For my business I started out with the idea that everything I did would be hand-made and one-of-a-kind, specially made for one individual who hopefully had the same tastes as me. Every morning I jumped out of bed, went to my studio and worked on my projects. This just showed how enthusiastic I felt about my work. And at night I even dreamed of new designs!
Fashion design is functional art. What I mean is that it’s something close to you and something you can touch and feel, and actually interact with. My advice to any young person who wants to be a fashion designer is to get the basic skills early on, such as sewing and pattern-making. Even if you end up specializing, it’s really important to understand all aspects of design in order to make high-quality clothes.
Also, if you dream of having your own clothing line, the best thing to do is start wearing your clothes. You have to try and do this because that’s the way you’re going to develop something that’s all yours and unlike anyone else’s. I passionately believe that the right clothing can make people feel better and give them more confidence.
34. When the author was in high school, she ______. A. wore the latest fashions
B. was fond of hand-painted clothing C. began to make clothes on her own D. dressed in the same way as her classmates
35. What does the underlined word “functional” in Paragraph 4 probably mean? A. Practical.
B. Standard.
C. Decorative.
D. Complex.
36. What advice does the author give to those who want to be fashion designers? A. Creating basic designs in high school. B. Wearing high-quality clothes all the time. C. Looking at what their friends are wearing. D. Deciding what is unique about their clothes.
37. According to the author, well-designed clothes _______. A. cost people a lot of money B. bring people great success C. provide people with popular taste D. help people feel sure of themselves
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【答案】34. C 35. A 36. D 37. D
这是一篇记叙文。作者在这篇文章中向我们介绍了他在高中阶段就开始设计自己的服装，并且经过他自己的努力创造了适合自己的服装品牌，同时鼓励读者根据自己的爱好设计自己的服装。 【34题详解】
细节理解题。据第二段In high school I started making my own clothes．可知在高中阶段作者就开始设计自己的服装，故选C。 【35题详解】
词义推测题。根据第四段What I mean is that it's something close to you and something you can touch and feel，and actually interact with.可知我的意思是，它离你很近，你可以触摸到它，感觉到它，还可以和它互动。所以服装设计是很实用的，因此可推知\指的是实用的。故选A。 【36题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一段You have to try and do this because that's the way you're going to develop something that's all yours and unlike anyone else's.可知，你必须尝试这样做，因为这样你才能开发出完全属于自己、不同于其他任何人的东西。所以如果想做时装设计师，你应该设计出属于自己的独特的衣服。故选D。 【37题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一段I passionately believe that the right clothing can make people feel better and give them more confidence.可知，我坚信合适的衣服能让人们感觉更好，更有自信。所以设计好的衣服能让人感觉好，有自信，故选D。
C
Researchers continue to show the power behind our sense of smell. Recent studies have found, among other things, that the smell of foods like pizza can cause uncontrollable anger in drivers on roads.
The review explains that smell is unique in its effects on the brain. According to Conrad King, the researcher who carried out the review, \logical part of the brain and acts on the systems concerned with feelings. This is why the smell of baking bread can destroy the best intentions of a dieter.\
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Smell, which dictates the unbelievable complexity of food tastes, has always been the least understood of our senses. Our noses are able to detect up to 10,000 distinct smells. Our ability to smell and taste this extremely large range of smells is controlled by something like 1,000 genes (基因), which make up an amazing 3% of the human genome. Researchers Richard Axel and Linda Buck were together awarded a Nobel Prize in 2004 for their ground-breaking research on the nature of this extraordinary sense. These two scientists were the first to describe the family of 1,000 olfactory (嗅觉) genes and to explain how our olfactory system works.
According to one study in the research review, smelling fresh pizza or even the packaging of fast foods can be enough to make drivers feel impatient with other road users. They are then more likely to speed and experience uncontrollable anger on roads. The most reasonable explanation is that these can all make drivers feel hungry, and therefore desperate to satisfy their appetites.
In contrast, the smells of peppermint and cinnamon were shown to improve concentration levels as well as reduce drivers’ impatience. Similarly, the smells of lemon and coffee appeared to promote clear thinking and mental focus.
