15．Researchers at the University of Kansas say that people can accurately judge 90percent of a stranger's personality simply by looking at the person's shoes．
"Shoes convey a thin but useful slice of information about their wearers，"the authors wrote in the new study published in the Journal of Research in Personality．"Shoes serve a practical purpose，and also serve as nonverbal cues （暗示） with symbolic messages．People tend to pay attention to the shoes they and others wear．"
Medical Daily notes that the number of detailed personality traits （特性） detected in the study include a person's general age，their gender，income，political affiliation，and other personality traits，including someone's emotional stability．
Lead researcher OmriGillath said the judgments were based on the style，cost，color and condition of someone's shoes．In the study，63University of Kansas students looked at pictures showing 208different pairs of shoes worn by the study's participants．Volunteers in the study were photographed in their most commonly worn shoes，and then filled out a personality questionnaire．
So，what do your shoes say about your personality？
Some of the results were expected：People with higher incomes most commonly wore expensive shoes，and flashier footwear was typically worn by extroverts（外向性格的人）．
However，some of the more specific results are interesting．For example，"practical and functional"shoes were generally worn by more"agreeable"people，while ankle boots were more closely aligned （與…結(jié)盟） with"aggressive"personalities．
The strangest of all may be that those who wore"uncomfortable looking"shoes tend to have"calm"personalities．And if you have several pairs of new shoes or take exceptional care of them，you may suffer from"attachment anxiety"，spending an inordinate （過度的） amount of time worrying about what other people think of your appearance．There was even a political calculation in the mix with more liberal types wearing"shabbier and less expensive"shoes．
The researchers noted that some people will choose shoe styles to mask their actual personality traits，but researchers noted that volunteers were also likely to be unaware that their footwear choices were revealing deep insights into their personalities．
29．We learn from the text that shoes one wears mayD．
A．be used to judge others'personality accurately
B．show thick and useful information about one's personality
C．only convey some information about one's personality
D．convey useful information including one's emotional stability
30．Which of the following is NOT true according to the test？B
A．People with high incomes probably wear expensive shoes．
B．People wear practical and functional shoes may be hard to deal with．
C．Ankle boots are closely aligned with"aggressive"personalities．
D．People wearing"uncomfortable looking"shoes tend to be calm．
31．What do the underlined words"attachment anxiety"probably mean？C
A．Attached happiness to one's personality．
B．Feeling always worried about everything．
C．Often feeling worried about his or her appearance．
D．Wasting an inordinate amount of time．
32．What can be the best title for this article？D
A．How To Choose Suitable Shoes
B．How To Judge People's Traits
C．People Are What They Wear
D．Shoes Reflect People's Personalities．
分析 本文是關(guān)于個人所穿的鞋子能夠反應(yīng)出你的性格等個人信息．
解答 29．D 推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章1，2段"Shoes convey a thin but useful slice of information about their wearers，"和Shoes serve a practical purpose，and also serve as nonverbal cues with symbolic messages．說明人穿的鞋子能夠反應(yīng)出他的性格特征，故D正確．
30．B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)"practical and functional"shoes were generally worn by more"agreeable"people，說明穿"practical and functional"鞋子的人是很容易被說服而同意別人的觀點(diǎn)的人，故A項(xiàng)說發(fā)是錯誤的，A項(xiàng)符合題目要求．
31．C 猜測詞義題．根據(jù)下文spending an inordinate （過度的） amount of time worrying about what other people think of your appearance花太多的時間去擔(dān)心別人怎么想你的樣子．可知attachment anxiety的意思選項(xiàng)C符合．
32．D 主旨大意題．本文是關(guān)于個人所穿的鞋子能夠反應(yīng)出你的性格等個人信息．故選項(xiàng)中B項(xiàng)符合文章大意，故B項(xiàng)正確．
點(diǎn)評 本文內(nèi)容有趣味性，但是文章中的詞匯障礙較多，需要考生在閱讀的時候有足夠的耐心．要養(yǎng)成在上下文串聯(lián)中猜測詞義的能力，根據(jù)上下文中出現(xiàn)的同義詞，近義詞，反義詞，以及詞義的解釋來理解生詞．同時要抓住文章的中心，不要受其他信息的影響．要根據(jù)題目及選項(xiàng)以及文章的上下文串聯(lián)合理的判斷推理．
