When a person from the United States might blush（脸红）with embarrassment or become offensive, a Chinese might blush with smile. To avoid serious misunderstanding, people who engage in intercultural communication should be able to understand the meaning of smiling appropriately. Related to the smile is the laugh. Also, different cultures have different meanings about laugh. For example, Americans can enjoy a very heartfelt belly (腹部) laugh that comes from the deepest emotions. However, most Chinese seldom laugh that way because they are thought to be silly except among close friends.

　　1. We can use smile to express all of the following feelings except_________,

　　A. joy and happiness

　　B. amusement

　　C. embarrassment

　　D. fear

　　2. People often smile at each other in the United States because_________.

　　A. they are very happy

　　B. they want to show they are friendly

　　C. they want to hide their true feelings

　　D. they want to avoid embarrassment

　　3. In China, seeing a child falls off a bike, an adult will smile in order to ________.

　　A. laugh at him

　　B. avoid his own embarrassment

　　C. avoid embarrassment and encourage the boy

　　D. show his politeness

　　4. What is mainly talked about in the passage?

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