外 一個(gè)文化方面是你可能想不到的：交際距離"，既然是另外一個(gè)文化方面（another cultural aspect），說明在前面章節(jié)中討論了其他的文化方面，所以選D．
59．A．細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)第一段For example，in casual conversation，many Americans stand about four feet apart可知例如，在閑談時(shí)，許多美國人站在大約四英尺遠(yuǎn)；故選A．．
60．C．細(xì)節(jié)推斷題．題目要求判斷意大利人與阿拉伯人在非正式交流時(shí)的情況．第一段倒數(shù)第二句提到"拉丁或阿拉伯文化北京的人靠得非常近，甚至常常互相觸摸"．意大利屬于拉丁文化，所以C．喜歡保持較近的距離．符合句意、所以選C．
61．A．細(xì)節(jié)理解題：文章第二段的句子：Whereas some cultures view direct eye contact as impolite or threatening，Americans see it as a sign of genuineness and honesty．與題干的sincere and truthful 一致，所以選A．

點(diǎn)評 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進(jìn)行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí)，要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．