60. Which of the following do you think is the best title of the passage?

　　　 A. Colors and sales　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Colors and feelings

　　　 C. The blind and colors　　　　　　　　 D. Preferences for colors

答案　 56.C　 57.A　 58.D　 59.C　 60.B

Passage 22

(江苏省苏州市2007届高三第四次模拟考试C篇)

The Bedouin people think most highly of people who show loyalty. To them loyalty does not mean that one is devoted to a country, a place, or a leader. Loyalty means being faithful to one’s family and tribe(部落).

The Bedouin people take pride in their ancestors(祖先). They do not admire a hero from an ordinary or poor family as much as one who comes from an honored family. They particularly respect those who have received a good name from their ancestors and then have passed it on to their children.

A man’s position among the black-tent people depends upon his ancestors, relatives, and fellow tribesmen. If they are honored, he is also honored. If they are disgraced, he too is disgraced. Therefore one carefully guards the honor of his family, his lineage(血统),and his tribe.

A man can protect his family’s honor by being brave and generous and by giving protection to those who ask for it. He also guards it by carefully watching the women of his family.

A Bedouin woman cannot bring honor to her family, but she can bring disgrace. Even if a woman only looks as if she has done wrong, she may be killed. The honor of her family depends upon her virtue(美德).

59. The most effective color in the passage for warning people is _______.

　　　 A. red　　　　　　 B. dark blue　　　　　 C. bright yellow　　　　　　 D. green

58. If people are exposed to(置身于) pure blue, _________.

　　　 A. their blood pressure rises

　　　 B. they want to taste blue foods

　　　 C. they will feel like buying things

　　　 D. they won’t easily feel nervous

57. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

　　　 A. what color we prefer depends on our state of mind

　　　 B. foods sell well in green or blue wrappings

　　　 C. blind people cannot sense color difference

　　　 D. a bright yellow has exactly the opposite effect to red

56. The passage tells us that salesmen have __________.

　　　 A. discovered the relationship between color and psychology

　　　 B. tried out colors on blind people

　　　 C. found out that color affect sales

　　　 D. developed a special subject of color psychology

60．From the passage we know that　　　　　　 .

　　　 A．job applicants are always asked such questions

　　　 B．more Chinese applicants fail to find a job

　　　 C．applicants should not act as reasonably as a prisoner

　　　 D．aptitude testing is becoming popular in the worldwide

答案　 58.A　 59.B　 60.D

Passage 21

(江苏省苏州市2007届高三第四次模拟考试A篇)

The fact that blind people can see things using other parts of their bodies apart from their eyes may help us understand our feeling about color. If they sense color differences, then perhaps we, too, are affected by color without knowing it.

　　　 Salesmen have discovered by experience over a long period of time that sugar sells badly in green wrappings(包装), that blue foods are considered not agreeable to the taste, and that cosmetics(化妆品) should never be packed in brown. Their discoveries have grown into a whole subject of color psychology(心理学). Some of our preferences(偏爱) for colors are clearly psychological. Dark blue is the color of the night sky and therefore connected with calm, while yellow is a day color connected with energy and encouragement. Experiments have shown that colors, partly because they are connected with psychology, also have a direct effect on people’s mind. People in bright red surroundings show an increase in breathing speed, heartbeat and blood pressure; red is exciting. Pure blue has exactly the opposite effect; it is a calming color. Being exciting, red was chosen as the signal for danger, but a close study shows that a bright yellow can produce a more basic state of alarm, so fire engines in some advanced areas are now rushing around in bright yellow colors that stop buses, trucks and cars.

59．According to the writer, in an aptitude testing, Chinese job applicants should　　　　　　 .

　　　 A．not tell the truth

　　　 B．learn to tell what they really think

　　　 C．be more enthusiastic

　　　 D．try to find out what the examiner really want to know

58．The writer wrote the passage to　　　　　　 .

　　　 A．give you a piece of advice on a job interview.

　　　 B．tell you how to meet a job interviewer

　　　 C．describe the aptitude test.

　　　 D．advice you how to find a job

52．What’s the purpose of the Summit?

　　　 A．To strengthen the global economic growth and help some poor African countries.

　　　 B．To make these eight countries much more powerful

　　　 C．To help some African presidents to strengthen their economic growth.

　　　 D．United Nations Secretary – General will have an important speech on the world issues

答案　 49.D　 50.B　 51.B　 52.A

Passage 20

(吉林省实验中学2007届高三第四次模拟考试E篇)

The interview had been going on for about 20 minutes and everything seems to be going well. Then, suddenly, the interviewer asks an unexpected question, “Which is more important, law or love?”

Job applicants in the west increasingly find themselves asked strange questions like this. And the signs are that this is beginning to happen in China.

Employers want people skilled, enthusiastic and devoted. So these are the qualities that any reasonably intelligent job applicants will try to show no matter what his or her actual feelings are. In response, employers are increasingly using questions which try and show the applicant’s true personality.

The question in the first paragraph comes from a test called Kiersey Personality Sorter. It is an attempt to discover how people solve problems, rather than what they know. This is often called aptitude(能力)testing.

According to Mark Baldwin of Alliance many job applicants in China are finding this type of questions difficult. When a Chinese person fills out an aptitude test he or she will think there is a right answer and they may fail because they try to guess what the examiner wants to see.

This is sometimes called the prisoner’s dilemma(窘境). Applicants are trying to act cleverly in their own interest. But they fail because they don’t understand what the interviewer is looking for. Remember that in an aptitude test, the correct answer is always the honest answer.

51．In the last 20 years, the average growth speed of Chinese youths exceeds the world’s average level by　　　　　　 .

　　　 A．1 cm　　　　　　　　　 B．4cm　　　　　　　　　　 C．5 cm　　　　　　　　　 D．6 cm