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1、第3節(jié)　議論文 題組訓(xùn)練一 1 話題：一分錢硬幣是否取消 難度：★★ 建議用時：7分鐘 Canadastoppedmakingpenniesin2012，andwithgoodreason.Coiningpenniesisamoney-losingbusiness，andpeopledon’treallyneedthemanymore.ThesameistrueintheUnitedStates.Itcosts$1.43toproduce100pennies.Lastyear，makingpenniescosttaxpayersalmost$39million. Andfor

2、what？Thefederalgovernmentmakesanddistributescoinstobenefitcommerce，butnotmuchcanbeboughtforlessthanfivecents.Thankstothemagicofinflation，whatcostapennyin1950requiresadimetoday. Ineffect，removingthepennymeansallretail(零售) priceswouldendinzeroorfive.Somepriceswouldrisebyafewpennies；somewouldberounded

3、down.Pricesthatendin99centsarecommon，andpennysupportershavearguedthatremovingpennieswouldamounttoaone-centsalestax.ButRobertWhaples，aneconomistatWakeForestUniversity，actuallyexaminedthisclaimbylookingatpricingdatafromachainofconveniencestores.Hereportedthatthesavingsfrompricesroundeddownwouldroughly

4、offsetthecostofpricesroundedup.Indeed，consumersmightactuallybenefit. YetAmericansliketheshinycoppers(銅幣).Ina2014poll,71percentofrespondentssaidtheydidpickuppennies.And43percentsaidtheywouldbe“disappointed”or“angry”ifthegovernmentstoppedmakingthembecauseAbrahamLincolnisonthefront. MrPresident，howev

5、er，doesnotnumberamongthesentimentalists.Hesaidin2017hesawnoreasontomakepennies.“It’soneofthosethingswhereIthinkpeoplegetattachedemotionallytothewaythingshavebeen，”hesaid.Healsoofferedwhatisprobablythebestexplanationforthecontinuedproductionofpennies：Congressstrugglestoaccomplisheventhemostobvioustas

6、ks. Thepenny，MrPresidentsaid，is“agoodmetaphor(隱喻) forsomeofthelargerproblemsthatwe’vegot”.Thegovernment，hesaid，hasapoortrackrecordof“gettingridofthingsthatdon’tworksothatwecantheninvestinthethingsthatdo”. 語篇解讀　本文是一篇議論文。既然一分錢硬幣幾乎沒有實用價值，那為什么不取消呢？文章探討了其中的幾個原因。 1.Whatcanwelearnfromthefirstparagraph

7、? A.AmericawillfollowCanadatoremovethepenny. B.MakingpenniesisfarfromunprofitableinAmerica. C.Americaseemstobelosingthenecessitytomakepennies. D.Thenegativeimpactofpenniesisoutweighingthepositiveone. 答案　C 解析　推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段的內(nèi)容，尤其是“Coiningpennies...peopledon’treallyneedthemanymore.Thesameistrueinth

8、eUnitedStates...million”可知，和在加拿大一樣，在美國鑄造一分錢硬幣是一件賠錢的事情，并且人們已經(jīng)不再需要它了。每鑄造100個一分錢硬幣，就要耗費(fèi)1.43美元。去年，鑄造一分錢硬幣花費(fèi)了納稅人近3900萬美元。這都說明，對美國而言，鑄造這種硬幣似乎沒有必要了。故選C。 2.Whydosomepeopledefendthepenny? A.Toreducethesalestax. B.Toexpresstheirloveofcoppers. C.ToshowtheirrespectforLincoln. D.Tomaintainthebenefitsofconsu

9、mers. 答案　D 解析　推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段中的“Pricesthatend...pennysupportershavearguedthatremovingpennieswouldamounttoaone-centsalestax.”和“Indeed，consumersmightactuallybenefit.”可知，支持使用一分錢硬幣的人士認(rèn)為取消一分錢硬幣會損害消費(fèi)者的利益，也就是說他們維護(hù)一分錢硬幣的目的是維護(hù)消費(fèi)者的利益。故選D。 3.WhatisMrPresident’sattitudetowardmakingpennies? A.Negative. B.Positiv

