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湖北黄冈市2016高考英语阅读理解精练（7）及（解析）答案

2016高考模拟题。阅读理解。

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Weoftensmileattimes.However,themeaningofasmileindifferentculturesmaybedifferent.Dependingondifferentcultures,smilingcanexpressjoyandamusement,butitcanalsoindicateembarrassment.Thefollowingexamplesshowthispointofview:

Inanattempttobeopenandfriendly,peopleintheUnitedStatessmilealot.Everyonesmilesateachother,thisnonverbalcommunicationshowsbeingfriendlyintheUnitedStates.However，inChina,smilingisnotonlyanexpressionofhappiness,butalsoawaytoavoidbeingembarrassed.Chinesepeoplelikesmilingwhentheyareembarrassedinordertoavoidembarrassment.Smilingisakindofgoodwillbutnotsneer（嘲笑）.Forexample:Whenachildfallsofffromabike,theadultsinChinamaysmile,whichisakindofgentleencouragementandmaynotbeakindofimpolitelaugh.

WhenapersonfromtheUnitedStatesmightblush（脸红）withembarrassmentorbecomeoffensive,aChinesemightblushwithsmile.Toavoidseriousmisunderstanding,peoplewhoengageininterculturalcommunicationshouldbeabletounderstandthemeaningofsmilingappropriately.Relatedtothesmileisthelaugh.Also,differentcultureshavedifferentmeaningsaboutlaugh.Forexample,Americanscanenjoyaveryheartfeltbelly(腹部)laughthatcomesfromthedeepestemotions.However,mostChineseseldomlaughthatwaybecausetheyarethoughttobesillyexceptamongclosefriends.

Wecanusesmiletoexpressallofthefollowingfeelingsexcept ,

joyandhappiness B.amusement C.embarrassment D.fear

PeopleoftensmileateachotherintheUnitedStatesbecause .

theyareveryhappy B.theywanttoshowtheyarefriendly

C.theywanttohidetheirtruefeelings D.theywanttoavoidembarrassment

InChina,seeingachildfallsoffabike,anadultwillsmileinorderto .

laughathim B.avoidhisownembarrassment

C