across cultures, Easterners and Westerners will find themselves lost in translation.

1. 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

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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

【答案】1. A 2. C 3. A 4. C

【解析】

本文叙述了经过研究发现东方人与西方人看不同的面貌特征看面部表情是不同的，而西方人用全脸来表达情感,东方人多用的眼睛来表达情感和嘴使用更少。简而言之,这个数据表明,面部表情并不普遍的人类情感的信号。

【1题详解】

细节理解题。根据第三段中"Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure, whereas Easterners favor the eyes and neglect (忽略) the mouth."可知，这一发现表明西方人对眼睛和嘴巴的重视程度是一样的。故选A。