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How do people learn body language？ The same way they learn spoken language-byobserving and imitating people around them as they' re growing up. (6)________.Little boys imitate their fathers or a respected uncle or a character ontelevision. In this way. They learn the gender signals appropriate for theirsex. Regional. class. and ethnic patterns of body behavior. are also learned inchildhood and persist throughout their life.

(7)________. In America, for example. women stand with their thighstogether.Many walk with their pelvis (骨盆) tipped slightly forward and theirupper arms close to their body. When they sit , they cross their legs at theknee or cross their ankles. American men hold their arms away from their body ,often swinging them as they walk. They stand with their legs apart. When theysit, they put their feet on the floor with legs apart and , in some parts of thecountry, they cross their legs by putting one ankle on the other knee.

Leg behavior. indicates sex , status , and personality. It also indicateswhether or not one is at ease or is showing respect or disrespect for the otherperson. Young Latin American males avoid crossing their legs. In their world ofmachismo (男子气概), the preferred position for young males when with one another.is to sit on the base of the spine with their leg muscles relaxed and theirfeet wide apart. Their respect position is like our military equivalent: spinestraight , heels and ankles together-almost identical to that displayed byproperly brought up young women in New England in the early part of thiscentury.

The way we walk , similarly , indicates status , respect , mood , and ethnicor cultural affiliation. To white Americans , some French middle-class maleswalk in a way that is both humorous and suspect. There is a bounce and loosenessto the French walk , as though the parts of the body were somehow unrelated.(8)________.

6. Choose the best supporting example.

A. No one becomes an instant expert on people' s behaviors by watching themat parties.

B. American males lean back and prop their legs up on the nearest object.

C. Little girls imitate their mothers or an older female.

7. Choose the best topic sentence for this paragraph.

A. Body language is not something that is independent of the person.

B. Non-verbal communication systems are interwoven into the fabric of thepersonality.

C. Such patterns of masculine and feminine body behavior. vary from oneculture to another.

8. Choose the best statement to conclude the paragraph.

A. All over the world , people walk in their own characteristic ways.

B. The idea that people communicate volumes by their posture and walk is notnew.

C. People have long been aware of the idea that it is essential to walkproperly.