在职攻硕英语考试

【单选题】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 the 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 tall about them. Now with the publication of important books such as "OnDeath andDying" 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 inAmerican society is the topic of fat. Unlike many other taboos, fat is a topic thatAmericans tall about constantly. It’s not taboo to tall about fat; it’s taboo to be fat. The "thin" look is thin, not fat.
In the work world, most companies prefer youthful-looking, trim 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 look, permit themselves to become fat In an image-conscious society like the U.S., thin is "in", fat is "out".
Based on the ideas presented in the passage we can conclude that, inAmerican society, "being fat" ______.

A、has long been a taboo
B、will always remain a taboo
C、may no longer be a taboo someday
D、is not considered a taboo by most people
网考网参考答案：C
网考网解析：
本题是推理题。作者在文中第二段指出，禁忌的内容会随着时间的变化而变化，并且还举例进行了说明。据此推理，肥胖现在是禁忌，有朝一日很可能不再是禁忌，选项C最为适合。作者说肥胖是美国最新的禁忌之一，因此不会是一个由来已久的禁忌，可以排除A选项“肥胖一直以来都是禁忌”。另外B选项“肥胖将永远会是禁忌”和D选项“大多数人都认为肥胖不是禁忌”，根据文中大意，可知这两项都不正确。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>