10、e. C.Defensive. D.Objective. 答案　A 解析　觀點(diǎn)態(tài)度題。根據(jù)最后兩段的內(nèi)容，尤其是“hesawnoreasontomakepennies”“agoodmetaphor(隱喻) forsomeofthelargerproblemsthatwe’vegot”“hasapoortrackrecordof‘gettingridofthingsthatdon’tworksothatwecantheninvestinthethingsthatdo’”可知，總統(tǒng)先生曾表示，他覺得沒有理由再鑄造一分錢硬幣了。他還覺得一分錢硬幣是“一個很好的隱喻，象征著我們存在的一些更大的問

11、題”，而且在“去除已經(jīng)沒有用的東西，以便我們在可行的東西上進(jìn)行投入”方面，政府做得很差。由此可推知，總統(tǒng)先生對鑄造一分錢硬幣持消極態(tài)度。故選A。 2 話題：薯片分量減少 難度：★★ 建議用時：7分鐘 Thisisgoingtoruffleafewfeathers(激怒). PepsiCopurposelypacksfewerchipsintoitsflavoredchipbags，HughJohnston，thecompany’sCFO，toldtheAssociatedPress.“Theremightbeanounceortwolessinthosebags，”Johnst

12、onsaid.Actually，it’shalfanounceless.RegularLay’saresoldin10-ouncebags；flavoredLay’saresoldin9.5-ouncebags；andbotharesoldforthesame$4.29price.Thatmightnotsoundlikealot，butitwillsoundlikealotwithabitofsimplemath. Americansbuysome$1.6billionworthofLay’spotatochipseveryyear.Muchofthatissoldinbulk—ormer

13、elyinbagsbiggerthanthestandardonesmentionedabove.Butlet’sassumeforasecondthatthose10-ouncebagsaretheonlyonesLay’ssells.Thatwouldmeanthecompanysellsmorethan372millionbagsofLay’sintheU.S.eachyear—or3.72billionouncesofchips，atabout43centsperounce.Itwouldalsomeanthatthathalf-ouncedifferenceisworthabout2

14、1.5centsperbag，andabout$80millionintotalperyear. Thatnumberislikelyagooddeallower，butit’snotentirelyunreasonable.IfLay’sischarginganextrapaymentforthesmallerflavoredchipbags，it’slikelydoingthesameforthebiggerones，too.Thattinyhalf-ouncedifferencemightonlymeanapotatochiportwotoyou，butit’sprobablywort

15、htensofmillionsofdollarstoPepsiCoannually. PepsiCoconfirmedthatflavoredandunflavoredLay’schipsaresoldforthesameprice，butnotinthesamequantity.“Thisallowsustokeepthesamepricepointacrossthebrand，”JeffDahnckesaidinane-mail.Healsosuggestedthatthechipdifferencehasnothingtodowithextraprofit.“Thereasonwhyt

16、hereisaslightlyhigherpriceperounceforflavoredchipsistheaddedseasonings(調(diào)味品)，”hesaid.Butthatdoesn’tappeartobethecase. Someofthemark-upsaresimplymeanttomakeupfortheaddedinputcostsofcheese，barbecue，sourcreamandonion，andotherflavorings.Butsomeofthemarealsothere (ornotthere) toincreasethepotatochipmaker

17、’sprofits.PepsiCohasasoftspotforitsspecialtypotatochips，becauseitsspecialtypotatochipsaremoreprofitablethanitsregularones，accordingtoJohnston. Perhapsthat’swhyLay’sisgettingreadytolaunchamassofnewspecialtypotatochipflavors.ThelaunchispartofPepsiCo’sannual“DoUsaFlavor”contest，inwhichitletscustomersp

