2016届高考英语冲刺综合训练解析1_高考复习指南

2016届高考英语冲刺综合训练解析1

　　C．ready D．well

　　14．A.made B．formed

　　C．brought D．born

　　15．A.tested B．checked

　　C．punished D．shocked

　　16．A.bought B．sold

　　C．lost D．found

　　17．A.at last

　　B．at all

　　C．at mostD．at least

　　18．A.almost B．really

　　C．hardly D．gradually

　　19．A.speaking B．training

　　C．selling D．writing

　　20．A.force B．helpC．effect D．power

　　Ⅶ.阅读理解

　　A new research has uncovered that culture is a determining factor when people interpret facial emotions (情感)．The study reveals that in cultures where emotional control is the standard，such as Japan，the focus is placed on the eyes to interpret emotions.Whereas in cultures where emotion is openly expressed，such as the United States，the focus is on the mouth to interpret emotions.

　　“These findings go against the popular theory that the facial expressions of basic emotions can be universally recognized，” said University of Alberta researcher Dr.Takahiko Masuda.“A person’s culture plays a very strong role in determining how he will read emotions and needs to be considered when interpreting the facial expressions.”

　　These cultural differences are even noticeable in computer emoticons(情感符号)，which are used to convey a writer’s emotions by email and text message.The Japanese emotions for happiness and sadness vary in terms of how the eyes are drawn ，while the American emotions vary with the direction of the mouth.In the United States the emoticons∶)and∶) show a happy face，whereas the emoticons∶(and∶(show a sad face.However，the Japanese tend to use the symbol (‘‘) to indicate a happy face，and (；；) to indicate a sad face.