A Making choices is necessary, but not always easy. Many of our expressions tell about this difficulty. One of these expressions is “Hobson’s choice . It is often used to describe a difficult choice. But that is not what it really means. Its real meaning is to have no choice at all. The Hobson in the expression was Thomas Hobson. Mr.Hobson owned many horses in Cambridge. Mr. Hobson often rented his horses to the students at Cambridge University. But he didn’t really trust them to take good care of the horses. So, he had a rule that prevented the students from riding his best horses. They could take the horse that was nearest the stable door. Or, they could not take any horse at all. Thus, a Hobson’s choice was really no choice. Another expression for having no real choice is “between a rock and a hard place . It is often used to describe a difficult situation with few choices - none of them is good. For example, your boss may ask you to work late. But you have plans to go to a movie with your friends. If you refuse to work, your boss may get angry. But if you do not go to the movies with your friends, they may get angry. So what do you do? You are “caught between a rock and a hard place . Another expression - “between the devil and the deep blue sea - also gives you a choice between two equally dangerous things. Its meaning seems clear. You can choose the devil and his burning fires of hell. Or, you can choose to drown in the sea. Some experts in lexicology say the expression comes from the days of wooden ships. The “devil is a word for a seam between two pieces of wood along the waterline of a ship. If the seam or crack between the two pieces of wood begins to leak (漏), then a sailor must fix it. The sailor ordered to make the repairs was in a dangerous situation. He was hung over the side of the ship, working “between the devil and the deep blue sea . There is still another expression that describes a situation with only bad choices - “on the horns of a dilemma . The dictionary says a dilemma is a situation in which you must make a decision between two equally balanced choices. When your dilemma has horns (角), making a choice becomes impossible. When you are “on the horns of a dilemma , no matter which horn you choose, something bad will happen. 1. We could learn from Mr. Hobson’s story that he . A. wanted to teach the students a lesson B. liked to make things difficult for the students C. didn’t permit the students to ride his best horses D. didn’t know the students were good at riding horses 2. The underlined word “seam in Paragraph 4 refers to . A. the line where two pieces of wood meet B. the piece of wood which begins to leak C. the side of the ship which was being hung over D. the sailor ordered to repair the broken side of the ship 3. Which of the following expressions doesn’t mean bad choices? A. Between the devil and the deep blue sea. B. Hobson’s choice. C. Between a rock and a hard place. D. On the horns of a dilemma. 查看更多

 

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第三部分 阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)
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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
(A)
Shopping is not as simple as you may think! There are all sorts of tricks at play each time we reach out for that particular brand of product on the shelf.
Colouring, for example, varies according to what the producers are trying to sell. Health foods are packaged in greens, yellows or browns because we think of these as healthy colours. Ice cream packets are often blue and expensive goods, like chocolates, are gold or silver.
When some kind of pain killer was brought out recently, researchers found that the colours turned the customers off because they made the product look weak and ineffective. Eventually, it came on the market in a dark blue and white package—blue because we think of it as safe, and white as calm.
The size of a product can attract a shopper. But quite often a bottle doesn’t contain as much as it appears to.
It is believed that the better-known companies spend, on average, 70 percent of the total cost of the product itself on packaging!
The most successful producers know that it’s not enough to have a good product. The founder of Pears soap, who for 25 years has used pretty little girls to promote (推销) their goods, came to the conclusion: “Any fool can make soap, but it takes a genius to sell it.”
61. Which of the following may trick a shopper into buying a product according to the text?
A. The cost of its package.                      B. The price of the product.
C. The colour of its package.                    D. The brand name of the product.
62. The underlined part “the colours turned the customers off” (in Para.3) means that the colours _________.
A. attracted the customers strongly     B. caused the customers to lose interest
C. tricked the customers into shopping  D. had weak effects on the customers
63. Which of the following is the key to the success in product sales?
A. The way to promote goods.              B. The discovery of a genius.
C. The team to produce a good product.      D. The brand name used by successful producers.
64. According to the passage, which of the following statement is true?
A. Making soap is so easy that any fool in the world can make it.
B. Greens, yellows or silver are considered to be healthy colours.
C. 25 years ago, the founder of Pears soap was a pretty girl herself.
D. The size of a product can have an effect on the shoppers.
65. Which of the following would be the best title for this text?
A. Choice of Good Products                    B. Disadvantages of Products
C. Effect of Packaging on Shopping               D. Brand Names and Shopping Tricks