18、articipateintheflavorcreationprocess. 語篇解讀　本文是一篇議論文。百事對單包風(fēng)味薯片偷偷減少分量，其辯解說是為了彌補(bǔ)原料上的額外費(fèi)用，但作者認(rèn)為并不是那樣，其實就是為了提高利潤。 4.WhatdidPepsiCodotoarousepublicdissatisfaction? A.Theyraisedthepriceoftheirflavoredchips. B.Theygaveshortweighttotheirflavoredchips. C.Theychangedtheflavorsoftheirpotatochips. D.They

19、putmoreseasoningsintotheirpotatochips. 答案　B 解析　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段的內(nèi)容及第二段中的“PepsiCopurposelypacksfewerchipsintoitsflavoredchipbags”可知，百事在單包風(fēng)味薯片上減少分量，這導(dǎo)致爭議。giveshortweight是固定用法，意為“缺斤少兩”。故選B。 5.HowisParagraph3mainlydeveloped? A.Bylistingfigures. B.Bygivingexamples. C.Byanalyzingcauses. D.Bymakingcompar

20、isons. 答案　A 解析　寫作手法題。根據(jù)第三段的內(nèi)容，尤其是其中的“some$1.6billion”“10-ouncebags”“morethan372millionbags”“3.72billionouncesofchips，atabout43centsperounce”“about21.5centsperbag”“about$80million”可知，作者主要是通過列數(shù)據(jù)的方式來陳述第三段的內(nèi)容。故選A。 6.WhydoLay’sflavoredchipschargemoreperounceaccordingtoJeffDahncke? A.Tomakemoreprofits

21、. B.Toupgradetheirproducts. C.Tobalanceadditionalcosts. D.Tosatisfymorepeople’staste. 答案　C 解析　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段中的“Thereasonwhythereisaslightlyhigherpriceperounceforflavoredchipsistheaddedseasonings(調(diào)味品)”，并結(jié)合倒數(shù)第二段中的“tomakeupfortheaddedinputcosts”可知，據(jù)JeffDahncke所言，風(fēng)味薯片每盎司要價提高是因為添加了調(diào)味品，而百事不足量地包裝其薯片是為了彌補(bǔ)

22、由此造成的額外費(fèi)用。故選C。 7.Whichcanreplacetheunderlinedphrase“hasasoftspotfor”inthelastbutoneparagraph? A.Hasasayin. B.Hasalookat. C.Hasaccessto. D.Hasaffectionfor. 答案　D 解析　詞義猜測題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“becauseitsspecialtypotatochipsaremoreprofitablethanitsregularones”及最后一段第一句“Perhapsthat’swhyLay’sisgettingreadytolaun

23、chamassofnewspecialtypotatochipflavors.”可知，百事公司賣特色薯片比賣普通薯片更賺錢，而且他們亦準(zhǔn)備推出一大批新的特色薯片口味，并舉行比賽讓顧客參與其創(chuàng)造過程。由此可推知，百事公司對自己的特色薯片應(yīng)是情有獨(dú)鐘的，畫線短語hasasoftspotfor應(yīng)是“喜歡某人(或某物)”之意。故選D。 3 話題：關(guān)于意志力的研究 難度：★★ 建議用時：7分鐘 (2019·江西師范大學(xué)附屬中學(xué)三模) Alargebodyofresearchhasbeendevelopedinrecentyearstoexplainmanyaspectsofwill

24、power.Mostoftheresearchersexploringself-controldosowithanobviousgoalinmind：Howcanwillpowerbestrengthened？Ifwillpoweristrulyalimitedresource，astheresearchsuggests，whatcanbedonetomakeitstaystrong? Avoidingtemptation(誘惑) isaneffectivemethodformaintainingself-control，whichiscalledthe“outofsight，outofmi

25、nd”principle.Onerecentstudy，forinstance，foundofficeworkerslessattractedtocandyinthedeskdrawerthanthatontopoftheirdesks，inplainsight. Theresearchsuggestingthatwepossessalimitedreservoirofself-controlraisesatroublingquestion.Whenwefacetoomanytemptations，arewetofail? Notnecessarily.Researchersdon’tbel

