题目
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Markets and queues—paying and waiting—are two different ways of allocating things,and each is appropriate to different activities.The morals of the queue,“First come,first served,”have an egalitarian(平等主义的) appeal.They tell us to ignore privilege,power,and deep pockets.
The principle seems right on playgrounds and at bus stops.But the morals of the queue do not govern all occasions.If I put my house up for sale,I have no duty to accept the first offer that comes along,simply because it’s the first.Selling my house and waiting for a bus are different activities,properly governed by different standards.
Sometimes standards change,and it is unclear which principle should apply.Think of the recorded message you hear,played over and over,as you wait on hold when calling your bank:“Your call will be answered in the order in which it was received.”This is essential for the morals of the queue.It’s as if the company is trying to ease our impatience with fairness.
But don’t take the recorded message too seriously.Today,some people’s calls are answered faster than others.Call center technology enables companies to“score”incomings calls and to give faster service to those that come from rich places.You might call this telephonic queue jumping.
Of course,markets and queues are not the only ways of allocating things.Some goods we distribute by merit,others by need,still others by chance.However,the tendency of markets to replace queues,and other nonmarket ways of allocating goods is so common in modern life that we scarcely notice it anymore.It is striking that most of the paid queuejumping schemes we’ve considered—at airports and amusement parks,in call centers,doctors’offices,and national parks—are recent developments,scarcely imaginable three decades ago.The disappearance of the queues in these places may seem an unusual concern,but these are not the only places that markets have entered.
小题1:According to the author,which of the following seems governed by the principle“First come,first served”?
A.Taking buses. |
B.Buying houses. |
C.Flying with an airline. |
D.Visiting amusement parks. |
A.the necessity of patience in queuing |
B.the advantage of modern technology |
C.the uncertainty of allocation principle |
D.the fairness of telephonic services |
A.justify paying for faster services |
B.discuss the morals of allocating things |
C.analyze the reason for standing in line |
D.criticize the behavior of queue jumping |
答案
小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:B
解析
小题1:解析:选A。细节理解题。题干中的关键词为“First come,first served”,定位于第二、三段。第二段描述的是排队的道德问题,又根据第三段第一句The principle seems right on playgrounds and at bus stops.及第四句Selling my house and waiting for a bus are different activities,properly governed by different standards.(卖房和等公交车是不同的活动,受不同标准的制约。)可知,等公交车是受“先到先得”这一标准制约的,而卖房不在此列。由上面的分析排除B项房屋买卖的问题;再根据第一段第一句可知,直接从航空公司和游乐园买票的特权可以避免排队等候的问题,故排除C、D两项。
小题2:解析:选C。细节理解题。题干中的关键词为illustrates,定位于第四、五段。第四段第一句Sometimes standards change,and it is unclear which principle should apply.说明了适用规则的不确定性,第五段第一句But don’t take the recorded message too seriously.又说不要太把这个事例当回事,也说明了这一点。A项“排队耐心等待的必要性”与这两段的描述内容不符,可排除;B项“现代科技的优势”不是作者叙述的重点,只是一个举例论证的方法;D项“电话服务业的公平性”也不对,应该说是其时效性和优质的服务性等。
小题3:解析:选B。主旨大意题。题干中的关键词为is meant to,定位于全篇文章。第二段和第六段的第一句都表明了这篇文章的核心话题就是对分配性事务的道德问题的探讨,找出文中的复现句,其反复讨论的话题大多就是文章的主旨。A项“快速支付服务的证明”,这样的总结过于片面;C项“分析排队的理由”,是对第一段内容的误解;D项“批评插队行为”也是过于狭隘,这三项均不能从整体上把握全篇的主旨。
核心考点
试题【We’ve considered several ways of paying to cut in line:hiring line standers,buyi】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
Some people prefer to do almost everything over the internet.To them,dealing with an actual human is like an evolutionary step backward.It feels very slow because humans don’t work at 4G speeds.When you have dinner with friends,you will often notice someone paying more attention to his mobile phone.We have programmed ourselves to think that every new message brings lifechanging news,so taking calls and checking our texts are more important than talking to the people we are with.What is worse,some people even tend to send anonymous(匿名的) rude messages by email.
