&edstaffvolunteerswhohadastronglikiherCoca-ColaClassicorPepsi,Diet(低糖的)Coke,orDietPepsi。Thesewerepeoplewhothoughtthey'dhaveellingtheirbrandfromtheotherbrand。
&uallylocated19regularkersakers。Thehemfouruifiedsamplesofeatatime,regularcolasfortheonegroup,dietversioher。WeaskedthemtotelluslewasCokeorPepsi;thenweaherecordsstatistiparethepartits'choiceswithwhatmereguess-workcouldhaveaplished。
&ingallfoursamplesrightwasatoughtest,butnottootough,wethought,forpeoplewhobelievedtheycheirbrand。Intheend,only7ularkerscorretifiedtheirbrandofallfourtrials。Thediet-kersdidalittleworse—only7of27identifiedallfoursamplescorrectly。
&hgroupsdidbetterthancewouldprediearlyhalfthepartieaadethewrowoormoretimes。Twopeoplegotallfoursampleswrong。
Overall,halfthepartitsdidaboutaswelloroundoftastingaso,sofatigue,ortasteburnout,wasnotafactor。③Ourpreferessuggestthatonlyafeantsandayreallybeabletotelltheirfavoritebrandbytasteandprice。
61。Itisimpliediparagraphthat_____。
A)thepurposeoftastetestsistopromotethesaleofcolasB)thepetitiowocolasisverystrongC)theimprovementofqualityistheofthetaniesD)blindtastingisnecessaryforidentifyingfans62。Agtothepassage,thepreferewasduorderto_____。
A)paretheabilityofthepartigtheirdrinksB)revealwhioretothelikingofthedrinkersC)shoerson’sopinionabouttasteismereguess-workD)fihattastepreferenceplaysinapers63。Thestatisticsrethepreferesshow_____。
A)thereisnotmuchdiffereebetweenCodPepsiB)CodPepsiarepeople’stwomostfavoritedrinksC)fewpeoplehadtroubletellingPepsiD)people’stastesdifferfromoheword“burnout”inPara。5referstothestateof_____。
A)beingseriouslyburntintheskinB)beingbadlydamagedbyfireguoburnforlackoffuelD)beiionbecauseofexcessiveuse65。Theauthor’spurpthispassageisto_____。
A)arguethattastetestingisanimpstrategyB)emphasizethattasteandpricearecloselyrelatedtoeachotherC)shoreferenceishighlysubjectiveD)reendthatblindtastiroduthequalitytrolofcolasPassage4
&ions66to70arebasedonthefollowilytheDepartmentofPlanningofNewYorkissuedareportwhichlaidbareafullscaleofgeofthe1970,18pertofthecity’spopulatin-born。By1995,thefigurehadrise,andanother20pertweretheUS-bsofimmigrants。Soimmigrantsandtheirowformamajorityofthecity’spopulation。
WhoaretheseNewYorkers?Whydotheyehere?Wherearetheyfrom?(OK,timetodropthe“they”,I’mohelastquestioiseasytoanswer:weeverywhere。Iofthetop20soursofthosesendingimmigrantstoNewYorkbetween1990and1994aresixtriesinAsia,fiveinthe,fourinLatihreeinEurope,plusIsraelandtheformerSovietUnion。Andwhenweimmigraherewerollupoursleeves。Ifyou’reoworkwheoNewYork,saysafriendofmine,“you’dbetterhittheroad”。
④ThemayorofNewYorkoncesaid,“ImmigratiooshapetheueraheeieofNewYorkCity。”HebelievesthatimmigraheheartofwhatmakesNewYreat。Irast,itismuoisworryaboutthelossof“unity”thatimmigratistotheirsocieties;ierturysiheUesadmittedabout125millionlegalimmigrantsandhasabsorbedthemintoitssocialstructureswithaheimaginatioions。
&heseimmigrantsarepurposefulandhard-w,theywillhelpAmeriakeafreshstartiury。
66。ThereportissuedbytheDepartmentofPlanningofNewYork_____。
A)putforwardwaystoewYork’spopulatioselfwiththegrowthofNewYork’spopulationC)studiedthestruewYork’spopulatioedwaystoinewYork’spopulation67。Agtothesedparagraph,whichofthefollowiheimmigrantsinNewYork?
A)OfindhisplaewYorkunlessheisreadytowork。
B)TheyfoundlifeinNewYorkharderthanintheirowntries。
havediffidingjobs。
D)Oneliveonwelfareifhedoesnotwanttowork。
68。ThemayorofNewYorksidersimmigrationtobe_____。
A)abigprobleminthemahecityB)apushodevelopthecityC)acauseofdisiioy’ssocialstructureD)ahedevelopmey69。Thephrase“hittheroad”inthesedparagraphprobablymeans_____。
A)gotomanagesomephysicallaboandleadahardlifeC)gotostreetstorobotherpeopleD)gotobegforsomething70。Whatistheauthor’sattitudetrationtoNewYork?
&ive。B)Worried。different。D)Positive。
Passage5
&ions71to75arebasedonthefollowierious“blackcloud”approachestheearth―ourplaherisseverelyaffected。
ThroughouttherestofJuneauresrosesteadilyallovertheEarth。IishIslesthetemperatureclimbedthroughtheeighties,iies,aowardsthehundredmark。Peopleplaiherewasnoseriousdisaster。
&hheU。S。remaihaheair-ingunitsthathadbeenfittedduringpreviousyearsandmouresrosetothelimitofhumanehroughoutthewholedpeedtoremainindoorsforweeksonend。Oallyair-inguwasthenthatfatalitiesoccurred。
swereutterlydesperatethroughoutthetropigcouldbedohehotairtemperature。Morethansevenhundredmillionpersoohavelosttheirlives。
&hetemperatureofthesurfacewatersofthesearose,notsofastastheairtemperatureitistrue,butfastenoughtoprodugerousinidity。MillioweeudesofdtheCapeofGoodHopeweresubjectedtoareerandhotterfromdaytoday。Allhumaceased。Therewasnothiliebreathingquicklyasadogdoesiher。
BythefourthweekofJulysiropicslaybalaweealdeath。Thenquitesuddenlyraincloudsappearedoverthewholeglobe。Thetemperaturedeedalittle,butsotbesaidtohaveimproved。Warmrainfelleverywhere,evenasfarnorthasId。Theipopulationinormously,siheburninghotatmospherewasasfavorabletothemasitwasuomanandmanyotheranimals。
71。IishIslesthetemperature。
A)stayedateightyB)approaehundredgedfromeightytoyD)exceededthehundredmark72。FewpeopleiedStateslosttheirlivesbecause。
A)thetemperatureeopleremainedindoorsforweeksenthadtakeivemeasurestoreduperatureD)theirhouseshadbeehair-ingunits73。MillionsofpeopleindtheCapeofGoodHopeweresubjectedtoaospherebecause。