C. They are glad to show them before others.

D. They are too shy to speak before other people.

33. According to the passage, which of the

following about the dialects in Britain is TRUE?

A. A “whistle and flute” has a different

meaning from “suit”.

B. There are more dialects in Britain than in other countries.

C. The number of the dialects in Britain is getting smaller now.

D. It is easier for English to be more successful without these dialects.

34. Now people of the British Islands can

understand each other better because ______.

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A. they don’t speak in dialects any more B. they seldom talk to their mothers and fathers

C. they like to stay there instead of going outside

D. they speak and listen to more people from a much larger area

35. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. The influence of British culture

B. Dialects in the British Islands C. The dialects with certain accents D. The speakers of dialects in Britain

D

Do you look like your name? Scientists say there’s a good chance you do.

This comes from a new study published

in

a

magazine.

Researchers from Israel found

that our given names may have something to do with our facial (面部的) appearances.

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Lead writer Yonat Zwebner of a university, along with her team, did eight different experiments (实验) in Israel and France. The different experiments were set up to answer two main questions: whether people can correctly guess a person’s name based only on a photo of a face and what is behind this matching effect.

During the experiments, researchers asked students to look at photos of people’s faces and guess each person’s name from a list of four choices. They correctly guessed the right name 38 percent of the time, which was better than the 25 percent of a random (随机的) guess.

What’s more, when the faces the students looked at came from within their own country, they were able to best match the faces to the names. French students were better at matching only French names and faces while

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Israeli students were better at matching only Hebrew names and Israeli faces.

Researchers believe it is possible that people change their appearances without paying attention to it, to match their names. One study especially backed up this idea, showing that a hairstyle, something that can be changed by people easily, was enough to guide others in correctly guessing their names.

“Earlier research has shown there are cultural

stereotypes

carried

by

names,

including how someone should look. For example, people are more likely to imagine a person named Bob to have a rounder face than a person named Tim. We believe these stereotypes can, over time, influence people’s facial appearances,” Zwebner said.

The results of the experiments may even make parents think twice when choosing a

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