However,rudeness is never acceptable.Don’t assume it is OK to be rude if the person you’re in touch with won’t recognize you.If you have something awful to say,have the courage to face the person and say it,write a letter or email and sign it,or forget it.Upsetting people with unsigned messages is cruel and disgusting.
We shouldn’t blame technology for our shortcomings.Technology is here to help us,but we should not allow it to take over our lives.An important step ia acknowledging our shortcomings.People spend a lot of time pointing out bad manners but it would be even more helpful if we’d publicly acknowledge good manners when we see them.
小题1:What can be inferred from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1?
A.People can tell good from bad behavior. |
B.Radar is able to observe human behavior. |
C.People care little about their behavior. |
D.Radar can be used to predict human behavior. |
A.they are becoming less patient |
B.they are growing too independent |
C.they have to handle many important messages |
D.they have to follow an evolutionary step backward. |
A.ridiculous | B.disgusting |
C.acceptable | D.reasonable |
A.We should applaud good behavior. |
B.Technology can never be blamed. |
C.We should keep pointing out mistakes. |
D.Technology will take over our lives one day. |
(2013·高考北京卷)Until relatively recently,the vast majority of human beings lived and died without ever seeing a city.The first city was probably founded no more than 5,500 years ago.__ 小题1:__In fact,nearly everyone lived on farms or in tiny rural (乡村的) villages.It was not until the 20th century that Great Britain became the first urban society in history—a society in which the majority of people live in cities and do not farm for a living.
Britain was only the beginning. 小题2:__The process of urbanization—the migration (迁徙) of people from the countryside to the city—was the result of modernization,which has rapidly transformed how people live and where they live.
In 1990,fewer than 40% of Americans lived in urban areas.Today,over 82% of Americans live in cities.Only about 2% live on farms.__ 小题3:__
Large cities were impossible until agriculture became industrialized.Even in advanced agricultural societies,it took about ninetyfive people on farms to feed five people in cities._ 小题4:_Until modern times,those living in cities were mainly the ruling elite(精英) and the servants,laborers and professionals who served them.Cities survived by taxing farmers and were limited in size by the amount of surplus food that the rural population produced and by the ability to move this surplus from farm to city.
Over the past two centuries,the Industrial Revolution has broken this balance between the city and the country. 小题5:_Today,instead of needing ninetyfive farmers to feed five city people,one American farmer is able to feed more than a hundred nonfarmers.
A.That kept cities very small. |
B.The rest live in small towns. |
C.The effects of urban living on people should be considered. |
D.Soon many other industrial nations became urban societies. |
F.Modernization drew people to the cities and made farmers more productive.
G.Modern cities have destroyed social relations and the health of human beings.
It"s a great story, but it doesn"t strike me as especially newsworthy. News is supposed to be about something fairly unique, and recent research suggests that, in the right circumstances, lots of people also would have grabbed their Rosie first.
We have strange relationships with our pets. We lavish our pets with adoration and better health care than billions of people receive. We speak to pets with the same high-pitched voices that we use for babies. As an extreme example of our feelings about pets, the Nazis had strict laws that guaranteed the humane treatment of the pets of Jews being shipped to death camps.
A recent paper by George Regents University demonstrates this human involvement with pets to an astonishing extent. Participants in the study were told a situation in which a bus is out of control, bearing down on a dog and a human. Which do you save? With responses from more than 500 people, the answer was that it depended: What kind of human and what kind of dog?
Everyone would save a brother, grandparent or close friend rather than a strange dog. But when people considered their own dog versus people less connected with them—a distant cousin or a hometown stranger—votes in favor of saving the dog came rolling in. And an astonishing 40% of respondents, including 46% of women, voted to save their dog over a foreign tourist.
What does a finding like this mean? First, that your odds aren"t so good if you find yourself in another country with a bus bearing down on you and a cute dog. But it also points to something deeper: our unprecedented(史无前例的) attitude toward animals, which got its start with the birth of humane societies in the 19th century.
We prison people who abuse animals, put ourselves in harm"s way in boats between whales and whalers and show sympathy to Bambi and his mother. We can extend empathy to an animal and feel its pain like no other species. But let"s not be too proud of ourselves. As this study and too much of our history show, we"re pretty selective about how we extend our humaneness to other human beings.
小题1:What is the function of the first paragraph?