26、ievethatone’swillpowerisevercompletelyexhausted.Rather，peopleappeartoholdsomewillpowerinreserve，savedforfuturedemands.Therightmotivationallowsustotapintothosereserves，allowingustocarryonevenwhenourself-controlstrengthhasbeenrundown.Highmotivationmighthelpovercomeweakenedwillpower—atleasttoapoint. W

27、illpowermayalsobemadelessvulnerable(脆弱)tobeingexhaustedinthefirstplace.Researcherswhostudyself-controloftendescribeitasbeinglikeamusclethatgetstiredwithheavyuse.Butthereisanotheraspecttothemusclecomparison，theysay.Whilemusclesbecomeexhaustedbyexerciseintheshortterm，theyarestrengthenedbyregularexerci

28、seinthelongterm.Similarly，regularpracticesofself-controlmayimprovewillpowerstrength. Theevidencefromwillpower-exhaustionstudiesalsosuggeststhatmakingalistofresolutionsonNewYear’sEveistheworstpossibleapproach.Beingexhaustedinoneareacanreducewillpowerinotherareas，soitmakesmoresensetofocusonasinglegoa

29、latatime.Inotherwords，don’ttrytoquitsmoking，adoptahealthydietandstartanewexerciseplanatthesametime.Takinggoalsonebyoneisabetterapproach.Onceagoodhabitisinplace，Baumeistersays，you’llnolongerneedtodrawonyourwillpowertomaintainthebehavior.Eventuallyhealthyhabitswillbecomeroutine，andwon’trequiremakingde

30、cisionsatall. 語篇解讀　這是一篇議論文。短文列舉了關(guān)于意志力的幾種研究和觀點(diǎn)，作者認(rèn)為有了明確的目標(biāo)，良好的自我監(jiān)督和練習(xí)，就可以在面對誘惑時使意志力保持堅定。 8.Fromthestudiesinthepassagewelearnthat. A.peoplehaveunlimitedself-control B.highmotivationensuresone’ssuccess C.willpowerishardlycompletelyexhausted D.toomanytemptationsoftenleadtofailure 答案　C 解析　推理判斷題

31、。根據(jù)第三段第四、五句可知，研究人員不相信人的意志力會完全耗盡，他們還有備用的和為將來需求節(jié)省的意志力。所以從文章中的研究我們了解到意志力很難完全耗盡。故C選項正確。 9.Theunderlinedphrase“tapinto”inParagraph3mostprobablymeans“”. A.makeuseofB.runoutof C.buildD.increase 答案　A 解析　詞義猜測題。由第三段“Therightmotivationallowsustotapintothosereserves，allowingustocarryonevenwhenourself-contr

32、olstrengthhasbeenrundown.”可知，正確的動機(jī)使我們能夠利用這些儲備，即使我們的自我控制能力已經(jīng)被削弱，我們?nèi)匀豢梢岳^續(xù)前進(jìn)。所以通過上下文的語境，判斷出“tapinto”指“利用”，與makeuseof同義。故A選項正確。 10.Theauthorcomparesself-controltomuscles. A.toprovethelong-termeffectofwillpower B.toshowthesignificanceofregularexercise C.toarguethatself-controlcanheeasilyusedup D.toe

33、xplainthebenefitsofpracticingself-control 答案　D 解析　推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段最后兩句的內(nèi)容“雖然肌肉在短期內(nèi)會因運(yùn)動而疲憊不堪，但長期而言，它們會通過經(jīng)常鍛煉而增強(qiáng)。同樣，規(guī)律的自我控制可以提高意志力。”可知，兩者相比是為了說明同一個道理：長期的鍛煉和自我控制的好處。所以作者把自我控制比作肌肉是為了解釋自我控制的好處。故D選項正確。 11.Todevelopagoodhabit，whichofthefollowingdoestheauthorprefer? A.“Iwillgiveupdessertanddoexercise.” B.“I

