2015年考研英语阅读理解考前专项训练（161）
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The question of what we find attractive in others and what we can do to enhance our own best assets 1s a major preoccupation during at least some part of our lives.①Sadly，the ideal lovers of sexual fantasieS are usually #pletely unrealistic because our relationship to them is over-simplistic，lacking intimacy， bonding'or emotional #mitment. A principal pleasure in imagining seducing or being seduced by your fantasy lover is his or her unavailability in real life.Understanding the secrets of attraction will enahie you to relate to others in a more fulfilling way.
Of course people do grow to love people over time，while“love at first sight”is sometimes lost. Nothing in life is concrete； we change in our tastes all the time. What and who we find attractive is highly fluid—we are all friends with at least one person whom we did not like when we first met them.。 In the same way that first impressions about people can be #pletely wron9，our feelings of attraction are sometimes unreliable.
The surer you are of your own likes and dislikes the more attractive you are to others，because selb con±idence is usually rated as being attractive. But remember that being a good listener，together with showing sensitivity to the feelings of those around you，can be equally attractive.
Your aesthetic intuition counts for a lot. Be careful how much you let your intrusive intellect muscle in on territory best dominated by your gut feelings.④Tune in to your own body language as you #e close to someone of the opposite sex.
Continually reminding yourself that you are able to change your mind about other people and what artracts you to them is a way of escaping the limitations in life that we all too often construct around us. As you enhance your love of variety and your love affair with life，so your love of yourself will grow.By trying to be optimistic and positive you can obtain a much greater level of contentment in your life，and deVelop an understanding that a wider scope of what is attractive to you in other people will greatly enhance the likelihood of your meeting someone to whom you are very attracted and who is attracted to you.⑥
We all have expectations of people's characters and personalities and we base these on physical aPPearance·Research shows these expectations are usually inaccurate.We are continually bombarded with mass—media-conceived images of what is attractive，yet most of us fail to match these images.[420 words]
1.In the author's opinion，______ is the secret of attraction.
A.what we can do to enhance our own attraction
B.what we find attractive in the people we like
C.the pleasure of being seduced by one's lover
D.the unavailability of idealIovers in reallife
2.The author argues that______.
A.“love at first sight”is no more than a fiction
B.one's feelings of attraction change over time
C.one usually dislikes the person he first meets
D.one's first impressions about others are illusive
3.According to the text，what can help one enhance his attraction includes his____
A.self-assurance
B.selflessness
C.enthusiasm
D.integrity
4.The phrase“gut feelings”（Line 2，Paragraph 3）most probably means______.
A.instinct
B.perception
C.intelligence
D.#prehension
5.The author contends that if one wants to find his ideal lover，he should______.
A.be more optimistic and positive
B.escape the limitations in his life
C.develop a wider notion of attraction
D.be free from the influence of mass-media
超纲词汇
preoccupationn.当务之急
seduce vt.诱使
fantasy n.幻想，白日梦
intrusive adj.打扰的，插入的
gut adj.直觉的 [NextPage] 参考答案：1.D 2.B 3.A 4.A 5.C
难句透析
①The question of[what we find attractiye in others]and [what we can do tO enhance our own best assets]is a major preoccupation during at least some part of our lives.
【结构】主句的主语是“The question”，谓语动词是“is”。方括号所标示的“what we find attractive in others”和“what we can d0…assets”并列，用做介词“of”的宾语从句。
【释义】别人身上什么最具魅力，如何提高自己的魅力，至少在人生某个阶段，这是每个人都关注的问题。
②[What and who we find attractive]is highly fluid—we are all friends with at least one person[whom we did not like（when we first met them）].
【结构】方括号所标示的“What and who we find attractive”用做主语从句。方括号所标示的“whom we did not like…them”用做“0ne person”的后置定语从句；圆括号所标示的“when we first met them”是其中的时间状语从句。
【释义】什么是魅力，谁有魅力，并非一成不变。我们结交的朋友中，至少有一位，初次见面时，自己并不喜欢。
③But remember[that（being a good listener，together with showing sensitivity tO the feelings of those around you，）can be equally attractive].
【结构】 主句“But remember…”是祈使句。方括号所标示的“that being a good listener…can be equally attractire”用做“remember”的宾语从句；其中。圆括号所标示的动名词短语“being a good listener…”用做主语。
【释义】但是，请记住，善于倾听别人，能体谅周围人们的情感，同样是魅力所在。
④Be careful[how much you let your intrusive intellect muscle in on territory（best dominated by your gut feelings）].
