[外语类试卷]考博英语(阅读理解)练习试卷5及答案与解析.doc
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1、考博英语(阅读理解)练习试卷 5及答案与解析 一、 Reading Comprehension 0 One motivational analyst who became curious to know there had been such a great rise in impulse buying at supermarkets was James Vicary. He suspected that some special psychology must be going on inside the women as they shopped in supermarkets. His
2、suspicion was that perhaps they underwent such an increase in tension when confronted with so many possibilities that they were forced into making quick purchases. He set out to find out if this were true. The best way to detect what was going on inside the shopper was through the use of a galvanome
3、ter or lie detector. That obviously was impractical. The next best thing was to use a hidden motion-picture camera and record the eye-blink rate of the women as they shopped. How fast a person blinks his eyes is a pretty good index of his state of inner tension. The average person, according to Mr.
4、Vicary, normally blinks his eyes about 32 times a minute. If he is tense, he blinks them more frequently; and. under extreme tension, he may blink up to 50 or 60 times a minute. II he is notably relaxed, on the other hand, his eye-blink rate may drop to a subnormal twenty or less. Mr. Vicary set up
5、his cameras and started following the ladies as they entered the store. The results were startling, even to him. Their eyeblink rate, instead of going up to indicate mounting tension, went down and down, to a very subnormal fourteen blinks a minute. The ladies fell into what Mr. Vicary calls a hypno
6、idal trance, a light kind of trance that, he explains, is the first stage of hypnosis. Mr. Vicary has decided that the main cause of the trance is that the supermarket is packed with products which in former years would have been items only kings and queens could have afforded and here in this fairy
7、land they were available to all. Mr. Vicary theorizes: “Just within this generation, anyone can be a king or queen and go through these stores where the products say buy me, buy me. “(344 words) 1 Vicarys curiosity was aroused by the fact that_. ( A) there was a decrease in sales in supermarkets ( B
8、) women were showing strong resistance to products in supermarkets ( C) there seemed to be no logic in womens buying habits ( D) women were shopping very carefully 2 According to the article, eye-blink rate is an indication of_. ( A) the truth or falsity of a statement ( B) the mental ability of a p
9、erson ( C) blood pressure ( D) the emotional state of a person 3 Mr. Vicarys test_. ( A) proved his original hypothesis to be true ( B) proved that the tension of a woman shopper, after entering the store, decreased rather than increased ( C) nullified the eye-blink rate as a measurement of tension
10、( D) showed that a womans reaction to the products in a supermarket is impossible to determine 4 After his tests. Mr. Vicary concluded that_. ( A) shopping was apt to create serious nervous disorders ( B) a supermarket is a fantastic place ( C) women are entranced by the wonderful items in supermark
11、ets ( D) women become too excited to control the meeloes in supermarkets 5 Implied but not stated is that_. ( A) quick purchasing is the result of inner tension ( B) the first stage of hypnosis is a light trance ( C) research conducted by motivation analysis can disprove their original premises ( D)
12、 supermarkets seeking a fairyland atmosphere can install hidden movie cameras 5 Increasingly, U. S. companies are becoming relationship-focused. We seek to be customer-driven. We want to partner with suppliers. We are moving from a manufacturing economy to a value-added, service-oriented economy. An
13、d at the heart of service are relationships: interpersonal relationships, inter-group relationships, and interdepartmental relationships. The ascendance of work teams in large U. S. organizations puts a new premium on the relationship of team members. In fact, emphasis on teamwork has long become th
14、e most frequently valued managerial competence in studies of organizations around the world. About half the Fortune 500 companies say they are using self-managed work teams and expect to expand their use in coming years. Teamwork, for many of us, is a big switch from how were accustomed to functioni
15、ng. And thats especially true for those of you at the beginning of your careers. Some people never get out of the individual contributor mode because they have limited expertise with the interpersonal skills required for team-building. But the highly-effective people of success are those who move fr
16、om child-like dependence to independence, and then onto interdependence. Teamwork really builds. If theres no trust and honesty among employees and everyone is maneuvering based on what it might do for their own careers, youre not going to accomplish much. An old Oriental proverb that “people with o
17、ne mind will remove Mount Tai“ is true. Another way is to consider this: individuals add; team players multiply. Of course, as the whole is never the sum of its parts, it may be greater or lesser, depending on how well the individuals work together. A good team leader is one who can create group syn
18、ergy in order to pursue collective goals. If youre going to be a good boss, make sure that you support people around you and keep the group working well. Thats an important lesson I learned from one of my former chief executive officers, who held me accountable for my beliefs in fact, there were tim
19、es he held my feet to the fire- -but he never held a grudge against me for believing in something different from him. (345 words) 6 The main idea of the passage is_. ( A) customer-driven service is increasingly popular ( B) the qualities to be a good learn leader ( C) a company should partner with s
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