Question

閱讀下面短文，從每題所給的四個選項中選出最佳答案.

　　When we walk through the city, we all experience a kind of information overload but we pay attention only to those that are important to us. We don't stop, we keep our faces expressionless and eyes straight ahead, and in doing so, we are not just protecting ourselves but are avoiding overloading other people as well.

　　We make use of stereotypes（刻板的模式）as convenient ways to make quick judgements about situations and people around us. They may not always be accurate, and they can often be dangerously wrong, but they are used regularly.

　　The problem with the stereotypes is that they restrict experience. By using limited clues to provide us with a rapid opinion of other people or places we may choose to limit our communication. We may decide not to go to certain places because we believe they will not offer something we enjoy.

　　In the city, styles of dress are particularly important with regard to self-presentation. Different groups often use clearly identifiable styles of clothes so that they can be easily recognized. It is becoming increasingly common for brand names to be placed on the outside of clothes, and this labeling makes it easy to send out information about fashion and price instantly, and lets others tell at a distance whether an individual has similar tastes and is a suitable person to associate with.

　　In England, where social grouping or class continues to make social distinctions（區(qū)分）, clothes, hairstyles, people's pronunciation and the manner of speaking are all clues to our social group. Class distinctions tend to be relatively fixed, although in the city where greater variety is permitted, they are more likely to be secondary determining factors of friendship and association.

（1）People walking in cities ignore the surroundings because ________.

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A. they don't wish to talk to other people

B. everyone else is expressionless

C. the environment is already familiar to them

D. there is too much information to take in

（2）According to the passage, the main disadvantage of using stereotypes is that they ________.

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A. are likely to lead us into dangerous situations

B. may make us miss some pleasant experience

C. can rarely be relied on

D. makes us mentally lazy

（3）From the passage we may conclude that ________.

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A. stereotypes can help to understand people fully

B. people are becoming more interested in fashion

C. dressing can send messages about individuals

D. stereotypes can do more harm than good to people

（4）It would appear that in England, a person's class ________.

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A. might be less important in making friends in a city

B. is mainly determined by his pronunciation

C. plays less of a role than it did m the past

D. is something that can be changed easily

Answer 1

答案：D;B;C;A
解析：

(1)這是一道細節(jié)推斷題.由短文第一段最后一句We don't stop, we keep our faces expressionless and eyes straight ahead, and in doing so, we are not just protecting ourselves but are avoiding overloading other people as well.可知.人們走在街上之所以目無旁人的原因是街上車多人多，最佳答案為D. (2) 這是一道細節(jié)題.從短文第三段可知，由于人們采用刻板的模式而使人們的社會經(jīng)驗受到限制.正如該段最后一向所說“We may decide not to go certain places because we believe they will not offer something we enjoy.”也就是說，會使我們失去經(jīng)受一些令人愉快體驗的饑會.答案為B. (3) 這是一道歸納概括題.根據(jù)短文第四段，尤其是第三句話It is becoming increasingly common for brand names to be placed on the outside of clothes，and this labeling makes it easy to send out information about fashion and price instantly, and lets others tell at a distance whether an individual has similar taste and is a suitable person to associate with.可知.人們越來越講究時髦.答案為C. (4) 這是一道推理判斷題.從短文最后一段最后一句話Class distinctions tend to be relatively fixed, although in the city where greater variety is permitted, they are more likely to be secondary determining factors of friendship and association.可知, 雖然等級的區(qū)分卡相對趨于穩(wěn)定，但它在決定友誼和臺作方面似乎已經(jīng)處了第二位的地位，答案選A.