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According to research by Dr John Blaine of the University of Southern California, relationships between people whose professions largely depend on their appearances, such as models or actors, tend to end much faster than those between lawyers, doctors or students.
Blaine said the beautiful felt different from childhood. They are treated as special, which may create both arrogance(傲慢) and insecurity. All too often, beauty can be used as an alternative to education. Often they are pushed out of their class or town, told to go off and make their fortune in Hollywood or London and, when the majority fail, they have few talents(才能) to make a living.
Blaine added that beautiful people score poorly on the “big five” — the key factors American experts consider when helping distressed couples. These are neuroticism(神经过敏), including anger and anxiety; extroversion(性格外向); openness to new experiences; agreeableness; and conscientiousness, or sticking by agreements they have made. Attractive people often see no reason to try to change until their looks start to fade.
Krista Sutherland, of the University of California Los Angeles, said partnerships that appeared to be perfect from the outside, such as the former “dream teams” of Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise or Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Hurley, where backgrounds and aspirations(抱负) are often shared, did not necessarily lead to happiness.
小题1:What does the underlined sentence “Doomed beauties such as Cleopatra and Manilyn Monroe were far from alone in their misery. ” means?
A.Beautiful women always felt lonely. |
B.Beautiful women always were alone. |
C.Many beautiful women didn’t end up with a happy life. |
D.Beautiful women always lived a happy life. |
A.ordinary-looking women | B.women called Jane |
C.common people | D.attractive women |
A.Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Hurley were a couple |
B.Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise were very satisfied with their life |
C.When they fail in Hollywood, the beautiful have little trouble in making a living |
D.The marriage of the beautiful often last long |
A.Five key factors affecting the partnership | B.Beauties are doomed to fail in love |
C.Beauties or common? | D.The beautiful are different. |
答案
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:A
小题4:B
解析
本文为议论文,作者论证了这样一个观点:美女婚姻并非美满。
小题1:句意理解题。这句话的意思是“像克莱奥帕特拉和玛丽莲·梦露般美丽的女人却命运悲惨,而且这种情况并不罕见。”故选C。
小题2:猜测词义题。Jane在英语当中是一个非常普通常见的女性名词,在此用复数形式指代相貌一般的女性。
小题3:推测判断题。partnerships一般指的是伙伴或伴侣关系,再结合短文主题可知partnerships that appeared to be perfect from the outside 中的partnerships 在此表示肯定是“伴侣关系”。文章后面马上列举了 Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Hurley的例子,来说明作者“在外人看来完美无缺的伴侣关系却未必带来幸福快乐”的观点。故Hugh Grant 和 Elizabeth Hurley 是夫妻关系。
小题4:主旨大意题。短文第一段的最后一句Very attractive people tend to form partnerships that are less stable and satisfying than those enjoyed by plain Janes. 是全文的主题句。这句话的意思是:美艳绝伦的女人比起容貌一般的女人更易遭受既不称心又不稳定的情侣关系。故B项(美貌女人注定要情场失意)为最佳标题。
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试题【Doomed beauties such as Cleopatra and Manilyn Monroe were far from alone in thei】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Cubatao, an industrial town of 85 000 people in Brazil, is an example of the connection between industrial development and pollution. In 1954, Cubatao had no industry. Today it has more than twenty large factories, which produce many pollutants(污染物). The people of the town are suffering from the poisonous matter in their environment and the bad effects can be clearly seen. Birth shortcomings are extremely common. Among children and adults, lung problems are sometimes twelve times more common in Cubatao than in other places.
It is true that Brazil, like many other countries, has laws against pollution, but these laws are not enforced strictly enough. It is cheaper for companies to take no notice of the laws and pay the fines(罚款) than to buy the expensive equipment that will reduce the pollution. It is clear, therefore, that economic growth is more important to the government than to the health of the workers. However, the responsibility(责任) does not completely lie with the Brazilian government. The example of Cubatao shows that international companies are not acting in a responsible way either. A number of the factories in the town are owned by large companies from France, Italy, and the U. S. They are doing things in Brazil that they would not be able to do at home. If they caused the same amount of pollution at home, they would be severely(严厉地) punished or even put out of business.
小题1:Why don’t developing countries have strict pollution controls?
A.The new industries they want to introduce do not cause much pollution. |
B.Pollution is not a serious problem for developing countries. |
C.They don’t realize the balance of nature will be destroyed by some pollutants. |
D.If they put stricter controls on industry, fewer companies would build new plants in developing countries. |
A.To show that industry can develop very fast in developing countries. |
B.To show that the pollution problem in Brazil is extremely serious. |
C.To show that industrial growth can cause pollution problems for developing countries. |
D.To show that pollution is killing many people and destroying the whole economy of Brazil. |
A.There are more heart diseases among people who live near chemical factories. |
B.More people suffer from lung diseases because of poisonous matter. |
C.Their health is affected by pollutants the same way as that of other Brazilians. |
D.Babies there are found not as bright as those who live in other places. |
A.The investment(投资) environment in Brazil is suitable for them. |
B.They will not be severely punished if they cause pollution in Brazil. |
C.They can make much money because they do not have to pay Brazilian workers much. |
D.They can act in an irresponsible(不负责任的) way in Brazil because there are no pollution laws there. |
Not very long ago, children were often forced to write with their right hands. Doctors have since found that this can be very harmful. You should use the hand you were born to use.
