Eric Brown hates shopping. "It's just not enjoyable to me," said the 28. years old. Chicago man who was carrying several shopping bags along the city's main street, Michigan Avenue. "When I'm out ____1___, I basically know what 1 want to get. I rush in. I buy it. I___2___ Common wisdom says that guys hate to shop. You can ask generations of men. But people who study shopping say that a number of social, cultural and economic factors are now ___3___ this "men-hate, to-shop" notion. "___4___ social class, ethnicity, age—men say they hate to shop," says Sharon Zukin, a City University of New York sociology professor. "Yet when you ask them deeper questions, it turns out that they ___5___ to shop.
1. A playing B fishing C shopping D traveling
2. A get out B stay in C look round D move about
3. A confirming B challenging C proving D supporting
4. A Regardless of B Because of C Owing to D Thanks to
5. A want B like C hate D hope
參考答案&解析:
1、C 第一段第一個句子是主題句,說的是:Eric Brown討厭買東西。因此“shopping”是合適的選擇。
2、A 語境是這樣的:當(dāng)我出去買東西時,我基本上已經(jīng)知道我要買什么。我沖了進去,買了后……顯然,填入“get out”(出去)是連貫的。“stay in”是“在家里呆著”,“look round”是“環(huán)顧”,“move about”是“閑蕩”,不難看出,這些都不是合適的選擇。
3、B 第二段的第一個句子說的是:一般的認識認為,男人討厭買東西。第三句的起始詞是“But”,它告訴我們意思將發(fā)生轉(zhuǎn)折,因而“challenging”是合適的選擇。“confirming”是“確認”的意思,“proving”是“證明”,“supporting”是“支持”。
4、A 第三段的第一個句子引自紐約城市大學(xué)社會學(xué)教授Sharon Zukin的話,大意是:……在社會階層、種族特點、年齡上是有差異的,男人都說他們討厭買東西。可以看出,合適的選擇是“Regardless of”(不管),“Because of”,“Owing to”,“Thanks to”都表示“原因”,插入后意思上是不連貫的。
5、B 緊接著第三段第一個句子的后一個句子由“Yet”起始,這個詞提示我們由它引導(dǎo)的句子在意思上跟上一個句子構(gòu)成對比。由于上一個句子說的是“男人們討厭買東西”,那么這個句子應(yīng)當(dāng)說的是男人們實際上是喜歡買東西的。因此,“like”是合適的選擇。