【題目】Are you single or married? Are you a cat or a dog owner? Do you exercise, or are you a “couch potato” (a person who sits on the sofa all day watching TV, eating and basically doing nothing)? These questions and many others are about your lifestyle.

People in the United States feel that they can choose their lifestyles and even shape their own identities. The great variety of lifestyles leads to constant national discussion of choices that people make. This freedom of choice is fun and exciting, but it also creates stress and uncertainty. In newspapers, lifestyle issues are discussed in the features or style section. In The Chicago Tribune this section is called “Tempo”. People turn to this section for lively discussion on lifestyle choices they face with regard to their personal identities, their families, and their social lives.

Many American people believe that they can make their lives happy and satisfying despite their problems. If they lack confidence or tend to feel anxious, shy, angry, or depressed, they believe that they can change themselves. Self-help books, magazines, and feature articles are filled with advice from experts about steps to take to become a happier or more satisfied person and to improve one’s self-respect. Part of this research for self-improvement is a belief that even one’s own appearance can be controlled. This is why there are so many articles in the newspaper about looking young, wearing the latest fashions, and becoming physically fit.

Lifestyle choices also involve moral and social issues. How should children be raised? How should people behave on a date? How should elderly people be treated? How can people stay happily married? All these kinds of issues are constantly discussed and are constantly changing. Not only are experts such as psychologists consulted, but stars from the political and entertainment worlds are held up as lifestyle leaders as well. In the newspaper, feature articles called profiles（簡(jiǎn)介）discuss in detail the personal lives or public work of movie stars, authors, artists, and excellent individuals who are not stars. The lifestyle choices these people make contribute to the public discussion of all the issues that people think about.

A well-known advertising slogan is “Just do it.” In the culture of the United States, people believe that they can take action and become the kind of people they want to be and live the way they want to live.

【1】The section “Tempo” in The Chicago Tribune mainly discusses _________.

A.lifestyle choices

B.current affairs

C.experts’ opinions on life

D.how to improve one’s self-respect

【2】According to the author, Americans are pretty sure that they can _________.

A.live a happy life in spite of their problems

B.solve all the problems in their life

C.improve their life by following the elders’ advice

D.control their own appearance

【3】According to the passage, people’s opinions on moral or social issues can be influenced by _________.

A.their bosses

B.family members

C.friends and colleagues

D.experts and famous people

【4】Which is the best title for the passage?

A.Changes in the lifestyle

B.Choosing the Way We Live

C.Lifestyles in the United States

D.Make Our Lives Happy

【答案】

【1】A

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】

試題分析: 本文主要講美國(guó)人的生活方式和生活態(tài)度，他們認(rèn)為自己可以選擇生活的方式，并且生活中的麻煩固然不少，但他們自信仍然能過(guò)著幸福的生活。不管怎樣，行動(dòng)起來(lái)吧，過(guò)自己想過(guò)的生活！

【1】A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段In newspapers, lifestyle issues are discussed in the features or style section. In The Chicago Tribune this section is called “Tempo”. People turn to this section for lively discussion on lifestyle choices they face with regard to their personal identities, their families, and their social lives.可知Tempo板塊主要討論生活方式的選擇問(wèn)題。故選A.

【2】A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段 Many American people believe that they can make their lives happy and satisfying despite their problems可知許多美國(guó)人認(rèn)為盡管有困難，但是他們依然可以過(guò)著幸福的生活。故選A.

【3】D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段Not only are experts such as psychologists consulted, but stars from the political and entertainment worlds are held up as lifestyle leaders as well.可知關(guān)于生活方式的選擇，人們不僅會(huì)咨詢心理學(xué)專家，還會(huì)參考政客和明星等有名的人，也就是會(huì)受專家和名人的影響。故選D.

【4】B 文章標(biāo)題推測(cè)題。分析文章可知，這篇文章主要講美國(guó)人對(duì)于生活方式的態(tài)度，他們認(rèn)為每個(gè)人的生活方式都是可以選擇的。生活中的麻煩固然不少，但他們自信仍然能過(guò)著幸福的生活。在文章的結(jié)束部分呼吁行動(dòng)起來(lái)吧，過(guò)自己想過(guò)的生活，說(shuō)明了美國(guó)人認(rèn)為生活方式是可選擇，可改變的態(tài)度。故選B.

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