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【题目】 If you go shopping in any toy store, you can see clearly the different games and toys for boys and girls: there are a lot of pink toys on one side of the store for girls; and dark-colored cars, guns, and soldiers for boys. Some big stores with toys may even have a pink floor for girls and a blue floor for boys. In fact, it is difficult to buy a toy for a girl that is not pink.

Some people think that too much pink is bad for girls. Sue Palmer, writer of Toxic Childhood, is very worried that most girls over the age of three are captivated about the color. According to some scientists, this happens for two reasons. Firstly, most companies offer too many products in pink. Also, many parents think their little daughter looks cute in pink. Sue Palmer says that girls at this age cannot make proper decisions by themselves, but the pink can affect (影响) the choices and the decisions they will make in the future.

Some parents are worried, too, for example, Vanessa Holburn, thirty-two, who has two girls under the age of four. Their bedrooms are a sea of pink and Vanessa is not happy. “Pink says that you are soft and gentle. Blue says that you are strong and powerful. I want my daughters to be strong and powerful. I’m worried that pink will not help them with that,” she says.

But not everyone thinks there’s something wrong with pink. Grayson Turner is a father of three girls and he isn’t worried at all. “People forget that things change all the time,” he says. “My girls used to love pink when they were little, but as they get older, they change.” Turner explains that his twelve-year-old daughter never wears pink clothes anymore. “This love of pink is just a fashion and all fashions change,” he adds. “It’s only since the 1940s that people have stated dressing girls — — in pink before that it was a color for boys.”

【1】Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?

A.B.C.D.

【2】The underlined phrase “are captivated about ” in Paragraph 2 probably means .

A.are afraid ofB.are tired of

C.are crazy aboutD.are nervous about

【3】According to Grayson Turner, .

A.all little kids love the color pink

B.his girls now prefer the color blue

C.pink has always been a color for girls

D.parents needn’t worry about pink toys

【4】The purpose of this passage is to .

A.explain why girls are crazy about the color pink

B.make parents less worried about the color pink

C.encourage girls to give up playing with pink toys

D.show people’s different opinions about the color pink

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【4】D

【解析】

在给孩子买玩具或者衣服的时候，我们会发现很多女孩的玩具或衣服都是粉色的，而男孩的是蓝色的。但现在一些人担心太多的粉色对女孩是不好的，对于这个问题不同的家长有不同的看法。

【1】

篇章结构题。根据第一段中“In fact, it is difficult to buy a toy for a girl that is not pink.”可知，第一段提出女孩子的玩具或衣服很多都是粉色的；根据第二段中“Some people think that too much pink is bad for girls.”和第三段中“Some parents are worried…”可知，第二段和第三段提出一些人认为太多粉色对女孩不好；根据第四段中“But not everyone thinks there’s something wrong with pink.”可知，第四段提出相反的观点，觉得粉色没有什么不好，由此可知结构为--。故选B。

【2】

词意猜测题。are afraid of对……感到害怕；are tired of对……感到厌倦；are crazy about对……感到痴迷；are nervous about对……感到担忧。根据第二段中“Sue Palmer says that girls at this age cannot make proper decisions by themselves, but the pink can affect (影响) the choices and the decisions they will make in the future.”可知，这个年纪的女孩子不能独自做出正确的决定，但是如果粉色过度使用，女孩子们会对粉色感到痴迷，以至于影响她们未来的选择和决定，所以划线部分are captivated about与are crazy about意思相同。故选C。

【3】

细节理解题。根据短文第四段“But not everyone thinks there’s something wrong with pink. Grayson Turner is a father of three girls and he isn’t worried at all.”可知，Turner不觉得粉色有什么不好的，他觉得家长们不必为此担心。故应选D。

【4】

主旨大意题。根据短文第二段中“Some people think that too much pink is bad for girls.”和第三段中“Some parents are worried,too.”以及第四段中“But not everyone thinks there’s something wrong with pink.”可知，这篇短文介绍了人们对粉色对孩子的影响的不同看法。故选D。