题目内容
【题目】根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
【1】 If you are growing tomatoes in your backyard for sale,you are producing for the market. You might sell some to your neighbor and some to the local manager of the supermarket. But in either case, you are producing for the market. 【2】 If people stop buying tomatoes, you will stop producing them. If you take care of a sick person to earn money, you are producing for the market. If your father is a steel worker or a truck driver or a doctor or a grocer, he is producing goods or service for the market.
【3】 You may spend money in stores, supermarkets, gas stations and restaurants. Still you are buying from the market. When the local grocer hires you to drive the delivery truck, he is buying your labor in the labor market.
【4】 But for each person or business that is making and selling something, it is very concrete(具体的). If nobody buys your tomatoes, it won’t be long before you get the message. 【5】 It is telling you that you are using energies and resources in doing something the market doesn’t want you to do.
A. The market may be something abstract(抽象的).
B. The sellers are always smarter than buyers.
C. When you spend your income, you are buying things from the market.
D. The market is a concept.
E. One has to make his ends meet when shopping.
F. The market is telling you something.
G. Your efforts are being directed by the market.
【答案】
【1】D
【2】G
【3】C
【4】A
【5】F
【解析】
试题分析:本文是一篇议论文。文章用通俗的例子,讲述了市场的概念。
【1】D考查学生对文章的理解和主题句的选择。根据后文可知,文章用种西红柿做例子,讲述市场的概念。故选D。
【2】G考查上下文的语境理解。上文提到你在为市场生产,下文是:如果人们不买你的西红柿,你就会停止种植。所以,中间句应该是:你的想法受市场的指导。故选G。
【3】C考查上下文的语境理解。根据下文You may spend money in stores, supermarkets, gas stations and restaurants.你可能花费钱在商店、超市、气站和餐厅。 Still you are buying from the market.你仍然从市场上买。可知选C。
【4】A考查上下文的语境理解。根据下文的对应词concrete(具体的)可知,这里和选项中的abstract.相对,故选A。
【5】F考查上下文的语境理解。根据下文中的It is telling you that you are using energies and resources in doing something the market doesn’t want you to do.你正在用精力和资源做一些市场不想做的事情。可知选F。
【名师点拨】
1.根据上下文的语境来确定选项。一般在空格的上一句或下一句,也许是上、下句中会有暗示。比如第37小题G考查上下文的语境理解。上文提到你在为市场生产,下文是:如果人们不买你的西红柿,你就会停止种植。所以,中间句应该是:你的想法受市场的指导。故选G
2.在做七选五时一定要注意空格前后句子的暗示词,根据关联词but 、and、 so、or在句中起的作用,可以准确确定空格上的选项。 But for each person or business that is making and selling something, it is very concrete(具体的). 39小题A考查上下文的语境理解。在这里But表示转折,根据下文的对应词concrete(具体的)可知,这里和选项中的abstract.相对,故选A。
【题目】Put a group of strangers in a room together, and they’ll probably start a conversation. “Hot today, isn’t it?” one might say. “You said it,” another replies.
Why do we talk so much about the weather? When we meet new people, we don’t begin by telling them our life story. We start with small talk, a polite conversation about something like traffic or weather.
Research suggests that small talk can build new friendships. When we begin conversations with new people, we want to feel comfortable, and so do they. We use small talk to find common interests. Once we have a common interest, a friendship can begin.
Small talk even helps people get a job. In order to impress at a job interview, you need to bond with the interviewer right away. Proper small talk can make that first impression get you the job.
So, how can you make small talk lead to a new friendship or job? First off, find common ground. Select something around you that you share with the other person.
Next, keep the conversation going. Compliment (赞美) the other person to make him or her feel comfortable, and ask questions to show interest.
Third, keep eye contact. When you loop people in the eye, they feel you appreciate what they are saying. It makes you appear honest and build trust.
Naturally, shy people might not have enough confidence to start up conversations with strangers. Talking to someone you don’t know is not the easiest thing to do! Some experts say with more practice, small take does get easier.
Some people avoid small talk because they dislike discussing things like traffic or weather. For them, they are just too small. However, when you think about it, small talk is anything but small. In fact, it is actually a very big deal!
Title | Small Talk: A Big (76) _________ |
Introduction | We are likely to make small talk when we (77) _______ meet people. |
(78)___________ | Small talk can help people form (79) ________ friendships. |
Small talk can also help people get (80) __________. | |
Advice | Find some topics (81) ________ with the other person. |
Keep the talk going by making compliments and (82) __________ questions. | |
Keep eye contact in conversation to build (83) ________. | |
(84) _________ more in order to make small talk easier. | |
Conclusion | Small talk really (85) _________ a lot to us. |