题文
Barbie(芭比娃娃)，believe it or not，is 50 this year and she's still as popular as ever.A doll is a doll，but Barbie illustrates how，over the last five decades，women have become a standard for judging what freedom really means. How women are treated in different countries tells you a lot about the politics and culture of where they live.The doll that every little girl wants enables young children to test their possibilities in role playing，giving them a glimpse of what they might be when they grow up，whether to be frivolous or serious (or both)．
But in many countries that's not an option. In Saudi Arabia，where woman can't drive or go out publicly unless covered，Barbie is banned. They think Barbie dolls are offensive to Islam(伊斯兰教) and a threat to morality.
In America，she represents the swiftly changing roles of women. Barbie is fun to tease
but she's as American as miniskirts_and_pantsuits in her flexible identities and her “growth” from model to astronaut.
Barbie inspired a dollrevolution movement. When a Teen Talk Barbie was programmed electronically to say “Math class is tough”，she was criticized by a national women's group and was regarded as a bad stereotype. Some of her critics also say she's a bad influence because she's too thin and encourages anorexia，that she has run through too many stereotypes(固定模式)，and that she lends too much significance to the fantasy stages of child's play.
In some Muslim countries, substitute Barbie dolls have been developed that promote traditional values，with their modest clothing and profamily backgrounds. They are wi
dely seen as an effort to resist the American dolls that have flooded the market.
Toy seller Masoumeh Rahimi welcomed the dolls，saying Barbie was “foreign to Muslim culture” because some of the dolls have little clothing. She said young girls who play with Barbie，could grow into women who reject Muslim values. “I think every Barbie doll is more harmful than an American missile，”Ms. Rahimi said.
小题1:The writer mentioned “miniskirts and pantsuits”(in Paragraph 4) to imply that ________.A．these are the only clothes a doll should wearB．these are very traditional American clothes for womenC．there are a range of different life options available for womenD．readers should wear these clothes more often小题2:The underlined word “anorexia” (in Paragraph 5) most probably means“________”．A．an illness of refusing to eatB．giving up math studyC．the wearing of inappropriate clothesD．a decrease in people's imagination小题3:It can be inferred from the passage that ________.A．children who like Barbie dolls won't be so serious when they grow upB．Muslim Barbies are the same as American BarbiesC．Muslim societies are generally more conservative than western societiesD．Americans have no worry about Barbie's influence on children 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:C
小题1:A
小题1:D
解析
语篇解读：芭比娃娃自诞生以来一直受世界各地儿童的喜欢，在这过去的五十年里妇女亦成为评判自由的标准。
小题1:词义猜测题。迷你裙和(女士)裤套装都是妇女的服装，作者用此暗指美国女性生活方式多种多样，所以C项正确。
小题1:词义猜测题。根据该词所在的语境：一些对她提出批评的人士指出她太瘦，爱美的女士为了拥有她那样的体形而不吃饭，所以anorexia意思接近于“不愿吃饭而想瘦身的病症”。
小题1:考查推断理解。从文章第一段第一句可知小孩闻到鱼腥味，应该不想吃鱼，故A项错误；根据文章可知不是所有的鱼不能食用，因此少吃鱼并不就意味着你就更环保，故B项错误；根据文章第三段“PCBs...can also be found in some fish.These dangerous manmade chemicals were used in many industries until 1977”可知C项错误；根据文章倒数第三段“...advises that kids younger than 15 years old avoid fish that contains high levels of mercury and PCBs”可推测成年人食用含有化学物质的鱼，影响也许会小些，故D项正确。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“Barbie(芭比娃娃)，believe.....”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。
