Question

 

“Who made you T-shirt?” A Geo letdown University students raised that question. Piertra Rivoli, a professor of business, wanted to find the answer. A few weeks later, she bought a T-shirt and began to follow its path form Texas cotton, rim to Chinese factory to charity bin (慈善捐赠箱). The result is an interesting new book, The tran’s of a T-shirt in the Global Economy (经济).

Following a T-shirt around the world in a way to make her point more interesting, but it also frees Rivoli from the usual arguments over global trade. She goes wherever the T-shirt goes, and there are surprises around every corner. In China, Rivoli shows why a clothing factory, even with its poor conditions, means a step towards a better care for the people who word there. In the colorful used-clohting markets of Tanzania, she realizes that, “it is only in this final stage of life that the T-shirt will meet a real market,” where the price of a shirt changes by the hour and is different by its size and even color, Rivoli’s book is full of me able people and scenes, like the noise, the bad air and the “muddy sweet smell (泥土香味) of the cotton,” she says. “Here in the factory, Shanghai smells like shallot water Texas.”

Rivoli is at her best when making those sorts of unexpected connections. She even finds one between the free traders and those who are against globalization. The changes opened up by trade are vase, she argues, but free markets need the correcting force of politics to keep them in check. True economic progress needs them both.

1.What do we learn about Professor Rivoli?________

A. She used to word on cotton farm.

B. She wrote a book about world trade.

C. She wants to give up her teaching job.  

D. She wears a T-shirt wherever she goes.

2.By saying T-shirt “meet a real market”, Rivoli means in Tanzania _______.

A. cheaper T-shirts are needed  B. used T-shirts are hard to sell

C. prices of T-shirts rise and fall frequently  D. prices of T-shirts are usually reasonable

3.What does the word “them” underlined in the last paragraph refer to? _______

A. Free markets.        B. Price changes.  

C. Unexpected connections.  D. Chances opened up by trade.

4.What would be the best title for the text? ________

A. What T-shirts Can Do to Help Cotton Farms                B. How T-shirts Are Made in Shanghai

C. How T-shirts Are Sold in Tanzania   

D. What T-shirts Can Teach Us

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

【分析】根据文章第一段Piertra Rivoli, a professor of business,…… The result is an interesting new book, The tran’s of a T-shirt in the Global Economy (经济).可以看出正确答案。

【高考考点】细节推断

【易错点】：D，可能学生会断章取义根据She goes wherever the T-shirt goes,做出错误判断。

2.C

【分析】根据下一句where the price of a shirt changes by the hour and is different……可以看出答案

【高考考点】细节推断

【易错点】：学生可能没有理解此处的where从句就是对前面market的解释而不能找到正确答案，从而误选其它选项。

3.A

【分析】首先注意在keep them in check中keep……in check意为“控制，制止”。根据整个这句话来看，此处的them应该是代指前面主语free markets。

【高考考点】词义猜测

【易错点】：D是一个比较容易误选的选项。因为没有理清句子结构。

4.D

【分析】分析全文可以看出，整个文章故事都是由一句话“Who made you T-shirt?”所引出来的。从被选项来看，其它几个选项都只是文章的一个部分而不是主体。所以正确答案应该是D   

【高考考点】综合理解

【易错点】：如果不能全面分析理解，可能会断章取义选取其它几个选项。