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".
In the U.S., the expression that thin is "in" and fat is "out" probably means ______.

A、thin is "diligent" and fat is "lazy"
B、thin is "fashionable" and fat is "unfashionable"
C、thin is "inside" and fat is "outside"
D、thin is "spiritless" and fat is "vigorous\
网考网参考答案：B
网考网解析：
本题是语意理解题。根据原文，我们可以把in理解成in fashion，把out理解成out fashion，与此最为接近的就是B选项。A选项意为“勤劳和懒惰”、C选项意为“里面和外面”和D选项意为“死气沉沉和生气勃勃”，都相差太远，显然不对。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>