Question

【題目】閱讀下面短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。

C

What do you think of black cats? Are they unluckier than cats of other colors? Many people in Western countries think so．Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), did a study on cat colours and people’s understandings of cat personalities．

The study found that people do judge(判斷) cat personalities by color．Scientists did a survey on the Internet．There were 49 statements (描述) matching five cat colorings with 10 personalities．People think orange and bi-coloured (雙色的) cats are friendly, tri-coloured (三色的) cats are not generous, and white cats are calm, lazy and shy．As for black cats, people think they don’t have special personalities．

But why do so many people dislike keeping black cats as pets? People think black cats have less special personalities, which might be because of their bad reputation (口碑)．They think black cats may bring bad luck, especially at Halloween．Movies and television shows also make people believe that.

Although people have these ideas, UC Berkeley scientists give another reason: people don’t think black cats are pretty enough．After all, nothing can show black cats are unluckier than other cats．“You can’t judge a cat by its colour, because it’s the personality of the cat, not the colour, that will let you know if the cat is right for you,” Cathy Marden, a scientist said.

【1】Many people in Western countries may think black cats are___________.

A．lovely animals

B．a(chǎn) sign o f bad luck

C．a(chǎn) sign of good luck

D．unfriendly animals

【2】The main idea of paragraph 2 is that___________.

A．people often complain about black cats on the Internet

B．people think cats of different colours have different personalities

C．black cats are less popular than other cats

D．the study is a great success

【3】According to the study, people think that___________.

A．black cats have special personalities

B．orange and bi-coloured cats are generous

C．cats with three colours are friendly

D．white cats are calm, lazy and shy

【4】People don’t like black cats for the following reasons EXCEPT___________.

A．black cats often appear in TV shows

B．black cats bring bad luck to people

C．black cats have bad reputations

D．they don’t think black cats are beautiful

【5】The passage mainly talks about___________

A．why black cats are popular in movies

B．why people are not willing to keep black cats as pets

C．different colour cats have different personalities

D．different people have different ideas on black cats

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】D

【4】A

【5】B

【解析】

本文主要講述了關(guān)于黑貓的看法。加利福尼亞大學(xué)的科學(xué)家就貓的顏色和性格的關(guān)系做了一個調(diào)查。人們認為各種顏色的貓都有它獨特的性格特征，唯獨覺得黑貓沒有。很多人都不喜歡養(yǎng)黑貓，因為他們覺得黑貓會帶來厄運。但是最后科學(xué)家給出結(jié)論，沒有證據(jù)可以證明黑貓不吉利。選擇貓是要看它的性格，而不是它的顏色。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。由第一段開頭的兩個問題，你覺得黑貓怎么樣？它比其他顏色的貓更不吉利嗎？再由下一句Many people in Western countries think so.很多人都這樣認為。說明他們認為黑貓是厄運的象征。故選B。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。由第二段第一句The study found that people do judge(判斷) cat personalities by color.這個研究表明人們確實以顏色來判斷貓的性格。也就是說不同顏色的貓有不同的性格。故選B。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。由第二段最后一句As for black cats, people think they don’t have special personalities．可知人們認為黑貓沒有特別的性格，故A錯誤；由第二段People think orange and bi-coloured cats are friendly, tri-coloured (三色的) cats are not generous, and white cats are calm, lazy and shy.人們認為橘色和雙色的貓很友好，三色的貓并不大方，而白色的貓鎮(zhèn)靜，但是懶散，害羞。故B和C錯誤；D正確。故選D。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。由文倒數(shù)第二段...which might be because of their bad reputation (口碑)．They think black cats may bring bad luck.可知B和C正確；由最后一段people don’t think black cats are pretty enough可知D正確。故選A。

【5】推理判斷題。本文就為什么人們不喜歡黑貓而展開討論，并通過教授的研究而證明黑貓并不會帶來厄運。所以本文主要講的是人們?yōu)槭裁床幌矚g養(yǎng)黑貓。故選B。