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Faces,likefingerprints,areunique.Didyoueverwonderhowitispossibleforustorecognizepeople?Evenaskilledwriterprobablycouldnotdescribeallthefeaturesthatmakeonefacedifferentfromanother.Yetaveryyoungchild-orevenananimal,suchasapigeon-canlearntorecognizefaces.Wealltakethisabilityforgranted.

Wealsotellpeopleapartbyhowtheybehave.Whenwetalkaboutsomeone'spersonality,wemeanthewaysinwhichheorsheacts,speaks,thinksandfeelsthatmakethatindividualdifferentfromothers.

Likethehumanface,humanpersonalityisverycomplex.Butdescribingsomeone'spersonalityinwordsissomewhateasierthandescribinghisface.ifyouwereaskedtodescribewhatanicefacelookedlike,youprobablywouldhaveadifficulttimedoingso.Butifyouwereaskedtodescribeaniceperson,youmightbegintothinkaboutsomeonewhowaskind,considerate,friendly,warm,andsoforth.

Therearemanywordstodescribehowapersonthinks,feelsandacts.Gordonallports,anAmericanpsychologist,foundnearly18000Englishwordscharacterizingdifferencesinpeople'sbehavior.Andmanyofususethisinformationasabasisfordescribing,ortyping,hispersonality.Bookworms,conservatives,militarytypes-peoplearedescribedwithsuchterms.

Peoplehavealwaystriedtotypeeachother.ActorsinearlyGreekdramaworemaskstoshowtheaudiencewhethertheyplayedthevillain's（坏人）orthehero'srole.Infact,thewordspersonandpersonalitycomefromtheLatinpersona,meaningmask.Today,mosttelevisionandmovieactorsdonotwearmasks.Butwecaneasilytellthegoodguysfromthebadguysbecausethetwotypesdifferinappearanceaswellasinactions.

61.Themainideaofthispassageis.

A）howtodistinguishpeople'sfaces

B）howtodescribepeople'spersonality

C）howtodistinguishpeoplebothinwardandoutward

D）howtodiffergoodpersonsfrombadpersons

62.Theauthorismostprobablya.

A）behaviorist

B）psychologist

C）writer

D）sociologist

63.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?

A）Differentpeoplemayhavedifferentpersonalities.

B）Peopledifferfromeachinappearance.

C）Peoplecanlearntorecognizefaces.

D）Peoplecandescribeallthefeaturesofothers.

64.Thereasonwhyitiseasiertodescribeaperson'spersonalityinwordsthanhisfaceisthat.

A）aperson'sfaceismorecomplexthanhispersonality

B）aperson'spersonalityiseasilydistinguished

C）people'spersonalitiesareveryalike

D）manywordsareavailablewhenpeopletrytodescribeone'spersonality

65.Welearnfromthepassagethatpeopleclassifyapersonintocertaintypeaccordingto.

A）hiswayofactingandthinking

B）hiswayofspeakingandbehaving

C）hislearningandbehavior

D）hisphysicalappearanceandhispersonality