题目内容
5.We've considered several ways of paying to cut inline:hiring line standers,buying tickets from scalpers (票贩子),or purchasing line cutting privileges directly from,say,an airline or an amusement park.Each of these deals replaces the morals of the queue (waiting your turn) with the morals of the market (paying a price for faster service).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 play grounds 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"incoming call sand 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 non-market ways of allocating goods is so common in modern life that we scarcely notice it anymore.It is striking that most of the paid queue-jumping 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.
10.According to the author,which of the following seems governed by the principle"First come,first served"?A
A.Taking buses.
B.Buying houses.
C.Flying with an airline.
D.Visiting amusement parks.
11.The example of the recorded message in Paragraphs 4and 5illustratesC.
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
12.The passage is meant toB.
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.
分析 文章主要议论分配事物的两种准则:序列准则和市场准则,序列准则讲究公平,崇尚"先到先得",而市场准则讲究快速服务.序列准则适用于某些情况,例如在操场上或公交车站,但是此准则并不能控制所有的场合,例如在卖房子时无需遵循此准则.随后作者介绍在分配事物时这两种准则的标准已经发生了改变,而且除了这两种准则外,还有其他准则.
解答 ACB
10.选A.细节理解题.从第三段第一句"The principle seems right on playgrounds and at bus stops."可知答案为A.
11.选C.推理判断题.根据第四段和第五段的开头中心句可知事例服务于中心句,第四段第一句明确提到"it is unclear which principle should apply.",因此可以推断答案为C.
12.选B.主旨大意题.根据文章的首段、尾段以及各段中心句可知本文主要讲述分配事物的准则.
点评 阅读理解题测试考生在阅读基础上的逻辑推理能力,要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系,对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断;或根据作者所阐述的观点理论,对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释.考生首先要仔细阅读短文,完整了解信息,准确把握作者观点.
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