The unmistakable figure with the moustache most probably represents ______.
A. someone who died in the First World War
B. someone who had won the war
C. an imaginary figure
D. the most hated person in the war-Hitler
Faces, like fingerprints, are unique. Did you ever wonder how it is possible for us to recognize people. Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the features that make one face different from another. Yet a very young child-or even an animal, such as a pigeon-can learn to recognize faces, we all take this ability for granted.
We also tell people apart by how they behave. When we talk about someone' s personality, we mean the ways in which he or she acts, speaks, thinks and feels that make that individual different from others.
Like the human face, human personality is very complex. But describing someone' s personality in words is somewhat easier than describing his face. If you were asked to describe what a "nice face" looked like, you probably would have a difficult time doing so. But if you were asked to describe a "nice person" ,you might begin to think about someone who was kind, considerate, friendly, warm, and so forth.
There are many words to describe how a person thinks, feels and acts. Gordon Allport, an American psychologist, found nearly 18,000 English words characterizing differences in people' s behavior. And many of us use this information as a basis for describing or typing his personality. Bookworms, conservatives, military types-people are described with such terms.
People have always tried to "type" each other. Actors in early Greek drama wore masks to show the audience whether they played the villain' s(坏人)or the hero's role. In fact, the words" person" and "personality" come from the Latin persona, meaning "mask". Today, most television and movie actors do not wear masks. But we can easily tell the "good guys" from the "bad guys" because the two types differ in appearance as well as in actions.
By using the example of finger prints the author tells us that ______.
A. people can learn to recognize faces
B. people have different personalities
C. people have difficulty in describing the features of finger prints
D. people differ from each other in facial features
Geography is the study of the relationship between people and the land. Geographers (地理学家) compare and contrast【C1】______ places on the earth. But they also【C2】______beyond the individual places and consider the earth as a【C3】______. The word geography【C4】______from two Greek words, ge, the Greek word for "earth" and graphic,【C5】______means "to write." The English word geography means "to describe the earth."【C6】______. geography books focus on a small area【C7】______a town or city. Others deal with a state, a region, a nation, or an【C8】______continent. Many geography books deal with the whole earth. Another【C9】______to divide the study of【C10】______is to distinguish between physical geography and cultural geography. The former focuses on the natural world; the【C11】______starts with human beings and【C12】______how human beings and their environment act【C13】______each other. But when geography is considered as a single subject,【C14】______branch can neglect the other. A geographer might be described【C15】______one who ob serves, records, and explains the【C16】______between places. If all places【C17】______alike, there would be lit tie need for geographers. We know, however,【C18】______no two places are exactly the same. Geography,【C19】______ , is a point of view, a special way of【C20】______at places.
【C1】
A. similar
B. various
C. distant
D. famous
听力原文: Cambridge is about 86 kilometres northeast of London. It is one of the most beautiful places in Britain. Everything about the city of Cambridge reminds you of its famous university: student on bicycles, the atmosphere of learning, traditions and the magnificent buildings of the 30 colleges that are in the University of Cambridge. Mast of the colleges stand on the hank of the Cars River the gentle river that flows through the heart of the city. Tourists and students like bearing in a kind of flat bottom boat to see the colleges or to relax themselves. If the water traffic reminds the visitor of Venice, hundreds and hundreds of them. They provide a cheap form. of transport for the students and very conveniently of getting around the Cambridge' s nearer streets.
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A. Watching traditional plays.
B. Visiting the magnificent libraries.
C. Boating on the river.
D. Cycling in narrow streets.