2016届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解训练七十集之连载（40）

　　2016高考英语二轮阅读理解训练七十集之连载（40）

　　【阅读理解】介绍说明类

　　阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　You’re in a department store and you see a couple of attractive young women looking at a sweater. You listen to their conversation:

　　“I can’t believe it—a Lorenzo Bertolla!They are almost impossible to find. Isn’t it beautiful? And it’s a lot cheaper than the one Sara bought in Rome.”

　　They leave and you go over to see this incredible sweater. It’s nice and the price is right. You’ve never heard of Lorenzo Bertolla, but those girls looked really stylish. They must know. So, you buy it. You never realize that those young women are employees of an advertising agency. They are actually paid to go from store to store, talking loudly about Lorenzo Bertolla clothes.

　　Every day we notice what people are wearing, driving and eating. If the person looks cool, the product seems cool, too. This is the secret of undercover marketing. Companies from Ford to Nike are starting to use it.

　　Undercover marketing is important because it reaches people that don’t pay attention to traditional advertising. This is particularly true of the MTV generation—consumers between the age of 18 and 34. It is a golden group. They have a lot of money to spend, but they don’t trust ads.

　　So advertising agencies hire young actors to “perform”in bars and other places where young adults go. Some people might call this practice deceptive (骗人的), but marketing executive Jonathan Ressler calls it creative. “Look at traditional advertising. Its effectiveness is decreasing.”

　　However, one might ask what exactly is “real” about of young women pretending to be enthusiastic about a sweater? Advertising executives would say it’s no less real than an ad. The difference is that you know an ad is trying to persuade you to buy something. You don’t know when a conversation you overhear is just a performance.

　　1. The two attractive young women were talking so that they could______.　

　　A. get the sweater at a lower price

　　B. be heard by people around

　　C. be admired by other shoppers

　　D. decide on buying the sweater

　　2. Lorenzo Bertolla is______.　

　　A. a very popular male singer

　　B. an advertising agency

　　C. a clothing company in Rome

　　D. the brand name of a sweater

　　3. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?　

　　A. The two girls are in fact employed by the Lorenzo Bertolla Company.

　　B. The MTV generation tends to be more easily influenced by ads.

　　C. Traditional advertising is becoming less effective because it’s too direct.

　　D. Undercover marketing will surely be banned soon by the government.

　　4. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

　　A. Two Attractive Shoppers

　　B. Lorenzo Bertolla Sweaters

　　C. Ways of Advertising

　　D. Undercover Marketing

　　【参考答案】1—4、BDCD

　　2016高考训练题。阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。Researchers at the University of Kansas say that people can accurately judge 90 percent of a stranger’s personality simply by looking at the person’s shoes.

　　“Shoes convey a thin but useful piece of information about their wearers,” the authors wrote in the new study published in the Journal of Research in Personality. “Shoes serve a practical purpose, and also serve as nonverbal(非语言的) indications with symbolic messages. People tend to pay attention to the shoes they and others wear.”

　　Medical Daily notes that the details detected in the study include a person’s general age, sex, income, political affiliation(派别), and other personality characteristics, including someone’s emotional stability.

　　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 students 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.

　　So, some of the results were expected: People with higher incomes most commonly wore expensive shoes, and flashier footwear was typically worn by extroverts(外向者).

　　However, some of the more specific results are interesting. For example, “practical and functional” shoes were generally worn by more “agreeable” people, while ankle boots went more closely with “aggressive” personalities.

　　The strangers 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 exceptional care of them, you may suffer from “attachment anxiety”, spending a large amount of time worrying about what other people think of your appearance.

　　There was even a political calculation in the mix with more liberal types wearing “shabbier and less expensive” shoes.

　　The researchers noted that some people will choose shoe styles to mask their actual personality characteristics, but researchers noted that volunteers were also likely to be unaware that their footwear choices were showing deep awareness into their personalities.

　　1. According to Omri Gillath, a stranger’s personality can be judged by ___.

　　the age and sex of the person

　　the personality questionnaire by the person

　　the emotional stability of the person

　　the shoes the person wears

　　2.

　　We can infer from Paragraph 2 that ___.

　　a practical purpose is to wear shoes

　　people want to buy new shoes they pay attention to

　　shoes are vital to their wearers

　　the Journal of Research in Personality is a magazine

　　3. The underlined word “agreeable” is closest in meaning to __.

　　A. gentle

　　B. weak

　　C. generous

　　D. considerate

　　4.Which might be the best title for the passage?