34、willsetthreegoalsthisnewsemester.” C.“IwillreadanEnglishnoveleverymonth.” D.“Iwillkeepmyselffromanytemptation.” 答案　C 解析　推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段最后三句的內(nèi)容“一個接一個地制定目標(biāo)是一個更好的方法。一旦養(yǎng)成好習(xí)慣，你就不再需要依靠意志力來維持自己的行為。最終健康的習(xí)慣將成為慣例，而且不需要做任何決定?！笨芍?，C項“IwillreadanEnglishnoveleverymonth.”是先設(shè)立目標(biāo)，然后成為好習(xí)慣，作者更喜歡這種目標(biāo)。故C選項正確。 題組訓(xùn)練二

35、1 話題：溫室氣體 難度：★★ 建議用時：7分鐘 Thesedayseveryoneisworriedaboutthesizeoftheircarbonfootprint.Inordertoreduceglobalwarming，weneedtomakeourcarbonfootprintssmaller.ButhowmuchCO2areweresponsiblefor? AnewbookbyMikeBerners-Lee (aleadingexpertincarbonfootprint) mightbeabletohelp.TheCarbonFootprintofEveryth

36、inglooksatthedifferentthingswedoandbuy，andcalculatestheamountofCO2theyproduce，includingtheingredients，theelectricity，theequipment，thetransportandthepackaging.Andit’sfrighteninghowmuchcarbondioxideeverythingproduces. Butallofthiscanhelpusdecidewhichbeertodrink.FromBerners-Lee’scalculations，it’sclear

37、thatapint (568ml) oflocally-brewed(釀制的) beerhasasmallercarbonfootprintthanabottleofimportedbeer.Thisisbecausetheimportedbeerhasbeentransportedfromfaraway，anditusesmorepackaging.Thelocalbeeronlyproduces300gofCO2，buttheimportedbeerproduces900g! So，onepintoflocalbeerisbetterfortheenvironmentthanthreeca

38、nsofcheapforeignbeerfromthesupermarket. Berners-Leehasevencalculatedthecarbonfootprintofcyclingtowork.Nothingismoreenvironmentally-friendlythanridingabike，surely? Well，itdependsonwhatyou’vehadtoeatbefore.Torideabikeweneedenergyandforenergyweneedfood.So，ifweeatabananaandthenrideakilometerandahalf，ou

39、rfootprintis65gofCO2.However，ifweeatbaconbeforethebikeride，it’s200g.Infact，bananasaregoodingeneralbecausetheydon’tneedpackaging.Theycanbetransportedbyboatandtheygrowinnaturalsunlight. So，doesthismeanthatcyclingisbadfortheenvironment? Absolutelynot.Ifyoucycle，youdon’tuseyourcar；andthefewercarsonther

40、oad，thefewertrafficjams.AndcarsintrafficjamsproducethreetimesmoreCO2thancarstravellingatspeed.Cyclingalsomakesyouhealthyandlesslikelytogotoahospital.Andhospitalshaveverybigcarbonfootprints! So，maybeit’stimeforusalltostartmakingsomechanges.Passmeabananaandapintoflocalbeer，please. 語篇解讀　這是一篇議論文。文章作者鼓

41、勵大家采取行動，減少溫室氣體的排放，并說明了一些具體的做法。 1.Whichofthefollowingsproducesthesmallestcarbonfootprints? A.Apintoflocalbeer. B.Abottleofimportedbeer. C.Abananabeforea1.5kmbikeride. D.Baconbeforea1.5kmbikeride. 答案　C 解析　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中的“Thelocalbeeronlyproduces300gofCO2，buttheimportedbeerproduces900g！”和第四段中的“S

42、o，ifweeatabananaandthenrideakilometerandahalf，ourfootprintis65gofCO2.However，ifweeatbaconbeforethebikeride，it’s200g.”可知，吃一根香蕉然后騎1.5公里自行車產(chǎn)生的碳足跡最小，故選C。 2.Accordingtothearticle，theauthorsuggestschoosingthelocalfoodbecauseitis. A.moretasty B.easiertobuy C.betterpackaged D.moreenergy-saving 答案　D 解析　

