1.Los Angeles:Love for Mom is necessary,but buying flowers on her big day may not be.
A slump in flower sales since late last year is likely to continue through Mother's Day,another example of Americans cutting back on spending due to recession fears,which is a period of reduced trade and business activity,and increasing food and gas prices.
"If you look at what has happened on Valentine's Day and Christmas,the market for flowers has cooled,"said Eric Beder,an analyst at Brean Murray."Growth has slowed in the past two quarters.Mother's Day will probably be a slow quarter,too."
US flower sales for Mother's Day will fall thirteen percent this year to 2billion,withconsumersspendinganaverageof17.65,according to the National Federation.
Mother's Day,which accounts for a one-quarter of annual holiday purchases,according to the Society of American Florists,is traditionally the day when flowers are delivered to the doorsteps of many mothers.But this year,the shop-owners are concerned.Gabriel Soto,who owns a flower shop beneath an office high-rise in the Los financial district,is expecting lower sales and has ordered 30percent fewer flowers than normal this Mother's Day.Last month,Soto,who also operates website downtown-flowers.net,closed another store in a nearby building that was headquarters to a huge company.After workers lost their jobs due to the housing crisis (危機),orders decreased.
32.The underlined word"slump"in Para.2probably meansB.
A.sharp decrease in price
B.sudden fall by a large amount
C.global worry of flower stores
D.great fear for losing jobs
33.This passage infers that Americans haveC.
A.delivered flowers to every house for mothers
B.no longer bought flowers for mothers
C.met financial problems recently
D.cut back on spending because of unemployment
34.Which would be the best title for this passage?A
A.Sorry Mom,Love You but No Flowers
B.Holiday Purchases Have a Hard Time
C.Hard Time Coming Nearer
D.Mother's Day and Crisis
35.Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?B
A.Gabriel Soto was concerned about losing his job.
B.Gabriel Soto owns a flower shop on line.
C.Gabriel Soto won't buy flowers for his mother on Mother's Day this year.
D.Gabriel Soto has ordered flowers this Mother's day.
分析 本文主要講述了由于美國經(jīng)濟衰退的影響,美國的鮮花產(chǎn)業(yè)受到?jīng)_擊,以至于在母親節(jié)的時候,都沒法買花向媽媽表達愛意,以此說明經(jīng)濟危機的影響極大.
解答 32.B 詞義猜測題,根據(jù)后面的another example of Americans cutting back on spending due to recession fears,美國人因為經(jīng)濟蕭條而削減開支的另一個例子可知這里指的是花銷量的減少,所以答案選B.
33.C.A推斷題.根據(jù)第二段another example of Americans cutting back on spending due to recession fears,which is a period of reduced trade and business activity,and increasing food and gas prices.可知又有經(jīng)濟危機,美國人都面臨了一定的經(jīng)濟問題,C正確.A、B、D項與文意不符合.
34.A 主旨大意歸納題,根據(jù)主題段Los Angeles:Love for Mom is necessary,but buying flowers on her big day may not be.的提示,以及后文對美國經(jīng)濟衰退的描述,說明母親節(jié)買花的不可能的原因,最后再結(jié)合選項,A為正確選項.
35.B 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章最后一段對Gabriel Soto 的描述,Last month,Soto,who also operates website downtown-flowers.net,closed another store in a nearby building that was headquarters to a huge company.Gabriel Soto 不僅有實際經(jīng)營的花店,也有網(wǎng)上店鋪,符合選項B的描述,因此答案為B.
點評 本文是一篇歷史文化類閱讀理解,題目涉及多道細節(jié)理解題,做題時結(jié)合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關(guān)語句進行仔細分析,結(jié)合選項選出正確答案.推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案,切忌胡亂猜測,一定要做到有理有據(jù).