　　A. Good Shoes, Good Character

　　B. Bad Shoes, Bad Personality

　　C. Shoes and Their Wearers’ Personality

　　D. Shoes Shape A Person’s Character

　　参考答案1—4、DDAC

　　【阅读理解】介绍说明类

　　阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　Are you tired of looking for love in all the usual places? Nowadays, millions of lonely singles are going online instead. The World Wide Web is quickly becoming the world’s most popular matchmaker. With so many singles online, dozens of dating sites like Yahoo Personals and Match. com are helping singles find that special someone. Around the world, from America to China, love is now very much online.

　　Singles are flocking to the Internet mainly because their busy lifestyles leave them little time to look for a significant partner. Using dating sites is quick and convenient. They can “meet” a lot more people online than they could by hanging out at a club. Besides , many singles say the regular dating scene has just led them from one bad experience to another and are ready to try something else. They also appreciate the first distance of online dating, which allows them to hide themselves until they are ready to meet someone face to face. Dating sites also make it easy to avoid someone you are not interested in. In the real world, however, ignoring someone you don’t like can be awkward.

　　Despite all the advantages, online dating also presents its own set of problems. People aren’t always who they claim to be in their online profiles. For instance, someone who tells you he is “handsome, successful and single”might turn out to be homely, unemployed and married. Safety is another concern. You are just as likely to find a criminal online as you are Mr or Miss Right.

　　Even so, supporters of online dating see things in a positive way. In their opinion, singles can safely play the online dating game with a little common sense. Online dating experts recommend following a few safety tips:

　　Guard your personal information. Never give out your personal information online. This includes your last name, phone number, home address and place of work.

　　Watch for red flags. Do any of the people you are chatting with make disrespectful comments? Do they try to control you? Do they give false information about themselves? If so, forget them!

　　Meet in a safe place. When meeting someone in person, choose a public location with other people around.

　　Following these tips and you might be able to find the person of your dreams.

　　1. According to the passage, many lonely singles don’t appreciate the regular dating scene because it is ______.　

　　A. unpopularB. troublesomeC. convenientD. forgettable

　　2. This passage is mainly about______.　

　　A. getting tired of falling in love in a usual way

　　B. people with false information on the Internet

　　C. new technology to find love through the Internet

　　D. web sites such as Yahoo Personals and Match. com

　　3. Which of the following is NOT a suitable place for meeting someone you get to know through the Internet for the first time according to the text?

　　A. At his/her house.B. At a museum.

　　C. At McDonald’s.D. At a bookstore.

　　4. From this passage, we can infer that______.　

　　A. there are mostly homely and unemployed people online

　　B. the police had better find criminals online

　　C. we can find love only through the dating sites

　　D. following safety tips can ensure a safe online dating experience

　　【参考答案】1—4、BCAD

　　2016高考训练题。阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。I like this job, in which I stay with small children and from which I get the challenges and awards. I also think my work is important. There was a time when I thought I would never have that sort of career.

　　I wasn’t an excellent student because I didn’t do much schoolwork. In my final term I started thinking what I might do and found I didn’t have much to offer. I just accepted that I wasn’t the type to have a career.

　　I then found myself a job. Looking after two little girls, it wasn’t too bad at first. But the problems began when I agreed to live in, so that I would be there if my boss had to go out for business in the evening. We agreed that if I had to work extra hours one week, she’d give me time off the next. But unfortunately, it didn’t often work out. I was getting extremely tired and fed up, because I had too many late nights and early mornings with the children.

　　One Sunday, I was in the park with the children, and met Megan who used to go to school with me, I told her about my situation. She suggested that I should do a course and get a qualification if I wanted to work with children. I didn’t think I would be accepted because I didn’t take many exams in school. She persuaded me to phone the local college and they were really helpful. My experience counted for a lot and I got on a part – time course. I had to leave my job with the family, and got work helping out at a kindergarten.

　　Now I’ve got a full – time job there. I shall always be thankful to Megan. Iwish I had known earlier that you could have a career, even if you aren’t top of the class at school.

　　1．When staying with the two girls’ family, the author______ .

　　A．got much help from her boss

　　B．was paid for extra work

　　C．often worked long hours

　　D．took a day off every other week

　　2．Why did the author leave her first job?

　　A．She needed a rest after working extra hours.

　　B．She decided to attend a part – time course.

　　C．She was fed up with children.

　　D．She found a full – time job.

　　3．What has the author learned from her own experiences?

　　A．One must choose the job she likes.

　　B．Hard work makes an excellent student.

　　C．Less successful students can still have a career.

　　D．Qualifications are necessary for a career.

　　参考答案1—3、CBC