People in cities all over the world shop in supermarkets. Who decides what you b

People in cities all over the world shop in supermarkets. Who decides what you b

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People in cities all over the world shop in supermarkets. Who decides what you buy in the supermarket? Do you decide? Does the supermarket decide?
When you enter the supermarket, you see shelves full of food. You walk in the aisles (走道) between the shelves. You push a shopping cart and put your food in it.
You probably hear soft, slow music as you walk along the aisles. This may be an attempt to please you, so you will enjoy shopping. Some supermarkets want to increase their profits by playing soft and slow music, because the slow music makes you walk slowly and you have more time to buy things.
Fresh fruit and vegetables are usually put near the entrance. When you arrive at the supermarket, you think about the kinds of fruit and vegetables you need first. Once you’ve got that out of the way, you can relax and do the rest of the shopping without any hurry. Besides, if you see fresh goods first, it gives you a “feel good” impression of freshness, so you can not help spending your money.
Maybe you go to the meat department then. There is some meat on sale, and you want to find it. The manager of the supermarket knows where customers enter the meat department. The cheaper meat is at the other end of the meat department, away from where the customers enter. You have to walk past all the expensive meat before you find the cheaper meat. Maybe you will buy some of the expensive meat instead of the meat on sale.
Most of the food in supermarkets is very attractive. It all says “Buy me quickly!” to the customers. The fresh fruit and vegetables say “Buy me quickly!” as you walk by. The expensive meat says “Buy me quickly!” The supermarket tells you what to buy.
小题1:Some supermarkets play soft, slow music because it ______.
A.makes customers walk slowly and buy more
B.can help customers get the things they want
C.can make customers relaxed and happy
D.can tell customers exactly where to go
小题2:The manager knows ______.
A.where customers come from
B.which customers like slow music
C.where fresh meat should be put
D.which customers like cheap meat
小题3:When walking past the expensive meat, the customers will ______.
A.pay no attention to itB.possibly buy some
C.look for some cheap meatD.feel uncomfortable
小题4:If you see fresh goods first in the supermarket, ______.
A.you know where to get things
B.it brings you good luck
C.it makes you spend less money
D.you’ll get a fresh impression
小题5:Supermarket managers make the food attractive so that ______.
A.the customers will buy moreB.it looks very expensive
C.the customers come oftenD.it seems cheap and fine

答案
 
小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:A
解析

试题分析:文章大意:世界各地城市的人们都到超市购物,你知道是谁决定着顾客买什么吗?是超市而不是顾客自己。
小题1:A 细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句…because the slow music makes you walk slowly and you have more time to buy things.可以得出答案,所以答案选A。
小题2:C 细节理解题。 根据倒数第二段The manager of the supermarket knows where customers enter the meat department. The cheaper meat is at the other end of the meat department, away from where the customers enter.可知,超市经理知道顾客从哪儿进入冷鲜肉区,从而会把鲜肉放在先经过的地方,把便宜的肉放在最里面。所以答案选C。经理并不知道顾客来自哪儿,哪些顾客喜欢轻音乐,哪些喜欢便宜肉。
小题3:B 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段You have to walk past all the expensive meat before you find the cheaper meat. Maybe you will buy some of the expensive meat instead of the meat on sale.可知,超市把便宜的肉放在最里面,所以想买到便宜肉就得经过鲜肉区,这样可能就买贵的而不去买便宜的。所以答案选择B。
小题4:D 细节理解题。根据第四段句子if you see fresh goods first, it gives you a “feel good” impression of freshness, so you can not help spending your money.可知,如果你进入超市后先看到新鲜的货物,你就会有新鲜的好感,从而不自觉地就想花钱买。所以答案选D。
小题5:A 细节理解题。根据最后一段句子Most of the food in supermarkets is very attractive.结合上一题,可以得出答案选A、超市经理让超市食品更吸引人目的是让顾客花更多的钱来买。
举一反三
I travel a lot, and I find out different “styles” of directions every time I ask “How can I get to the post office?”
Foreign tourists are often confused in Japan because most streets there don’t have names; in Japan, people use landmarks (地标) in their directions instead of street names. For example, the Japanese will say to travelers, “Go straight down to the corner. Turn left at the big hotel and go past a fruit market. The post office is across from the bus stop.”
In the countryside of the American Midwest, there are not usually many landmarks. There are no mountains, so the land is very flat; in many places there are no towns or buildings within miles. Instead of landmarks, people will tell you directions and distances. In Kansas or Iowa, for example, people will say, “Go north two miles. Turn east, and then go another mile.”
People in Los Angeles, California, have no idea of distance on the map; they measure distance in time, not miles. “How far away is the post office?” you ask. “Oh,” they answer, “it’s about five minutes from here.” You say, “Yes, but how many miles away is it?” They don’t know.
It’s true that a person doesn’t know the answer to your question sometimes. What happens in such a situation? A New Yorker might say, ‘Sorry, I have no idea.” But in Yucatan, Mexico, no one answers “I don’t know.” People in Yucatan believe that “I don’t know” is impolite, They usually give an answer, often a wrong one. A tourist can get very, very lost in Yucatan!
小题1:When a tourist asks the Japanese the way to a certain place they usually _________
A.describe the place carefully
B.show him a map of the place
C.tell him the names of the streets
D.refer to recognizable buildings and places
小题2:What is the place where people measure distance in time?
A.New York. B.Los Angeles. C.Kansas.D.Iowa.
小题3:People in Yucatan may give a tourist a wrong answer ________
A.in order to save time B.as a test C.so as to be politeD.for fun
小题4:What can we infer from the text?
A.It’s important for travelers to understand cultural differences.
B.It’s useful for travelers to know how to ask the way properly.
C.People have similar understandings of politeness.
D.New Yorkers are generally friendly to visitors.

