Fear is another emotion that is shown in much the same way all over the world. (80) In Chinese and in English literature, a phrase like "he went pale and begin to tremble" suggests that the man is either very afraid or he has just got a very big shock. However, "he opened his eyes wide" is used to suggest anger in Chinese whereas in English it means surprise. In Chinese "surprise" can be described in a phrase like ""they stretched out their tongues!"" Sticking out your    tongue in English is an insulting gesture or expresses strong dislike.

Even in the same culture, people differ in ability to understand and express feelings. Experiments in America have shown that women are usually better than men at recognizing fear, anger, love and happiness on people""s faces. Other studies show that older people usually find it easier to recognize or understand body language than younger people do.

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   我们既用语言也用肢体语言（gestures）来表达我们的感情，但是问题是在各地人们对这些语言和动作的理解上出现差异。

无庸质疑，微笑在不同语言里都代表相同的意义，大笑或者哭也是如此。而不同的动物传达同种感情的方式，却有许多惊人的相似之处（striking similarities）。例如，人类、老虎、狗在生气时常会露出牙齿。这可能是由于他们生来具有相同的行为模式。

    害怕、恐惧作为另一种情感表达方式，在全世界表达的方式大部分都是相同的，在中国和英国的文学中，有这样的言语：“他脸色苍白，浑身颤抖”，表示他很害怕或受到很大打击。然而“他睁大了眼睛”在中文中表示的意思是生气、愤怒，在英文中意思则表示吃惊。在中国文学中描述惊讶词是用短语“吐出舌头（stretched out）”来表示，而在英文伸长舌头中则表示侮辱或强烈的厌恶。

    即使处于同种文化，人们的理解能力和表达情感的方式也有所不同。美国曾就此做过实验，结论证明女人在害怕、生气、喜欢上的敏感度要强烈于男人，其他的研究还显示老人比年轻人更加容易理解肢体语言。

11. According to the passage, __________.
A. we can hardly understand what people""s gestures mean
B. we can not often be sure what people mean when they describe their feelings in words or gestures
C. words can be better understood by older people
D. gestures can be understood by most of the people while words can not
[解析]本题是主旨题，由本文中第一段的第一句We use both words and …ways.，可知答案[B]是对的。

12. People""s facial expressions may be misunderstood because __________.
A. people of different ages may have different understanding
B. people have different cultures
C. people of different sex may understand a gesture in a different way
D. people of different countries speak different languages
[解析]本题是推理题，由本文中第三段的第二、三句，通过举例推断出了不同文化对于感情有不同的表达方式，由此可知答案[B]是对的。

13. In the same culture, __________.
A. people have different ability to understand and express feelings
B. people have the same understanding of something
C. people never fail to understand each other
D. people are equally intelligent
[解析]本题是细节题，由本文中第四段的第一句，Even in the same culture, people differ in ability to understand and express feelings，可知答案[A]是对的。