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14.You may not pay much attention to your daily elevator ride.Many of us use a lift several times during the day without really thinking about it.But Lee Gray,PhD,of the University of North Carolina,US,has made it his business to examine this unnoticed form of public transport.He is known as the"Elevator Guy"."The lift becomes this interesting social space where behaviors are sort of odd (奇怪的),"Gray told the BBC."They (elevators) are socially very interesting but often very awkward places."
We walk in and usually turn around to face the door.If someone else comes in,we may have to move.And here,according to Gray,liftusers unthinkingly go through a set pattern of movements.He told the BBC what he had observed.
He explained that when you are the only one inside a lift,you can do whatever you want-it's your own little box.
If there are two of you,you go into different corners,standing diagonally (对角线地) across from each other to create distance.
When a third person enters,you will unconsciously form a triangle.And when there is a fourth person it becomes a square,with someone in every corner.A fifth person is probably going to have to stand in the middle.
Newcomers to the lift will need to size up the situation when the doors slide open and then act decisively.Once in,for most people the rule is simple-look down,or look at your phone.
Why are we so awkward in lifts?
"You don't have enough space,"Professor Babette Renneberg,a clinical psychologist at the Free University of Berlin,told the BBC."Usually when we meet other people we have about an arm's length of distance between us.And that's not possible in most elevators."
In such a small,enclosed space it becomes very important to act in a way that cannot be understood as threatening or odd."The easiest way to do this is to avoid eye contact,"she said.
63.The main purpose of the article is toD.
A.remind us to enjoy ourselves in the elevator
B.analyze what makes people feel awkward in an elevator
C.share an interesting but awkward elevator ride
D.tell us some unwritten rules of elevator behaviors
64.Which of the following describes how people usually stand when there are at least two people in an elevator?C
65.The underlined phrase"size up"in Paragraph 7is closest in meaning toB.
A.ignore B.judge C.put up with D.make use of
66.According to the article,people feel awkward in lifts because ofA.
A.the lack of space B.someone's strange behaviors
C.their unfamiliarity with one another D.their eye contact with one another.
分析 本文属于记叙文阅读,作者通过这篇文章向我们介绍了我们在日常乘坐电梯的时候可能会感到尴尬,因为电梯中缺乏空间,而人们习惯于与对方保持一定距离.
解答 63.D 主旨大意题.文章介绍了电梯里的礼貌举止,中间部分特别介绍了电梯里的行为规则,故选D.
64.C 细节理解题.根据第六段中的"And when there is a fourth person it becomes a square,with someone in every corner."可知,当电梯里有四个人的时候,他们通常是站在四个墙角,故选C.
65.B 词义猜测题.根据上面分析的电梯里人们的行为,结合句中的"when the doors slide open and then act decisively"可知,该词的意思是:要进入电梯的人通常会判断电梯里的情况,然后决定自己的行为方向,故选B.
66.A 细节理解题.根据倒数第四段中"Once in,for most people the rule is simple,look down,or look at your phone."可知,人们是习惯于与对方保持一定距离的,只是在电梯中无法做到,因为电梯中缺乏空间,因此人们感到尴尬,故选A.
点评 考查学生的细节理解和推理判断能力.做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确选择.在做推理判断题时不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
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