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  3. Did you know that all human beings have a "comfort zone" regulating the distance they stand from someone when they talk? This di

Did you know that all human beings have a "comfort zone" regulating the distance they stand from someone when they talk? This di

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问题     Did you know that all human beings have a "comfort zone" regulating the distance they stand from someone when they talk? This distance varies in interesting ways among people of different cultures.
    Greeks, others of the Eastern Mediterranean, and many of those from South America normally stand quite close together when they talk, often moving their faces even closer as they warm up in a conversation. North Americans find this awkward and often back away a few inches. Studies have found that they tend to feel most comfortable at about 21 inches apart. In much of Asia and Africa, there is even more space between two speakers in conversation. This greater space subtly lends an air of dignity and respect. This matter of space is nearly always unconscious, but it is interesting to observe.
    This difference applies also to the closeness with which people sit together, the extent to which they lean over one another in conversation, how they move as they argue or make an emphatic(强调的)point. In the United States, for example, people try to keep their bodies apart even in a crowed elevator; in Pads they take it as it comes!
    Although North Americans have a relatively wide "comfort zone" for talking, they communicate a great deal with their hands—not only with gesture but also with touch. They put a sympathetic hand on a person’s shoulder to demonstrate warmth of feeling or an arm around him in sympathy; they nudge (用肘轻碰)a man in the ribs to emphasize a funny story; they pat an arm in reassurance or stroke a child’s head in affection; they readily take someone’s arm to help him across a street or direct him along an unfamiliar route. To many people— especially those from Asia or the Moslem countries—such bodily contact is unwelcome, especially if inadvertently(不经意地)done with the left hand.
According to the passage, the comfort zone for most African people ______.
选项 A、measures about 21 inches
B、varies from person to person
C、implies respect
D、is regulated by status
答案C
解析 由文章第二段第五句“This greater space subtly lends an air of dignity and respect”可知在非洲人们在交谈时与对方保持距离是为了显示尊敬。A项不正确，“21 inches”这是北美人感到最舒服的距离。B和D文中未提及。
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