单选题
阅读下面的短文,文中有15处空白,每处空白给出4个选项。请根据短文的内容,从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案。
{{B}}Coffee{{/B}}

The producers of instant coffee found their product strongly resisted in the market places despite their obvious advantages. Furthermore, the advertising expenditure for instant coffee was far greater than that for regular coffee. Efforts were {{U}}(51) {{/U}} to find the cause of the consumers' seemingly unreasonable {{U}}(52) {{/U}} to the product. The reason given by most people was {{U}}(53) {{/U}} for the taste. The producers suspected that there might be {{U}}(54) {{/U}} reasons, however. This was confirmed by one of motivation research's classic studies, one often cited in the trade. Mason Haire, of the University of California, {{U}}(55) {{/U}} two shopping lists that were identical except for one item. There were six items common to both lists: hamburger, carrots (胡萝卜), baking power, bread, canned peaches and potatoes, {{U}}(56) {{/U}} the brands or amounts specified. The seventh item, in the fifth {{U}}(57) {{/U}} both lists, read "1 lb. Maxwell House coffee" on one list and "Nescafe instant coffee" on the {{U}}(58) {{/U}}. one list was given to each person in a group of fifty {{U}}(59) {{/U}}, and the other list to those in an other group of the same {{U}}(60) {{/U}}. the women were asked to study their lists and then to describe as far as they could, the kind of woman ("personality and character") {{U}}(61) {{/U}} would draw up that shopping list. {{U}}(62) {{/U}} half of those who had received the list including instant coffee described a housewife who was laze and a poor planner. {{U}}(63) {{/U}}, only one woman in the other group described the housewife, who had {{U}}(64) {{/U}} regular coffee on her list, as lazy; only six of that group suggest ed that she was a poor lanner.. eight women felt that the instant-coffee user was probably not a good wife! No one in the other group {{U}}(65) {{/U}} such a conclusion about the housewife who intended to buy regular coffee.

【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】本题要求填一个过去分词,需要用到固定搭配这一技巧来解题。make an effort是固定搭配,意为“努力做某事”。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】本题要求填一个名词,需要用同源词复现的技巧来解答此题。上文提到速溶咖啡受到强烈抵制,用的是动词resist,这里用它的名词形式,故选 resistance,后面跟to。其他词都没有表现也反感的意思来。persistence“坚持不懈,持续”;insistence“坚持,坚决主张”;assistance“帮助,协助”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】本题要求填一个名词,要用到上下句关系的解题技巧。这儿应跟上文统一,用名词dislike。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】本题要求填一个形容词,需要运用固定搭配的技巧来解答此题。人们给出了不喜欢速溶咖啡的理由,但制造商认为还应有更深层的原因,更深层的用deeper,更深层原因deeper reasons。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】写出两个购物清单用constructed。invent意为发明,produce意为生产、出示,work意为工作。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】本题要求填一个介词引导一个复合宾语,说明附带情况。of用在这里不合适,that和which引导的都是句子,所以正确答案为B.with。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】on list是固定用法,表示“在购物单上”。其他介词不能与list这个词搭配。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】..the other...是个固定结构。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】从上下文可以推断出被调查的是女性,比如后文中The women were asked to...。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】上文讲两个购物单中的其中一个给了一组50人的女性,另一个给了同样规模的另一组女性,故选size。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】本题要求填一个关系代词来引导一个定语从句,这个关系代词的先行词是the kind of women,指人,同时,关系词在这里作从句中的主语,所以用who。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】能用来修饰half的只有nearly。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】填入词处应表示转折关系,而且此处有逗号,所以这里应该用 however。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】这里指购物单上含有美国咖啡的家庭主妇,故选include。 cover意为“覆盖,包含”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】draw a conclusion是一个固定搭配,意为“得出一个结论”。