43、推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段中的“Thisisbecausetheimportedbeerhasbeentransportedfromfaraway，anditusesmorepackaging.Thelocalbeeronlyproduces300gofCO2，buttheimportedbeerproduces900g! So，onepintoflocalbeerisbetterfortheenvironmentthanthreecansofcheapforeignbeerfromthesupermarket.”可推斷出，作者建議選擇當(dāng)?shù)氐氖澄?，因為它更?jié)能，故選D。 3.Thepurpose

44、ofwritingthisarticleisto. A.promoteanewbook B.advertisetheimportedbeer C.instructhowtomeasurethecarbonfootprint D.encouragepeopletoreducetheproductionofCO2 答案　D 解析　寫作意圖題。通讀全文，尤其是文章第一段可知，文章是鼓勵大家采取行動，減少溫室氣體的排放的，故選D。 2 話題：暑假 難度：★★★ 建議用時：8分鐘 YoureturnfromworkonanAugustevening.Yourunwashedte

45、enagesonisonthesofawatchingTV，ashehasbeendoingforthepasteighthours.Yourdaughter，gluedtotheiPad，acknowledgesyourpresencewithagrunt(咕噥).Notforthefirsttime，youaskyourself：Whyareschoolsummerholidayssoinsufferablylong? Thisisamoreseriousquestionthanitsounds.Manychildrenwillreturnfromthelongbreakhavingfo

46、rgottenmuchofwhattheyweretaughtthepreviousyear.Onestudyfoundthatthis“summerlearningloss”couldbeashighasaquarteroftheyear’seducation.Poorchildrentendtobetheworstaffected，sincerichonestypicallyliveinhomesfullofbooksandarepackedofftosummercamptolearnrobotics，Latinorpiano.AstudyfromBatimorefoundthatvari

47、ations(差別) insummerlossmightpossiblyaccountfortwo-thirdsoftheachievementgapbetweenrichandpoorchildrenbytheageof14－15.Longholidayssurelystrainthebudgetsofpoorfamilies，sincefreeschoolmealsstopandextrachildcarekicksin. Moretimeinschoolneednotmeanrepeatingthesameoldlessons.Someextrapracticewouldbebenef

48、icial，particularlyforthosefallingbehind.Butthesummercouldalsobeatimefordifferentkindsoflearning：criticalthinking，practicalskills，internship(實習(xí))—schoolsshouldbefreetoexperiment.Spaceshouldnotbeaproblem.Manyschoolbuildingssitvacantinthesummer. Well-offchildrenoftenalreadyusethesummertobroadentheirmin

49、dsandpolishtheircollegeapplicationsapricycampsordoingsummerjobsfoundthroughconnections.Schoolsshouldhelptherestcatchup.Otherpublicservicesdonotsimplydisappearforaquarteroftheyear.Itwouldbeunthinkableforhospitalsorthepolicetodoso.Sowhydoschoolsgetawaywithit? 語篇解讀　本文是一篇議論文。文章論述了放暑假給學(xué)生帶來的一些問題，并呼吁學(xué)校在暑假

50、期間為學(xué)生們提供一些額外的學(xué)習(xí)項目。 4.Paragraph2mainlydiscussesthedifferentinfluenceofonchildren’s“summerlearningloss”. A.finance B.intelligence C.culture D.activities 答案　A 解析　推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段內(nèi)容可知，該段主要講述家境好的孩子在暑假期間可以學(xué)習(xí)拉丁舞、鋼琴或者參加夏令營，而家境貧窮的孩子則無法通過暑期學(xué)習(xí)增長知識、開闊眼界；再結(jié)合該段最后一句中的“Longholidayssurelystrainthebudgetsofpourfami