【结构】 主句“Be careful…”是祈使句。方括号所标示的“how much you let…feelings”用做宾语从句。圆括号所标示的过去分词短语“best dominated by your gut feelings”用做“territory”的后置定语。
【释义】你的直觉在多大程度上被你的智力所干扰，千万要有所警惕。
⑤[Continually reminding yourself（that you are able to change your mind about“other people and”（what attracts you tO them））]is a way of escaping the limitations in life[that we all too often construct around us].
【结构】方括号所标示的动名词短语“Continually reminding yourself…”用做主语；圆括号所标示的“that you are able…”用做动名词“remindin9”的宾语从句；用上标数字标明的，用“and”连接的“other people”和“what attracts you to them”用做介词“about”的并列宾语。方括号所标示的“that we all too often construct around US”用做“limi— tations”的后置定语从句。
【释义】不断提醒自己，你能改变自己对别人的看法，以及对别人魅力的看法。这是摆脱生活局限的一种途径。我们往往在自己的周围设置一些局限。
⑥[By trying to be optimistic and positive]you can“obtain a much greater level of contentment in your life，and2'develop an understanding[that a wider scope of（what is attractive tO you in other people）will greatly enhance the likelihood of your meeting someone‘”（to whom you are very attracted）and㈦（who is attracted to you）].
【结构】方括号所标示的介词短语“By trying tO be optimistic and positive”用做状语。用上标数字标明的“obtain”和“develop”是并列谓语动词。方括号所标示的“that a wider scope of…will greatly enhance…”用做“under— standin9”的同位语从句。圆括号所标示的“what is attractive tO you in other people”用做介词“0f”的宾语从句。圆括号所标示的“tO whom you are very attracted”和“who is attracted tO you”并列，用做“someone”的后置定语从句。
【释义】乐观、积极地生活，你对生活会更知足；而且你会明白，在别人身上发现的魅力越多，越容易找到一位情投意合的人。
答案注释
1.根据第一段最后两句“A principal pleasure…is his or her unavailability in real life.understanding the secrets of attraction…fulfilling way”可知，选项D应为答案。
2.根据第二段中的“people do grow to love people over time”，“we change in our tastes all the time”和“our feelings of attraction are sometimes unreliable”可知，选项B应为答案。
3.根据第三段第一句“The surer you are of your own likes and dislikes the more attractive you are to others，because self confidence is usually rated as being attractive”可知，选项A应为答案。
4.根据第四段前两句“Your aesthetic intuition counts for a lot.Be careful how much you let your intrusive intellect muscle in on territory best dominated by your gut feelings”可知，“gut feelings”指“intuition”，即“instinctive feelings”。所以。选项A应为答案。
5.根据第五段最后一句“…a wider scope of what is attractive to you in other people will greatly enhance the likely hood of your meeting someone to whom you are very attracted and who is attracted to you”可知，选项C应为答案。
全文翻译
别人身上什么最具魅力，如何提高自己的魅力，至少在人生某个阶段，这是每个人都关注的问题。①不幸的是，完美的梦中情人总是极其不现实的，因为我们和他们的关系过于单纯化，缺乏亲密、联系和感情上的承诺。想象吸引别人或者被别人吸引的主要乐趣是你的梦中情人在现实中并不存在。了解魅力的秘密可以让你更完整地和别人联系在一起。
当然，人们确实随着时间的流逝越来越爱一个人，不过有时却失去了“一见钟情”。生命中没有什么是凝固不变的；我们总是在改变自己的品位。什么是魅力，谁有魅力，并非一成不变。我们结交的朋友中，至少有一位，初次见面时，自己并不喜欢。同样，对一个人的第一印象可能完全是错的，我们感觉到的魅力有时是不可靠的。
你自己的好恶越鲜明，对别人你越有魅力，因为自信总是有魅力的。但是，请记住，善于倾听别人，能体谅周围人们的情感，同样是魅力所在。
你的审美对于魅力来说也很重要。你的直觉在多大程度上被你的智力所干扰，千万要有所警惕。和异性接触时，请倾听你自己身体的声音。
不断提醒自己，你能改变自己对别人的看法，以及对别人魅力的看法。这是摆脱生活局限的一种途径。我们往往在自己的周围设置一些局限。随着你对于多元化的喜爱和对于生命的热爱的提升，你会越来越爱自己。乐观、积极地生活，你对生活会更知足；而且你会明白，在别人身上发现的魅力越多，越容易找到一位情投意合的人。
我们对于他人的性格和个性都有所期望，并且把这些期望建立在外表之上。研究表明这些期望往往是不准确的。我们不停地承受着媒体上充满魅力形象的冲击，但是大部分人都成不了那样有魅力的人。
