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6月大学英语四级阅读理解模拟题及答案 Statuses aremarvelous humaninventions thatenable usto getalong withone anotherand todetermine wherewe fitin society.As wego aboutour everydaylives,we mentallyattempt toplace peoplein termsof their statuses.For example,we mustjudge whether the personin thelibrary is a readeror alibrarian,whether thetelephone callerisafriend or a salesman,whethertheunfamiliar personon ourproperty isa thierorameter reader,and soon. The statuseswe assumeoften varywith thepeople weencounter,and changethroughout life.Most of us can,at veryhigh speed,assume thestatuses thatvarious situationsrequire.Much ofsocial interactionconsists ofidentifying andselecting amongappropriate statusesand allowingother peopleto assumetheirstatusesin relationto us.This meansthat wefit ouractions tothose ofother peoplebased ona constantmental processof appraisaland interpretation.Although someofusfind thetask moredifficu...。