题目内容
Everyone knows that the Frenchmen are romantic, the Italians are fashionable and the Germans are serious. Are these just stereotypes or is there really such a thing as national character? And if there is, can it affect how a nation succeed or fail?
At least one group of people is certain that it can. A recent survey of the top 500 entrepreneurs (企业家) in the UK found that 70% felt that their efforts were not appreciated by the British public. Britain is hostile (敌意的) to success, they said. It has a culture of jealousy(嫉妒). 【小题1】 Jealousy is sometimes known as the “green – eyed monster” and the UK is its home.
Scientists at Warwich University in the UK recently tested this idea. They gathered a group of people together and gave each an imaginary amount of money. 【小题2】 Those given a little were given the chance to destroy the large amount of money given to others – but at the cost of losing their own. Two thirds of the people tested agreed to do this.
【小题3】 . But there is also opposite evidence. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development recently reported that the UK is now the world’s fourth largest economy. That is not bad for people who are supposed to hate success. People in the UK also work longer hours than anyone else in Europe. So the British people are not lazy, either.
“It is not really success that the British dislike,” says Carey Cooper, a professor of management at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. “It’s people using their success in a way that seems proud or unfair or which separates them from their roots.”
【小题4】 They set out to do things in their way. They work long hours. By their own efforts they become millionaires. 【小题5】 . It hardly seems worth following their example. If they were more friendly, people would like them more. And more people want to be like them.
A.This seems to prove that the entrepreneurs were right to complain. |
B.The one who owns most money in the end is the winner. |
C.As a result, the survey said, entrepreneurs were “unloved, unwanted and misunderstood.” |
D.It is not true that British people are born jealous of others` success. |
F. But instead of being happy they complain that nobody loves them.
G. Perhaps it is the entrepreneurs who are the problem.
【小题1】C
【小题2】E
【小题3】A
【小题4】G
【小题5】F
解析试题分析:本文讲述的是在英国很多的企业家都被人嫉妒,文章分析了这一现象的原因。
【小题1】C 根据前句A recent survey of the top 500 entrepreneurs (企业家) in the UK found that 70% felt that their efforts were not appreciated by the British public. Britain is hostile (敌意的) to success, they said. It has a culture of jealousy可知因为英国人的嫉妒心,导致这些企业家被嫉妒和误解。故C正确。
【小题2】E 根据下句Those given a little were given the chance to destroy the large amount of money given to others – but at the cost of losing their own.说明有些人得到的钱多一些,有一些人得到的钱就少一些。故E正确。
【小题3】A 根据前一段Those given a little were given the chance to destroy the large amount of money given to others – but at the cost of losing their own. Two thirds of the people tested agreed to do this.可知那些分配得到较少的人就更容易破坏别人的东西,说明有钱人的抱怨是有道理的,故A正确。
【小题4】G 根据前句“It’s people using their success in a way that seems proud or unfair or which separates them from their roots.”可知这些企业家,这些有钱人也有问题。故G正确。
【小题5】F 根据下句It hardly seems worth following their example. If they were more friendly, people would like them more. And more people want to be like them.可知如果他们对别人更友好一些,人们就会更喜欢他们。故F项符合上下文。
考点:考察社会现象类短文阅读
点评:本文讲述的是在英国很多的企业家都被人嫉妒,文章分析了这一现象的原因。本题的关键在于要根据上下文的语境来找出串联的信息点,把握上下文之间的逻辑关系,通过前后的意思连贯性及细致性用心的答题,定能完成的很好。
Oh, boy! Time for a game now. oldest brother is the seeker so k have to hide extra good because he’s smart and will find me quickly.But where? Behind the garage won’t work. The barn is too easy. Wait, I know. The door leading under the porch is perfect. No one would look for me under there.
It smells unpleasant under this porch. Wish I had picked another place to hide. Smelly cats! Too late now, I can hear brother seeking everyone out. I’ll just sit here quiet as a mouse. Hah hah hah! I can hear you out by the barn! You’ll never find me over there!
