阅读理解

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　Faces like fingerprints are unique. Did you ever wonder how it is possible for us to recognize people? Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the features (特征) that make one face different from another. Yet a very young child or even an animal such as a pigeon can learn to recognize faces. We all take this ability for granted.

　　We also tell people apart by how they behave. When we talk about someone's personality we mean the ways in which he or she acts speaks thinks and feels that make him or her different from others.

　　Like the human face human personality is very complex. But describing someone's personality in words is somewhat easier than describing his face. If you were asked to describe what a “nice face” looked like you probably would have a difficult time doing so. But if you were asked to describe a “nice person ” you might begin to think about someone who was kind considerate friendly warm and so forth.

　　There are many words to describe how a person thinks feels and acts. Gordon an American psychologist found nearly 18 000 English worlds characterizing differences in people's behavior. And many of us use this information as a basis for describing his personality. Bookworms conservatives military types people are described with such terms.

　　People have always tried to “type” each other. Actors on early Greek theater stage wore masks to show the audience whether they played the villain's(坏人) or the hero's role. In fact the words “person” and “personality” come from the Latin persona meaning “mask”. Today most television and movie actors do not wear masks. But we can easily tell the “good guys” from the “bad guys” because the two types differ in appearance as well as in actions.

1．The main idea of this passage is ________.

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A．how to recognize people's faces

B．how to describe people's personality

C．how to tell apart people both inward and outward

D．how to tell good persons from bad persons

2．Which of the following is NOT true?

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A．Different people may have different personalities.

B．People differ from each other in appearance.

C．People can learn to recognize faces.

D．People can describe all the features of others.

3．The reason why it is easier to describe a person's personality in words than his face is that ________.

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A．a person's face is more complex than his personality

B．a person's personality is easily recognized

C．people's personalities are very alike

D．many words can he used when people try to describe one's personality

4．We learn from the passage that people put a person into a certain type according to ________.

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A．his way of acting and thinking

B．his way of speaking and behaving

C．his learning and behavior

D．his physical appearance and his personality