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At some time in your life you may have a strong desire to do something strange or terrible. However, chances are that you don’t
At some time in your life you may have a strong desire to do something strange or terrible. However, chances are that you don’t
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2015-12-31
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At some time in your life you may have a strong desire to do something strange or terrible. However, chances are that you don’t act on your impulse, but let it pass instead. You know that to commit the action is wrong in some way and that other people will not accept your behavior.
Perhaps the most interesting thing about the phenomenon of taboo behavior is how it can change over the years within the same society, how certain behavior and attitudes once considered taboo can become perfectly acceptable and natural at another point in time. Topics such as death, for example, were once considered so upsetting and unpleasant that it was a taboo to even talk about them. Now with the publication of important books such as On Death and Dying and Learning to Say Goodbye, people have become more aware of the importance of expressing feelings about death and, as a result, are more willing to talk about this taboo subject.
One of the newest taboos in American society is the topic of fat. Unlike many other taboos, fat is a topic that Americans talk about constantly. It’s not taboo to talk about fat; it’s taboo to be fat. The "in" look is thin, not fat. In the work world, most companies prefer youthful-looking, trim(苗条的,身材修长的) executives to sell their image as well as their products to the public. The thin look is associated with youth, vigor and success. The fat person, on the other hand, is thought of as lazy and lacking in energy, self-respect. After all, people think, how can people who care about themselves, and therefore the way they took, permit themselves to become fat? In an image-conscious society like the US, thin is "in", fat is "out".
Based on the ideas presented in the passage we can conclude "being fat" ______in American society.
选项
A、will always remain a taboo
B、may no longer be a taboo some day
C、has long been a taboo
D、is not considered a taboo by most people
答案
B
解析
本题是一道具体细节题。问根据文章中的观点,我们可以得出结论,在美国社会中长得胖会怎样。利用查阅式阅读法,我们可以在文章第三段中找到相关内容。这段指出,在美国社会,最新的禁忌话题之一是“胖”,与其他诸多禁忌不同,“胖”是个为人们所不断谈论的话题。谈论胖并不是禁忌,而发胖才是禁忌。另外,根据文章第二段的第一句话,也许有关禁忌行为这一现象最有趣的是它如何在同一社会中随着时间的变化而发生变化,曾被视为禁忌的某些行为及态度是如何在过些时候便被认为是自然的事情而被完全接受。因此,本题的正确答案应是B“也许有朝一日不再是禁忌的事情了”。
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