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Forget Twitter and Facebook, Google and the Kindle. Television is still the most influential medium around. Indeed, for many of the poorest regions(地区)of the world, it remains the next big thing—finally becomes globally available. And that is a good thing, because the TV revolution is changing lives for the better.
Across the developing world, around 45% of families had a TV in 1995; by 2005 the number had climbed above 60% . That is some way behind the U.S. ,where there are more TVs than people, and where people now easily get access to the Internet. Five million more families in sub-Saharan Africa will get a TV over the next five years. In 2005 , after the fall of the Taliban(塔利班),which had banned TV, I in 5 Afghans had one. The global total is another 150 million by 2013—pushing the numbers to well beyond two thirds of families.
Television’s most powerful effect will be on the lives of women. In India, researchers Robert Jensen and Emily Oster found that when TVs reached villages, women were more likely to go to the market without their husbands approval and less likely to want a boy rather than a girl. They were more likely to make decisions over child health care. TV is also a powerful medium for adult education. In the Indian state of Gujarat, Chitrageet is a popular show that plays Bollywood songs with words in Gujarati on the screen. Within six months, viewers had made a small but significant improvement in their reading skills.
Too much TV has been associated with violence, overweight and loneliness. However, TV is having a positive influence on the lives of billions worldwide.
小题1:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Americans used to get access to the Internet easily.
B.The world’s TV sets will total 150 million by 2013.
C.45% of families in the developing countries had a TV in 2005.
D.Over two thirds of families in the world will have a TV by 2013.
小题2:The author intends to ____________.
A.stress the advantages of TV to people’s lives
B.persuade women to become more independent
C.encourage people to improve their reading skills
D.introduce the readers some websites such as Google
小题3:What would be the best title for the passage?
A.TV Will Rule the World B.TV Will Disturb the World
C.TV Will Better the WorldD.TV Will Remain in World

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Every one of us, rich or poor,should at least have one or two good friends. I learned that a true friend is the most important in my life after I had gone        so many terrible things. I felt
upset when I was told that I would have to        the company . As I had a very big family to __ ___   
and was in great need of money,what I was        about was how to find another new  job .In order to         this problem, I rushed from place to place like crazy. I read almost all the newspapers and         almost all the telephone numbers in the newspaper___    in my notebook and tried to call almost a11 the companies that  needed new  _ ___.Not until I found a job in a small town near  Townsville had I        down .My new boss ,Mr. Johnson , was one of my good friends since primary school.“Why didn’t you        me until now ? Was it         to do that ? Explain to me the reason ,”he said ,      me a cup of hot coffee. Both of us were overjoyed to see each other and we          the whole afternoon talking about things and persons that we       at school .John asked me to give him some  advice about          to enlarge his present business and he was entirely happy about my      .To my great surprise,he offered me a         which didn’t need much experience because  I was not         with this field but the pay l got was much more man         .The moment I saw my          ,the sum of money given by the company,I cried for the first time — that was the first time for me to do so since I grew up.
小题1:
A.overB.throughC.aroundD.for
小题2:
A.leaveB.desertC.chooseD.operate
小题3:
A.careB.protectC.loveD.support
小题4:
A.particularB.curiousC.concernedD.excited
小题5:
A.analyzeB.raiseC.explainD.solve
小题6:
A.took downB.turned downC.looked forD.stood for
小题7:
A.commentsB.surveysC.reportsD.advertisements
小题8:
A.customersB.bossesC.clerksD.applicants
小题9:
A.brokenB.slowedC.sunkD.calmed
小题10:
A.contactB.trustC.overlookD.find
小题11:
A.desperateB.harmfulC.worthyD.significant
小题12:
A.awardingB.sharingC.handingD.showing
小题13:
A.spentB.wastedC.sparedD.saved
小题14:
A.discussedB.debated C.rememberedD.imagined
小题15:
A.whatB.howC.whichD.when
小题16:
A.abilityB.courageC.interestsD.suggestions
小题17:
A.positionB.chanceC.fortuneD.service
小题18:
A.popularB.familiarC.patientD.content
小题19:
A.offeredB.requiredC.expectedD.needed
小题20:
A.tipB.shareC.fundD.salary

