Hundreds of years ago, Charles Darwin predicted that facial expressions of emotion are 【1】. If you’ve ever seen an episode of the popular US TV drama Lie To Me, you will really understand facial expressions. The leading actor of the show, Dr. Cal Lightman has spent 20 years studying nonverbal communication and facial expressions, which allows him to point out other people’s studying nonverbal communication and facial expressions which allows him to point out other people’s 【2】 and on many occasions, to be skilled at tricking in order to get the truth.

Is there really much truth behind this science of 【3】 human emotions through expressions? Paul Ekman, a(n) 【4】 psychologist whose work focuses on mapping facial expressions, is Lie To Me’s scientific advisor and the following are some of his explanations.

Hand-to-face gesture indicates a lie.

Each micro-expression is unique to 【5】 specific emotions because the person is often unaware of doing it. But it doesn’t necessarily mean that they are lying when someone uses a hand to hide part of his face. The person could be holding back information but you may better consider looking at other more important clues rather than just the simple hand-to-face gesture.

A liar refuses eye contact.

People look away when they are thinking carefully and considering each word before it is spoken, not just when they are 【6】 an excuse. Oblique eyebrows are a very reliable 【7】of sadness and few people can make this 【8】 expression, so it is actually never faked.

Guilty knowledge technique is 【9】.

Lightman often uses the guilty knowledge technique, mentioning something that only the guilty person will know about and show a(n)【10】. This is often used in polygraph exams: “Was the person strangled, shot or stabbed to death?” Only the killer knows and is likely to respond physiologically when the actual weapon is mentioned.

【答案】

【1】BC

【2】AC

【3】ABC

【4】AD

【5】B

【6】C

【7】D

【8】A

【9】CD

【10】AB

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。短文介绍了Paul Ekman通过一些面部表情来解释人的情感。

【1】考查形容词。分析句子可知，本句为主系表结构，所以空处应填形容词，再由“If you’ve ever seen an episode of the popular US TV drama Lie To Me, you will really understand facial expressions.”可知，空处填universal“普遍的”。故填BC。

【2】考查名词。由“people’s ”可知，空处应填名词。再由“be skilled at tricking”可知，空处应填名词deception“欺骗”。故填AC。

【3】考查动名词。of为介词后接动名词作宾语，由“explanations”可知，空处填interpreting“解释”。故填 ABC。

【4】考查动名词。Paul Ekman是一名出名的心理学家。所以空处应填形容词renowned“出名的”修饰名词psychologist。故填AD。

【5】考查动名词。to为介词，后接动名词作宾语。signaling“示意”符合句意。故填 B。

【6】考查名词。分析句子可知，本句为现在进行时，由“excuse”可知，inventing“编造”符合句意。故填C。

【7】考查形容词。reliable为形容词修饰名词。由“Oblique eyebrows，

sadness”可知，空处填名词indication“反映”。故填D。

【8】考查形容词。分析句子可知，空处应填形容词，由“few”可知，空处填involuntary“非自愿的”。故填A。

【9】考查形容词。本句为主系表结构，空处应填形容词，effective“有效的”符合句意。故填CD。

【10】考查名词。a后接名词，由“respond”可知，空处填名词reaction“反应”。故填AB。