26. By saying “it is…the rainbow” (Line 3, Para. 1), the author means pink.
- A. cannot explain girls' lack of imagination
- B. should not be associated with girls' innocence
- C. should not be the sole representation of girlhood
- D. cannot influence girls' lives and interests
答案：C
答案句：It is not that pink is intrinsically bad, but it is such a tiny slice of the rainbow and, though it may celebrate girlhood in one way, it also repeatedly and firmly fuses girls’ identity to appearance.
参考译文：并不是说粉色本身不好，但它只是彩虹中极小的一部分，而且尽管它可能在某种程度上颂扬少女时代，它也反复而坚定地将女孩的身份与外表融合在一起。
定位线索：题干“it is…the rainbow”→答案句取自第1段“it is such a tiny slice of the rainbow”；文中“a tiny slice of the rainbow”对应选项C“the sole representation of girlhood”（粉色只是彩虹的一小部分，即不应是少女时代的唯一代表）。
解析：题干要求理解“it is…the rainbow”的含义，答案句直接说明粉色只是彩虹中极小的一部分，暗示它不应被过度强调为少女时代的全部。正确选项C“should not be the sole representation of girlhood”是对“a tiny slice of the rainbow”的合理引申。错误选项A、D无中生有，文中未提及想象力或生活兴趣；选项B偷换概念，文中提到“innocence”但并非否定粉色与纯真的关联。
27. According to Paragraph 2, which of the following is true of colours?
- A. Colours are encoded in girls' DNA.
- B. Blue used to be regarded as the colour for girls.
- C. White is preferred by babies.
- D. Pink used to be a neutral colour in symbolising genders.
答案：B
答案句：When nursery colours were introduced, pink was actually considered the more masculine colour, a pastel version of red, which was associated with strength. Blue, with its intimations of the Virgin Mary, constancy and faithfulness, symbolised femininity.
参考译文：当托儿所颜色被引入时，粉色实际上被认为是更男性化的颜色，是红色的柔和版本，与力量相关联。蓝色，带有圣母玛利亚、坚贞和忠诚的暗示，象征着女性气质。
定位线索：题干“According to Paragraph 2”→答案句取自第2段“Blue...symbolised femininity”；文中“Blue...symbolised femininity”对应选项B“Blue used to be regarded as the colour for girls”（蓝色曾被视为女孩的颜色）。
解析：答案句明确说明蓝色象征女性气质，即女孩的颜色，因此选项B正确。选项A与原文“it is not”矛盾；选项C无中生有，文中未提及婴儿偏好白色；选项D偷换概念，粉色曾被视作男性化颜色，而非中性色。
28. The author suggests that our perception of children's psychological development
- A. the observation of children's nature
- B. the marketing of products for children
- C. researches into children's behaviour
- D. studies of childhood consumption
答案：B
答案句：I had not realised how profoundly marketing trends dictated our perception of what is natural to kids, including our core beliefs about their psychological development. Take the toddler. I assumed that phase was something experts developed after years of research into children’s behaviour: wrong. Turns out, according to Daniel Cook, a historian of childhood consumerism, it was popularised as a marketing trick by clothing manufacturers in the 1930s.
参考译文：我没有意识到营销趋势多么深刻地支配了我们对孩子天性的认知，包括我们对他们心理发展的核心信念。以幼儿为例。我曾以为这个阶段是专家经过多年儿童行为研究后提出的：错了。结果，根据儿童消费史学家丹尼尔·库克的说法，它是由服装制造商在20世纪30年代作为营销技巧推广的。
定位线索：题干“our perception of children's psychological development”→答案句取自第3段“marketing trends dictated our perception...psychological development”；文中“marketing trends”对应选项B“the marketing of products for children”（儿童产品的营销）。
解析：答案句指出营销趋势支配了我们对儿童心理发展的认知，并以“toddler”为例说明其是营销技巧，因此选项B正确。选项A、C、D均为文中提及的干扰信息，但作者明确否定它们（如“wrong”），属于答非所问。
29. We may learn from Paragraph 4 that department stores were advised to
- A. classify consumers into smaller groups
- B. attach equal importance to different genders
- C. focus on infant wear and older kids' clothes
- D. create some common shoppers' terms
答案：A
答案句：Trade publications counselled department stores that, in order to increase sales, they should create a “third stepping stone” between infant wear and older kids’ clothes. It was only after “toddler” became a common shoppers’ term that it evolved into a broadly accepted developmental stage. Splitting kids, or adults, into ever-tinier categories has proved a sure-fire way to boost profits.
参考译文：行业出版物建议百货商店，为了增加销售，他们应该在婴儿服装和大童服装之间创造一个“第三块垫脚石”。只有在“幼儿”成为购物者的常用术语后，它才演变成一个被广泛接受的发展阶段。将孩子或成人分成更细的类别已被证明是提高利润的可靠方法。
定位线索：题干“department stores were advised to”→答案句取自第4段“counselled department stores...create a 'third stepping stone'”；文中“Splitting kids...into ever-tinier categories”对应选项A“classify consumers into smaller groups”（将消费者分成更小的群体）。
解析：答案句指出百货商店被建议创造“第三块垫脚石”，即细分市场，且“Splitting kids...into ever-tinier categories”直接对应选项A。选项B无中生有，文中未提及性别平等；选项C与原文“between infant wear and older kids' clothes”矛盾，是建议创造中间类别而非只关注两端；选项D偷换概念，“toddler”成为常用术语是结果而非建议。
30. It can be concluded that girls' attraction to pink seems to be
- A. fully understood by clothing manufacturers
- B. clearly explained by their inborn tendency
- C. mainly imposed by profit-driven businessmen
- D. well interpreted by psychological experts
答案：C
答案句：It was not until the mid-1980s, when amplifying age and sex differences became a dominant children’s marketing strategy, that pink fully came into its own, when it began to seem inherently attractive to girls, part of what defined them as female, at least for the first few critical years.
参考译文：直到20世纪80年代中期，当放大年龄和性别差异成为主导的儿童营销策略时，粉色才完全流行起来，那时它开始对女孩显得天生有吸引力，成为定义她们女性特征的一部分，至少在最初关键的几年里。
定位线索：题干“girls' attraction to pink seems to be”→答案句取自第2段“amplifying age and sex differences became a dominant children's marketing strategy”；文中“marketing strategy”对应选项C“mainly imposed by profit-driven businessmen”（主要由逐利的商人强加）。
解析：答案句说明粉色对女孩的吸引力源于营销策略，即商业推动，因此选项C正确。选项A“fully understood”程度过重，文中未提及制造商完全理解；选项B“inborn tendency”与原文“not encoded in their DNA”矛盾；选项D“psychological experts”无中生有，文中明确否定专家研究的作用。