答案及解析:
1.文章標題分析:Something Men Do Not Like to Do
2.直接解題:
1.A)playing B)fishing C)shopping D)traveling
2.A)get out B)stay in C)look round D)move about
Eric Brown hates shopping.“It’s just not enjoyable to me,”said the 28-year-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 I want to get.I rush in.I buy it.I___2___”
1.C. 分析:借助后文—后句中說“我知道我想獲得什么”,因此判斷空格處的結構中(“當我出去。。”)應該填“購物”。
考點:通過上下文確認單詞/短語。
2.A. 分析:借助前文—前文中說“我沖進去,我購買了”因此判斷A“我離開(商店)”最合適。
stay in v.在家, 不外出
look around v.(=look round)到處尋找,察看,觀光
move about v.走來走去, 經常搬家
考點:通過上下文確認單詞/短語。
3.A)confirming B)challenging C)proving D)supporting
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.
3.B. 分析:前文中句子的大意“人們常說男人憎恨購物”,空格所在的句子中出現了but,判斷空格所在句子的大意應與前句大意相反,因此判斷B“(大量的社會的,文化的,經濟的因素正在)挑戰(這個“男人憎恨購物”的這種說法)”合理。
考點:通過上下文確認單詞/短語。
4.A)Regardless of B)Because of C)Owing to D)Thanks to
“___4___social class,ethnicity, age—men say they hate to shop,”says Sharon Zukin,a City University of New York sociology professor.
4.A. 分析:被選項中B,C和D都是近義詞,因此彼此排除掉,這樣判斷A是答案。
考點:近義項的辨析。
5.A)want B)like C)hate D)hope
“Yet when you ask them deeper questions, it turns out that they___5___to shop.
5. B.分析:空格所在的句子以yet(然而)打頭,因此判斷在句意上空格所在的句子和空格前的句子(男人說他們討厭購物)形成轉折,因此判斷這里應該是“喜歡(購物)”。
考點:通過上下文確認單詞/短語。
6.A)coats B)pants C)socks D)books
Men generally like to shop for___6___,music and hardware.