3.　　　 “And the word ‘green’today can keep food prices going up.” This sentence suggests that consumers today are _______.

A.　　 starting to notice the importance of new food

B.　　　 enjoying the beauty of nature more than before

C.　　　 beginning to like green vegetables

D.　　 paying more attention to their health

2.　　　 If a package of a product is round in shape, it can _____.

A.　　 bring excitement to the consumers

B.　　　 attract the consumers’ attention

C.　　　 catch the eye movement of the consumers

D.　　 produce a happy and peaceful feeling

1.　　　 According to the passage, ______ seems to be able to persuade a consumer to buy the product.

A.　　 the pleasing color of the package

B.　　　 the special taste of the product

C.　　　 the strange shapes of the package

D.　　 the belief in the product

4.　　　 What can be learned from the passage?

A.　　 Parents are unhappy with their growing children.

B.　　　 Parents have suitable ways to talk with their teenagers

C.　　　 Parents should be patient with their silent teenagers.

D.　　 Parents should try to understand their teenagers.

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　 There are thousands of products(产品) of all colors and shapes in a supermarket, making you believe that they are worth a try. How? Packaging (包装) is the silent but persuading salesman.

　 There on the shelves, each bottle, can, box, and jar has been carefully designed and measured to speak to the inner self of the consumer(顾客), so that he is buying not only a product but also his belief in life. Scientists have studied consumer behavior recently and found that the look of the package has a great effect on the “quality” of the product and on how well it sells, because “Consumers generally cannot tell between a product and its package. Many products are packages and many packages are products,” as Louis Cheskin, the first social scientist studying consumers’ feeling for packaging, noticed.

　 Colors are one of the best tools in packaging. Studies of eye movement have shown that colors draw human attention quickly. Take V8 for example. For many years, the bright red color of tomatoes and carrots on the thin bottle makes you feel that it is very good for your body. And the word “green” today can keep food prices going up.

　 Shapes are another attraction. Circles often suggest happiness and peacefulness, because these shapes are pleasing to both the eye and the heart. That’s why the round yellow M signs of McDonald’s are inviting to both young and old.

　 This new consumer response (反应) to the color and shapes of packages reminds producers and sellers that people buy to satisfy both body and soul.

3.　　　 Which of the following best explains “the wall of silence” in the last paragraph?

A.　　 Teenagers talk a lot with their friends

B.　　　 Teenagers do not want to understand their parents.

C.　　　 Teenagers do not talk much with their parents D. Teenagers talk little bout their own lives

2.　　　 What troubles Tina and Mark most is that _____.

A.　　 their daughter isn’t as lovely as before　

B.　　　 they can’t read their daughter’s mind exactly

C.　　　 they don’t know what to say to their daughter

D.　　 their daughter talks with them only when she needs help

1.　　　 “The door to his room is always shut” suggests that the son ______.

A. is always busy with his studies　　 B. doesn’t want to be disturbed

C. keeps himself away from his parents　 D. begins to dislike his parents

25． “Learn through use” means ＿＿＿＿＿＿．

　 A． we use a language in order to learn it　

　 B． we learn a foreign language in order to use it

　 C． we can learn a language well while we are keeping using it　　　 D． B and C．

　　 Key： 1－5 BCDBA　　　 6－10 BCDAB　　 11－15 CABCB　　

16－20 CDABA　 21－25 BDBCD

24． Which is the most important in learning a foreign language？

　 A． A good memory．　 B． Speaking．　　　 C． Practice．　　 D． Writing．

23． One can never learn a foreign language well by ＿＿＿＿＿．

　 A． doing much practice　　　　 B． studying the dictionary

　 C． learning through use　　　　 D． using the language