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Researchers at the University of Kansas say that people can accurately judge 90 percent of a stranger's personality simply by looking at the person's shoes. “Shoes convey useful information about their wearers”, the authors wrote in the new study published in the Journal of Research in Personality．    

Lead researcher Omri Gillath said the judgments were based on the style, cost, color and condition of someone's shoes. In the study, 63 University of Kansas researchers looked at pictures showing 208 different pairs of shoes worn by the study's participants. Volunteers in the study were photographed in their most commonly worn shoes, and then filled out a personality questionnaire.

  Some of the results were expected: People with higher incomes most commonly wore expensive shoes, and flashier shoes were typically worn by outgoing people. However，some of the more specific results are strange enough. For example, “practical and functional ''shoes were generally worn by more “pleasant" people, while ankle boots were more linked with “aggressive” personalities. The strangest of all may be that those who wore “uncomfortable looking” shoes tend to have “calm” personalities. And if you have several pairs of new shoes or take extreme care of them, you may suffer from “attachment anxiety", spending lots of time worrying about what other people think of your appearance. There was even a political calculation in the mix with more liberal (主张变革的) types wearing “shabbier and less expensive” shoes.    

The researchers noted that some people will choose shoe styles to mask their actual personalities, but researchers noted that volunteers were also likely to be unaware that their footwear choices were showing the deep side of their personalities.

1.What does this text mainly tell us?

A．Shoes Call hide people's real personalities．

B．Shoes convey false information about the wearer．

C．People's personalities call be judged by their shoes．

D．People know little about their personalities．

2.Which of the results is beyond people's expectation?

A．Wealthy people often wear expensive shoes．

B．Pleasant people like wearing uncomfortable shoes．

C．Aggressive people are likely to weal" ankle boots．

D．Flashier shoes are typically worn by outgoing people．

3.People suffering from “attachment anxiety” tend to       

A．wear strange shoes          B．worry about their appearance

C．have a calm character       D．become a political leader

4.The author wrote the text in order to        

A．inform us of a new study

B．introduce a research method

C．teach how to choose shoes

D．describe different personalities

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.B

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：调查研究表明：所穿的鞋能反映出一个人的性格特征等有用信息。

1.C推理判断题。根据文章1段people can accurately judge 90 percent of a stranger's personality simply by looking at the person's shoes. “Shoes convey useful information about their wearers”,说明人穿的鞋子能够反应出他的性格特征，故选C.

2.C细节推理题。根据第三段However，some of the more specific results are strange enough. For example, “practical and functional ''shoes were generally worn by more “pleasant" people, while ankle boots were more linked with “aggressive” personalities.可知C项是让人感到奇怪超出预想的，故选C.

3.B细节推理题。根据第三段And if you have several pairs of new shoes or take extreme care of them, you may suffer from “attachment anxiety", spending lots of time worrying about what other people think of your appearance.可知依恋焦虑的人更注重别人对他外表的评判，故选B.

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考点：考查研究报告类短文阅读。

【名师点睛】

推理判断题的解题方法 ：

推理判断题不仅要求考生读懂文章中的每个句子的意思还要推理它们之间的关系，结合自己的生活常识和经验，再通过逻辑推理和判断，理解文章的言外之意，从而揭示文章的深层涵义。

任何一篇文章都有其特定的写作目的，读者应当知道如何去做或按照某种方式传递思考问题。第42小题根据文章1段中people can accurately judge 90 percent of a stranger's personality simply by looking at the person's shoes. “Shoes convey useful information about their wearers”,说明人穿的鞋子能够反应出他的性格特征，故选C.

推理判断题的答案不可能在文章中直接找到，因此推理时我们务必要忠于原文，在文章中寻找并确定可推论的依据，即：已知部分－推论的前提，从中推测出未知部分－推理的结论，切忌妄加评论，把自己的观点当成作者的观点。