People who use their left hands are just starting to get better treatment. But why they get all these bad names in the first place? One reason may be that there are not as many left-handed people as there are right-handed people. There is one left-handed person for every five right-handed ones. People who are different are often thought to be wrong. But attitudes do seem to be changing. Fair-minded right-handed people are finally starting to give left-handed people a hand.
小题1:What does the passage lead us to believe when one writes?
A.He can only use his right hand. |
B.He can only use his left hand. |
C.He can use either his left hand or his right hand. |
D.He can use both his left hand and his right hand. |
A.Fair-minded right-handed people want to change the habit of the left-handed people |
B.Fair-minded right-handed people are starting to help the left-handed people |
C.Fair-minded right-handed people are starting to use left hand to write and so on |
D.Fair-minded right-handed people are starting to give up using their left hands |
A.left-handed people have been treated poorly |
B.the number of the left-handed people is larger than that of right-handed people |
C.right-handed people are much cleverer than left-handed people |
D.left-handed people are less smart but hardworking |
A.At one time, left-handed people were forced to use their right hands. |
B.Left-handed people today are being treated better than those in the past. |
C.There are not as many left-handed people as there are right-handed people today. |
D.“Dexterous” comes from Latin, means “evil” and English “sinister” means “handy”. |
A study found that 25% of Australian women would like to keep an office pet. Sue Chaseling of Pet care Information Service said the practice of keeping office pets was good both for the people and the pets.“On the pets’ side,they are not left on their own and won’t feel lonely and unhappy,”she said. A study of major US companies showed that 73% found office pets beneficial(有益的),while 27% experienced a drop in absenteeism(缺勤).
Xarni Riggs has two cats walking around her Global Hair Salon in Paddington.“My customers love them. They are their favorites,”she said.“They are not troublesome. They know when to go and have a sleep in the sun.”
Little black BJ has spent nearly all his two years “working” at Punch Gallery in Balmain. Owner Iain Powell said he had had cats at the gallery for 15 years.“BJ often lies in the shop window and people walking past tap on the glass,”he said.
Ms Chaseling said cats were popular in service industries because they enabled a point of conversation. But she said owners had to make sure both their co-workers and the cats were comfortable.
小题1:The percentage of American companies that are in favor of keeping office pets is ________.
A.73% | B.27% | C.25% | D.15% |
A.works in the Global Hair Salon | B.often greets the passers-by |
C.likes to sleep in the sun | D.is a two-year-old cat |
A.Pets Help Attract Customers | B.Your Favorite Office Pets |
C.Pets Join the Workforce | D.Busy Life for Pets |
The department gave a report on the expulsions (开除)as saying handguns accounted for 58 percent of the 6093 expulsions in 2005—2006, against 7 percent for rifles(步枪)or shotguns and 35 percent for other types of firearms.
“the report is a dear sign that our nation’s public schools are cracking down” on students who bring guns to school, ” Education Secretary Richard Riey said in a statement. “We need to be tough-minded about keeping guns out of our schools and do everything to keep our children safe.”
In March 2006, a 1l-year-old boy and a 13-year-old boy using handguns and rifles shot dead four children and a teacher at a school in Jonesboro, Arkansas. In October, two were killed and seven wounded in a shooting at a Mississippi school. Two months later, a 14-year-old boy killed three high school students and wounded five in Daducab, Kentucky.
“Most of the expulsions, 56 percent were from high schools, which have students from about age 13, 34 percent were from junior high schools and 9 percent were from elementary schools”, the report said.
小题1:From the first paragraph we can infer that in the US schools______.
A.students enjoy shooting | B.students are eager to be soldiers |
C.safety is a problem | D.students can make guns |
A.the number of the expulsions is not large | B.the number of the expulsions is wrong |
C.there are soldiers hiding among the students | D.guns are out of control in US schools |
A.some examples of shootings in US school | B.the Americans’ feeling |
C.some famous schools | D.that some teachers were killed by students |
A.10 | B.9 | C.12 | D.22 |
A.every American cannot have guns | B.only soldiers and police can have guns |
C.every American citizen can own guns | D.teachers have no money to buy guns |
How is petroleum formed? Scientists believe petroleum comes from the remains of plants and animals (Remains are what is left after a plant or animal has died.)
What exactly is petroleum? Petroleum is a mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons. It is an oily liquid, which may be brown, green, or black in colors. The word “petroleum” comes from Greek. It means “rock oil”.
Crude (天然的, 未加工的) oil is petroleum that comes directly from deep in the ground. It is then taken to a refinery. a refinery is a kind of factory to refine oil. At a refinery the crude oil is separated into many parts. From the refined petroleum we get important things, such as gasoline, kerosene, fertilizer, detergents and a lot of other useful things. In fact, there are thousands of such things that we can get. Petroleum really is of great value!
小题1:Which of the following is Not true?
A.“ Petroleum” is a German word. | B.“Petroleum” suggests “ coming from rocks”. |
C.“ Petroleum” isn’t an English word in the original. | D.“Petroleum” is of Greek origin. |
A.We can kill animals and plants, and get petroleum by burning them us. |
B.Over a very long period of time, under certain conditions, dead trees and bodies of animals were turned into petroleum under great pressure. |
C.Petroleum is a kind of metal mineral like copper(铜)or iron. |
D.Petroleum has three states. |
A.get unmixed with other substances | B.divide into separate parts |
C.get mixed with other substances | D.choose the best substance |
A.An Important Source of Energy. | B.Petroleum and Its Uses. |
C.Where Does Petroleum Come From? | D.A Special Rock Oil. |
A.a fairy tale | B.a novel | C.a popular science magazine | D.a scientist’s diary |
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