However, the way genes regulate smell differs from person to person. A study by researchers in Israel has identified at least 50 olfactory genes which are switched on in some people and not in others. They believe this may explain why some of us love some smells and tastes while others hate them. The Israel researchers say their study shows that nearly every human being shows a different pattern of active and inactive smell-detecting receptors. 38. What did Richard Axel and Linda Buck find out? A. The category of food smells. B. The logical part of human brain. C. The nature of human olfactory system. D. The relationship between food and feelings.
39. Which of the following can help people concentrate? A. Bread. C. Coffee.
40. What do we know from the last paragraph? A. Some people can recognize up to 50 smells. B. Every person has a different pattern of genes.
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B. Fruits. D. Fast food.
C. Different people are sensitive to different smells. D. There are still some olfactory genes to be found out. 41. What is the passage mainly about? A. Logic and behaviour. B. Smell and its influence. C. Sense ability and food tastes. D. Olfactory genes and its system.
【答案】38. C 39. C 40. C 41. B
这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了人类嗅觉和它的影响。 【38题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段中“These two scientists were the first to describe the family of 1,000
olfactory (嗅觉) genes and to explain how our olfactory system works.”可知，Richard Axel and Linda Buck研究了家庭嗅觉基因并解释了我们的嗅觉系统是如何工作的，即人类嗅觉系统的本质，故选C。 【39题详解】
细节理解题。根据第五段中“Similarly, the smells of lemon and coffee appeared to promote clear thinking and mental focus.”可知，柠檬和咖啡的气味有助于提高思考和注意力，故选C。 【40题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段中“The Israel researchers say their study shows that nearly every human being shows a different pattern of active and inactive smell-detecting receptors.”， 几乎每个人的嗅觉感受器的活跃和不活跃模式都不同。由此判断出，不同的人对不同的气味敏感，故选C。 【41题详解】
的D
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主旨大意题。通读全文尤其是根据第一段中Researchers continue to show the power behind our sense of smell. Recent studies have found, among other things, that the smell of foods like pizza can cause uncontrollable anger in drivers on roads.可知，研究人员继续证明我们的嗅觉背后的力量。最近的研究发现，比萨等食物的味道会让道路上的司机无法控制自己的愤怒情绪。以及全文的具体说明可知，本文主要介绍了人类的嗅觉和它的影响。故选B。
Camaraderie over Competence
The importance of liking people is the subject of an article in the Harvard Business Review, which has carried out an experiment to find out who we’d rather work with. Hardly surprisingly, the people we want most as our workmates are both: brilliant at their jobs and delightful human beings. And the people we want least are both unpleasant and useless. More interestingly, the authors found that, given the choice between working with lovable fools and competent jerks (性情古怪的人), we irresistibly choose the former. Anyway, who likes those stupid men who annoy or hurt other people? We might insist that competence matters more, but our behavior shows we stay close to the people we like and sharing information with them.
What companies should therefore do is get people to like each other more. The trick here is apparently to make sure staffs come across each other as often as possible during the day. They also should be sent on bonding courses and so on to encourage friendliness and break down displeasure. However, more outdoor-activity weekends and shared coffee machines inspire no confidence at all.
The reality is that people either like each other or they don’t. You can’t force it. Possibly you can make offices friendlier by tolerating a lot of chat, but there is a productivity cost to that. In my experience, the question of lovable fool against competent jerk may not be the right one. The two are interrelated: we tend not to like our workmates when they are completely hopeless. I was once quite friendly with a woman whom I later worked with. I found her to be so outstandingly bad at her job that I lost respect for her and ended up not really liking her at all. Then is there anything that companies should be doing about it?
By far the most effective strategy would be to hire people who are all pretty much the same, given that similarity is one of the main determinants of whether we like each other. I think this is a pretty good idea, but no one dares recommend this anymore without offending the diversity lobby group. There is only one acceptable view on this subject: teams of similar people are bad because they stop creativity. This may be true, though I have never seen any conclusive proof of it.
Not only do we like similar people, we like people who like us. So if companies want to promote more liking, they should encourage a culture where we are all nice to each other. The trouble is that this needs to be done with some skill.
42. According to the research, which kind of colleagues would most people tend to choose? A. Nice but unintelligent.
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