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The other morning on the subway I sat next to an attractive young blonde woman who was reading something on her iPad.She was very welldressed,carrying a Prada bag with tastefully applied makeup indeed,she had an unmistakable air of wealth,material success and even authority.I suspected she worked as a highlypaid Wall Street lawyer or stockbroker or something of that sort.So,I was curious to see what she was so focused on.The Wall Street Journal perhaps? The Economist?
Quite the contrary;ratherless find some kind of deep satisfaction and thrill from those hyperromantic,artificial and extremely unrealistic tales of handsome,manly heroes falling in love with virginal women,enduring a series of adventures,then no doubt having a happy ending.
These_romance_stories_are_to_literature_what_hot_dogs_are_to_fine_food.Yet,the genre(体裁) remains enormously popular.Consider some of these surprising statistics from the good folks at the Romance Writers of (RWA): romance titles were released last year,with sales of about $1.44 billion (more than triple the revenues generated by classic literary fiction).(okay,that’s not at all surprising).n between the ages 30 and 54 who are themselves involved in a romantic relationship (betraying the stereotype that only lonely women long for these tales of love and adventure).ween $50,000 and $99,900 (placing them firmly in the middle class).o many women—forty years after the women’s liberation movement continue to indulge in the fanciful tales?
I’m not sure if it represents a kind of “rejection” of the women’s liberation movement,but clearly something is missing in the lives of contemporary ladies.A romance author named Donna Hatch who focuses on the Regency period (early 19th century Britain) explained the appeal of such books this way:“Regency men were civilized and treated women with courtesy.When a lady entered the room;they hunted!”e expressed the secret desires and attitudes of untold millions of her peers—that is,in the early 21st century,have women grown tired of the burdens and expectations that the “freedoms” they have gained give them? Is this a rejection of modern feminism? Do women long for days of old when men were masculine gentlemen and women were feminine and protected as precious treasures and regarded as possessions?
Perhaps most women (even the ones who get lost in romance novels) do not want to go all the way back but it is obvious,________.【解题导语】 落难少女情结:现代女性喜爱阅读言情小说的背后。 problems that will be solved later.
解析:选C。推理判断题。本文第一段讲述的是作者在地铁上的一次偶遇由此引出下文对“现代女性喜爱阅读言情小说的背后”的深思。即第一段为引子引出文章的话题。故该题正确答案为C。ying and thrilling.
B.Romance novels are not of much “nutrition”.
C.Romance novels are as popular as hot dogs.
D.Romance novels are an essential part of contemporary life.
解析:选B。句意推测题。因为“A is to B what C is to
D.”:A之于B就像C对于D一样。故该句句意应为:言情小说对于文学而言就像热狗对于好的食物一样。且根据有转折意义的下句:但是言情小说却非常流行。可知该句应是用贬义词来描述言情小说说其没有营养故该题正确答案为B。 B.Dignity.解析:选D。推理判断题。A.Authority威信;B.Dignity尊严;C.Liberty自由;D.Care关爱。根据文章倒数第三段可推知作者认为在当代女性生活中逐渐消失的是D.Care关爱。ow the world has turned out
C.true love described in romance novels does exist in reality
D.romance novels provide them with an access to society
解析:选B。篇章结构题。该题重在寻找关联词和关键词。该句中的连词but及选项B中的unhappy是该题的关键点。故该题正确答案为B。B
(2015·高考陕西卷) The production of coffee beans is a hugeegrown production to fullsun production endangers the very existence of certain animals and birds,and even disturbs the world’s ecological balance.
On a local level,the damage of the forest required by fullsun fields affects the area’s birds and animals.The shade of the forest trees provides a home for birds and other species (物种) that depend on the trees’ flowers and fruits.Fullsun coffee growers destroy this forest home.As a resultuction of the rainforest for fullsun coffee fields also threatens (威胁) human life.Medical research often makes use of the forests’ plant and animal lifeIn addition,new coffeegrowing techniques are poisoning the water locally,and eventually the world’s groundwater.
Both locally and globally,the continued spread of fullsun coffee plantations (种植园) could mean the destruction of the rainforest ecology.The loss of shade trees is already causing a slight change in the world’s climate(酸性的) soil conditions.re health of the planet and mankind is surely worth more than an inexpensive cup of coffee.
【解题导语】 本文是一篇议论文。咖啡豆的新的种植技术带来了很大的利润但与此同时也给我们带来了很多危害影响我们生活的各个层面因此我们要作出正确的选择。aragraph 4?
A.It limits the spread of new growing techniques.
B.It leads to air pollution and global warming.
C.It slows down the loss of shade trees.
D.It improves local soil conditions.
解析:选B。细节理解题。由文章第四段中的...the loss of oxygengiving trees also leads to air pollution and global warming.可知B项正确。由第四段第一句可知是扩大了而不是限制了新种植技术的传播故A项错误;它破坏了雨林生态系统而不是减慢了这些树的丧失速度故C项错误;由第四段最后一句可知这种新的种植技术导致了酸性土壤状况而不是改进了土壤状况故D项错误。________. B.advertise解析:选D。观点态度题。通读全文可知本文向大家介绍咖啡豆的新的种植技术所带来的不良影响旨在说服大家作出正确的选择故选D项persuade(说服)。 entertain娱乐做广告指导均不合适。zine.
B.A medical journal.
C.An engineering textbook.
D.A tourist guide.
解析:选A。推理判断题。 本文向大家介绍咖啡豆的新的种植技术所带来的不良影响这属于农学的范畴因此最有可能出自一本农学杂志故选A项。B项A medical journal(一本医学杂志)项An (一本工程教科书)项A tourist guide(一本旅行指南)均不正确。B. D.
(P:Paragraph)解析:选A。文章结构题。通读全文可知文章第一段从整体上介绍咖啡豆的新的种植技术带来的危害中间第二、三、四段详细介绍了具体的危害最后一段介绍这种新的种植技术影响我们生活的各个层面消费者要作出正确的选择。因此整篇文章属于“总—分—总”结构故选A项。
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