It’s been a while and he hasn’t found me yet. What’s that I hear? Now all my brothers are looking for me. They’ve all been caught, but not me. They’ll never trick me into coming out to catch me. Wait, is that Dad I hear calling my name? Oh no, now I hear someone going to call Grandpa to help look for me. I’m not coming out now because I’m in really big trouble.
What to do? If I come out and say I heard them calling me, I’ll be in big trouble. Think, think! How do I get out of trouble? I know what to do! I’ll tell them I fell asleep while waiting. Is that Grandpa’s voice? Heh heh heh! Now’s my chance. I’ll crawl out slowly and rub my eyes. Now that I see Grandpa go towards me quickly, I say. “I feel asleep.”
“Oh! You had us all worried!” says Grandpa. “You little devil, I’m just glad you’re all right, but next time try not to fall asleep and scare us like that, okay?” says Dad. Whew! I pulled it off (成功). Now to keep my mouth shut. And I did, for over 42 years. Once in a while, a kid pulls the wool over people’s eyes. So that’s one of my little secrets I’ve never revealed before. Don’t tell anyone now!
【小题1】The place where the boy was hiding smelt terrible because it .
A.was too wet there | B.was used as a barn |
C.was dirtied by animals | D.was just under the garage |
A.Happy – excited – nervous. | B.Regretted – happy – anxious. |
C.Excited – nervous – disappointed. | D.Happy – nervous – regretted. |
A.Children can win others’ trust more easily than adults. |
B.Children can tell a lie that others believe to be true. |
C.Children can be easily fooled by adults. |
D.Children are good at telling lies. |
A.a teenager | B.a naughty boy child |
C.a young adult | D.a middle – aged man |
In Greek mythology(神话), the gods punished Sisyphus by forcing him to roll a rock up a steep hill for eternity(来世). But he was probably better off than if they’d forced him to sit and stare into space until the end of time, conclude the authors of a new study on keeping busy. They found that people who have something to do, even something pointless, are happier than people who sit around.
“The general phenomenon I’m interested in is why people are too busy doing what they are doing in modern society,” says Christopher K. Hsee, of the University of Chicago. “People are running around, working hard, the way beyond the basic level.” Sure, there are reasons, like making a living, earning money, and so on. But, Hsee says, “I think there’s something deeper: We have extra energy and we want to avoid idleness.”
In a study 98 students were asked to complete two surveys. After they had completed the first they were made to wait 15 minutes to receive the next one. They were given a choice of either handing in the first survey nearby or at a more distant location they had to walk to. Whichever option they chose, they received a chocolate bar. Not everyone chose to go to the faraway location. Two-thirds chose the lazy option. Yet those who chose to stay busy by going to the faraway location were found to be happier than those who had stayed put.
But if the chocolate bars offered at the two locations were different, they were more likely to choose the far location—because they could make up a good and acceptable reason for the trip, Hsee and his colleagues say.
Hsee thinks it may be possible to use this principle—people like being busy, and they like being able to show being busy right or reasonable—to benefit society. “If we can find a way for idle people to engage in activity that is at least not harmful, I think it is better than destructive business,” he says. Hsee himself has been known to give a research assistant a useless task when he doesn’t have anything to do, so he isn’t sitting around the office getting bored and depressed.
【小题1】The author starts the passage with the Greek mythology story to ________.
A.make it easier to understand the passage |
B.draw readers’ attention to Greek culture |
C.show Greek people enjoyed being busy |
D.bring about the subject of the passage |
A.make others think they are not lazy |
B.keep their energy at the basic level |
C.earn more money to support their family |
D.avoid the state of having nothing to do |
A.remained there | B.kept occupied | C.got around | D.stayed awake |
A.Blue. | B.Empty. | C.Contented. | D.Trapped. |