PTE考生目前最大的问题之一就是练习题缺乏。除了有限的基本官方书（PLUS，Testbuilder, OG）之外就没有题了。很多英语基础不是很扎实的同学很难找到练习材料。悉尼文波雅思PTE培训学校专门为澳洲，尤其是悉尼、墨尔本的PTE考生准备了适合PTE听力阅读练习的科学60秒。各位PTE同学可以练习PTE听力中的summarise spoken text和PTE口语中的retell lecture，练习记笔记技巧和复述。
以下是墨尔本悉尼霍巴特文波PTE雅思培训学校为大家整理的原文材料：
Companies spend billions on advertising every year. But they’re not just pushing products—they’re selling their brand’s “personality,” too. Think: Red Bull. What comes to mind? Most people say things like speed…power…hyper…extreme.
Well, a pair of scientists wanted to see if the energy drink’s alleged qualities would influence people’s performance in a race car video game—without sipping Red Bull. So they had 70 volunteers race cars with identical specs, but different paint jobs. Four with the logo and colors of a drink—Guinness, Tropicana, Coca–Coca or Red Bull—and one car just plain green.
The drivers clocked similar times with most of the cars. But behind the wheel of the Red Bull car, they actually drove more aggressively, scoring either incredibly fast race times, or their slowest—by driving recklessly and crashing. The study appears in the Journal of ConsumerPsychology. [S. Adam Brasel and James Gips, “Red Bull “Gives You Wings” for better or worse: A double–edged impact of brand exposure on consumer performance“]
Polled after the game, the players didn’t realize the Red Bull image apparently influenced their driving. Which suggests marketing doesn’t just influence a brand’s personality. It could be shaping our personalities, too, without our even knowing it.
—Christopher Intagliata
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