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pping decisions(2)What can be inferred from Paragraph 2? A.t your best choices as brands like Cinnabon and Panera Bread also use scents as part of their customers39。 Ever felt frenzied due to a store39。 purchasing decisions.根據(jù)第四段中的”He believes that the key to unlocking your creative potential is to challenge the stereotyped (陳詞濫調(diào)的) advice that urges you to ‘believe in yourself.’ In fact, you should do the opposite: Believe you are someone else.“可知想象自己處在一個(gè)新的環(huán)境中,或者是一個(gè)全新的身份,你會感到從未有過的高效,你讓自己更有創(chuàng)造力。每個(gè)人都可以有創(chuàng)造力,只要他或她覺得自己是一個(gè)有創(chuàng)造力的人。根據(jù)第一段可知作者問讀者一條褲子可以有多少種不同的用法?并讓讀者假設(shè)自己是一名建筑師,比爾蓋茨,帶水肺的潛水員,一個(gè)中世紀(jì)的騎士等等思考同樣的問題;再根據(jù)第二段”What you just practicedthe conscious act of wearing another selfis an exercise that…is essential to being creative.“可知作者接著說剛才你所練習(xí)的173。pretend to be someone elseyour creativity is determined by yourself(3)According to Dr. Pillay, Halloweenism works because B. These results suggest that creativity is not an individual characteristic but a product of context and perspective. Everyone can be creative, as long as he or she feels like a creative person.從那時(shí)起,游艇生活通常吸引那些喜歡另類生活方式的人,即說游艇生活在工業(yè)革命中變得流行起來,可知C項(xiàng)正確;以及最后一段中的“many boat people say that their neighbours are always ready to help them, and houseboat neighbours often bee friends for life.” 許多船民說,他們的鄰居總是樂于幫助他們,而船上鄰居常常成為終生的朋友,可知D項(xiàng)正確。由這些例子可知,生活在船上是極不方便的。這與傳統(tǒng)的居住方式不同。 Living on the water sounds romantic, but it is also hard work. There are daily things that need to be done, like bringing fuel and water on board and dealing with 39。故選A。另一個(gè)例子是Regent牌辣椒調(diào)料。m writing to express my idea about your goods.于是Robert的項(xiàng)目就是用這些塑料瓶建成房子,這種材料房子的室內(nèi)溫度相對涼爽,不僅讓利用廢物,還環(huán)保了地球。答案與題目在表達(dá)形式和意義上直接吻合。一個(gè)人一生中會留下許多塑料瓶子,這些瓶子要花上百年才能分解成碎片,而且永遠(yuǎn)不會完全消失,給地球留下太多的污染。B.B. The project hopes to make people conscious of the waste that these bottles create so that they can do more to protect the environment. The village will also create an education center that will teach individuals from the world how to reuse plastic bottles as construction materials for shelter. Recycled bottles could neutralize the negative effect of your passage on this planet, and move closer to leaving only your “footprints”. (1)What does Paragraph 1 intend to tell us? A. The Plastic Bottle Village is just a great idea that might finally save us from being buried in plastic. It39。C.Sensitive.(4)The main purpose of Robert39。provide shelter for locals根據(jù)第一段內(nèi)容可知,一個(gè)人一生中會留下許多塑料瓶子,這些瓶子要花上百年才能分解成碎片,而且永遠(yuǎn)不會完全消失。C cooler than the outside, which is the biggest benefit to people living inside.”可知,這種材料可以使房子的溫度比室外低17176。(4)考查推理判斷題。2.閱讀理解 Dear ,Your Supermart is outstanding in many ways. First I enjoy the selection of produce and fresh bakery items. Second your low prices and excellent customer service keep me ing back to Supermart. I have found, however, that I must make a separate shopping trip to one of your petitors because there are many items your store does not carry. This bees inconvenient for me, as my time is valuable, and I don39。雜貨店的??虰ob Watson寫信表達(dá)了對雜貨店里的產(chǎn)品的看法。故選B。 (3)考查推理判斷。s 39。t have much space, especially if you are a couple, family or a group of friends. many boat people say that their neighbours are always ready to help them, and houseboat neighbours often bee friends for life. This is quite a different story from people who live in flats or houses and may hardly know the people next door at all.(1)What does the underlined word alternative in paragraph 2 probably mean? .. — traditional..(2)From the third paragraph, we know that it is (1)考查詞義猜測。選項(xiàng)C. Non — traditional(非傳統(tǒng)的)符合題意,故選C。根據(jù)第一段“There are at least 3 ,000 miles of waterways in Britain. On these canals and rivers,... Around 10 ,000 of them are located in London.”可知英國有許多河流和運(yùn)河,其中大約10000個(gè)位于倫敦。根據(jù)第四段中的“More and more families and young professionals are moving onto houseboats, not only because they like the idea of life on water but also because it is much cheaper to buy or rent a boat than a flat or a house.”越來越多的家庭和年輕的專業(yè)人士正搬到游艇上居住,這不僅是因?yàn)樗麄兿矚g水上生活,還因?yàn)橘I船或租船比租公寓或房子便宜得多。re an architect. Same question. Now imagine you39。re creative or we aren39。 Dr. Pillay39。re making yourself more creative, and you39。D.D.173。 (3)考查推理判斷。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查,是一篇教育類閱讀,考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息,并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理,從而選出正確答案。 Nobel Prizewinning research shows that our sense of smell has great power to cause an emotional response. A study published earlier this year pared purchasing in a French flower shop when the smell of lavender (薰衣草) was given off and when it wasn39。 moods. One study found that when subjected to loud music, consumers will spend less time in a store. But interestingly, the researchers did not find a difference in sales or customers39。 favorite sounds and smells while shoppingB.Smells can actually help businessmen gain more profits.D.B.People can choose to get rid of salesmen39。故答案選D。 (4)詞義猜測題。6.閱讀短文,從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中,選出最佳選項(xiàng)。t like the idea, but my friends thought it was great and told me to go for it, so I did.s my determination to prove to myself that I can do it, anyway, I39。she looks on her misfortune as another form of blessing.D.the pictures (1)細(xì)節(jié)理解題。t like the idea, but my friends thought it was great and told me to go for it, so I did.Gallagher說她媽媽和外婆都不喜歡她chalkboard的主意,但她的朋友喜歡,讓她去試試,所以她就去了,可知Gallagher很有決心。故選A。 The theory that flossing your teeth helps to keep your heart healthy might not be true. But every doctor agrees that flossing is a great way to keep your teeth healthy. So even if flossing does not help your heart, it is true to help your teeth. This is enough of a reason for everyone to floss their teeth every day.(1)From the passage, we know that ________.A.make a parisonC.develop the previous statement(3)Which of the following best states the main idea of the last paragraph?A.B.1