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Researchers at the University of Kansas say that people can accurately judge 90 percent 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 JournalofResearchinPersonality.“Shoes serve a practical purpose,and also serve as nonverbal cues with symbolic messages.People tend to pay attention to the shoes they and others wear.”
MedicalDailynotes that the number of detailed personality characters detected in the study includes a person’s general age,gender,income,political relationship,and other personality characters,including someone’s emotional stability.
Lead researcher Omri Gillath said the judgments were based on the style,cost,colour and condition of someone’s shoes.In the study,63 University of Kansas students looked at pictures showing 208 different 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(性格外向者).
However,there are some specific results.For example,“practical and functional” shoes were generally worn by more “agreeable” people,while ankle boots were more closely aligned(使一致)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(过度的)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.
21We learn from the text that shoes one wears may .
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
答案:D
解析:细节理解题。由第一、二、三段可知,一个人穿的鞋子可以反映一个人的部分信息,包括情绪稳定性。A项accurately错误;B项thickinformation错误;C项only限定错误。
22Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?
A.People with high income 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.
答案:B
解析:细节理解题。由第七段可知,这样的人应该很容易相处(agreeablepeople)。
23What does the underlined phrase “attachment anxiety” probably mean?
A.Attaching happiness to one’s personality.
B.Worrying about everything.
C.Worrying about their appearance too often.
D.Wasting an inordinate amount of time.
答案:C
解析:词义猜测题。根据下文“spendinganinordinate(过度的)amountoftimeworryingaboutwhatotherpeoplethinkofyourappearance”可知答案。
24What can be the best title for this article?
A.Shoes and One’s Personality
B.Shoes and Information
C.Shoes One Wears
D.Judging One’s Personality
答案:A
解析:主旨大意题。由第一段可知,本文表达一个人穿着的鞋子能一定程度上反映一个人的性格,因而A项能够更好地概况本文意思。
