WHENtherearesomestrangersinfrontofuswhichofthemwillwetrust?

AccordingtoanewstudyintheonlinePloSOne(《公共科学图书馆·综合》)peoplemaketheirdecisionstotrustotherslargelybasedontheirfaces.Yourappearancecandoalotforyouespeciallyifyouareinthefinancialindustry.Themoretrustworthyyoulookthemorelikelypeoplewillbuywhatyou’reselling.

ResearchersfromBritain’sUniversityofWarwickBusinessSchoolUniversityCollegeLondonandDartmouthCollegeUSdidanumberofexperiments.

Theresearchteamusedcomputersoftwaretomake40facesfromtheleasttothemosttrustworthy-looking.

Thestudysaidthatthedifferencebetweenatrustworthyfaceandonethatisn’tastrustworthycomesfromfeaturesthatlookslightlyangryorslightlyhappyevenwhenthefaceisatrest.Howeveraslightlyhappyfaceismorelikelytobetrusted.

Researchersgaveparticipantssomemoneyandaskedthemwhichfacetheytrustedtoinvestthemoneyforthem.Thenresearchersgavesomegoodandbadinformationaboutthepeoplewiththesefacesandaskedtheparticipantsagainwhomtheytrusted.

Theresultsshowedthateveniftheygotdifferentinformationtheparticipantsdidn’tchangetheirchoices.Theywerestillmorelikelytoinvesttheirmoneywiththemoretrustworthy-lookingfaces.

ChrisOlivolaoneofthestudy’sauthorssaidintheUniversityofWarwick’spressrelease:“Itseemswearestillwillingtogowithourowninstincts(本能)aboutwhetherwethinksomeonelookslikewecantrustthem.Thetemptation(诱惑)tojudgestrangersbytheirfacesishardtoresist.”

【小题1】Whichofthefollowingcanbeapropertitleforthispassage?

A．Whatkindoffacedoyoutrust?B．Whodidtheexperiments?C．Whydoyoutrusthimorher?D．Whydidtheydotheexperiments?【小题2】Accordingtothestudywhichofthefollowingfacesismostlikelytobetrusted?A．Asadface.B．Asmilingface.C．Acryingface.D．Anangryface.【小题3】WhichofthefollowingabouttheexperimentisTRUE?A．Thetrustworthyfacesweregivengoodin