单选题
Millennials were
1
to be the next golden ticket for retailers. A 70 million consumers
2
between the ages of 18 and 34, this was the first generation of Americans to grow up with cell phones and the Web. Marketers could
3
them in numerous ways—tweets, Facebook pages—that were
4
when their boomer parents started out. " Marketers thought, "Here come the Millennials, we"re going to have an awesome time selling to them, "" says Max Lenderman, a director at ad agency Crispin Porter & Bogusky. "They were waiting for a
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. Then comes the financial crisis, and all of a sudden the door has almost
6
in their face. "
No group was hit harder by the Great Recession than the Millennials. Their careers are
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. They hold record levels of education debt. And an estimated 24 percent have had to move back home with parents at least once.
That"s bad news for the movie studios, clothing retailers, and home improvement chains that had hoped for better. Williams-Sonoma and Home Depot thrive on household formation— economist
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for marrying, having kids, and buying a home—but many cash-strapped Gen Yers have put those modern rites of passage
9
hold. Twenty percent of 18-to 34-year-old respondents in a recent Pew survey said they had
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marriage for financial reasons, while 22 percent put
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having a baby for similar reasons.
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this generation was always going to be a challenge.
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into the Web"s endless information and choices, Millennials are pickier and
14
brand loyal than their parents.
15
before the recession they craved authentic products—for example, buying shoes from Toms Shoes, which donates a pair to poor children for every one it sells. The Millennial
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is "buy less and do more, " says David Maddocks. "Boomers were about
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, whereas this generation is about having enough. " The
18
of the recession could make Gen Y even less acquisitive.
Gen Y"s
19
could eventually hurt the luxury market, too, says Pam Danziger, president of research firm Unity Marketing. She says a 25-year-old who shops at Gap typically trades up to Nordstrom (JWN), Saks (SKS), and perhaps Tiffany (TIF) decades later. But today, Danziger says, "We have a group of people who are seeking only to live within their
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"
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 固定搭配+上下文语义
[解析] 空格处的这句话主语。Millennials的意思是“千年的”,Millennials指的是美国的新一代。四个选项中能够用在sb.be+动词过去分词to句型中的只有[B]和[D]。sb.be supposed to do sth.意思是“某人理应……”;sb.be demanded to do sth.意思是“某人被要求……”。按照句义,应该选择[B],句子的意思是“人们都认为美国新一代会成为零售商口中的唐僧肉”。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 同义词辨析
[解析] 四个选项都表示“大致的,粗糙的”。空格处要填一个词表示“大致的数字”。最佳答案是[C],A 70 million consumers roughly between the ages of 18 and 34的意思是“7000万消费者年龄大致在18岁到34岁”。[A]vaguely,往往表示“含含糊糊地,不清晰地”。例如:His statement was very
vaguely
worded.他
含糊其辞
。[B]crudely意思是“粗糙地,未加工地”。例如:This is a
crudely
built house.这所房子盖得很
粗陋
。[D]coarsely意思是“粗糙地,粗鄙地”。例如:The grain was
coarsely
milled.谷物
粗
磨过了。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 动词词义和用法辨析
[解析] 空格处前一句话说“现在的年青一代,从18岁到34岁的年轻人,是第一代伴随着手机和互联网成长起来的美国人”。空格处这句话的大意是“商人们可以通过各种各样的方式和年轻人互动,例如:推特,脸谱网等”。[A]reach是及物动词,可表示“联系某人,与某人接触”,相当于contact,为正确答案。例如:I Can probably
