2018年成人高考专升本英语考试终极提分试题及答案三3.0

If women are mercilessly exploited (剥削) year after year, they are only themselves to blame. Because they tremble at the thought of beihg seen in public in clothes that are out of fashion, they are always taken advantage of by the designers and the big stores. Clothes which have been worn only a few times have to be put aside because of the change of fashion. When you come to think of it, only a woman is capable of standing in front of a wardrobe (衣柜) packed full of clothes and announcing sadly that she has nothing to wear.

Changing fashions are nothing more than the intentional creation of waste. Many women spend vast sums of money each year to replace clothes that have hardly been worn. Women who cannot afford to throw away clothing in this way, waste hours of their time altering the dresses they have. Skirts are lengthened or shortened;necklines are lowered or raised, and so on.

No one can claim that the fashion industry contributes anything really important to society. Fashion designers are rarely concerned with vital things like warmth, comfort and durability (耐用). They are only interested in outward appearance and they take advantage of the fact that women will put up with any amount of discomfort, as long as they look right. There can hardly be a man who hasn't at some time in his life smiled at the sight of a woman shaking in a thin dress on a winter day, delicately picking her way through deep snow in high-heeled shoes.

When comparing men and women in the matter of fashion the conclusions to be drawn are obvious. Do the constantly changing fashion of women's clothes, one wonders, reflect basic qualities of inconstancy and instability? Men are too clever to let themselves be treated by fashion designers. Do their unchanging styles of dress reflect basic qualities of stabililty and feasibility?That's for you to decide.

44 Designers and big stores always make money

A.by mercilessly exploiting women workers in the clothing industry

B.because they are capable of predicting new fashions

C.by constantly changing the fashion in women's clothing

D.because they attach great importance to quality in women's clothing

答案：C

45 To the writer,the fact that women alter their old-fashion dress is seen as__________

A.a waste of money

B.a waste of time

C.an expression of taste

D.an expression of creativity

答案：B

46 The writer would be less critical if fashion designers placed more stress on the__________of clothing.

A.cost

B.appearance

C.comfort

D.suitability

答案：C

47 According to the passage,which of the following statements is TRUE?

A.New fashions in clothing are created for the commercial exploitation of womem.

B.The constant changes in women's clothing reflect their strength of character.

C.The fashion industry makes an important contribution to society.

D.Fashion designers should not be encouraged since they are only welcomed by women.

答案：A

At the University of Kansas art museum, scientists tested the effect of different colored walls on two groups of visitors to an exhibit of paintings.

For the first group the room was painted white; for the second, dark brown. Movement of each group was followed by an electrical equipment under the carpet.

The experiment showed that those who entered the dark brown walked more quickly, covered more area, and spent less time in the room than people in the white one. Dark brown made people more active, but the activity ended sooner.

Not only the choice of colors but also the general appearance of a room affects those inside. Another experiment presented people with photographs of faces whose energy was to be commented, Three groups of people were used; each was shown the same photos, but each group was in an ordinary room--a nice office. The third was in a tastefully designed living room with carpeting.

Results showed that the people in the beautiful room tend to give higher marks to the faces than those in the ugly room did. Other studies that students do better on tests taken in comfortable room than in ordinary-looking or ugly rooms.

48 Which of the following is the best expression of the main idea of this passage?

A.People in beautiful rooms tend to give higher marks to photos of faces than people in ugly rooms

B.The color and general appearance of a room have a deeper effect on the behavior of the people in it

C.The University of Kansas has studied the effects of the color of room on people's behavior

D.Beautifully furnished, light-colored rooms make people more comfortable than ugly, dark rooms

答案：B

49 According to the passage, we may conclude that the whiter a room is

A.the longer people like to stay in it

B.the sooner people in it will leave

C.the more active people in it will become

D.the more excited people

答案：A

50 What is referred to as the "general appearance" in this passage is

A.how many broad windows a room has, through which sunlight might come in

B.the size of a room

C.whether there are beautiful walls in a room

D.what the room looks like

答案：D

51 This passage provides us with

A.a piece of scientific information

B.a normal lesson

C.an interesting test

D.a piece of news

答案：C