题目内容
【题目】Chinese knot is an ancient folk art form in China, simple 【1】 attractive as well. Its history can date back to the Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC), and it was fully developed in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and became 【2】 (wide) popular in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. A knot 【3】 is made of colorful silk thread can bring good luck to its owner. It is often used to express good wishes, 【4】(include) happiness, prosperity, love and the absence of evil.
Chinese knot 【5】 (indicate) that every knot is made of a single rope and named by its specific form and meaning. For example, “Happiness & Health”, “Luck and Auspiciousness (吉祥)” and “Wish you a fair wind”. By combining different knots 【6】 other well-designed things skillfully, a unique auspicious Chinese knot with many wishes 【7】 (form). And it is also worth noting that the logo for Beijing’s bid 【8】 (host) the 2008 Olympics was based on a traditional knot craft design.
Today, people are fond of Chinese knot for its 【9】 (character) form, colorfulness and deep meaning. Most commonly, the knot is used either as a hanging 【10】(decorate), such as in the home or car, or on the body like ring, earrings, hand chain or necklace.
【答案】
【1】but
【2】widely
【3】that/which
【4】including
【5】indicates
【6】with
【7】is formed
【8】to host
【9】characteristic
【10】decoration
【解析】
本文属于说明文,介绍中国结的历史、中国结的意义以及当今的受欢迎程度。
【1】考查连词。句意:中国结是一种传统的民间艺术,简单却又富有吸引力。根据本句前后两个词simple以及attractive,描述中国结的两个不同的方面,意思相对,故用but。
【2】考查副词。句意:中国结历史可以追溯到周朝,在唐宋时期得以完全发展,到明清时期,广泛流行。修饰形容词popular作状语,故用副词形式widely。
【3】考查关系代词。句意:中国结是由五彩缤纷的丝线构成,能够给人带来好运。通过分析本句,is made of colorful silk thread作定语从句修饰先行词knot,关系词在从句中作主语,故用关系代词that/which。
【4】考查介词。句意:中国结通常表达愿望,比如幸福、兴旺、爱以及辟邪。通过分析句子结构,include在本句中后定语修饰wishes,与后面的名词形成介宾结构,故用including。
【5】考查动词时态。句意:中国结这个名字就暗示了每个结都是由一条丝线打结而成,根据不同形状赋予不同的名字。通过分析,indicate在句中knot的谓语,与主语构成主谓逻辑关系,主语为单数,文章介绍中国结,用一般现在时,故用一般现在时的第三人称单数形式indicates。
【6】考查介词。句意:通过巧妙的把中国结与其他东西相结合,一个独特又带有美好愿望的中国结就产生了。此处为结构combine…with …(把……与……相结合),故用with。
【7】考查动词时态和语态。句意:句意:通过巧妙的把中国结与其他东西相结合,一个独特又带有美好愿望的中国结就产生了。通过分析,本句关于中国结的制作,故用一般现在时,同时form在句中作knot的谓语,形成动宾关系,用被动语态,因此用is formed。
【8】考查动词不定式。句意:值得说明的是,用于竞选举办2008年奥运会所用的图标的灵感就是来源于中国结。通过分析,host作后置定语修饰bid,又与the 2008 Olympics形成主谓关系,故用主动形式,因此用to host。
【9】考查形容词。句意:如今人们喜欢中国结是因为它特别的形式、丰富的颜色以及包含的美好愿望。character修饰form作定语,故用其形容词形式characteristic。
【10】考查名词。句意:中国结通常用于家里或者车里悬挂装饰品,或者首饰比如戒指、耳环、手链以及项链。通过分析句子,decorate被a hanging修饰,作as的宾语,故用名词形式decoration。
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Today and every day we are the targets of salespeople, marketers, advertisers, fundraisers and politicians trying to persuade us to buy something, do something or think a certain way. Over the years, they’ve learned a lot about which features to build into a communication to increase its success. But, by concentrating on the message itself, they’ve missed a crucial component of the process. Research done in the last 15 years shows that the best persuasion is achieved through good presuasion: the practice of arranging for people to agree with a message before they know what’s in it.
Presuasion works by focusing people’s preliminary(开始的) attention on a selected concept—let’s say softness—which encourages them to overvalue related opportunities that immediately follow. In one study, visitors to an online sofa store were sent to a site that illustrated either soft clouds or small coins in the background of its landing page. Those who saw the soft clouds were more likely to prefer soft, comfortable sofas for purchase, whereas those who saw the small amounts of money preferred inexpensive models.
A following study showed the primitiveness of the presuasive mechanism. Subjects became three times more likely to help a researcher who “accidentally” dropped some items if, immediately before, they’d been exposed to images of figures standing together in a friendly pose. If this tripling of helpfulness doesn’t seem remarkable enough, consider that the subjects were 18 months old — hardly able to reason or review or reflect.
Long before scientists started studying the process, a few notable communicators had an intuitive understanding of it.
In February 2015, the financial investor Warren Buffett had a problem. It was 50 years since he had taken control of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., guiding it to amazing levels of value, along with his brilliant partner Charlie Munger. Many investors were worried that, because Buffett and Munger were getting older, these levels couldn’t be maintained in the future, perhaps making it time to sell Berkshire stock.
To respond to these concerns, Buffett wrote a letter to shareholders in which he described various reasons for confidence in Berkshire’s continuing profitability. But, before the description of strengths, he declared with characteristic sincerity that what he was about to state was ‘what I would say to my family today if they asked me about Berkshire’s future.” The result was a flood of favorable reaction to the letter as well as a per-share increase for the year of nearly five times that of the S&P.
With considerable success, practitioners of social influence have always placed persuasive prods(刺激)—small gifts, emotional draw, last-chance opportunities—inside their appeals. Perhaps because of that success, they’ve mostly missed an accompanying truth. For maximum impact, it’s not only what you do; it’s also what you do just before you do what you do.
Passage outline | Supporting details |
A 【1】 in communication | People often fail to realize that the secret to 【2】 people over doesn’t lie in the message itself, but in the key moment before it is delivered. |
Meaning of pre-suasion | It’s a practice where people are made to 【3】 to a message before it is conveyed. |
Studies about pre-suasion | ●When it comes to buying sofas, customers’ 【4】 is related to the background he saw before. ●Having received some 【5】 to friendly pictures, subjects are ore likely to do others a 【6】. |
A typical 【7】 | ●Despite Berkshire’s success, investors intended to sell the stock, 【8】 continuing profitability. ●In the letter 【9】 to the concerns, Buffett got what he would say to his family across to investors, for which he got all credit. |
Conclusion | Practitioners should keep in mind that pre-suasion can enhance the power of 【10】. |