Read the passage below and choose the correct answer:        Body postures and movements are frequently indicators of self-confidence, energy, fatigue, or status. Cognitively, gestures operate to clarify, contradict, or replace verbal messages. Gestures also serve an important function with regard to regulating the flow of conversation. For example, if a student is talking about something in front of the class, single nods of the head from the teacher will likely cause that student to continue and perhaps more elaborate. Postures as well as gestures are used to indicate attitudes, status, affective moods, approval, deception, warmth, and other variables related to conversation interaction.       The saying "A picture is worth a thousand words" well describes the meaning of facial expressions. Facial appearance - including wrinkles, muscle tone, skin coloration, and eye color-offers enduring cues that reveal information about age, sex, race, ethnic origin, and status.       A less permanent second set of facial cues-including length of hair, hairstyle, cleanliness, and facial hair-relate to an individual's idea of beauty. A third group of facial markers are momentary expressions that signal that cause changes in the forehead, eyebrows, eyelids, cheeks, nose, lips, and chin, such as raising the eyebrows, wrinkling the brow, curling the lip.     Some facial expressions are readily visible, while others are fleeting. Both types can positively or negatively reinforce the spoken words and convey cues concerning emotions and attitudes.   1. Gestures ______________ . A. can do nothing with a conversation B. can clarify the meaning of verbal messages C. may interrupt the flow of a conversation D. can end a conversation more quickly than usual 2. A nod of the head from the teacher will likely ask his student to ____________ what he is saying. A. go on             B. give up              C. put off              D. throw away 3. According to the writer, "A picture is worth a thousand words" means _____________ . A. a picture of a face is more valuable than a thousand words B. a picture is more important than a thousand words C. facial gestures can convey a lot of meanings D. he has just bought a picture with a thousand words on it 4. How many categories of facial expressions are mentioned? A. 2             B. 3                C. 4                 D. 5 5. Facial expressions ________________. A. cannot convey emotions                        B. cannot reinforce spoken words C. can only express negative attitudes         D. can be either visible or fleeting Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question:         Jean spent her first few years in Hooper and her family moved to Otsego early in her life. She was only ten when her father died unexpectedly, leaving her mother to raise and support their family alone. Her mother soon went to work outside the home to provide for the family, and Jean, being one of the oldest, had to help care for her younger siblings. Although she had much responsibility at home, Jean thoroughly enjoyed school and was an excellent student. She went on to graduate 10th in her class at Otsego High School in 1953.         While still in high school, Jean met a young man named Charles "Chuck" Holly, at a dance in Alamo, and they were quite taken with each other. Over the next few years, their love for each other blossomed and they were married on February 24, 1953, while Jean was still in school. At the time, Chuck was serving his country in the military, and had come home on leave to marry his sweetheart. Unfortunately, shortly thereafter, he was sent overseas to serve in Korea for the next fifteen months.        Upon his discharge, the couple settled into married life together in the Plainwell, Otsego area. To help make ends meet, Jean went to work at the collection bureau in Kalamazoo for a while, before taking a job at the cheese company in Otsego. In 1964, Chuck and Jean were overjoyed with the birth of their son, Chuck, who brought great joy into their lives. Jean remembered how her mother was always gone so much working after her father died and she did not want that for her son, so she left her job to devote herself to the role of a mother.   1. Before Jean’s father passed away, her mother used to ___________. A. work outside the home                      B. be a housewife C. support the family alone                    D. work as a secretar 2. Which is not referred to Jean? A. She was a responsible girl. B. She never helped her mother with household chores. C. She often did well at school. D. She went to high school. 3. Jean’s husband was a ____________. A. teacher            B. dancer                  C. soldier                 D. servant 4. Jean ____________. A. served in the military                 B. lived in Korea for fifteen months C. had a daughter                         D. got married when she was a student 5. Which is not true about Jean? A. She disliked staying at home and taking care of her child. B. She worked outside the home before she had a child. C. She was very happy when she got a baby. D. She quit her job to look after her baby.