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【題目】 Do you like to flaunt your expensive items? You could find yourself without friends! Scientists prove that expensive status symbols make you look less socially attractive.

Items such as a fancy car and a Rolex watch are often thought to increase our social standing and often come with a high price tag(標(biāo)簽).According to the latest research, however, it has the opposite effect and people would prefer to be friends with someone who places less value on material objects.

“Often we think that status symbols will make us look more socially attractive to others, “says Stephen Garcia, the study's lead author from the University of Michigan. He adds, “However, our research suggests that these status signals actually make us look less socially attractive.

The researchers conducted six studies which assessed how people presented themselves and how people viewed strangers. People who chose to wear higher status items tended to get a negative response, but people wanted to be friends with people who preferred lower status symbols.

The study took the role of the luxury item to see if it was possible that the expensive item itself played a part in people's reactions. The definition of a status symbol changed based on a person's socioeconomic status, but the same effect of keeping off potential friends was seen regardless of social position.

"At a social level, we may be wasting billions of dollars on expensive status symbols that finally keep others from wanting to associate with us, "says Kimberlee Weaver Livnat at the University of Haifa. She says, "And to the extent that close friendships are important to well-being, we may be unintentionally hurting ourselves.”

However, Patricia Chen of the National University of Singapore said this does not necessarily mean status symbols are a bad thing. She says, "Our findings right now only apply to the formation of new friendships, Status symbols may be beneficial at other times and in other settings, such as when trying to establish new business contacts.”

【1】What does the underlined word "flaunt" in paragraph I mean?

A.Show off.B.Get rid of.

C.Give away.D.Hand in.

【2】Which is the negative influence of expensive status symbols?

A.Lowering people's social status.

B.Preventing people from making friends.

C.Doing harm to people's health absolutely.

D.Changing people s consumption concept.

【3】Who may be more popular among friends according to the text?

A.People who are very rich.B.People with high social status.

C.People who keep a low profile.D.People with charming appearance.

【4】What attitude does Patricia Chen have towards status symbols?

A.PositiveB.Unconcerned.

C.Critical .D.Casual.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文。研究表明昂貴的身份標(biāo)志性的物品不一定會有利于提高人的魅力，反而會妨礙人結(jié)識新的朋友。

【1】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)下文Scientists prove that expensive status symbols make you look less socially attractive.（科學(xué)家證明，昂貴的身份象征會讓你在社交上顯得不那么有吸引力。）可知昂貴的身份標(biāo)志性的物品不利于交友,而喜歡炫耀的人可能會沒有朋友。故可知劃線部分單詞意思為“炫耀”。故選A。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段Items such as a fancy car and a Rolex watch are often thought to increase our social standing and often come with a high price tag. According to the latest research, however, it has the opposite effect and people would prefer to be friends with someone who places less value on material objects.（像豪車和勞力士手表這樣的物品通常被認為可以提高我們的社會地位，而且往往價格不菲。然而，根據(jù)最新的研究，它有相反的效果，人們更愿意和那些不太重視物質(zhì)的人交朋友。）可知昂貴的地位象征的負面影響是會阻止人們交朋友。故選B。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段最后一句People who chose to wear higher status items tended to get a negative response, but people wanted to be friends with people who preferred lower status symbols.（那些選擇穿顯示地位高的衣服的人往往會得到負面的回應(yīng)，但人們希望與那些更喜歡低地位象征的人交朋友。）可知低調(diào)而不喜歡炫富的人會更加受歡迎。故選C。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段最后一句"Our findings right now only apply to the formation of new friendships, Status symbols may be beneficial at other times and in other settings, such as when trying to establish new business contacts.”（“我們的發(fā)現(xiàn)目前只適用于新朋友的形成，地位象征在其他時候和其他場合可能是有益的，比如在試圖建立新的業(yè)務(wù)聯(lián)系時�！保┛芍�Patricia Chen認為昂貴的身份標(biāo)志性的物品不一定就是有害的,它有可能會幫助人在生意上取得成功�？芍�Patricia Chen對待身份象征的態(tài)度是積極的。故選A。

詞義猜測題猜詞技巧

閱讀理解的測試中經(jīng)常有猜測詞、短語、習(xí)語意義的題目，這些詞、短語、習(xí)語要么是生詞，要么是熟詞新義，單靠平時積累是不夠的，還要掌握一定的做題技巧�？偨Y(jié)如下：

(1)根據(jù)構(gòu)詞法(轉(zhuǎn)化、合成、派生)進行判斷

(2) 根據(jù)文中的定義、解釋猜生詞 ；利用事例或解釋猜生詞；利用重復(fù)解釋的信息猜生詞

(3)根據(jù)上下文的指代關(guān)系進行選擇：文章中的代詞it，that，he，him或them可以指上文提到的人或物，其中it和that還可以指一件事。

(4)根據(jù)轉(zhuǎn)折或?qū)Ρ汝P(guān)系進行判斷：根據(jù)上下句的連接詞，如but，however，otherwise等就可以看到前后句在意義上的差別，從而依據(jù)某一句的含義，來確定另一句的含義。

(5)根據(jù)因果關(guān)系進行判斷：俗話說，“有因必有果，有果必有因”。根據(jù)原因可以預(yù)測結(jié)果，根據(jù)結(jié)果也可以找出原因。

(6)根據(jù)同位關(guān)系進行判斷：閱讀中有時出現(xiàn)新詞、難詞，后面就跟著一個同位語，對前面的詞進行解釋，有時這種解釋也用連詞“or”連接。例如：

(7)利用標(biāo)點符號和提示詞猜測詞義。分號（；）還可以表示轉(zhuǎn)折、對比或不相干的意義。破折號表示解釋說明。

如第一小題，根據(jù)下文Scientists prove that expensive status symbols make you look less socially attractive.（科學(xué)家證明，昂貴的身份象征會讓你在社交上顯得不那么有吸引力。）可知昂貴的身份標(biāo)志性的物品不利于交友,而喜歡炫耀的人可能會沒有朋友。故可知劃線部分單詞意思為“炫耀”。故選A。