题目内容
Japanese couples, too busy for a normal social life, are increasingly turning to actors to play their friends on the most important days of their lives.
Several agencies have sprung up(涌现)offering actors to attend weddings or even funerals.The first guest-for-hire company was established about nine years ago and around 10 agencies now send out dozens of pretend friends to family events.
Agencies such as Hagemashi Tai, which means “I want to cheer you up”, charge around £100 for each “guest”. Other services such as giving a speech in praise of a bride or the groom cost extra.
The appearance of the small fake friends industry has been linked to social and economic changes in Japan.With lifetime employment (终身雇佣制)a thing of the past, couples feel uncomfortable about inviting work colleagues to their wedding.Increasingly busy and put upon, many Japanese surround themselves with only a very small circle of friends.
When they marry, however, they are under pressure to match the number of their new partner’s wedding guests.
Office Agents, the largest provider of pretend friends, makes sure that its employees have done their homework and know all about the bride or groom before the wedding.
Hiroshi Mizutani, the company’s founder, said the fake friends he provides must look happy, be well dressed and look like people with good jobs.
【小题1】Why did fake friends industry come into being in Japan?
A.Because of social and economic changes | B.Because of lifetime employment |
C.Because of normal social life | D.Because of work pressure |
A.weddings | B.funerals | C.work | D.family gathering |
A.fake friends have done their housework | B.fake friends have good jobs |
C.fake friends must look happy and be well dressed | D.fake friends feel uncomfortable |
A.Japanese Couples are Under Pressure to Get Married | B.Japanese Couples’ Social Life |
C.The First Guest-for-hire Company in Japan | D.Japanese Couples Rely on Fake Friends |
【小题1】A
【小题2】C
【小题3】C
【小题4】D
解析试题分析:本文讲述的是现在的日本人要依赖这些虚假的朋友在他们的生活中起一定的作用。文章中详细描述了提供这样服务的公司的一些具体的信息。
【小题1】A 细节题。根据文章第四段1,2行The appearance of the small fake friends industry has been linked to social and economic changes in Japan.可知A项正确。
【小题2】C 细节题。根据文章第二段第一行和最后一行Several agencies have sprung up(涌现)offering actors to attend weddings or even funerals和send out dozens of pretend friends to family events.可知ABD三项都是的,只有C项没有提及。
【小题3】C 细节题。根据文章最后一段Hiroshi Mizutani, the company’s founder, said the fake friends he provides must look happy, be well dressed and look like people with good jobs可知C项描述的正确的。
【小题4】D 主旨大意题。根据文章主题段第一段Japanese couples, too busy for a normal social life, are increasingly turning to actors to play their friends on the most important days of their lives.
现在的日本夫妻要依赖这些虚假的朋友在他们的生活中起一定的作用。故D项正确。
考点:考察社会现象类短文阅读
点评:本文讲述的是现在的日本人要依赖这些虚假的朋友在他们的生活中起一定的作用。文章中详细描述了提供这样服务的公司的一些具体的信息。文章基本上是考查细节题,对此类题型考生可以首先从问题中找到关键词,然后以此为线索,运用略读及查阅的技巧在文中迅速寻找这一细节,找到后再把这一部分内容仔细阅读一遍,仔细比较所给选项与文中细节的细微区别,在准确理解细节的前提下,最后确定最佳答案。
Dog owners now have a little help understanding their furry friends . A new device called Bow-Lingual “translates” dog barks into English , Korea or Japanese.
Bow-Lingual’s Japanese inventors spent much time and money analyzing dog barks . They found that dog noises can be broken down into six different emotions : happiness , sadness , frustration , anger , assertion and desire .
Part of the Bow-Lingual device hangs on the dog’s collar . The other part is a handle-held unit for the owner . When the dogs barks , the unit displays translated phrases .
Some people have scoffed at Bow-Lingual. “Who would pay US$ 120 to read a dog’s mind?” they ask .
But those who have purchased Bow-Lingual praise the device . Pet owner Keiko Egawa , of Japan , says it helps her empathize with her dog , Harry . “Before we go to the park , he always says he wants to play,” says Egawa , “and after a walk , he always says he is hungry.”
Bow –Lingual is not yet available in Chinese . So you’d better keep studying Studio Classroom , or soon your dog may know more English than you do !
1.This passage is mainly talking about .
A.Bow-Lingual’s inventors |
B.dog barks and their different emotions |
C.talking dogs |
D.a little help for dog owners |
2.Which of the following sentences is TRUE according to the passage ?
A.Dog owners now can understand their dogs better . |
B.Bow-Lingual is a new device that enables dogs to talk in English , Korean or Japanese . |
C.More and more Chinese dog owners would keep studying Studio Classroom in order to know more English than their dogs . |
D.People who have used the Bow-Lingual say it helps them better understand their dogs . |
3.What does “scoffed at” mean in the 3rd paragraph ?
A.shouted at |
B.questioned at |
C.laughed at |
D.doubted about |
4.How do you understand the sentence “Bow-Lingual is not yet available in Chinese” in the last paragraph ?
A.Bow-Lingual has not yet appeared in Chinese market . |
B.Bow-Lingual can not yet recognized Chinese dogs’ barks . |
C.Chinese dog owners do not know yet how to use Bow-Lingual . |
D.Dog barks can not yet be translated into Chinese phrases with Bow-Lingual . |
5.The writer of this passage is most likely to be .
A.a dog owner |
B.a reporter |
C.an advertiser |
D.an expert on dog barks |
阅读下面短文,撑握其大意,然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D),选出最佳选项。
I had my first job at the age of thirteen, when a friend of my mother’s who owned a bookshop _36 me for six hours a week to help her in the shop. I was very 37 to earn my own pocket money and my parents 38 interfered(干涉) with how I spent it, even when I was spending it 39 . They believed that by earning money, spending it, and learning from the 40 , I would become more mature(成熟) and 41 about how to handle work, relationships with others, and money.
Like many 42 parents, my parents also let me and my brothers do things over which they 43 a great deal. When I was sixteen, for example, after I finished high school and before I entered university, I wanted to spend the summer months traveling around 44 . My mother was against the idea of my traveling alone at such a young age, but my father felt that it would be a great 45 for me. In the end, my father won the 46 on the condition that I limited my traveling to France, my mother’s home, where I had many uncles, aunts and cousins 47 through the country who could 48 shelter and help if I need them.
Three years later, my younger brother decide to 49 a year off after his first year in university and travel through the United States and the Caribbean. Again my mother was very worried and not 50 to see my brother leave school, but my father encouraged him and my brother had a(n) 51 year working his way on trains and ships to 52 passage to different ports and cities, and discovering many fascinating places and people.
These kinds of experiences are probably rare(稀少的) for children in many countries but in the US they are fairly 53 . Most parents start 54 their children at a young age to do small things by themselves. By the time they have finished high school, many American kids have already had part-time jobs, traveled around the US or other countries on their own, have 55 the university they plan to attend and maybe even decided on their future career, and so on.
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