Reseachers at the University of Kansas say that people can accurately juage 90 p
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Reseachers at the University of Kansas say that people can accurately juage 90 percent of a stranger"s personality simply by looking at the person’s shoes.“Shoes convey useful information about their wearers,’’the authors wrote in the new study published in the Journal of Research in Personality. Lead researcher Omri Gillath said the judgments were based on the style,cost,color and condition of someone’s shoes.In the study,63 University of Kansas researchers looked at pictures showing 208 different pairs of shoes worn by the study’s participants.Volunteers in the study were photographed in their most commonly worn shoes,and then filled out a personality questionnaire. Some of the results were expected:People with higher incomes most commonly wore expensive shoes,and flashier shoes were typically worn by outgoing people.However,some of the more specific results are strange enough.For example,“practical and functional’’ shoes were generally worn by more “pleasant" people,while ankle boots were more linked with ‘‘aggressive’’ personalities.The strangest of all may be that those who wore‘ ‘uncomfortable looking” shoes tend to have “calm” personalities.And if you have several pairs of new shoes or take extreme care of them,you may suffer from “attachment anxiety",spending lots of time worrying about what other people think of your appearance.There was even a political calculation in the mix with more liberal(主张变革的)types wearing “shabbier and less expensive” shoes. The researchers noted that some people will choose shoe styles to mask their actual personalities,but researchers noted that volunteers were also likely to be unaware that their footwear choices were showing the deep side of their personalities. 小题1:What does this text mainly tell us?A.Shoes Call hide people’s real personalities. | B.Shoes convey false information about the wearer. | C.People’s personalities call be judged by their shoes. | D.People know little about their personalities. | 小题2:The participants were asked to A.provide pictures of their shoes | B.look at pictures of different shoes | C.design a personality questionnaire | D.hand in their commonly worn shoes | 小题3:Which of the results is beyond people’s expectation?A.Wealthy people often wear expensive shoes. | B.Pleasant people like wearing uncomfortable shoes. | C.Aggressive people are likely to wear"ankle boots. | D.Fashion shoes are typically worn by outgoing people. | 小题4:People suffering from“attachment anxiety” tend to A.wear strange shoes | B.worry about their appearance | C.have a calm character | D.become a political leader | 小题5:The author wrote the text in order to A.inform us of a new study | B.introduce a research method | C.teach how to choose shoes | D.describe different personalitie |
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小题1:C 小题2:A 小题3:C 小题4:B 小题5:A |
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试题分析: 一项新的研究表明根据一个人的鞋子可以判断一个人,甚至是陌生人的性格,准确率能达到90%。研究人员指出有些研究结果是在意料之内的,而有些结果是出乎人们意料的。比如穿实用性鞋子的人一般具有令人愉快的性格,而穿及踝短靴的人却往往具有攻击性的性格。 小题1:C本文是一篇调查报告,开头提出“Shoes convey useful information about their wearers,’’然后对调查活动进行详细的介绍,最后通过their footwear choices were showing the deep side of their personalities进一步印证中心,所以文章主要讲述的是人们所穿的鞋子能反映出人的性格,答案选C。 小题2:A细节理解题。从文章第二段researchers looked at pictures showing 208 different pairs of shoes worn by the study’s participants以及Volunteers in the study were photographed in their most commonly worn shoes可知参与调查的人们要求提供他们鞋子的照片,答案选A。 小题3:C细节理解题。根据文章第三段However,some of the more specific results are strange enough.For example….. ankle boots were more linked with ‘‘aggressive’’ personalities.可知穿及踝短靴的人更具有攻击性是出乎人们意料的,故C选项正确。 小题4:B细节理解题。从文章第三段…..you may suffer from “attachment anxiety",spending lots of time worrying about what other people think of your appearance.可知患有attachment anxiety的人们,会更担心他们的外表,答案选B。 小题5:A推理判断题。全文讲述的是根据鞋子来判断人性格的一项调查,文章开头提出中心,然后在下文进行详细介绍,由此可知作者的写作目的是给人们介绍一项新的调查结果,故A选项正确。 |
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A shopping center is a place where many different shops and stores are collected under one roof. You can buy everything there and there are also banks, restaurants and, sometimes, a post office. There are other places in the United States which are called five-and –ten-cent stores because they used to sell things for 5 to 10 cents. Today they sell almost anything and some of the things cost several dollars. Supermarkets are found in all the cities. They sell food and many other goods. You walk around the supermarket, choose the things you want, put them into a special basket prepared by the store and pay for them all together at the door. Supermarkets often stay open later than other stores. Stores are usually open every day of the week except on Sunday. Some close on Saturdays in July and August. 小题1:The shops and stores in a shopping center are .A.in the same building | B.on the top of a big roof | C.close to your house | D.near banks and restaurants | 小题2:A five-and-ten-cent store usually sells .A.expensive things | B.small and cheap things | C.things worth many dollars | D.everything you need in the house | 小题3:________have baskets ready for people to carry the things they are going to buy.A.Shopping centers | B.Fine stores in America | C.Five-and-ten-cent stores | D.Supermarkets | 小题4:Which of the following can be the topic of the article?A.What a shopping Center is? | B.Why people like supermarkets? | C.Three types of places for shopping. | D.Old and new stores. |
