答案及解析:
1.文章标题分析:Something Men Do Not Like to Do
2.直接解题:
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—后句中说“我知道我想获得什么”,因此判断空格处的结构中(“当我出去。。”)应该填“购物”。
考点:通过上下文确认单词/短语。
2.A. 分析:借助前文—前文中说“我冲进去,我购买了”因此判断A“我离开(商店)”最合适。
stay in v.在家, 不外出
look around v.(=look round)到处寻找,察看,观光
move about v.走来走去, 经常搬家
考点:通过上下文确认单词/短语。
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“人们常说男人憎恨购物”,空格所在的句子中出现了but,判断空格所在句子的大意应与前句大意相反,因此判断B“(大量的社会的,文化的,经济的因素正在)挑战(这个“男人憎恨购物”的这种说法)”合理。
考点:通过上下文确认单词/短语。
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:被选项中B,C和D都是近义词,因此彼此排除掉,这样判断A是答案。
考点:近义项的辨析。
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)打头,因此判断在句意上空格所在的句子和空格前的句子(男人说他们讨厌购物)形成转折,因此判断这里应该是“喜欢(购物)”。
考点:通过上下文确认单词/短语。
6.A)coats B)pants C)socks D)books
Men generally like to shop for___6___,music and hardware.