黑龙江2010年成人学士学位英语考试真题及答案解析（A卷）
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　　Part IV. Short Answer Questions (10 points; 15 minutes)

　　Directions: In this part there is a short passage with five questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words (not exceeding 10 words) . Write your answers on the Answer Sheet of Paper Two. (请将此部分的答案写在试卷二的答题纸上)

　　Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.

　　All of us communicate with one another nonverbally as well as with words. Most of the time we’re not aware that we’re doing it. We gesture with eyebrows or hands, meet someone else’s eyes and look away, or change positions in a chair. These actions we assume are occasional. However in recent years researchers have discovered that there is a system to them almost as consistent and understandable as language.

　　One important kind of body language is eye behavior. Americans are careful about how and when they meet one another’s eyes. In our normal conversation, each eye contact lasts only about a second before one or both of us look away. When two Americans look searchingly into each other’s eyes, they become more intimate. Therefore, we carefully avoid this, except in suitable situations.

　　Researchers who are engaged in the study of communication through body movement are not prepared to spell out a precise vocabulary of gestures. When an American rubs his nose, it may mean he is disagreeing with someone or refusing something. But there are other possible interpretations, too. Another example: when a student in conversation with a professor holds the older man’s eyes a little longer than usual it can be a sign of respect, it can be a challenge to the professor’s authority, or it can be something else entirely. The researchers look for patterns in the situation, not for a separate meaningful gesture.

　　Communication between human beings would be just dull if it were all done with words.

　　61. How can people communicate with each other besides language?

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　　62. Like language, gesture is ___________________________________________________.

　　63. According to the second paragraph, an American will feel uncomfortable if someone __________________________________________________________________

　　64. If a student holds his professor’s eyes a little longer in a conversation, what can it mean?

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　　65. What is the main idea of the passage?

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