四級考試閱讀備考筆記（56）
Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage:
Statuses are marvelous human inventions that enable us to get along with one another and to determine where we fit in society. As we go about our everyday lives, we mentally attempt to place people in terms of their statuses. For example, we must judge whether the person in the library is a reader or a librarian, whether the telephone caller is a friend or a salesman, whether the unfamiliar person on our property is a thief or a meter reader, and so on.
注：1.首句主題句
2.fit 加了引號，意義有所改變
3.property 財產，尤指房產
The statuses we assume often vary with the people we encounter, and change throughout life. Most of us can, at very high speed, assume the statuses that various situations require. Much of social interaction consists of identifying and selecting among appropriate statuses and allowing other people to assume their statuses in relation to us. This means that we fit our actions to those of other people based on a constant mental process of appraisal and interpretation. Although some of us find the task more difficult than others, most of us perform it rather effortlessly.
注：1.I am nobody 我是無名之輩;somebody 大人物;I am small / big potato 我是小/大人物;
2.this means 解釋上一句，所以這句與上一句難句意思應該接近
3.mental process 思維過程
4.effortlessly 毫不費力的
52. According to the writer, people often assume different statuses _________.
A) in order to identify themselves with others
B) in order to better identify others
C) as their mental processes change
D) as the situation changes
注：different 對應第第二段中的 various，該題應為第二段第一句改寫
53. The word appraisal most probably means ___________ .
A) involvement
B) appreciation
C) assessment
D) presentation
注：詞匯題。一種心理活動，A 涉及，B 感激，C 評價，D 成交，故排除非心理活動A項和D項，采用代入法可排除B項。
Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage:
Statuses are marvelous human inventions that enable us to get along with one another and to determine where we fit in society. As we go about our everyday lives, we mentally attempt to place people in terms of their statuses. For example, we must judge whether the person in the library is a reader or a librarian, whether the telephone caller is a friend or a salesman, whether the unfamiliar person on our property is a thief or a meter reader, and so on.
注：1.首句主題句
2.fit 加了引號，意義有所改變
3.property 財產，尤指房產
The statuses we assume often vary with the people we encounter, and change throughout life. Most of us can, at very high speed, assume the statuses that various situations require. Much of social interaction consists of identifying and selecting among appropriate statuses and allowing other people to assume their statuses in relation to us. This means that we fit our actions to those of other people based on a constant mental process of appraisal and interpretation. Although some of us find the task more difficult than others, most of us perform it rather effortlessly.
注：1.I am nobody 我是無名之輩;somebody 大人物;I am small / big potato 我是小/大人物;
2.this means 解釋上一句，所以這句與上一句難句意思應該接近
3.mental process 思維過程
4.effortlessly 毫不費力的
52. According to the writer, people often assume different statuses _________.
A) in order to identify themselves with others
B) in order to better identify others
C) as their mental processes change
D) as the situation changes
注：different 對應第第二段中的 various，該題應為第二段第一句改寫
53. The word appraisal most probably means ___________ .
A) involvement
B) appreciation
C) assessment
D) presentation
注：詞匯題。一種心理活動，A 涉及，B 感激，C 評價，D 成交，故排除非心理活動A項和D項，采用代入法可排除B項。
