【題目】Are you single or married? Are you a cat or a dog owner? Do you exercise, or are you a “couch potato”? 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. 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.

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, some articles discuss in detail the personal lives or public work of famous movie stars, authors and artists. 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. current affairs

B. lifestyle choices

C. experts’ opinions on life

D. one’s self-respect

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

A. control their own appearance

B. solve all the problems in their life

C. live a happy life in spite of their problems

D. improve their life by following the elders’ advice

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

A. their teachers

B. family members

C. experts and famous people

D. friends and colleagues

【4】 What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. Lifestyles in the United States

B. Americans’ opinions on happiness.

C. Advice on shaping Americans’ identities

D. A famous advertising slogan —“Just do it.”

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

試題分析：本文講的是很多美國(guó)人轉(zhuǎn)向?qū)ι罘绞竭x擇的熱烈的討論。盡管有很多麻煩，但他們認(rèn)為他們能使他們的生活幸福和令人滿意。

【1】B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中的People turn to this section for lively discussion on lifestyle choices人們轉(zhuǎn)向?qū)ι罘绞竭x擇的熱烈的討論。故選B。

【2】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段第一句Many American people believe that they can make their lives happy and satisfying despite their problems.很多美國(guó)人認(rèn)為，盡管很多麻煩他們能使他們的生活幸福和令人滿意。故選C。

【3】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段第一句Not only are experts such as psychologists consulted, but stars from the political and entertainment worlds are held up as lifestyle leaders as well.不僅心理專家被咨詢，而且來自政治、娛樂世界的明星也被作為生活風(fēng)格的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人。故選C。

【4】A主旨大意題。根據(jù)第二段第一句People in the United States feel that they can choose their lifestyles and even shape their own identities.在美國(guó)的人們感覺到他們能選擇他們的生活方式甚至能改變他們自己的身份�？芍xA。

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