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【题目】 Mark Zuckerberg, who starts the social network Facebook, often wears jeans and a T-shirt to work, including to important business meetings. Not everyone agrees with him. Some people say he doesn't look serious this way.

Harvard Business School researcher, Franccsca Gino, has a different idea. While most people seem to think that dressing differently from those around you generally has a bad influence, she believes it can actually have a positive(积极的) effect. And she’s done experiments to support her idea. When her researchers, wearing sportswear, visited the expensive shops an Italy, they were usually viewed as wealthier and more important people than those who were well-dressed in designer clothes.

Do people always view less formal(正式的) clothing more positively? Researchers in France took their research out into the street, to the general public. The video they made shows an actor dressed in a well-cut suit and shiny shoes. While walking along the road, he begins to cough badly, stops to catch his breath and falls down. Before he even calls for help, people rush to help him. In another video, the actor appears at the same crowded place and repeats the actions in exactly the same way. But this time, no one comes to help. What’s the difference? He’s wearing untidy clothes and looks like a homeless person. In a situation like this, the clothes you’re wearing could mean the difference between life and death.

It seems that our clothing doesn’t only change the way others view us, but also the way we see ourselves. In an experiment testing students’ ability to pay attention to details(细节), the group wearing white lab coats did the best. Why? Researchers told them that they were wearing the doctors coats. The experiment didn’t show whether such influences would last long. More experiments are needed in the future before we decide to make the doctors’ coats a must of fashion.

【1】Mark Zuckerberg is not considered serious by some people because ____.

A. he does not listen to others’ adviceB. he sets up a network of video games

C. he wears jeans and a T-shirt to workD. he often plays jokes at business meetings

【2】Which of the following is Gino’s opinion according to Paragraph 2?

A. It is necessary to buy expensive clothes.

B. Wearing less formal clothes is in fact good.

C. It is bad to dress differently from people around you.

D. Wearing sports clothes makes you look less important.

【3】In Paragraph 3, the writer proves(证明) his ( her ) opinion mainly ____.

A. by giving reasonsB. by using pictures

C. by comparing factsD. by listing numbers

【4】What can we learn from the passage?

A. What we wear makes a difference.B. Formal clothing makes a wise man.

C. Our value depends on what we wear.D. Our clothing influences our characters.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

本文谈论了Facebook的创始人马克扎克伯格经常穿着牛仔裤和T恤衫上班，包括参加重要的商务会议。这引起了人的争议。哈佛商学院的研究人员Francsca Gino赞成穿不正式的服装上班，认为它实际上能起到积极的作用。有些人不赞同他的穿着，说他看起来不那么严肃。作者认为我们的衣着不仅改变了别人对我们的看法，而且也改变了我们对自己的看法。举了两个例子：1.一个穿着考究的人和一个穿着凌乱的衣服，看上去像个无家可归的人倒在同一个拥挤的地上，看人们做出不同的反应。2.在一项测试学生关注细节能力的实验中，穿白色实验服的小组做得最好。

【1】细节理解题。根据第1段描述Mark Zuckerberg, who starts the social network Facebook, often wears jeans and a T-shirt to work, including to important business meetings. Not everyone agrees with him. Some people say he doesn't look serious this way.（社交网络Facebook的创始人马克扎克伯格经常穿着牛仔裤和T恤衫上班，包括参加重要的商务会议。不是每个人都赞同。有人说他看起来不那么严肃。）可知“有些人认为马克扎克伯格不严肃，因为他经常穿着牛仔裤和T恤衫上班”；故选C。

【2】细节理解题。根据第2段第2句中she believes it can actually have a positive(积极的) effect.（她认为它实际上能起到积极的作用。）可知“穿不太正式的衣服实际上很好”是吉诺的观点；故选B。

【3】细节理解题。通读第3段可知作者举了一个穿着考究的人和一个穿着凌乱的衣服，看上去像个无家可归的人倒在同一个拥挤的地上，看人们做出不同的反应。可知作者主要通过比较事实来证明他的观点。故选C。

【4】主旨理解题。本文谈论了Facebook的创始人马克扎克伯格经常穿着牛仔裤和T恤衫上班，包括参加重要的商务会议。这引起了人的争议。哈佛商学院的研究人员Francsca Gino赞成穿不正式的服装上班，认为它实际上能起到积极的作用。有些人不赞同他的穿着，说他看起来不那么严肃。作者认为我们的衣着不仅改变了别人对我们的看法，而且也改变了我们对自己的看法。举了两个例子：1.一个穿着考究的人和一个穿着凌乱的衣服，看上去像个无家可归的人倒在同一个拥挤的地上，看人们做出不同的反应。2.在一项测试学生关注细节能力的实验中，穿白色实验服的小组做得最好。根据本文主要内容，我们能从本文了解到我们穿着会产生很大的作用。故选A。