题目内容
【题目】Are you single or married? Are you a cat or a dog owner? Do you exercise, or are you a “couch potato” (a person who sits on the sofa all day watching TV, eating and basically doing nothing)? These questions and many others are about your lifestyle.
People in the United States feel that they can choose their lifestyles and even shape their own identities. The great variety of lifestyles leads to constant national discussion of choices that people make. This freedom of choice is fun and exciting, but it also creates stress and uncertainty. In newspapers, lifestyle issues are discussed in the features or style section. In The Chicago Tribune this section is called “Tempo”. People turn to this section for lively discussion on lifestyle choices they face with regard to their personal identities, their families, and their social lives.
Many American people believe that they can make their lives happy and satisfying despite their problems. If they lack confidence or tend to feel anxious, shy, angry, or depressed, they believe that they can change themselves. Self-help books, magazines, and feature articles are filled with advice from experts about steps to take to become a happier or more satisfied person and to improve one’s self-respect. Part of this research for self-improvement is a belief that even one’s own appearance can be controlled. This is why there are so many articles in the newspaper about looking young, wearing the latest fashions, and becoming physically fit.
Lifestyle choices also involve moral and social issues. How should children be raised? How should people behave on a date? How should elderly people be treated? How can people stay happily married? All these kinds of issues are constantly discussed and are constantly changing. Not only are experts such as psychologists consulted, but stars from the political and entertainment worlds are held up as lifestyle leaders as well. In the newspaper, feature articles called profiles(简介)discuss in detail the personal lives or public work of movie stars, authors, artists, and excellent individuals who are not stars. The lifestyle choices these people make contribute to the public discussion of all the issues that people think about.
A well-known advertising slogan is “Just do it.” In the culture of the United States, people believe that they can take action and become the kind of people they want to be and live the way they want to live.
【1】The section “Tempo” in The Chicago Tribune mainly discusses _________.
A.lifestyle choices
B.current affairs
C.experts’ opinions on life
D.how to improve one’s self-respect
【2】According to the author, Americans are pretty sure that they can _________.
A.live a happy life in spite of their problems
B.solve all the problems in their life
C.improve their life by following the elders’ advice
D.control their own appearance
【3】According to the passage, people’s opinions on moral or social issues can be influenced by _________.
A.their bosses
B.family members
C.friends and colleagues
D.experts and famous people
【4】Which is the best title for the passage?
A.Changes in the lifestyle
B.Choosing the Way We Live
C.Lifestyles in the United States
D.Make Our Lives Happy
【答案】
【1】A
【2】A
【3】D
【4】B
【解析】
试题分析: 本文主要讲美国人的生活方式和生活态度,他们认为自己可以选择生活的方式,并且生活中的麻烦固然不少,但他们自信仍然能过着幸福的生活。不管怎样,行动起来吧,过自己想过的生活!
【1】A 细节题。根据第二段In newspapers, lifestyle issues are discussed in the features or style section. In The Chicago Tribune this section is called “Tempo”. People turn to this section for lively discussion on lifestyle choices they face with regard to their personal identities, their families, and their social lives.可知Tempo板块主要讨论生活方式的选择问题。故选A.
【2】A 细节题。根据第三段 Many American people believe that they can make their lives happy and satisfying despite their problems可知许多美国人认为尽管有困难,但是他们依然可以过着幸福的生活。故选A.
【3】D 细节题。根据第三段Not only are experts such as psychologists consulted, but stars from the political and entertainment worlds are held up as lifestyle leaders as well.可知关于生活方式的选择,人们不仅会咨询心理学专家,还会参考政客和明星等有名的人,也就是会受专家和名人的影响。故选D.
【4】B 文章标题推测题。分析文章可知,这篇文章主要讲美国人对于生活方式的态度,他们认为每个人的生活方式都是可以选择的。生活中的麻烦固然不少,但他们自信仍然能过着幸福的生活。在文章的结束部分呼吁行动起来吧,过自己想过的生活,说明了美国人认为生活方式是可选择,可改变的态度。故选B.