题文
You’re standing in the dairy section at the grocery store, searching for your favorite brand. Suddenly, you catch a smell of chocolate cookies. You forget about dairy and head for the bakery (烘烤食品) section. Guess what? You just walked into an odor (气味) trap (陷阱)! The odor was cooked up by scientists in a lab.For years, scientists have been studying the special powers of smell. They found that more than our other senses, smell changes our mood and helps us remember things.
So companies have begun spending thousands of dollars to scent (使充满香味) entire stores. Artificial (人造的) scents are being used to lead customers by the nose. These smells help to get people inside and put them in the mood to buy. They even make customers remember the store later, so they’ll come back for more. Also, many companies have smartly made use of product smells. A company added lemon fragrance to its dish cleaner. They wanted people to think the soap contained “natural” cleaners. It worked!
New uses for smells are being created every day. One bank, for example, gives customers coupons (优惠券) advertising car loans (贷款). To get people to take out a loan, bank officials hope to coat these coupons with the fresh leather smell of a new car. In Australia, telephone offices are putting sweat odor on unpaid bills. Since some people sweat when they’re scared, this smell might remind them of when they were frightened. And they’ll pay the bills right away!
What lies ahead for our noses? Smell scientists are working on some pretty far-out ideas. Would you believe TV sets that produce smells? Or how about scent diets? Certain food smells will fool your stomach into thinking it’s full. Alarm clocks will scent your bedroom with a strong pleasant smell designed to wake you up. Scientists are even working on ways to keep garbage from smelling. Researchers expect scents to help students make more sense of what they’re learning.
And just think. Someday soon, even your homework may smell nice!
小题1:How do sales methods affect customers in the stores?A．They change customers’ preferences.B．They persuade customers to use credit cards.C．They make customers avoid bad and unsafe products.D．They influence customers to make unplanned purchases.小题2:Why do telephone offices put sweat odor on unpaid bills?A．Because the sweat odor is a reminder of terrifying experience.B．Because the sweat odor can change people’s attitude.C．Because most people don’t think much of sweating.D．Because many people dislike paying bills.小题3:What does the author mean by saying “Someday soon, even your homework may smell nice!”?A．Students would benefit more from smell research. B．Students would be more willing to do homework.C．Smell research would develop beyond our imagination.D．Smell research would make great differences to our life.小题4: Why does the author write this passage?A．To encourage the store owners to use smells.B．To expose wrong practices by smell scientists.C．To inform the readers of an interesting subject.D．To blame the advertisers that use smells to sell. 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:C
解析
小题1:D 推理题。根据第三段后三行They even make customers remember the store later, so they’ll come back for more. Also, many companies have smartly made use of product smells. A company added lemon fragrance to its dish cleaner. They wanted people to think the soap contained “natural” cleaners. It worked!说明商店使用的这些方法让顾客购买他们的产品，也许有些产品并不是他们真正需要的。故D正确。
小题2:A 推理题。根据第四段最后三行In Australia, telephone offices are putting sweat odor on unpaid bills. Since some people sweat when they’re scared, this smell might remind them of when they were frightened. And they’ll pay the bills right away!说明这样的气味能提醒他们害怕的时候。故A正确。
小题3:C 推理题。前面几段一直都在详细地描述人们在使用各种气味为他们所用，也许气味的发展会超出我们的想象的。故C正确。
小题4:C 主旨大意题。在本文中作者这种讲述了气味的发展，以及人们对于气味的使用，主要是告诉读者一种新的实验课题—气味。故C正确。
点评：在本文中作者这种讲述了气味的发展，以及人们对于气味的使用，主要是告诉读者一种新的实验课题—气味。以推理题的考查为主，
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“You’re standing in t.....”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。
