单选题 What we know can influence people is the mood state. It is said that mood may be defined (26) a temporary status as well as a positive or negative feeling which cannot be caused due (27) any certain atmosphere. Moods should be (28) from emotions that are usually more intense, (29) to specific atmosphere and, for most of time, conscious. (30) one's sense, the influence of a person's mood can be regarded as the one of (31) methods as can react to the (32) of our close friends—when our close friends are pleased and "up", that is mostly likely to influence us positively, (33) when they are "down", that can have a(n) (34) impact on us. Similarly, people operating under a (35) mood level tend to make reactions to stimuli in a way (36) with that mood state. Hence, for instance, we should expect to notice (37) around in a positive mood and make the evaluation of products in more of a (38) manner even if they were not in such a state. (39) , good mood levels are apparently capable of (40) a person's memory.
Moods turn to be (41) influenced by marketing techniques. For instance, the rhythm, pitch, and (42) of music have been proved to influence behavior such as the (43) of time spent in shopping malls or (44) to purchase products. What's more, advertising can influence people's moods which, in (45) , are able to influence people's reactions to products.

单选题 A. as B. with C. without D. by
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为介词辨析。be defined as固定搭配,指“被定义成……”,with指“伴随……”,without指“不伴随……,没有……”,by指“被”。此空译成“如,像”较为合适,故选A项as。
单选题 A. above B. down C. to D. up
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为介词辨析。due to固定搭配,指“由于”,above指“在……上方”,down指“在……下方”,up指“在……上面”。
单选题 A. descending B. descended C. distinguishing D. distinguished
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为动词形态辨析。分析上文,“be+过去分词”表被动,这里be distinguished from指“区别于……”,而descend指“下降”,与原意不同,舍去。
单选题 A. irrelative B. related C. relation D. relative
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为动词形态辨析。分析上下文,这里指与特定气氛有关的。故可选择“与……有关的”动词的词性,relation是名词,表“关系”,relative是形容词或名词,表示“相关的;亲戚”。
单选题 A. In B. Under C. Below D. Beneath
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为介词辨析。此空指“在一个人的感觉中”,under指在“在……之下”,below指“在……下方”beneath指“在……紧贴之下”。
单选题 A. liking B. like C. similar D. alike
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为形容词辨析,similar指“相似的”,而like则与下文的as重复,alike作为后置定语,通常加在名词后面。
单选题 A. behavior B. action C. measure D. signal
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为名词辨析,behavior指“行为”,action指“行动”,measure指“措施”,signal指“信号”。此处指作为一种对自己亲密朋友的反应行为。
单选题 A. unless B. even if C. if D. but
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为连词辨析,此处上下文表转折,unless指“除非”,if指“如果”,even if指“即使”。
单选题 A. subjective B. negative C. positive D. objective
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为形容词辨析根据上下文,在人心情低落的时候,通常会有消极的影响,subjective指“主观的”,positive指“积极的”,objective指“客观的”。
单选题 A. granted B. driven C. given D. fixed
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为动词过去分词辨析,granted指“被授予”,driven指“被驱使”,given指“被给予”,fixed指“被固定”。根据上下文,given较为合适。
单选题 A. confused B. condemned C. compromised D. consistent
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为形容词辨析,consistent指“持续的”,confused指“糊涂的”,condemned指“判刑的”,compromised指“妥协的”。这里指会以一种持续的心情程度作反应。
单选题 A. parents B. people C. managers D. officials
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为名词辨析,本文并未谈到任何特殊人群,这里是泛指的人们。parents指“家长们”,managers指“经理们”,officials指“官员们”。
单选题 A. flavor B. favor C. favorable D. favorite
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为形容词形态辨析。由于此空位于冠词及名词的中间,则优先考虑形容词。四选项中只有favorable是形容词,指“赞赏的”。而A项的flavor指“口味,风味”,为名词;favor是“赞同,帮助”,为名词;favorite是“喜欢的,欣赏的”,为形容词。
单选题 A. Moreover B. However C. Turnover D. Game over
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为连词辨析。考查上下文的逻辑关系,易知是递进关系。故选moreover,而however表转折,turnover指倒转,game over指游戏结束。
单选题 A. weakening B. rising C. getting D. enhancing
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为动名词辨析。根据上下文句意,由于此句的主语是“好心情状态”,故所对应的形容词应该是褒义的。排除weakening(虚弱),而rising(升起)是不及物动词,后不可直接加宾语,同样排除,getting(取得,获得)与句意不符。记忆是无需通过好心情取得的,自身就有。故选enhancing(加强)。
单选题 A. scornfully B. readily C. suddenly D. casually
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为副词辨析,这里指心情可以毫无困难地被营销技巧影响,scornfully指“讽刺地”,suddenly指“突然地”,casually指“偶然地”。
单选题 A. volume B. contain C. include D. consist
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为易混词词性辨析。由于下文是of结构,故可优先选择名词。本题除了volume可指名词外,指“容量”,其余选项都是动词,皆可解释为“包含,包括”,故选A。
单选题 A. accountant B. account C. amount D. accounting
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为易混词词性辨析。结合下文,这里指“花在超市的总时间”,而account指“账户”,accountant指“会计师”,accounting指“会计”,皆不符合题意。
单选题 A. extension B. extend C. intentions D. intend
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为易混词词性辨析。结合下文,这里指“打算买东西的意图”,应优先选择名词。extension是“延长”的名词,extend是“延长”的动词,intend是“打算”的动词。只有intension符合题意。
单选题 A. turn B. return C. turning D. turned
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 该题考点为易混词词性辨析。in turn解释为“反过来,轮流”,in return指“作为回报”。