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Eye behavior can give subtle messages which people pick up in their daily life. It tells more than　words can. Meeting or failing to meet another person's 　eyes produce a particular effect.When two Americans __1

look searchingly at each other's eye, emotions are __2

heightened and the relationship becomes closer. However, Americans are careful about where and when to __3

meet other's eye. In our normal conversation, each　eye-contract lasts only a few seconds before one or　both individuals look away, because the longer meeting　of the eyes is rare, and, after it happens, can generate __4

a special kind of human-to-human awareness. For instance,by simple using his eyes, a man can make a woman aware　of him comfortably or uncomfortably; a long and steady gaze from a policeman or judge intimidates accused. __5

In the U.S., proper street behavior requires a nice 　　balance of attention and inattention. You are supposed　to look at a passer-by just enough to show that you　are being aware of his presence. If you look too little, __6

you appear haughty; too much, inquisitive. Much eye behavior is such subtle that our reaction to it is __7

largely instinctive. Besides, the codes of eye behavior　vary dramatically from one culture to other. In the __8

Middle East, it is impolite to look at the other person　all the time during a conversation; in England, the polite listener fixes the speaker with an inattentive __9

stare and blinks eye occasionally as a sign of interest　and attention. In America, eye behavior functions as a kind of conversational traffic signal control the __10

talking pace and time, and to indicate a change of topic.

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【答案】　　

1.把produce改为produces

本句中两个主语meeting和failing to meet another person's eye 用or连接，这时谓语动词应该采取就近原则，与最相邻的主语一致。

2.把at改为into

此处的动作应该是look into（注视），而不是一般的“看”（look at）。

3.把where改为how

上下文介绍的是目光交流的方式方法。

4.把after改为when/if

5.在accused前面加上the

intimidate（胁迫）是一个及物动词，后面不能只接形容词，此处应该加上定冠词，与accused构成名词短语，表示一类人，即“被告”。本句的意思是：例如，只要运用目光，男人就可以让女人很自在或者不舒服地感觉到他的存在；而警察或法官的长时间的注视可以威吓被告。

6.删除being

7.把such改为so

8.把other改为another

表示不定指代的“一个或者另一个”应该用one and/or another。

9.把inattentive改为attentive

10.在control前面加上to