Question

Are you single or married? Are you a cat or a dog owner? Do you exercise, or are you a “couch potato”? These questions and many others are about your lifestyle.

People in the United States feel that they can choose their lifestyles and even shape their own identities. In newspapers, lifestyle issues are discussed in the features or style section. In the Chicago Tribune this section is called “Tempo”. People turn to this section for lively discussion on lifestyle choices they face with regard to their personal identities, their families, and their social lives.

Many American people believe that they can make their lives happy and satisfying despite their problems. If they lack confidence or tend to feel anxious, shy, angry, or depressed, they believe that they can change themselves. Self-help books, magazines, and feature articles are filled with advice from experts about steps to take to become a happier or more satisfied person and to improve one’s self-respect. Part of this research for self-improvement is a belief that even one’s own appearance can be controlled.

Lifestyle choices also involve moral and social issues. How should children be raised? How should people behave on a date? How should elderly people be treated? How can people stay happily married? All these kinds of issues are constantly discussed and are constantly changing.

Not only are experts such as psychologists consulted, but stars from the political and entertainment worlds are held up as lifestyle leaders as well. In the newspaper, some articles discuss in detail the personal lives or public work of famous movie stars, authors and artists. The lifestyle choices these people make contribute to the public discussion of all the issues that people think about.

A well-known advertising slogan is “Just do it.” In the culture of the United States, people believe that they can take action and become the kind of people they want to be and live the way they want to live.

1.The section “Tempo” in the Chicago Tribune mainly discusses ______.

A. current affairs

B. lifestyle choices

C. experts’ opinions on life

D. one’s self-respect

2.According to the author, Americans are pretty sure that they can ______.

A. control their own appearance

B. solve all the problems in their life

C. live a happy life in spite of their problems

D. improve their life by following the elders’ advice

3. According to the passage, people’s opinions on moral or social issues can be influenced by ______.

A. their teachers

B. family members

C. experts and famous people

D. friends and colleagues

4. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. Lifestyles in the United States

B. Americans’ opinions on happiness.

C. Advice on shaping Americans’ identities

D. A famous advertising slogan —“Just do it.”

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲的是很多美国人转向对生活方式选择的热烈的讨论。尽管有很多麻烦，但他们认为他们能使他们的生活幸福和令人满意。

1. turn to this section for lively discussion on lifestyle choices人们转向对生活方式选择的热烈的讨论。故选B。

2. American people believe that they can make their lives happy and satisfying despite their problems.很多美国人认为，尽管很多麻烦他们能使他们的生活幸福和令人满意。故选C。

3. only are experts such as psychologists consulted, but stars from the political and entertainment worlds are held up as lifestyle leaders as well.不仅心理专家被咨询，而且来自政治、娱乐世界的明星也被作为生活风格的领导人。故选C。

4. in the United States feel that they can choose their lifestyles and even shape their own identities.在美国的人们感觉到他们能选择他们的生活方式甚至能改变他们自己的身份。可知选A。

考点：考查生活类阅读。