In our societythe unwritten rules of communication discourage the direct expression of mostemotions. Count the number of genuine emotional expressions you hear over a two-or-three-dayperiod and you’ll discover that emotional expressions are rare. People aregenerally comfortable making statements of fact and often delight in expressingtheir opinions, but they rarely disclose how they feel.

Notsurprisingly, the emotions that people do share directly are usually positive.For example, one study of married couples revealed that the partners sharedflattering feelings of face-saving ones. They also willingly disclosed bothpositive and negative feelings about absent third parties. On the other hand,the husbands and wives rarely expressed face-threatening feelings of hostility.

Surprisingly,social rules even discourage too much expression of positive feelings. A hugand kiss for Mother is all right, though a young man should shake hands withDad. Affection toward friends becomes less and less frequent as we grow older,so that even a simple statement such as “I like you” is seldom heard betweenadults.

A review of research on emotional expression supports thecultural stereotype of the nonemotional male and the more emotional female. Asa group, women are more likely than men to express their emotions. They arebetter at distinguishing between related feelings such as liking and loving,and they are more likely to have more affectionate relationships than men. Ofcourse, these gender differences are statistical average, and there are manymen and women who do not fall these types.

1．Why do people rarelyexpress their feelings?

A. Because theywould not feel comfortable doing so.

B. Because theylike facts better.

C. Because theythink personal feeling would distort facts.

D. Because theyseldom have positive feelings.

2．Which of the following utters aface-threatening feeling?

A. You are notdoing well this time, but you will be OK.

B. Jane alwaysphones her boyfriend at work.

C. You seldomhave time even talking to me.

D. You lookpretty today. Where did you get the smelter?

3．The traditional view holds that ______.

A. people becomemore silent when they grow old

B. people evenseldom express positive feelings to others

C. men arebetter at expressing their feelings than women

D. women arebetter at expressing their feelings than men

4．Which of the following is true accordingto the passage?

A. All women arebetter at recognizing feelings than men

B. All men arebetter at recognizing feelings than women

C. The averagemen do not like women.

D. Some men arebetter at expressing themselves than women.

5．When people grow older, ______.

A. they arebetter at expressing their feelings

B. they expresspositive feelings only to their spouses

C. they oftentry to stay away from friends

D. they hidetheir feeling better

【答案与解析】

1．A 根据第一段的最后两句：人们一般讲述事实很舒坦，发表意见很高兴。而他们很少谈及他们如何感受的。也就是说表露情感不舒服。

2．C 谈话都没有什么时间，这是指责、讽刺口吻有损脸面。

3．D 妇女比男人更喜欢表达自己的情感。

4．D 文章最后一句话说到“性别差异（妇女比男的更善于表达情感）是一般的统计数字，并且有许多男人和妇女不属于这种类型”。这句话说明有些男的比妇女更善于表达情感的事实存在。这四选项中A和B两项都提到所有女人，或所有的男人都比对方更善于表达感情。文内不是指所有的人。

5．D 这在第三段第三句：我们长得越大，对朋友的感情越来越表达得少。甚至一句简单的话，类似“我喜欢你”在成年之间很少听到。其他三项文内没有提及或者错误。 yntV2U0SLO/e1lcwLTj41DcxUxR6xmIVeat9lxtrBUqLzBngA02PLUGqHUlt8fxD