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For many centuries,countless scholars have asked the question:What is beauty? As designers update the latest fashions and artists create their masterpieces, what is considered beautiful changes at an alarming pace.
Fifty years ago,the full-figured Marilyn Monroe was a symbol of the American aesthetic(美学的)value;today,many Hollywood actresses different in appearance from Marilyn’s have taken her place. However,aesthetic values not only differ from generation to generation,but do so along cultural lines as well. Often, what is considered disgusting to one civilization is just the aesthetic appeal in another. Thus it is difficult to give an absolute definition(定义)of beauty.
As fundamental(基础的)physicists,my colleagues and I like to believe that we are involved in a search for a beauty that affects definition. The beauty that we search for is not what is set up through the work of people and subject to the tastes, but rather what has been laid down by nature Physics allows its students to look past outer appearances,into a deeper beauty. As a human being,I am attracted by the visual appeal of a wave crashing on the beach. As a physicist, however I am able to see the deeper beauty of the physical laws that govern such a phenomenon.
In truth,since Albert Einstein put forward the idea that there might be one main physical theory that governs the universe,aesthetics have become a driving force in modern physics. Einstein and other later physicists have discovered that:Nature, as its most fundamental level,is beautifully constructed. The extraordinary simplicity of the laws that govern the universe is really breathtaking . As Einstein said, it would seem more likely that we should find ourselves living in a“chaotic(无秩序曲)world,in no way graspable through thinking”. Yet we are now closer than ever to a full understanding of the universe’s beautiful clockwork. As new discoveries and technologies allow us to examine the physical world on deeper and deeper levels,we find that the beauty itself becomes much deeper.
小题1:The reference to“Marilyn Monroe”in Paragraph 2 mainly serves to___________.
A.provide an example of today’s beauty standards
B.show there is no fixed definition of aesthetics
C.compare traditions of the East to the West
D.discuss her abilities as an actress
小题2:When appreciating a wave crashing on the beach,a physicist sees the beauty of___________.
A.the visual attractionB.the powerful sounds
C.the physical laws behindD.the lovely creatures
小题3:Why are Albert Einstein’s words mentioned in Paragraph 3?
A.To detail the functions of physical laws.
B.To highlight the range of Einstein’s influence.
C.To show that Einstein doubted the beauty of physics.
D.To stress the very simplicity of the laws of the universe.
小题4:The passage is mainly to___________.
A.present a special way of seeing beauty
B.emphasize the influence of physics
C.discuss the awareness of cross-culture
D.argue the traditional ideas on value

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Years ago,there was a very wealthy man who,with his devoted young son,shared a passion for art collecting .Together,they traveled around the world,adding only        art treasures to their collection.
One year,as winter approached,    engulfed(吞没) the nation,and the young man left to      in the army.After only a few short weeks,his father received a telegram.His beloved son was      in action.The art collector     awaited more news,     he would never see his son again.Within days,his fears were      .The young man had died while rushing a fellow soldier to a doctor.
Upset and        ,the old man faced the coming Christmas holidays with sadness.On Christmas morning,a knock on the door awakened the        old man.As he opened the door,he was greeted by a        with a large package in his hands.
He introduced himself to the old man by saying,“I was a      of your son .I was the one he was      when he died.May I come in for a few moments? I have something to show you.”
As the two began to     ,the soldier told of how the man’s son had told everyone of his,not to mention his father’s,      of fine art.“I am no     ,”said the soldier,“but I want to give you this.”
As the old man unwrapped the package ,he saw a portrait (画像)of his son.Though the world would        consider it the work of a genius,the painting featured the young man’s face        detail.
Overcome with emotion,the man      the soldier.After the soldier had left,the old man put the painting above the fireplace,pushing       thousands of dollars worth of art.His task completed,the old man sat in his chair and spent Christmas gazing at the        he had been given.
小题1:
A.poorestB.richestC.finestD.cheapest
小题2:
A.floodB.fireC.stormD.war
小题3:
A.saveB.protectC.serveD.build
小题4:
A.missingB.actingC.fightingD.dying
小题5:
A.calmlyB.anxiouslyC.quietlyD.secretly
小题6:
A.fearingB.doubtingC.wonderingD.expecting
小题7:
A.completedB.doubledC.removedD.confirmed
小题8:
A.nervousB.tiredC.lonelyD.frightened
小题9:
A.sadB.puzzledC.angryD.worried
小题10:
A.farmerB.soldierC.painterD.seller
小题11:
A.guardB.photographerC.partnerD.friend
小题12:
A.rescuingB.commandingC.guardingD.hiding
小题13:
A.argueB.moveC.talkD.eat
小题14:
A.descriptionB.loveC.senseD.understanding
小题15:
A.artistB.businessmanC.heroD.reporter
小题16:
A.sometimesB.neverC.oftenD.still
小题17:
A.forB.ofC.inD.on
小题18:
A.thankedB.questionedC.welcomedD.treated
小题19:
A.downB.upC.asideD.off
小题20:
A.treasureB.giftC.souvenirD.package

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