我的答案：B
16、1. Marketing communications can influence a consumer’s level of self-esteem. Exposure to advertisements can trigger a process of social comparison, in which a person tries to evaluate his or her self by comparing it to the people shown in advertising images.
（）A consumer’s level of self-esteem is the effect of a process of social comparison.
A:对
B:错
我的答案：B
17、Which pattern is adopted in the following paragraph: Evidence clearly indicates that high levels of noise are harmful to human well-being, and noise-pollution needs to be controlled. This is particularly relevant in the industrial sector. Industrial noise pollution affects people in various ways. It causes… Perhaps more importantly, industrial noise causes…
A:Cause-focused pattern
B:Effect-focused pattern
我的答案：B
18、How is the following paragraph developed: The decline of the extended family is promoted by the changing nature of work. In rural societies, as among the poor in industrial societies,… In industrial societies, conversely, …
A:By comparison
B:By contrast
我的答案：B
19、Put the following sentences in correct order to be a coherent paragraph.
①Kin do not always live together or function as a group but they may recognize certain rights, responsibilities, and obligations to one another.
②Kinship refers to a social network of people who are related by common ancestry or origin, by marriage, or by adoption.
③Kin can include close relatives such as parents, and distant relatives such as third cousins.A:③①②
B:②③①
C:①③②
我的答案：B
第四章
1、阅读下文，为各空选择合适的词，排出所选词的顺序
The development of modern society is closely related to the advanced technology. Although the technology brings us so many benefits, some people believe that it has (1) the gap between the rich and the poor, while others hold the (2) opinion.
The pros believe that technological development enables the wealthy people to grasp more (3) to be richer. As we know, the advanced technology products are usually so expensive that only the (4) can afford them. With the aid of these products, a rich man can easily get an instant commercial information and make a valuable investment, which will probably bring arapid wealth growth to the rich, meanwhile, (5) the chance of the poor to obtain wealth.
(6), the objectors claim that hi-tech provides a chance for the poor to catch up with the rich. The advanced technology makes some electronic products such as mobile phone, TV, radio, even the Internet (7) to the poor, so they can get more opportunities to communicate with others and gain abundant knowledge, with which they could ultimately (8) their economic conditions.
