英语四级真题阅读题physical contact
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Have you ever wondered how acceptable it is to hug or touch someone? While it may sound safe to avoid all physical contact so as not to offend anyone, the lack of touching might imply cold attitudes or indifference in interpersonal relationships.
So, what should we do? The simple answer is to thoroughly learn unique cultural norms for physical contact. In nonverbal communication terminology (术语) , physical contact and the study of touching are generally referred to as haptics.
Haptics in communication often suggest the level of intimacy. They are usually classified into two groups: high-contact and low-contact.
Asia and quite surprisingly the United States, Canada and Britain belong to low-contact cultures.People from the rest of the world, such as Latin America, are considered to be in high-contact cultures, where they tend to expect touching in social interactions and feel mor
e comfortable with physical cloness. Despite the classification, there are more complex factors such as relational cloness, gender, age, and context that can affect how someone views physical contact.
One common French custom of greetings is cheek-kissing, but it is mostly restricted to friends, clo acquaintances and family members. While cheek-kissing for Latin Americans is also a universal greeting form, it does not require such a high degree of relational cloness. However, gender matters more for them becau cheek-kissing often only happens between women or a man and a woman but not two men.
In contrast, in certain Arabian, African, and Asian countries, men can publicly hold hands or show physical affection as signs of brotherhood or friendship while the behaviors may suggest a romantic relationship in other parts of the world. Although men 's touching is more normal in the cultures, physical contact between persons of opposite xes who are not family members is negatively perceived in Arabian countries.
emperor怎么读The factors could definitely affect the degree to which someone is comfortable with tact
ile (触觉的) communication and physical intimacy. Therefore, if you are someone who loves to show physical affection, you should not be afraid to show it or drastically change your behaviors- just ask for connt beforehand!
社会实践调查报告格式46. What does the author say in the first paragraph about physical contact?
A) Its role in interpersonal relationships is getting increasingly important.
B) It is becoming more acceptable to many who ud to think it offensive.
C) Its abnce might suggest a lack of warmth in interpersonal relationships.
D) It might prompt different respons from people of different social backgrounds.
47. What does physical contact in communication suggest?
A) What social class people belong to.
ltemB) How civilized the communicators are.当然的英文翻译
C) What family background people come from.
D) How clo the communicators' relationships are.
48. What do we learn about people in high-contact cultures?
A) They are nsitive to the way people express their emotions.
cnoocB) They take touching as a cultural norm in social interactions.
C) They attach great importance to clo ties among people.
D) They tend to be more open in interpersonal relationships.
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49. What do we learn about social customs in Arabian countries?
A) Men can show friendship in public through physical affection.
词霸翻译B) Non-traditional romantic relationships are simply unacceptable.
C) Physical contact between unfamiliar people is negatively perceived.
D) People of different ages and genders show affection in different ways.
农夫山泉京华时报50. What does the author tell us to do concerning tactile communication?
A) Lay emphasis on nonverbal communication.
B) Learn to u appropriate body language first.
C) Pay attention to the differences between genders.
cornflakesD) Take other people's preference into consideration.
题目解析
46.【正确选项】C)项。
根据题干关键词in the first paragraph about physical contact，可定位至第1段第二句。本句意为：尽管避免所有身体接触以免冒犯别人听起来很安全，但缺乏接触可能意味着人际关系中的冷漠态度和漠不关心。C选项a lack of warmth(缺乏温暖)同义替换原文cold attitudes or indifference(冷漠的态度或漠不关心)，故选C)项。
47.【正确选项】D)项。
根据题干关键词 physical contact in communication及题文同序的原则，定位至第2段最后一句：In nonverbal communication terminology (术语) , physical contact and the study of touching are generally referred to as haptics，本句出现陌生词汇 haptics无法解题，而第三段第一句对haptics 进行解释：Haptics in communication often suggest the level of intimacy，意为：交流中的触觉通常表明亲密程度。D选项意为：交流者有多么亲密，clo对应原文intimacy，故选D)项。
48.【正确选项】B)项。
根据题干关键词people in high-contact cultures及题文同序原则，可定位至第3段第2句后半句 ……in high-contact cultures, where they tend to expect touching in social interactions and feel more comfortable with physical cloness. 意为：在高接触文化中，他们倾向于在社交互动中期待接触并且对身体的亲近感到更舒服。B项“他们把接触作为社交中的文化规范”是对原文的同义替换。故选B项。
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