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There are times when people are so tired that they fall asleep almost anywhere. We can see there is a lot of sleeping on the bus or train on the home from work in the evenings. A man will be the newspaper, but seconds later,with his head down, it as if he is trying to it . Or he will fall asleep on the shoulder of the stranger next to him. place where unplanned short sleep is in the lecture hall where a student will start snoring(打鼾)so that the professor has to ask another student to the sleeper awake. A more embarrassing(尴尬)situation happens when a student starts falling into sleep and the of the head pushes the arm down off the , and the movement causes the of the body to move together and finally he falls down to the floor. The student wakes up on the floor with no of the reason for getting there. The worst time to fall asleep is when . Police reports are full of that happen when people fall into sleep and go the road. If the drivers are , they are not seriously hurt. One woman’s car, , went into the river. She woke up in four feet of and thought it was raining. When people are really , nothing will stop them from falling asleep—no matter where they are.
小题2: | A.buying | B.folding | C.reading | D.delivering |
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小题3: | A.acts | B.shows | C.looks | D.sounds |
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小题4: | A.eat | B.open | C.find | D.finish |
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小题5: | A.lying | B.waiting | C.talking | D.sitting |
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小题6: | A.Next | B.Every | C.Another | D.One |
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小题7: | A.happens | B.ends up | C.lasts | D.returns |
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小题8: | A.bravely | B.loudly | C.happily | D.carelessly |
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小题9: | A.leave | B.watch | C.keep | D.shake |
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小题10: | A.size | B.shape | C.strength | D.weight |
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小题11: | A.bed | B.desk | C.shoulder | D.book |
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小题12: | A.rest | B.position | C.action | D.side |
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小题13: | A.memory | B.problem | C.question | D.purpose |
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小题14: | A.thinking | B.working | C.walking | D.driving |
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小题15: | A.changes | B.events | C.ideas | D.accidents |
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小题17: | A.lucky | B.happy | C.calm | D.strong |
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小题18: | A.in time | B.at first | C.as usual | D.for example |
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小题19: | A.dust | B.grass | C.water | D.bush |
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小题20: | A.lazy | B.drunk | C.lonely | D.tired |
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You may think that sailing is a difficult sport, but it is really not hard to learn it.You do not need to be strong.But you need to be quick.And you need to understand a few basic rules about the wind. First, you must ask yourself, “Where is the wind coming from? Is it coming from ahead or behind or from the side?” You must think about this all the time on the boat.The wind direction tells you what to do with the sail. Let"s start with the wind blowing from behind.This means the wind and the boat are going in the same direction.Then you must always keep the sail outside the boat.It should be at a 90° angle (角度) to the boat.Then it will catch the wind best. If the wind is blowing from the side, it is blowing across the boat.In this case, you must keep the sail half way outside the boat.It should be at a 45° angle to the boat.It needs to be out far enough to catch the wind, but it shouldn"t flap (摆动).It shouldn"t look like a flag on a flagpole.If it is flapping, it is probably out too far, and the boat will slow down. Sailing against the wind is not possible.If you try, the sail will flap and the boat will stop.You may want to go in that direction.It is possible, but you can"t go in a straight line.You must go first in one direction and then in another.This is called tacking.When you are tacking, you must always keep the sail inside the boat. 小题1:What should you consider first while sailing?A.Sailors" strength. | B.Wave levels. | C.Size of sails. | D.Wind directions. | 小题2:What does the word “It” underlined in Paragraph 4 refer to?A.The boat. | B.The sail. | C.The wind. | D.The angle. | 小题3:What do you have to do when sailing against the wind?A.Move in a straight line. | B.Allow the sail to flap. | C.Lower the sail. | D.Tack the boat. | 小题4:Where can you probably find the text?A.In a popular magazine. | B.In a tourist guidebook. | C.In a physics textbook. | D.In an official report. |
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Adults are often surprised by how well they remember something they learned as children but have never practiced in the meantime.A man who has not had an opportunity to go swimming for years can swim as well as ever when he gets back in the water.He can get on a bicycle after several decades and still away.A mother who has not the words or years can teach her daughter the poem that begins " Twinkle, twinkle, little star" or the story of Cinderella or Snow White . One explanation is the law of over learning, which can be stated as following: we have learned something, additional learning increases the of time we will remember it.In childhood, we usually continue to practice such skills as swimming, bicycle riding long after we have learned them.We continue to listen to and ourselves of poems such as "Twinkle.twinkle, little star" and childhood tales such as Cinderella or Snow White.We not only learn but . The law of over learning explains why cramming (突击学习) for an examination. it may result in a passing grade, is not a way to learn a school course.By cramming, a student may learn the subject well enough to get by on the examination, but he is soon to forget almost everything he learned.A little over learning, , is usually a good investment toward the future.