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Shopping is not as simple as you may think! There are all sorts of tricks at play each time we reach out for that particular brand of product on the shelf.
Colouring, for example, varies according to what the producers are trying to sell. Health foods are packaged in greens, yellows or browns because we think of these as healthy colours. Ice cream packets are often blue and expensive goods, like chocolates, are gold or silver.
When some kind of pain killer was brought out recently, researchers found that the colours turned the customers off because they made the product look weak and ineffective. Eventually, it came on the market in a dark blue and white package—blue because we think of it as safe, and white as calm.
The size of a product can attract a shopper. But quite often a bottle doesn’t contain as much as it appears to.
It is believed that the better-known companies spend, on average, 70 percent of the total cost of the product itself on packaging!
The most successful producers know that it’s not enough to have a good product. The founder of Pears soap, who for 25 years has used pretty little girls to promote (推销) their goods, came to the conclusion: “Any fool can make soap, but it takes a genius to sell it.”
71.Which of the following may trick a shopper into buying a product according to the text?
A. The cost of its package.                      B. The price of the product.
C. The colour of its package.                    D. The brand name of the product.
72.The underlined part “the colours turned the customers off” (in Para.3) means that the colours _________.
A. attracted the customers strongly    
B. caused the customers to lose interest
C. tricked the customers into shopping 
D. had weak effects on the customers
73.Which of the following is the key to the success in product sales?
A. The way to promote goods.
B. The discovery of a genius.
C. The team to produce a good product. 
D. The brand name used by successful producers.
74.According to the passage, which of the following statement is true?
A. Making soap is so easy that any fool in the world can make it.
B. Greens, yellows or silver are considered to be healthy colours.
C. 25 years ago, the founder of Pears soap was a pretty girl herself.
D. The size of a product can have an effect on the shoppers.
75.Which of the following would be the best title for this text?
A. Choice of Good Products                B. Disadvantages of Products
C. Effect of Packaging on Shopping               D. Brand Names and Shopping Tricks

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第三部分  阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)

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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Shopping is not as simple as you may think! There are all sorts of tricks at play each time we reach out for that particular brand of product on the shelf.

Colouring, for example, varies according to what the producers are trying to sell. Health foods are packaged in greens, yellows or browns because we think of these as healthy colours. Ice cream packets are often blue and expensive goods, like chocolates, are gold or silver.

When some kind of pain killer was brought out recently, researchers found that the colours turned the customers off because they made the product look weak and ineffective. Eventually, it came on the market in a dark blue and white package—blue because we think of it as safe, and white as calm.

The size of a product can attract a shopper. But quite often a bottle doesn’t contain as much as it appears to.

It is believed that the better-known companies spend, on average, 70 percent of the total cost of the product itself on packaging!

The most successful producers know that it’s not enough to have a good product. The founder of Pears soap, who for 25 years has used pretty little girls to promote (推销) their goods, came to the conclusion: “Any fool can make soap, but it takes a genius to sell it.”

61. Which of the following may trick a shopper into buying a product according to the text?

A. The cost of its package.                       B. The price of the product.

C. The colour of its package.                     D. The brand name of the product.

62. The underlined part “the colours turned the customers off” (in Para.3) means that the colours _________.

A. attracted the customers strongly      B. caused the customers to lose interest

C. tricked the customers into shopping   D. had weak effects on the customers

63. Which of the following is the key to the success in product sales?

A. The way to promote goods.              B. The discovery of a genius.

C. The team to produce a good product.       D. The brand name used by successful producers.

64. According to the passage, which of the following statement is true?

A. Making soap is so easy that any fool in the world can make it.

B. Greens, yellows or silver are considered to be healthy colours.

C. 25 years ago, the founder of Pears soap was a pretty girl herself.

D. The size of a product can have an effect on the shoppers.

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

A. Choice of Good Products                     B. Disadvantages of Products

C. Effect of Packaging on Shopping                D. Brand Names and Shopping Tricks

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Shopping is not as simple as you may think! There are all sorts of tricks at play each time we reach out for that particular brand(商标) of product (产品)on the shelf.

