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2013年越秀区高三摸底考试试卷 ??I．语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分） 第一节 完型填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。 Faces，like fingerprints，are unique．Did you ever wonder how it is 1 for us to recognize people? Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the features that make one face different from another．Yet a very young child or even a (an) 2 ，such as a pigeon，can learn to recognize faces. We all 3 this ability for granted．????? We also tell people apart by how they behave．When we talk about someone’s personality，we mean the 4 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 5 . 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 6 time doing so．But if you were 7 to describe a nice person, you might begin to think about someone who was kind， 8 , friendly, warm，and so forth．????? There are many words to describe how a person thinks, feels and 9 . Gordon Allport，an American psychologist，found 10 18,000 English words characterizing differences in people’s behavior．And many of us use this information as a basis for describing , or typing , his 11 ．Bookworms，conservatives，military types——people are described with such terms.????? People have 12 tried to“type” each other．Actors on early Greek theater stage wore masks to show the audience whether they 13 the villains 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 14 tell the “good guys” from the “bad guys” because the two types differ in 15 as well as in actions. 1. A. impossible B. possible C. difficult D. easy 2. A. baby B. adult