A.To create a relaxing mood for readers. |
B.To present the theme of this essay straightly. |
C.To lead in the main topic of this essay. |
D.To raise problems that will be solved later. |
A.to show how cruel the Nazis were to the Jews |
B.as an example to persuade people not to love pets |
C.to illustrate the strange relationship between human and pets |
D.as an example to display the humaneness of the Nazis |
A.The story of the Anleys and their dog was too unique to be newsworthy. |
B.Most people surveyed choose to save their own dog rather than a human. |
C.It was in the 19th century that human beings started to love their pets. |
D.Human beings are more and more concerned with animals nowadays. |
A.Pets are of great significance to us human beings. |
B.We should rethink about our attitude towards animals and mankind. |
C.It is kind of human beings to extend humaneness to animals. |
D.We should be selective when showing attitude toward other human beings. |
People thank each other everywhere in England, all the time. When people buy something in a shop, customer and shop assistant in most cases thank each other twice or more. In Germany, it would be exceptional to hear more than one thank you in such a conversation. British students thank their lecturers when leaving the room. English employers thank their employees for doing their jobs, as opposite to Germans, who would normally think that paying their workers money is already enough.
Another thing I observed during my stay was that English people rarely criticize others. Even when I was working and mistakes were pointed out to me, my employers emphasized several times but none of their explanations were intended as criticism. It has been my impression that by avoiding criticism, English people are making an effort to make others feel comfortable. This also is showed in other ways. British men still open doors for women, and British men are more likely to treat women to a meal than German men. However, I do need to point out here that this applies to English men a bit more than it would to Scottish men! Yes, the latter are a bit tightfisted.
小题1:What is the author’s attitude towards English politeness?
A.He thinks it is unnecessary. | B.He thinks little of it. |
C.He appreciates it very much. | D.He thinks it goes too far. |
A.German men never treat a woman to dinner. |
B.The author think it’s unnecessary to say “thank you” to the bus driver. |
C.In Germany, employers often say “thank you” to employees for their job. |
D.Germans think it is unnecessary to thank workers because payment is enough. |
A.like to fight with each other |
B.treat women in a polite way |
C.are as generous as English men |
D.are unwilling to spend money for women |
A.making comparisons | B.telling stories | C.giving reasons | D.giving examples |
The good news is that being likeable can help a child perform better. Likeable children enjoy many advantages, including the ability to cope(对付) more easily with stresses of growing up.
In her book Understanding Child Stress, Dr. Carolyn Leonard states that children who are likeable and optimistic are able to gain support from others. This leads to focus and resilience, the ability to recover from or adjust early to life stress; a child who has adequate emotional armor can continue down the path to success. Much research shows that resilience has enabled children to succeed in school, avoid drug abuse, and develop a healthy self-awareness.
Why does a likeable child more easily handle stress and do better in his or her life? Because likeability helps create what’s known as a positive feedback loop(回馈圈). The positive feelings you want to see in other people are returned to you, creating constant encouragement and motivation to deal with the daily stress of life.
This feedback loop continues into adulthood. To return once again to the example of teaching, learning becomes easier with a likeable personality. Michael Delucchi of the University of Hawaii reviewed dozens of studies to determine if likeable teachers received good ratings because of their likeability or because they in fact taught well. Delucchi found that “Students who perceive(察觉) a teacher as likeable, in contrast to(比照) those who do not, may be more attentive to the information that the teacher delivers and they’ll work harder on assignments, and they will learn more.”
You may have noticed this pattern in your own life when you try to give some advice. The more positive your relationship with that person, the more he or she seems to listen, and the more you feel certain that that person has heard you and intends to act on your words.
小题1:The writer implies in the first paragraph that __________.
A.children are expected much than we usually think |
B.life is not easy for every one of us |
C.better education results in smarter children |
D.to be a likable child is almost impossible |
A.can cope more easily with stress independently |
B.know how to avoid trouble and unpleasant events |
C.are always optimistic and ready to help those in need |
D.can achieve more and understand themselves better |
A.mental support from friends | B.mental support from adults |
C.failures in life | D.ability to handle life stress |
A.if a likeable teacher has a positive personality |
B.if a likeable teacher draws more attention |
C.how a teacher’s likeability gains popularity |
D.how a likeable teacher’s teaching style is formed |
A.likeable people do better in life generally |
B.likeable people do better in their childhood |
C.social creatures enjoy more advantages |
D.likeable people give better advice |
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