Question

Statuses are wonderful human inventions that enable us to get along with one another and to determine where we "fit" in society. In our everyday lives whenever we meet people, we always try to judge them in terms of their statuses. For example, we must judge whether the person in the library is a reader or a librarian, whether the telephone caller is a friend or a salesman and so on.

Our statuses often vary with the people we meet, and change through life. Most of us can, at very high speed, assume(表現(xiàn)出) the different statuses that various situations require. Much of social communication consists of recognizing and selecting among proper statuses and allowing other people to assume their statuses in relation to us. This means that we fit our actions to those of other people, based on a constant mental process of assessment and understanding. Although some of us find the task more difficult than others, most of us perform it rather easily.

A status has been compared to ready-made clothes. Within certain limits the buyer can choose style and material. But an American is not free to choose the clothes of a Chinese peasant or that of a Hindu prince. We must choose from among the clothing presented by our society.

Furthermore, our choice is limited to a size that will fit, as well as by our wallet. Having made a choice within these limits, we can have certain changes made. But apart from small adjustments, we tend to be limited to what the stores have on their shelves. Statuses too come ready-made, and the range of choice among them is limited.

1.According to the writer, people often assume different statuses______.

A. in order to distinguish themselves from others

B. in order to better recognize other people

C. as their mental processes change

D. as the situation changes

2.In the last sentence of the second paragraph, “it” refers to “___”

A. constant mental process

B. selecting one’s own statuses

C. recognition of other people’s statuses

D. fitting our actions to those of other properly

3.What can be the best title for this text?

A. Proper Relations.

B. Limited Choices.

C. Judgment of Statuses.

D. Comparison of Clothes.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.D

3.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文圍繞著status 展開對(duì)于身份判斷的敘述，人們?cè)诓煌瑘?chǎng)合表現(xiàn)出不同的身份，而且很形象地把身份的判定比作對(duì)成衣的選擇，同時(shí)身份的判定也受一定情況的局限。

1.D 推理判斷題。從第二段“Most of us can, at very high speed, assume the different statuses that various situations require.”中的定語(yǔ)從句可知人們?cè)诓煌�情況下表現(xiàn)出不同的身份，所以D選項(xiàng)正確。

2.D詞意猜測(cè)題。從文章第二段可知it 指代前面句中的the task，而the task又是指前面“這意味著我們得根據(jù)大腦持續(xù)的判定和理解過(guò)程來(lái)使我們自己的行為做事方式適合別人的行為做事方式”。所以正確選項(xiàng)為D。

3.C 主旨大意題。文章開頭提出在日常生活中，我們都用“status”來(lái)判斷一個(gè)人，然后一步步深入論述，所以文章是圍繞身份這一話題來(lái)寫的，故正確選項(xiàng)應(yīng)是C。

考點(diǎn)：考查社會(huì)生活類短文閱讀。