(^_^) は目、:) は口で笑う。日米213人の実験で“表情を読む場所”の違いが出た

Q1. What is the passage mainly about?

1. AHow to draw faces on a computer
2. BDifferent ways to read happy faces in Japan and the U.S.
3. CWhy students in the U.S. study Japanese
4. DThe history of the smartphone

日米の顔文字のちがいと、目・口のどちらを見るかの研究の話なので B。

Q2. How many Japanese students took part?

1. A95
2. B118
3. C213
4. D60

95 Japanese students and 118 American students とあるので A。118人はアメリカの学生。

Q3. In the passage, what does "symbols" mean?

1. ASmall marks like dots and lines
2. BLarge photos of people
3. CFamous students
4. DKinds of food

keyboard symbols は、キーボードで打てる点や線などの記号のこと。A。

Q1. What did the researchers want to find out?

1. AWhich emoticons are the most popular online
2. BWhether the emoticon difference is linked to how people read faces
3. CHow fast students can type emoticons
4. DWhy American students like photos

wondered whether this difference had anything to do with how people read real faces とあるので B。

Q2. Which faces did American students rate as happier than Japanese students did?

1. AFaces with a happy mouth
2. BFaces with happy eyes
3. CFaces with no mouth
4. DFaces with closed eyes

American students rated faces with a happy mouth as happier とあるので A。

Q3. Why does the writer mention the edited photos?

1. ATo show that photos are better than emoticons
2. BTo explain how emoticons were invented
3. CTo show that the result was not only about emoticons
4. DTo show that the study failed

The same pattern appeared when the team used edited photos of real people から、顔文字だけの結果ではないと示すため。C。

Q1. What is the main point of the passage?

1. AEmoticons were invented in Japan.
2. BJapanese and American students differ in which part of the face they rely on to read feelings.
3. CAmericans cannot understand Japanese emoticons at all.
4. DEye-tracking is the only way to study emotions.

日本人はアメリカ人より目を、アメリカ人は日本人より口を重く見るという研究が中心なので B。

Q2. How did the second study differ from the first?

1. AIt used edited photos of real faces, and the gaps were smaller.
2. BIt used only Japanese students.
3. CIt found the opposite result.
4. DIt used a three-point scale.

A second study with 60 edited photos of real faces pointed the same way, though the gaps were smaller とあるので A。

Q3. What can be inferred from the 2009 study?

1. ALooking mostly at the eyes is always the best strategy.
2. BFear and disgust look exactly the same to everyone.
3. CRelying on the eyes can make some emotions harder to recognize.
4. DPeople in Glasgow do not look at faces.

目のあたりを見続けた人は恐れと嫌悪の表情を見分けるのが苦手だったので、目に頼ると読み取りにくい感情がある、と推測できる。C。