"Shoes convey thin but useful information about their wearers," the authors wrote in a new study. " Shoes serve as a practical pur?pose,and also serve as nonverbal cues (暗示) with symbolic messa?ges. People tend to pay attention to the shoes they and others wear."

Medical Daily notes that the number of detailed personality traits (特点) found includes a person's general age,gender,income and other personality traits like one's emotional stability.

Lead researcher Omri Gillath said the judgements were based on the style,cost,colour and condition of someone's shoes. In the study,63 University of Kan?sas students looked at pictures showing 208 different pairs of shoes worn by the study's participants. Volunteers in the study were photographed in their most com?monly worn shoes? and then filled out a personality questionnaire.

Some of the results were expected:people with higher incomes most commonly wore expensive shoes,and flashy (闪光的) shoes were typically worn by outgoing people.

However,some results are puzzling. For example, " practical" shoes were generally worn by more "agreeable" people,while ankle boots were more closely connected with "aggressive" personalities. The strangest of all may be that those who wore "uncomfortablelooking" shoes tend to have "calm" personalities.

And if you have several pairs of new shoes or take too much care of them,you may suffer from "attachment anxiety", spending a large amount of time worrying about what other people think of your appearance.

The researchers noted that some people will choose shoe styles to mask their actual personality.

1. Researchers were surprised at the result that       .

   A. the rich wore expensive shoes

   B. outgoing people like wearing shining shoes

   C. "uncomfortableloo king" shoes suggested calmness

   D. some people tried to hide their real personality

2. Those who        may suffer from "attachment anxiety".

   A. are frightened to meet people

   B. are anxious about being misunderstood

   C. pay much attention to others' appearances

   D. worry about others' opinions about their looks

3. It can be inferred from the text that       .

   A. all people's personality can be judged by their shoes

   B. all the results agreed with what researchers had expected

   C. you may make a mistake when you judge a person by shoes

   D. people with ankle boots are less aggressive

4. What kind of shoes does a person most probably wear if he is pleasant and kind to others?

   A. Ankle boots.

   B. Several pairs of new shoes.

   C. "Uncomfortablelooking" shoes.

   D. "Practical" shoes.

 Agriculture has a long history in China. Much of the wisdom 1        by early Chinese scien?tists is still useful for fanners and gardeners today. One of China's early 2        scientists was Jia Sixie,who lived in the sixth century AD. He spent his time doing 3        into agriculture. He collected information,studied it,did experiments and learnt from the 4        of farmers.

Around 540 A D. he wrote a book called Qimin Yaoshu. The book is about both farming and 5        It includes advice on the following6 :growing green vegetables and fruit trees,keeping animals,and fish in lakes. There are also 7        for making wine. Jia Sixie's book is a(n) 8       guide for farming. Firstly,as a farmer you should do things at the right time of the year. If you sow seeds and 9        young plants in the fields at the correct time of the year,your work will be less and 10        will be better. But if you 11        nature,and do things at the wrong time of the year,you will have to do more work and the results will not be so good. The 12       of the soil is also very important. Examine the soil on your farm 13        If the condi?tion of your soil is not good,you should improve it. Before sowing or planting crops,you must clean rough ground and 14        weeds. Let sheep or cows walk on the land to 15        the weeds or eat them. The best harvest is reached when farmers 16        the crops in their fields. For ex?ample,do not plant rice 17        in the same field. But if you plant rice in a field one year and wheat in the field the next year,you will 18        good crops. Other scientists said that wheat should be planted with 19        between the plants,but Jia did experiments and 20        that planting wheat close together is better.

(   ) 1. A. discovered   B. recovered   C. reported   D. repeated

(   ) 2. A. industrial   B. agricultural   C. cultural   D. article

(   ) 3. A. search   B. research   C. experiment   D. movement

(   ) 4. A. adventures   B. advantages   C. tradition   D. experience

(   ) 5. A. nursing   B. gardening   C. produce   D. trade

(   ) 6. A. programs   B. topics   C. subjects   D. events

(   ) 7. A. instructions   B. constructions   C. measures   D. treasures

(   ) 8. A. economical   B. practical   C. similar   D. regular

(   ) 9. A. drop   B. increase   C. grow   D. throw

(   ) 10. A. dreams   B. ending   C. hope   D. results

(   ) 11. A. argue against   B. go against   C. compete with   D. deal with

(   ) 12. A. application   B. situation   C. condition   D. addition

(   ) 13. A. successfully   B. carefully   C. gradually   D. frequently

(   ) 14. A. remove   B. pull   C. kill   D. reduce

(   ) 15. A. destroy   B. prevent   C. divide   D. limit

(   ) 16. A. keep   B. improve   C. manage   D. change

(   ) 17. A. one after another   B. here and there

     C. now and then   D. year after year

(   ) 18. A. win   B. collect   C. harvest   D. plant

(   ) 19. A. holes   B. lines   C. space   D. balance

(   ) 20. A. showed   B. meant   C. intended   D. decided

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