重庆华章MBA英语每日一练（5.23）
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2014年5月22日阅读理解答案及详解
参考译文：
我最近刚满五十岁，五十岁，对于一棵树来说正值青葱岁月，对于一头象则意味着步入中年，而对于运动员而言却已是垂垂老矣。在美国，五十是个吉祥的数字，它不仅是美国州的总数和，还是国家车速限制。但是我还没准备好与这个数字发生联系。五十应该是我父亲的年纪，但是现在我纠结于这个数字以及它所代表的一切。
几天前，我的一位朋友逗我开心，他说：“过去四十岁是怎么样的，现在五十岁也是怎么样。” 他的话令我犹如醍醐灌顶。我上年岁了吗？在走下坡路了吗？人们一直告诉我我没有变老；我一直告诉他们：我曾经可以轻松跳过六英尺高的跳高横木，可如今把它降到四英尺高我也跳不过去。（MBA培训）
“你不是变老了，你是变得更好了，” Joyce Brothers医生说。这只是医生体贴安慰的话，想激发我有不同的想法。
总有一天，我会连网球网都跳不过去；当我离那天越来越近时，我就会与你分享一下我对年老的一些感悟。我会表现我的身心是如何感受年老的步伐。当然了，变老显然是比死亡更好的一个改变。事实上，一位名叫罗伯特•布朗宁的诗人认为最美妙的改变莫过于变老了：
与我偕老吧！
好景还在后。
不管布朗宁对错与否，我的前五十年的大部分时光都过得很精彩，所以我将满足于把将来的日子过得跟往日一样滋润。我发觉自己在前进的同时头脑中交织着一些古怪的想法，既抵抗又接受自己在变老，希望哲学家说的是对的：“从现在起的十五年后才算老。”
词汇及短语：
midlife:中年
eulogy: 悼词
philosopher: 哲学家
答案解析：
1.解析：B正确
作者在第一段中似乎要告诉我们什么？
第一段说到50岁对于树，大象和运动员的不同意义，也说到觉得50岁应该是他父亲的年纪，自己还无法接受已经到了50岁的年纪。有种感慨时光匆匆的感觉。所以B正确。
2.解析：A正确
作者到了50岁的时候，周围的人是怎么做的？
文中说到了他的一位朋友安慰他，医生也安慰他。
注意B的意思说的是和他一起获得灵感.。无论是他的朋友还是医生都是在inspire，即鼓舞，鼓励他，希望他转变对年老的想法。
3.解析：B正确
从文章我们可以推断出什么？
作者从头至尾是在表现自己对年老的看法的逐渐变化，从开头的无法接受，到慢慢的看开，想到年老的好处，接受变老的事实。用文中的话就是I find myself moving toward what is ahead with a curious blend of both fighting and accepting my aging。（MBA培训）
2014年5月23日英语习题
阅读理解：（在做阅读理解训练时，一定要保持比较轻松和愉悦的心情，因为做题的正确率与心情状态有很大的关系哦。希望大家慢慢培养对阅读理解的喜好之情。O(∩_∩)O~另外，从各班班主任了解到，大家坚持到这个阶段已经有点疲了，疲了很正常，大家及时调整好状态就好。加油~~）
People can be addicted to different things -- e.g. alcohol, drug, certain foods, or even television. People who have such an addiction are compulsive: they have a very powerful psychological need that they feel they must satisfy. According to psychologists, many people are compulsive spenders．They feel that they must spend money．This compulsion, like most others, is impossible to explain reasonably. For compulsive spenders who buy on credit, charge accounts are even more exciting than money. In other words, compulsive spenders feel that with credit, they can do anything．Their pleasure in spending large amounts is actually greater than the pleasure that they get from the things they buy.
There is even a special psychology of bargain hunting．To save money, of course, most people look for sales, low prices, and discounts．Compulsive bargain hunters, however, often buy things that they don't need just because they are cheap．They want to believe that they are helping their budgets, but they are really playing an exciting game．When they can buy something for less than other people, they feel that they are winners．Most people, experts claim, have two reasons for their behavior: a good reason for the things that they do and the real reason.
It is not only scientists, of course, who understand the psychology of spending habits, but also business people. Stores, companies, and advertisers use psychology to increase business. They consider people's needs for love, power, or influence, their basic values, their beliefs and opinions, and so on in their advertising and sales methods.
Psychologists often use a method called "behavior therapy" to help individuals solve their personality problems．In the same way, they can help people who feel that they have problems with money.
1. According to psychologists, a compulsive spender is one who spends large amounts of money ______.
A．and takes great pleasure from what he or she buys（MBA培训）
B．in order to satisfy his or her basic needs in life
C．just to meet his or her strong psychological need
D．entirely with an irrational eagerness
2．The passage is mainly talking about ______.
A．the psychology of money-spending habits
B．the purchasing habits of compulsive spenders
C．a special psychology of bargain hunting
D．the use of the psychology of spending habits in business
3．From the passage we may safely conclude that compulsive spenders or compulsive bargain hunters ______.
A．are really unreasonable
B．need special treatment
C．can't be cured
D．can never get any help to solve their problems with money