reach
him on his mobile.我大概能用手机
联系
上他。[B]touch,往往指“肌肤的接触”,填在空格处,语义不符合。[C]表示“连接”,而不表示“接触,联系”,往往用在connect sb./sth.with sb./sth.这样的句型中。[D]link也是表示“连接”,往往用在link A with B这样的句型中。
【答案解析】[解析] 动词词义辨析
[解析] 根据推测,意思应该是“希望的大门砰的一声关上的意思”。[A]slashed,意思是“砍,大幅消减”。[B]snapped意思是“啪嚓折断,咔嚓关上”。[C]slapped意思是“啪的一声拍打某人”。[D]slammed意思是“砰地关上”。[A]很容易判断是错误的,但是剩下的三个拟声词则很容易混淆。基于原句的意思“希望之门在某人面前猛地关上”,最为确切的答案应该选[D],并且slam the door in one"s face在英语中是一个固定搭配。而slap虽然也有slap sb.on one"s face这样的短语,含义却完全不同,表示“掌掴某人”。
【答案解析】[解析] 介词搭配
[解析] 空格处的这句话紧接前文内容,说“很多家居产业需要靠年轻人成家立业才能赚钱,但是现在经济紧张的年轻人put those modern rites of passage ______ hold”。“rites of passage”是一个固定搭配,意思是“人生大事”,例如:“出生”、“死亡”和“结婚”都是人生大事。hold这个词作名词的时候,意思是“停顿,暂缓”,可直接和on搭配,例如:Since having the kids,my career has been put
on hold
.因为有了小孩,所以我的事业就
暂时耽搁
了。正确答案应该选[C]。
【答案解析】[解析] 上下文语义+动词词义辨析
[解析] 空格处填一个动词,[A]Appealing意思是“吸引”,常用的搭配是sth.appeal to sb.,因此在搭配问题上Appealing不符合。[B]Hooking一词作为动词有“吸引”之义,且是及物动词,hook sb.意思是“吸引某人”,因此Hooking为正确答案。[C]Fitting一词表示“适应,适合”,往往使用的句型是sth.fit sb.,意思是“某物适应某人,适合某人”。搭配不符合句式,因此不能选这个Fitting一词。[D]Flattering是一个及物动词,意思是“奉承,谄媚”。语法上符合,但是意思上不太恰当,根据下文的内容:“年轻人因为面临网上海量的信息,往往比较挑剔,因此想要满足他们的要求一直以来都是一件很难的事情”,最贴切的词是[B]Hooking一词。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 动词词义和搭配辨析
[解析] [A]Indulged一词往往指“沉溺,放纵”,使用的结构往往是sb.be indulged in sth.。句法上正确,但是介词搭配有问题,因此可以排除。[B]Penetrated意思是“渗透,刺入”。可以与介词into搭配,例如:Explorers
penetrated
deep into unknown regions.探险者
深入到
未知的地区。如果填在空格处,表达“年轻人因为深入到网络海量的信息中而……”,注意这里空格处就不能填Penetrated,而应该填Penetrating,因为这里的动作是由主语主动发出的,应该用现在分词短语,而不是过去分词短语。因此[B]也是错误的。[C]Plugged一词表示“插入,塞入”,可构成plug oneself into sth.这样的短语,意思是“使……接触……,使……与……相连”,例如:You can
plug
yourself into the national computer network.你可以
接通
全国计算机网络。稍加变化,这个短语可变成sb.be plugged into sth.,因此Plugged一词填在空格处句法上是正确的,同样意思上也是合理的,为正确答案。[D]选项可以构成短语sb.be lost in sth.,意思是“某人迷失在……之中”,语法上正确,但是句意上有问题,“年轻人因为迷失在海量的信息中而变得更加挑剔”,不合逻辑,因此也是错误答案。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 根据上下文语义辨析
[解析] 根据前文内容,“因为年轻人面临着网上海量的信息,因此他们更加挑剔,自然对于品牌的忠诚度也就更
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”。正确答案应该选[C]。因为选择多,而对品牌的忠诚度自然降低。[A]比较具有迷惑性,但是注意not so much应该和as搭配,not so much……as表示“与其说,不如说”。例如:He is
not so much
influenced by western culture
as
by Chinese culture.
与其说
他受到西方文化影响很大,
不如说
他更多是受到中国文化的影响。
【答案解析】[解析] 名词词义辨析
[解析] 接上文谈到的年轻人买东西喜欢买货真价实的特点,作者继续阐述:The Millennial
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is "buy less and do more"。“新一代人信奉的是少买多做”。[A]proverb意思是“谚语”。[B]saying和proverb是同义词,表示“名言,谚语”。[C]motto指某个人所信奉的“格言,箴言,座右铭”。[D]logo指“商标”。最符合句义的应该是[C]motto一词。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 根据上下文辨析词义
[解析] 紧接上文谈到的年轻一代人并不喜欢铺张浪费,喜欢“少买多做”的特点,空格处将这一代人和上一代人做了对比:“Boomers were about,
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,whereas this generation is about having enough.”美国60年代赶上了生育高潮,因此往往将出生在60年代的美国人称之为“baby boomer”。根据后半句话whereas this generation is about having enough,“年轻人没有什么太多的欲望,东西够用就行”,可以判断Boomers和这一代人的情况相反,他们喜欢“东西越多越好”。[A]abundance意思是“大量,丰富,充足”。填在空格处,符合句义,为正确答案。[B]comfort表示“舒适”。这个词和后面的having enough构成对比。[C]frugality意思是“节俭”,不符合句义。[D]luxury意思是“奢侈”,说上代人喜欢铺张浪费,但这并不代表他们喜欢用奢侈品。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 名词词义辨析
[解析] 上文提到新一代人节约的本性。空格处这一句话说经济危机只是使他们这种倾向更加明显。The ______ of the recession could make Gen Y even less acquisitive.“acquisitive”意思是“贪婪的”。[A]impact表示“影响”。[B]impet,us表示“推动,刺激”。[C]implication表示“暗示”。[D]impulse表示“冲动”。符合句义的只有[A],The impact of the recession表示“经济危机的影响”。
【答案解析】[解析] 同义词辨析
[解析] 最后一段主要讲的是年轻人的消费观对奢侈品市场的影响。丹齐格说:“现在的年轻人都寻求过一种节约的生活”。虽然四个答案都可以用来表示“方式,方法”,但是live within one"s means是固定短语,意思是“量入为出”。例如:You must,
live within your means
and save for the rainy day.你应该
量入为出
,未雨绸缪。