【单选题】Whethertheeyesare"thewindowsofthesoul"isdebatable ,thattheyareintenselyimportantininterpersonalcommunicationisafact.Duringthefirsttwomonthsofababy’slife,thestimulusthatproducesasmileisapairofeyes.Theeyesneednotbereal:amaskwithtwodotswillproduceasmile.Significantly,arealhumanfacewitheyescoveredwillnotmotivateasmile,norwillthesightofonlyoneeyewhenthefaceispresentedinprofile.Thisattr actiontoeyesasopposedtothenoseormouthcontinuesasthebabymatures.Inonestudy,whenAmericanfour-year-oldswereaskedtodrawpeople,75percentofthemdrewpeoplewithmouths,but99percentofthemdrewpeoplewitheyes.InJapan,however,wherebabiesarecarriedontheirmothers’back,infantsdonotacquireasmuchattachmenttoeyesastheydoinothercultures.Asaresult,Japaneseadultsmakelittleuseofthefaceeithertoencodeordecodemeaning.Infact,Argylerevealsthatthe"properplacetofocusone’sgazeduringaconversationinJapanisontheneckofone’sconversationpartner."TheroleofeyecontactinaconversationalexchangebetweentwoAmericansiswelldefined,speakersmakecontactwiththeeyesoftheirlistenerforaboutonesecond,thenglanceawayastheytalk;inafewmomentstheyre-establisheyecontactwiththelistenertoreassurethemselvesthattheiraudienceisstillattentive,thenshifttheirgazeawayoncemore.Listeners,meanwhile,keeptheireyesonthefaceofthespeaker,allowingthemselvestoglanceawayonlybriefly.Itisimportantthattheybelookingatthespeakerattheprecisemomentwhenthespeakerre-establisheseyecontact,iftheyarenotlooking,thespeakerassumesthattheyaredisinterestedandeitherwillpauseuntileyecontactisresumedorwillterminatetheconversation.Justhowcriticalthiseyemaneuveringistothemaintenanceofconversationalflowbecomesevidentwhentwospeakersarewearingdarkglasses,theremaybeasortoftr afficjamofwordscausedbyinterruption,falsestarts,andunpredictable pauses.Accordingtothepassage,theJapanesefixtheirgazeontheirconversationpartner’sneckbecause______.A、theydon’tliketokeeptheireyesonthefaceofthespeakerB、theyneednotcommunicatethrougheyecontactC、theydon’tthinkitpolitetohaveeyecontactD、theydidn’thavemuchopportunitytocommunicatethrougheyecontactinbabyhood
【单选题】Whethertheeyesare"thewindowsofthesoul"isdebatable ,thattheyareintenselyimportantininterpersonalcommunicationisafact.Duringthefirsttwomonthsofababy’slife,thestimulusthatproducesasmileisapairofeyes.Theeyesneednotbereal:amaskwithtwodotswillproduceasmile.Significantly,arealhumanfacewitheyescoveredwillnotmotivateasmile,norwillthesightofonlyoneeyewhenthefaceispresentedinprofile.Thisattr actiontoeyesasopposedtothenoseormouthcontinuesasthebabymatures.Inonestudy,whenAmericanfour-year-oldswereaskedtodrawpeople,75percentofthemdrewpeoplewithmouths,but99percentofthemdrewpeoplewitheyes.InJapan,however,wherebabiesarecarriedontheirmothers’back,infantsdonotacquireasmuchattachmenttoeyesastheydoinothercultures.Asaresult,Japaneseadultsmakelittleuseofthefaceeithertoencodeordecodemeaning.Infact,Argylerevealsthatthe"properplacetofocusone’sgazeduringaconversationinJapanisontheneckofone’sconversationpartner."TheroleofeyecontactinaconversationalexchangebetweentwoAmericansiswelldefined,speakersmakecontactwiththeeyesoftheirlistenerforaboutonesecond,thenglanceawayastheytalk;inafewmomentstheyre-establisheyecontactwiththelistenertoreassurethemselvesthattheiraudienceisstillattentive,thenshifttheirgazeawayoncemore.Listeners,meanwhile,keeptheireyesonthefaceofthespeaker,allowingthemselvestoglanceawayonlybriefly.Itisimportantthattheybelookingatthespeakerattheprecisemomentwhenthespeakerre-establisheseyecontact,iftheyarenotlooking,thespeakerassumesthattheyaredisinterestedandeitherwillpauseuntileyecontactisresumedorwillterminatetheconversation.Justhowcriticalthiseyemaneuveringistothemaintenanceofconversationalflowbecomesevidentwhentwospeakersarewearingdarkglasses,theremaybeasortoftr afficjamofwordscausedbyinterruption,falsestarts,andunpredictable pauses.Accordingtothepassage,theJapanesefixtheirgazeontheirconversationpartner’sneckbecause______.A、theydon’tliketokeeptheireyesonthefaceofthespeakerB、theyneednotcommunicatethrougheyecontactC、theydon’tthinkitpolitetohaveeyecontactD、theydidn’thavemuchopportunitytocommunicatethrougheyecontactinbabyhood



