Unit 3 Under the Sea reading课时作业

（一）完型填空

　　Americans are careful about how and when they meet one another's eyes．In their 36 conversation, each eye contact 37 only about a second before one or both persons look away．When two Americans look searchingly into each other's 38 , emotions are heightened and the relationship becomes more intimate(亲密的)． 39 , they carefully avoid this, except in proper occasions．

Proper street behaviors in the United States require a nice 40 of attention and inattention．You are 41 to look at a passer-by just enough to show that you're aware of his presence．If you look too 42 , you appear too proud; if you look too much, you are too curious．Usually 43 happens is that people watch each other until they are about eight 44 apart, at which point both cast down their eyes．In England the polite listener stares at the 45 attentively and blinks(眨眼) his eyes occasionally as a sign of 46 That eye-blink says 47 to Americans, who expect the listener to nod or to 48 something-such as "mm---hum"．

Americans living abroad 49 find local behaviors hard to understand．Such complaints can often be 50 ．"People there were 51 ．They stared right at me on the street, they looked me 52 ．I kept wondering whether I was 53 or not．" They don't 54 that people in some places think nothing of staring at 55 on the street．

36．A．private B．normal C．public D．secret

37．A．remains B．lasts C．continues D．stays

38．A．eyes B．ears C．legs D．mouths

39．A．But B．However C．Therefore D．So

40．A．balance B．record C．chance D．memory

41．A．allowed B．permitted C．required D．supposed

42．A．little B．much C．few D．many

43．A．which B．that C．what D．who

44．A．centimeters B．kilometers C．inches D．feet

45．A．speaker B．worker C．lecturer D．listener

46．A．interest B．love C．hate D．curiosity