Faceslikefingerprintsareunique.Didyoueverwonderhowitispossibleforustorecognizepeople?Evenaskilledwriterprobablycouldnotdescribeallthefeaturesthatmakeonefacedifferentfromanother.Yetaveryyoungchild---

　　Faceslikefingerprintsareunique.Didyoueverwonderhowitispossibleforustorecognizepeople?Evenaskilledwriterprobablycouldnotdescribeallthefeaturesthatmakeonefacedifferentfromanother.Yetaveryyoungchild---orevenananimalsuchasapigeon---canlearntorecognizefaces.Wealltakethisabilityforgranted.Wealsotellpeopleapartbyhowtheybehave.Whenwetalkaboutsomeone’spersonalitywemeanthewaysinwhichheorsheactsspeaksthinksandfeelsthatmakethatindividualdifferentfromothers.

　　Likethehumanfacehumanpersonalityisverycomplex.Butdescribingsomeone’spersonalityinwordsissomewhateasierthandescribinghisface.Ifyouwereaskedtodescribewhatanicefacelookedlikeyouprobablywouldhaveadifficulttimedoingso.Butifyouwereaskedtodescribeanicepersonyoumightbegintothinkaboutsomeonewhowaskindconsideratefriendlywarmandsoforth.

　　Therearemanywordstodescribehowapersonthinksfeelsandacts.GordonanAmericanpsychologistfoundnearly18000Englishwordscharacterizingdifferencesinpeople’sbehavior.Andmanyofususethisinformationasabasisfordescribingortypinghispersonality.

　　Bookwormsconservatives（保守派）military（军人或军事的）types---peoplearedescribedwithsuchterms.Peoplehavealwaystriedtotypeeachother.ActorsinearlyGreekdramaworemaskstoshowtheaudiencewhethertheyplayedthevillain’sorthehero’srole.Infactthewords“person”and“personality”comefromtheLatinpersonameaningmask.Todaymosttelevisionandmovieactorsdonotwearmasks.Butwecaneasilytellthegoodguysfromthebadguysbecausethetwotypesdifferinappearanceaswellasinactions.

　　6.Thepassagetellsthereaders______.

　　A.howtodescribepeople’sfaces

　　B.howtodescribepeople’spersonality

　　C.howtodiffergoodpersonsfrombadones

　　D.howtodescribepeoplebothinwardandoutward

　　7.Whatisthepossibleroleofthewriter?

　　A.Psychologist B.Behaviorist C.Writer D.Sociologist

　　8.Whichofthefollowingisincorrect?

　　A.Differentpeoplemayhavedifferentpersonalities.

　　B.Peopledifferfromeachinappearance.

　　C.Peoplecandescribeallthef