题文
Researchers claimed that waitresses who wear red get up to 26 percent extra in tips than they would wearing other colors. However, the team finds that the sexes tip very differently—with the bigger tips coming only from male customers.No matter what color they wear, female diners will give the same kind of amounts for service every time. Yet men, whether they realize it or not, add anything between 15 and 26 percent more to a waitress in red than they would if it was the same waitress wearing a different color.
The test was simple. Take 11 waitresses in five restaurants over a six-week period and ask them to wear the same kind of T-shirt every day but change the colors. Previous research has suggested waitresses could earn more if they acted charmingly or wore more make-up than their colleagues. But this study, by the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research, only changed the color of the T-shirt. Every other aspect from make-up to behavior remained the same.
When wearing either black, white, green, blue or yellow T-shirts, the size of the tips from both male and female customers was almost identical. But when they wore red, the size of the tips went up by between 15 and 26 percent from male customers, yet stayed the same from female ones.
A total of 272 restaurant customers were studied by researchers Nicolas Gueguen and Celine Jacob for the international journal of the tourism industry.
Even as a T-shirt, it shows just how much the color red is thought, by men, to increase the physical and sexual attractiveness of woman, said the researchers.
The researchers wrote: As red color has no negative effect on women customers, it could be in their interest to wear clothes at work.
小题1:The underlined word “identical” in Para. 4 probably means____________________.A．differentB．similarC．the sameD．close小题2: According to the passage, in the research by the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research waitresses could earn more by _________________.A．wearing red T-shirtsB．putting on attractive make-upC．changing the color of T-shirtsD．behaving themselves小题3:Which of the following is right according to the passage?A．Bright color can increase the physical and sexual attractiveness of women.B．Waitresses in red make no difference to female customers.C．Make-up makes no difference to man customers.D．Whether male customers tips more or not depends on service.小题4:What is the main idea of the passage?A．People tip differently if waitresses wear different make-up.B．Waitresses who wear red get more tips than they would wearing other colors.C．Male customers are more interested in the red color.D．Red color has no negative effect on female customers. 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:B
解析
文章大意：研究发现：服务员穿红色衣服能够拿到更多的小费。
小题1:C词义推测题。根据此词后面一句But when they wore red, the size of the tips went up by between 15 and 26 percent from male customers, yet stayed the same from female ones.可知identical是the same之意。故C正确。
小题2:A推理判断题。根据文章第四段最后一句But when they wore red, the size of the tips went up by between 15 and 26 percent from male customers, yet stayed the same from female ones.可以得出答案。故A正确。
小题3:B细节理解题。根据文章第四段最后一句yet stayed the same from female ones可以知道对女性顾客没有任何影响。故B正确。
小题4:B主旨大意题。根据文章大意，研究发现：服务员穿红色衣服能够拿到更多的小费。与B项描述一致。故B正确。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“Researchers claimed .....”主要考查你对 [日常生活类阅读 ]考点的理解。日常生活类阅读
日常生活类阅读的概念：
日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。
日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：
【题型说明】
该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。
【备考提醒】
为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点：
1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。
2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。
3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。
4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。