51、lies”可推知，本段主要論述了家庭經(jīng)濟(jì)條件的不同給孩子們的暑假生活帶來的不同影響。故選A。 5.Whatcouldschoolsdoduringsummerholidays? A.Reviewingpreviouslessons. B.Offeringvariousinternship. C.Providingextralearning. D.Tutoringpoorstudents. 答案　C 解析　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段第二、三句中的“Someextrapracticewouldbebeneficial”和“atimefordifferentkindsoflearning”

52、可知，學(xué)?？梢栽谑罴倨陂g給學(xué)生提供一些額外的學(xué)習(xí)機(jī)會。故選C。 6.Whatdoestheauthorsuggestbymentioning“hospitalsandthepolice”inthelastparagraph? A.Hospitalsandthepolicedeservepraisefortheirservice. B.Schoolsshouldremaininserviceduringsummerholidays. C.Childrencouldtakeadvantageofpublicserviceforsummerjobs. D.Somefunctionsofho

53、spitalsandthepolicecouldbeservedinschools. 答案　B 解析　推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段最后三句可知，其他公共服務(wù)機(jī)構(gòu)不會每年消失一個季度，而是全年開放。如果醫(yī)院和警察局每年也有一個季度不開放的話，那簡直無法想象，所以為什么學(xué)?？梢允莻€例外呢？由此可推知，作者舉醫(yī)院和警察局的例子是建議學(xué)校在暑假期間也應(yīng)該開放。故選B。 3 話題：購物 難度：★★★ 建議用時：8分鐘 Abargainissomethingofferedatalowandadvantageousprice.Amorerecentdefinitionis：abargainis

54、adirtytricktoforcemoneyoutofthepocketsofsillyandinnocentpeople. Thecostofproducinganew—forexample—toothpastewouldmake80ptheproperpriceforit，sowewillmarketitat￡1.20.Itisnotabadtoothpaste，andaspeopleliketotrynewthingsitwillsellwelltostartwith；buttheattractionofnovelty(新奇) soonfades，sosaleswillfall.Wh

55、enthathappenswewillreducethepriceto￡1.15.Andwewillturnitintoabargainbyprinting5pOFFalloverit. Sometimesitisnot5pOFFbut1pOFF.Whatbreathtakingrudenesstoadvertise1pOFFyoursoaporwashingpowderorwhatever！Eventhepoorestold-agepensioner(領(lǐng)養(yǎng)老金者) oughttoregardthisasaninsult(侮辱)，buthedoesn’t.Abargainmustnotbem

56、issed.Peoplesayonehastohavewashingpowder(orwhatever) andonemightaswellbuyitapennycheaper. Therealdangerstartswhenunnecessarythingsbecome“bargains”.Manypeoplejustcannotresistbargains.Providedtheythinktheyaregettingabargaintheywillbuyclothestheywillneverwearorfurnituretheyhavenospacefor.OnceIheardofa

57、manwhoboughtanelectricsawasabargainandcutofftwoofhisfingersthenextday.Buthehadnoregrets：thesawhadbeentrulycheap. Quiteafewpeopleactuallybelievethattheymakemoneyonsuchbargains.Aladyoncetoldme：“I’vehadaluckydaytoday.Iboughtadressfor￡120，reducedfrom￡400；andIboughtabeautifulPersiancarpetfor￡600，reduced

58、from￡900.”Itwillneveroccurtoherthatshehasactuallywasted￡720.Shefeelsasthoughshehadmade￡580.Shealsofeels，Iamsure，thatifshehadmoretimeforshopping，shecouldmakealivingoutofit. Somepeoplebuyinlargequantitiesbecauseitischeaper.Onceacoupleboughtenoughsugarfortheirlifetimeandthelifetimeoftheirchildrenandgr

59、andchildren.Theythoughtitabargainnottobemissed.Whenthesugararrivedtheydidn’tknowwheretostoreit—untiltheyrealizedthattheirtoiletwasaveryspacious(寬敞的) one.Sothatwaswheretheypileduptheirsugar.Notonlydidtheirguestsfeelratherstrangewhenevertheywereofferedsugartoputintotheircoffee，butthetoiletbecameextrem

