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Passage 1 Exchange a glance with someone, then look away. Do you realize that you have made a statement? This type of stare often produces hostile feelings. 1. It can be inferred from the first paragraph that___. A) every glance has its significance 2. If you want to be left alone on an elevator, the best thing to do is___. B) to avoid eye contact with other passengers 3. By a dimming of the lights (Line 13,Para.1 )Erving Goffman means___. C) ceasing to glance at others 4. If one is looked at by a stranger for too long, he tends to feel___. B) uneasy 5. The passage mainly discusses___. D) the role of eye contact in interpersonal communication. Passage 2 Geraldo Rivera is well known for his compassionate investigative reports on WABC-TV Eyewitness News. But I’m not just in the business of making people cry. I’m in the business of change.” 6. Geraldo Rivera is working as a(n)______. B. investigative reporter for a special TV program 7. How many awards did Rivera receive for his work? D. Five 8. Rivera’s investigation and expose on the conditions at WillowbrookStateSchool led to _____. D. all of the above 9. The term “One-to-One” in the 3rdparagraph refers to ______. A. an organization in the community that helps take better care of the mentally disabled 10. The author suggests in this passage that_____. B. Rivera never tries to conceal his own compassion in his reporting Passage 3 In the old days, children were familiar with birth and death as part of life. This is perhaps the first generation of American youngsters (年轻人) who have never been close by during the birth of a baby and have never experienced the death of a family member. 11. The elders of contemporary Americans___. C) usually witnessed the birth or death of a family member 12. Children in America today are denied the chance___. A) to learn how to face death 13. Five hundred critically ill patients were investigated with the main purpose of___. D) learning how to best help them and their families 14. The ne