Colouring, for example, varies according to what the producers(生产者) are trying to sell. Health foods are packaged(包装)in greens, yellows or browns because we think of these as healthy colours. Ice cream packets are often blue and expensive goods, like chocolates, are gold or silver.

When some kind of pain killer was brought out recently, researchers found that the colours turned the customers off because they made the product look weak and ineffective. Eventually, it came on the market in a dark blue and white package—blue because we think of it as safe, and white as calm.

The size of a product can attract a shopper. But quite often a bottle doesn’t contain as much as it appears to.

It is believed that the better-known companies spend, on average, 70 percent of the total cost of the product itself on packaging!

The most successful producers know that it’s not enough to have a good product. The founder of Pears soap, who for 25 years has used pretty little girls to promote (推销) their goods, came to the conclusion: “Any fool(傻子)can make soap, but it takes a genius(天才)to sell it.”

56.Which of the following may trick a shopper into buying a product according to the text?

A. The cost of its package.      B. The colour of its package.

C. The price of the product.     D. The brand name of the product.

57.Which of the following is the key to the success in product sales?

A. The way to promote goods.          B. The discovery of a genius.

C. The team to produce a good product. 

D. The brand name used by successful producers.

58.According to the passage, which of the following statement is true?

A. Making soap is so easy that any fool in the world can make it.

B. Greens, yellows or silver are considered to be healthy colours.

C. The size of a product can have an effect on the shoppers.

D. 25 years ago, the founder of Pears soap was a pretty girl herself.

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

A. Effect of Packaging on Shopping B. Disadvantages of Products

C. Choice of Good Products         D. Brand Names and Shopping Tricks

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第三部分  阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)

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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

(A)

Shopping is not as simple as you may think! There are all sorts of tricks at play each time we reach out for that particular brand of product on the shelf.

Colouring, for example, varies according to what the producers are trying to sell. Health foods are packaged in greens, yellows or browns because we think of these as healthy colours. Ice cream packets are often blue and expensive goods, like chocolates, are gold or silver.

When some kind of pain killer was brought out recently, researchers found that the colours turned the customers off because they made the product look weak and ineffective. Eventually, it came on the market in a dark blue and white package—blue because we think of it as safe, and white as calm.

The size of a product can attract a shopper. But quite often a bottle doesn’t contain as much as it appears to.

It is believed that the better-known companies spend, on average, 70 percent of the total cost of the product itself on packaging!

The most successful producers know that it’s not enough to have a good product. The founder of Pears soap, who for 25 years has used pretty little girls to promote (推销) their goods, came to the conclusion: “Any fool can make soap, but it takes a genius to sell it.”

61. Which of the following may trick a shopper into buying a product according to the text?

A. The cost of its package.                       B. The price of the product.

C. The colour of its package.                     D. The brand name of the product.

62. The underlined part “the colours turned the customers off” (in Para.3) means that the colours _________.

A. attracted the customers strongly      B. caused the customers to lose interest

C. tricked the customers into shopping   D. had weak effects on the customers

63. Which of the following is the key to the success in product sales?

A. The way to promote goods.              B. The discovery of a genius.

C. The team to produce a good product.       D. The brand name used by successful producers.

64. According to the passage, which of the following statement is true?

A. Making soap is so easy that any fool in the world can make it.

B. Greens, yellows or silver are considered to be healthy colours.

C. 25 years ago, the founder of Pears soap was a pretty girl herself.

D. The size of a product can have an effect on the shoppers.

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

A. Choice of Good Products                     B. Disadvantages of Products

C. Effect of Packaging on Shopping                D. Brand Names and Shopping Tricks

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