20.Researchers at the University of Kansas say that people can accurately judge 90percent of a stranger's personality simply by looking at the person's shoes.
"Shoes convey a thin but useful slice of information about their wearers,"the authors wrote in the new study published in the Journal of Research in Personality."Shoes serve a practical purpose,and also serve as nonverbal indications with symbolic messages.People tend to pay attention to the shoes they and others wear."
Medical Daily notes that the number of detailed personality traits detected in the study include a person's general age,their gender,income,political affiliation(派别),and other personality characteristics,including someone's emotional stability.
Lead researcher Omri Gillath said the judgments were based on the style,cost,color and condition of someone's shoes.In the study,63University of Kansas students looked at pictures showing 208different pairs of shoes worn by the study's participants.Volunteers in the study were photographed in their most commonly worn shoes,and then filled out a personality questionnaire.
So,what do your shoes say about your personality?
Some of the results were expected:People with higher incomes most commonly wore expensive shoes,and flashier footwear was typically worn by extroverts(外向者).
However,some of the more specific results are interesting.For example,"practical and functional"shoes were generally worn by more"agreeable"people,while ankle boots were more closely aligned with"aggressive"personalities.
The strangest of all may be that those who wore"uncomfortable looking"shoes tend to have"calm"personalities.
And if you have several pairs of new shoes or take eexceptional care of them,you may suffer from"attachment anxiety",spending a large amount of time worrying about what other people think of your appearance.There was even a political calculation in the mix with more liberal types wearing"shabbier and less expensive"shoes.
The researchers noted that some people will choose shoe styles to mask their actual personality traits,but researchers noted that volunteers were also likely to be unaware that their footwear choices were revealing deep insights into their personalities.
28.We can infer from Paragraph 2thatD.
A.shoes are vital to their wearers
B.a practical purpose is to wear shoes
C.people want to buy new shoes they pay attention to
D.shoes may give away their wearers'information
29.Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?D
A.People with high incomes probably wear expensive shoes.
B.Ankle boots are closely aligned with"aggressive"personalities.
C.People wearing"uncomfortable looking"shoes tend to be calm
D.People who wear practical and functional shoes may be hard to deal with
30.The underlined word"attachment anxiety",probably meansC.
A.Attached happiness to one's personality.
B.Feeling always worried about everything.
C.Often feeling worried about his or her appearance.
D.Wasting an inordinate amount of time.
31.Which might be the best title for the passage?D
A.Bad Shoes,Bad Personality.
B.People Are What They Wear.
C.How To Choose Suitable Shoes
D.Shoes Reflect A Person's Personalities.
分析 一项新的研究表明根据一个人的鞋子可以判断一个人,甚至是陌生人的性格,准确率能达到90%.研究人员指出有些研究结果是在意料之内的,而有些结果是出乎人们意料的.比如穿实用性鞋子的人一般具有令人愉快的性格,而穿及踝短靴的人却往往具有攻击性的性格.
解答 DDCD
28 D 细节理解题.根据文中第二段Shoes convey a thin but useful slice of information about their wearers,可知,开头开门见山的就提出来本段的中心句,通过鞋子可知道人们的一些信息,故选D.
29 D.细节理解题.根据文中第二段"In the study,63 University of Kansas students looked at pictures showing 208 different pairs of shoes worn by the study's participants.Participants in the study were photographed in their most commonly worn shoes,and then filled out a personality questionnaire."可知,是参与者填写关于人格的问卷,而非63位大学生.故选D.
30 C 细节理解题.根据文中倒数第二段spending a large amount of time worrying about what other people think of your appearance.可知attachment anxiety的意思是对自我形象感觉担心,故选C.
31 D.标题判断题.仔细阅读全文可知本文讲的是鞋子可以反映一个人的性格.故选D.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.