• 2021-04-14
    Faces,likefingerprints,areunique.Didyoueverwonderhowitispossibleforustorecognizepeople?Evenaskilledwriterprobablycouldnotdescribeallthefeaturesthatmakeonefacedifferentfromanother.Yetaveryyoungchild——orevenananimal,suchasapigeon——canlearntorecognizefaces,wealltakethisabilityforgranted.Wealsotellpeopleapartbyhowtheybehave.Whenwetalkaboutsomeone’spersonality,wemeanthewaysinwhichheorsheacts,speaks,thinksandfeelsthatmakethatindividualdifferentfromothers.Likethehumanface,humanpersonalityisverycomplex.Butdescribingsomeone’spersonalityinwordsissomewhateasierthandescribinghisface.Ifyouwereaskedtodescribewhata“niceface”lookedlike,youprobablywouldhaveadifficulttimedoingso.Butifyouwereaskedtodescribea“niceperson”,youmightbegintothinkaboutsomeonewhowaskind,considerate,friendly,warm,andsoforth.Therearemanywordstodescribehowapersonthinks,feelsandacts.GordonAllport,anAmericanpsychologist,foundnearly18,000Englishwordscharacterizingdifferencesinpeople’sbehavior.Andmanyofususethisinformationasabasisfordescribing,ortyping,hispersonality.Bookworms,conservatives,militarytypes——peoplearedescribedwithsuchterms.Peoplehavealwaystriedto“type”eachother.ActorsinearlyGreekdramaworemaskstoshowtheaudiencewhethertheyplayedthevillain’s(坏人)orthehero’srole.Infact,thewords“person”and“personality”comefromtheLatinpersona,meaning“mask”.Today,mosttelevisionandmovieactorsdonotwearmasks.Butwecaneasilytellthe“goodguys”fromthe“badguys”becausethetwotypesdifferinappearanceaswellasinactions.1.Byusingtheexampleoffingerprints,theauthortellsusthat________.A)peoplecanlearntorecognizefacesB)peoplehavedifferentpersonalitiesC)peoplehavedifficultyindescribingthefeaturesoffingerprintsD)peopledifferfromeachotherinfacialfeatures2.Accordingtothispassage,someanimalshavethegiftof________.A)tellingpeopleapartbyhowtheybehaveB)typingeachotherC)tellinggoodpeoplefromhadpeopleD)recognizinghumanfaces3.Whomostprobablyknowsbesthowtodescribepeople’spersonality?A)TheancientGreekaudienceB)ThemovieactorsC)PsychologistsD)ThemodernTVaudience4.Accordingtothepassage,itispossibleforustotello