2016高考冲刺 2016高考英语阅读理解练习及答案(48)
Soldiers and other military people wear uniformswith various other symbols to indicate theirstatus.But in the business world everyone wearsmore or less similar suits，and you cannot tell at aglance who ranks higher or lower than another.Sohow do people in the business world show theirsuperiority? An attempt to study this was made bytwo researchers using a series of silent films.Theyhad two actors play the parts of an executive(经理)and a visitor，and switch roles eachtime.The scene had one man at his desk playing the part of an executive，while theother，playing the part of a visitor，knocks at the door，opens it and approaches the desk todiscuss some business matter.The audience watching the films was asked to rate the executive and the visitor in terms ofstatus.A certain set of rules about status began to emerge from the ratings.The visitorshowed the least amount of status when he stopped just inside the door to talk across the roomto the seated man.He was considered to have more status when he walked halfway up to thedesk，and he had the most status when he walked directly up to the desk and stood right infront Of the seated executive.
Another thing that affected the status of the visitor in the eyes of the observers was the timebetween knocking and entering.For the seated executive，his status was also affected by thetime between hearing the knock and answering.The quicker the visitor entered the room，themore status he had.The longer the executive took to answer，the more status he had.
1.The experiment designed by the two researchers aimed at finding out _____
A.how business is conducted by all executive and a visitor
B how to tell the differences between an executive and a visitor
C.how to tell businessmen at a glance
D.how businessmen indicate status
2 Which of the statements can best sum up the passage?
A.The executive has a higher status than the visitor.
B.Military people wear uniforms but the businessmen do not
C，A study revealing a set of rules about the status of businessmen.
D It is a good method to use a series of silent film in research.
3 Having entered the room，the closer the visitor approaches the executive, ___
A.the less it affected his status
B.the lower his status
C.the more it affected his status
D.the higher his status
4.The longer the seated man was in answering the knock，_____
A.the higher his status
B.the less it affected his status
C.the lower his status
D the more it affected his status
5.Which statement is NOT true?
A Soldiers wear uniforms with various symbols so that one call tell their status at a glance.
B.In the experiment.one actor played the executive while the other played the seated man
C.Business people wear similar suits.
D The audience watching the film rated the executive and the visitor in terms of status.
答案
1.D
2.C
3.D
4.A
5.B
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