Faces,likefingerprints,areunique.Didyoueverwonderhowitispossibleforustorecognizepeople?Evenaskilledwriterprobablycouldnotdescribeallthefeaturesthatmakeonefacedifferentfromanother.Yetaveryyoungchild---or
Faces,likefingerprints,areunique.Didyoueverwonderhowitispossibleforustorecognizepeople?Evenaskilledwriterprobablycouldnotdescribeallthefeaturesthatmakeonefacedifferentfromanother.Yetaveryyoungchild---orevenananimal,suchasapigeon---canlearntorecognizefaces.Wealltakethisabilityforgranted.Wealsotellpeopleapartbyhowtheybehave.Whenwetalkaboutsomeone’spersonality,wemeanthewaysinwhichheorsheacts,speaks,thinksandfeelsthatmakethatindividualdifferentfromothers.
Likethehumanface,humanpersonalityisverycomplex.Butdescribingsomeone’spersonalityinwordsissomewhateasierthandescribinghisface.Ifyouwereaskedtodescribewhatanicefacelookedlike,youprobablywouldhaveadifficulttimedoingso.Butifyouwereaskedtodescribeaniceperson,youmightbegintothinkaboutsomeonewhowaskind,considerate,friendly,warm,andsoforth.
Therearemanywordstodescribehowapersonthinks,feelsandacts.Gordon,anAmericanpsychologist,foundnearly18,000Englishwordscharacterizingdifferencesinpeople’sbehavior.Andmanyofususethisinformationasabasisfordescribing,ortypinghispersonality.
Bookworms,conservatives(保守派),military(军人或军事的)types---peoplearedescribedwithsuchterms.Peoplehavealwaystriedtotypeeachother.ActorsinearlyGreekdramaworemaskstoshowtheaudiencewhethertheyplayedthevillain’sorthehero’srole.Infact,thewords“person”and“personality”comefromtheLatinpersona,meaningmask.Today,mosttelevisionandmovieactorsdonotwearmasks.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.Peoplecandescribea