小题1: | A.only | B.hardly | C.still | D.even |
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小题2: | A.walk | B.drive | C.travel | D.ride |
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小题3: | A.thought about | B.cared for | C.showed up | D.brought up |
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小题4: | A.rewrite | B.repeat | C.sing | D.recite |
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小题5: | A.Before | B.Once | C.Until | D.Unless |
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小题6: | A.accuracy | B.unit | C.limit | D.length |
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小题7: | A.remind | B.inform | C.warm | D.recall |
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小题8: | A.recite | B.overlcarn | C.research | D.improve |
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小题10: | A.convenient | B.demanding | C.satisfactory | D.fast |
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小题11: | A.possible | B.likely | C.probable | D.perhaps |
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小题12: | A.at most | B.by the way | C.on the other hand | D.in the end |
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Most people believe they don’t have much imagination. They are ____. Everyone has imagination, but most of us, once we become adults, forget how to ____ it. Creativity isn’t always ____ with great works of art or ideas. People at work and in their free time ____ think of creative ways to solve problems. Maybe you have a goal to achieve, a tricky question to answer or you just want to expand your mind! Here are three techniques to help you. Making connections This technique involves taking ____ ideas and trying to find links between them. First, think about the problem you have to solve or the job you need to do. Then find an image, word, idea or object, for example, a candle. Write down all the ideas/words ____ with candles: light, fire, matches, wax, night, silence, etc. Think of as many as you can. The next stage is to relate the ____ to the job you have to do. So imagine you want to buy a friend an original ____; you could buy him tickets to a match or take him out for the night. No limits! Imagine that normal limitations don’t ____. You have as much time/space/money, etc. as you want. Think about your goal and the new ____. If your goal is to learn to ski, ____, you can now practice skiing every day of your life (because you have the time and the money). Now ____ this to reality. Maybe you can practice skiing every day in December, or every Monday in January. Be someone else! Look at the situation from a ____ point of view. Good businessmen use this technique in trade, and so do writers. Fiction writers often imagine they are the ___ in their books. They ask questions: What does this character want? Why can’t she get it? What changes must she make to get what she wants? If your goal involves other people, put yourself in their ____. The best fishermen think like fish!
小题1: | A.wrong | B.unbelievable | C.reasonable | D.realistic |
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小题2: | A.put up with | B.catch up with | C.make use of | D.keep track of |
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小题3: | A.equipped | B.compared | C.covered | D.connected |
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小题4: | A.skillfully | B.routinely | C.vividly | D.deeply |
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小题5: | A.familiar | B.unrelated | C.creative | D.imaginary |
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小题6: | A.presented | B.marked | C.lit | D.associated |
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小题7: | A.ideas | B.ambitious | C.achievement | D.technique |
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小题8: | A.experience | B.service | C.present | D.object |
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小题9: | A.work | B.last | C.exist | D.change |
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小题10: | A.possibilities | B.limitations | C.tendency | D.practice |
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小题11: | A.in fact | B.in particular | C.as a whole | D.for example |
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小题12: | A.devote | B.adapt | C.lead | D.keep |
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小题13: | A.private | B.global | C.different | D.practical |
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小题14: | A.features | B.themes | C.creatures | D.characters |
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小题15: | A.positions | B.dreams | C.images | D.directions |
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