Directions Facial expressions carry meanings that are partly determined by culture. For example, many Japanese do not show their emotions as freely as Americans do, so teachers in the United States sometimes have trouble knowing whether their Japanese students understand and enjoy their lessons.
Another example is the smile. As a common facial expression, it may show affection, convey politeness, or disguise(掩饰) true feelings. But in different cultures. smiles have different meanings. Many people in Russia consider smiling at strangers in public to be unusual and even a suspicious behavior.Yet many Americans smile freely at strangers in public places, for American culture a smile is typically an expression of pleasure.
Therefore some Russians believe that Americans smile in the wrong places; some Americans believe that Russians don&39; t smile enough. In Southeast Asian cultures, a smile is frequently used to cover emotional pain or embarrassment. Vietnamese people may tell the sad story of how they had to leave their country but end the story with a smile.
61. The best title for this passage is_________
A.Russian Culture
B.American Culture
C.Facial Functions
D.Facial Expressions and Culture
American teachers sometimes have trouble understanding Japandse students in class because Japanese students_________
A.do not show their emotions as freely as American stydents do
B.are similar to American students in showing emotions
C.only express their emotions when permitted
D.do not know what to say
Vietnamese people may end the sad story with a smile to_________
A.show affection
B.disguise emotional pain
C.covey politeness
D.show happiness
A smile is typically an expression of _________ in American culture
A.embarrassment
B.politeness
C.sadness
D.pleasure
Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A.Russians think smiling at strangers is a proper behavior
B.Russians usually smile as frequently as Americans do
C.Many Americans smile freely at strangers in public
D.Russians and Americans have the same opinion of smiles
Tuangou , also called team buying or group buying, is a recently developed shopping strategy starting in China. Several people connect over the Internet and agree to contact a seller of a specific product so that they can buy the same item as a group at a lower price. And the sellers benefit by selling many products at once.
When people agree on group buying,individual members of the buying group can vouch for ( 替 ……… 担 保 )a particular seller’s quality to the rest of the group,therefore Tuangou helps of similar phenomena in Euroupe and North America.However,most of the group buying in these places is organized and done not by the team members themselves,but through online go-betweens. go-betweens.
56. Where did Tudngou begin?
A.In America
B.In Europe
C.In North America
D.In China
Buyers purchase goods as a group in order to_________
A.save money
B.connect over the Internet
C.buy different items
D.make friends
The sentence “ therefore Tuangou helps change a traditional distust of goods purchased from unknown sellers” implies that_________
A.buyers used to doubt the quality of goods from unknown sellers
B.team buying is a good Chinese tradition
C.team buying is not accepted by people
D.buyers never purchase goods from unknown sellers
Sellers in the group buying benefit by_________
A.paying less
B.selling many produdcts at once
C.bargaining with each buyer
D.selling goods at a higher price
What does the word "go-betweens" mean in the last paragraph?
A.Online shopping
B.Going from one place to another
C.Traveling between two places
D.Persons or companies that pass messages between sellers and buyers