60、elysticky(粘性的). Toofferbargainsisacommercialtricktomakethepoorpoorer.Whengreedyfoolsfallforthistrick，itservesthemright. 語篇解讀　這是一篇議論文，講述人們購物時盲目追求折扣卻有可能造成不理性消費(fèi)的現(xiàn)象。 7.Whichwordbestdescribesthelanguagestyleofthepassage? A.Polite. B.Foolish. C.Humorous. D.Serious. 答案　C 解析　推理判斷題。通過全文給出的幾個例子，如第四段買

61、電鋸結(jié)果把自己的手指鋸了，倒數(shù)第二段的買了太多的糖結(jié)果放衛(wèi)生間了等都能看出這是一種幽默的手法，故選C。 8.Whatdoestheunderlinedsentenceinthefirstparagraphmean? A.Abargainisworthmuch. B.Thepoorlikebargains. C.Abargainisnotworthbuying. D.Onlyafoolbuysabargain. 答案　C 解析　句意理解題。根據(jù)文章全文內(nèi)容并結(jié)合文章第一句話可知，本文主要告訴讀者，購買便宜貨要慎重，因為可能有陷阱，容易上當(dāng)，所以得出結(jié)論，便宜貨不值得買。故C項符合語

62、境。 9.FromParagraph5，weknowthatthelady. A.wastoofoolishtobuythosebargainsthatwereuseless B.focusedtoomuchattentiononthediscountinsteadofherneed C.wantedtomakealivingbysellingclothes D.actuallywasted￡580tobuythedressoflowquality 答案　B 解析　推理判斷題。根據(jù)關(guān)鍵句可知，這位女士只覺得自己好像從打折中“賺”了580英鎊，而根本沒有想到自己其實可能是浪費(fèi)了72

63、0英鎊，因為買回來的這些便宜貨未必會用得著。由此可知B項符合語境。 10.Whichstatementwilltheauthorprobablyagreewith? A.Bargainsarethingspeopledon’treallyneed. B.Bargainsareoftenrealcheapproducts. C.Bargainshelppeoplemakealiving. D.Bargainsplaytricksonpeople. 答案　D 解析　推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章，大甩賣不一定買到的都是需要的東西。故A選項絕對化了。由文章可知，大甩賣往往是某種刺激消費(fèi)，如文中提

64、到的買衣服和地毯的女性，買糖的夫婦，及最后一段第一句中的關(guān)鍵詞commercialtrick判斷便宜銷售就是商家玩的把戲，人們可能會因為盲目追求折扣而不理性消費(fèi)，故B、C兩項均可排除。故選D。 題組訓(xùn)練三 1 話題：詞源研究 難度：★★ 建議用時：7分鐘 Etymology，thestudyofwordsandwordroots，maysoundlikethekindofthingdonebyboringlibrariansinsmall，dustyrooms.Yetetymologistsactuallyhaveauniquelyinterestingjob.Theyarei

65、nmanywaysjustlikearchaeologists(考古學(xué)家) diggingupthephysicalhistoryofpeopleandevents.Thespecialaspectofetymologyisthatitdigsuphistory，sotospeak，throughthewordsandphrasesthatareleftbehind. TheEnglishlanguage，inparticular，isagreatfieldtoexplorehistorythroughwords.Asalanguage，Englishhasanextraordinarynu

66、mberofwords.Thisispartlyduetoitsabilitytoadaptforeignwordssoreadily.Forexample，“English”wordssuchaskindergarten(fromGerman)，croissant(fromFrench)，andcheetah(fromHindi) havebecomepartofthelanguagewithlittleornochangefromtheiroriginalsoundsandspellings.SoEnglish-languageetymologistshaveavastworldofwordstoexplore. Anotherenjoyablethingaboutetymologyformostwordexpertsissolvingwordmysteries(謎).No，etymologistsdonotgoaroundsolvingmurders，likethegreatdetectiveSherlockHolmes.Whatthesewordexpertssolveare