1、The process of perceiving others is rarely translated (to ourselves or others) into cold, objective terms. She was 5 feet 8 inches tall, had fair hair, and wore a colored skirt. More often, we try to get inside the other person to pinpoint (强调 ) his or her attitudes, emotions, motivations, abilities
2、, ideas, and characters. Furthermore, we sometimes behave as if we can accomplish this difficult job very quicklyperhaps with a two-second glance.Berger suggests several methods for reducing uncertainties about others; who are known to you so you can compare the observed persons behavior with the kn
3、own others behavior, observing a person in a situation where social behavior is relatively unrestrained or where a wide variety of behavioral responses are called for, deliberately structuring the physical or social environment so as to observe the persons responses to specific stimuli (刺激因素) , aski
4、ng people who have had or have frequent contact with the person about him or her, and using various strategies in face-to-face interaction to uncover information about another personquestion, self-disclosures, and so on.Getting to know someone is a never-ending task, largely because people are const
5、antly changing and the methods we use to obtain information are often imprecise. You may have known someone for ten years and still know very little about him. If we accept the idea that we wont ever fully know another person, it enables us to deal more easily with those things that get in the way o
6、f accurate knowledge such as secrets and deceptions. It will also keep us from being too surprised or shocked by seemingly inconsistent behavior. Ironically, those things that keep us from knowing another person too well(e. g. secrets and deceptions) may be just as important to the development of a
7、satisfying relationship as those things that enable us to obtain accurate knowledge about a person (e. g. disclosures and truthful statement).1. According to the passage, if we perceive a person, we are likely to be interested in _A. what he wears B. how tall he isC. how happy he is D. what color he
8、 dyes his hair2. Some people are often surprised by what other people do. According to Berger, that is mainly because _A. some people are more emotional than othersB. some people are not aware of the fact that we will never completely know another personC. some people are sensitive enough to sense t
9、he change of other peoples attitudesD. some people choose to keep to themselves3. We may have known someone for ten years and still know very little about him because _.A. we dont accept the idea that we might never fully know another personB. we often get information in a casual and inexact wayC. w
10、e pay more attention to other peoples motivations and emotions ? 62 ?D. we often have face-to-face conversation with him4. There are things that we find preventing us from knowing others. These things are _.A. disclosures B. deceptionsC. stimuli D. interactions5. This passage mainly concerns _.A. the relationship between people B. the perception of other peopleC. secrets and deceptions of people D. peoples attitudes and characters参考答案：1-5 C B B B B