2014考研英语阅读理解模拟题及答案(十三)

　　Passage 13 　　Faces, like fingerprints, are unique. Did you ever wonder how it ispossible for us to recognize people? Even a skilled writer probably could notdescribe all the features that make one face different from another. Yet a veryyoung 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 aboutsomeone s personality, we mean the ways in which he or she acts, speaks, thinksand feels that make that individual different from others. 　　Like the human face, human personality is very complex. Butdescribing someone s personality in words is somewhat easier than describinghis face. if you were asked to describe what anice facelooked like, youprobably would have a difficult time doing so. But if you were asked todescribe anice 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 andacts. Gordon all ports, an American psychologist, found nearly 18 000 Englishwords characterizing differences in people s behavior. And many of us use thisinformation as a basis for describing, or typing, his personality. Bookworms,conservatives, military types-people are described with such terms. 　　People have always tried totypeeach other. Actors in early Greekdrama wore masks to show the audience whether they played the villain sor thehero s role. In fact, the wordspersonandpersonalitycome from the Latin persona,meaningmask.Today, most television and movie actors do not wear masks. But wecan easily tell thegood guysfrom thebad guysbecause the two types differ inappearance as well as in actions. 　　61. The main idea of this passage is. 　　A)how to distinguish people s faces 　　B)how to describe people s personality 　　C)how to distinguish people both inward and outward 　　D)how to differ good persons from bad persons 　　62. The author is most probably a . 　　A) behavioristB) psychologistC) writerD)sociologist 　　63. Which of the following is NOT true? 　　A) Different people may have different personalities. 　　B) People differ from each in appearance. 　　C) People can learn to recognize faces. 　　D) People can describe all the features of others. 　　64. The reason why it is easier to describe a person s personalityin words than his face is that. 　　A) a person s face is more complex than his personality 　　B) a person s personality is easily distinguished 　　C) people s personalities are very alike 　　D) many words are available when people try to describe one spersonality 　　65. We learn from the passage that people classify a person intocertain type according to. 　　A) his way of acting and thinking 　　B) his way of speaking and behaving 　　C) his learning and behavior 　　D) his physical appearance and his personality 　　Passage 13 　　61.C62.B63.D64.D65.D