阅读理解Passage 1 What is the nature of the scientific attitude, the attitude of the man or woman who studies and applies physics, biology, chemistry, geology, engineering, medicine or any other science? We all know that science plays an important role in the societies in which we live

阅读理解Passage 1 Family Matters This month Singapore passed a bill that would give legal teeth to the moral obligation to support ones parents

阅读理解Passage One At all ages and at all stages of life, fear presents a problem to almost everyone

阅读理解Shakespeares sonnets are very different from Shakespeares plays, but they do contain dramatic elements and an overall sense of story

阅读理解Passage 4 In Britain arrangements for inciting and entertaining quests at a wedding are usually the responsibility of the brides family

阅读理解Given such pitfall, its little wonder that Americans often make gaffes or fail to catch certain nuances

阅读理解Passage 8 Not so long ago, for most people, listening to radio was a single task activity

阅读理解To understand why the current process for training teachers is so broken, lets use a business example

阅读理解Text 2 Loneliness has been linked to depression and other health problems

阅读理解Pop stars today enjoy a style of living which was once the prerogative only of Royalty

阅读理解Passage Two Two important movements in the history of painting arc featured in the exhibition, American Impression and Realism: The Painting of Modern Life, 1885 1915

阅读理解Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. For each of them there are four choices marked A., B., C. and D. You should decide on the best choice.Passage 3Travelers arriving at Heathrow airport this year have been met by the smell of freshly-cut grass, pumped from a discreet corner via an “aroma box”, a machine which blows warm, scented air into the environment. It can scent the area of an average high street shop with the smell of the chocolate, freshly cut grass, or sea breezes, in fact any synthetic odors that can be made to smell like the real thing.Heathrow’s move into “sensory” marketing is the latest in a long line of attempts by businesses to use sensory psychology—the scientific study of the effects of the senses on our behavior to help sell products. Marketing people call this “atmospherics”—using sounds or smells to manipulate consumer behavior. On Valentine’s Day two years ago the chain of chemist’s Super-dog scented one of its London shops with chocolate. The smell of chocolate is supposed to have the effect of reducing concentration and making customers relax. “Chocolate is associated with love”, said a marketing spokeswoman, “we thought it would get people in the mood for romance.” She did not reveal, though, whether the smell actually made people spend more money.However, research into customer satisfaction with certain scented products has clearly shown that smell does have a commercial effect, though of course it must be an appropriate smell. In a survey, customers considered a lemon- scented detergent more effective than another scented with coconut despite the fact that the detergent used in both was identical. On the other hand, a coconut-scented suntan lotion was rated more effective that a lemon-scented one. A research group from Washington University reported that the smell of mint or orange sprayed in a store resulted in customers rating the store as more modern and more pleasant for shopping than other stores without the smell. Customers also rated the goods on sale as better, and expressed a stronger intention to visit the store again in the future.Music too has long been used in supermarkets for marketing purposes. Supermarkets are aware, for example, that slow music causes customers to stay longer in the shop (and hopefully buy more things). At Leicester University psychologists have found that a specific kind of music can influence consumer behavior. In a supermarket French wine sold at the rate of 76% compared to 20% German wine when French accordion music was played. The same thing happened in reverse when German Bierkeller music was played. In one American study people even bought more expensive wines when classical music was played instead of country music.Writers and poets have often described the powerful effects of smell on our emotions, and smell is often considered to be the sense most likely to evoke emotion-filled memories. Research suggests however that this is a myth and that a photograph or a voice is just as likely to evoke a memory as a smell. Perhaps the reason for this myth is because smells, as opposed to sights and sounds, are very difficult to give a name to. The fact that smell is invisible, and thus somehow more mysterious, may partly explain its reputation as our most emotional sense.

阅读理解Text B Nowadays, with women playing an ever-increasing role in all kinds of careers and professions, it is difficult to understand that there was a time when no medical school would accept a woman

阅读理解Passage D Opportunities for rewarding work become fewer for both men and women as they grow older

阅读理解Passage C In 776 B

阅读理解Passage 5 Museum is a slippery word

阅读理解Passage 3 We have to admire Suzanne Somerss persistence

阅读理解Passage 2 A recent article indicated that business schools were going to encourage the study of ethics as part of the curriculum

阅读理解Text B Birds that are literally half asleepwith one brain hemisphere alert and the other sleepingcontrol which side of the brain remains awake, according to a new study of sleeping ducks

阅读理解Nonetheless, variations in talking speed are less a matter of context than of the speakers basic personality