题目内容
14.①Have you ever wondered what goes through your mind when you choose where to sit in a new classroom?Or in a waiting room full of strangers?Or on a bus?Researchers have found out some interesting facts.②Girls sit by girls and boys sit by boys.Adults sit together and young people choose another young person to sit near.But it goes further than this.We even choose to sit near someone who looks like us.People with glasses are more likely to sit near other people with glasses.People with long hair sit closer to other people with long hair.
③We seem to believe that people with similar habits or hobbies will share similar experiences and we are more likely to be accepted by people like ourselves or even,we think we may be safer with people who look like us.Sometimes that's true but it's a pity if we always stay with the same people,the same group.The danger in always staying in our comfort zone (舒适区)is that we just recycle the same opinions,the same tastes and the same ideas.We lose the chance to learn something new,find out about interesting things,hear funny stories and discover difference.
④When we always stay with the same people,how can we break down the barriers which prevent us from getting to know people with different ideas?And how can we avoid the ignorance (无知)?If you want to live in a society that opens to changes,new things and different opinions,be the cat among the pigeons(鸽子).
⑤Move out of your comfort zone.Go and sit next to someone different.And don't just sit there in silence.Say hello.Ask a question.Start a conversation.That's how we make friends.That's how we learn about people.That's how we open our minds to new ideas.That's how we live an exciting life.
42.People like staying in their comfort zone because they mayC.
A.remain comfortable and special
B.find out more interesting things
C.be accepted easily and feel safe
D.discover differences among themselves
43.The sentence"Unsurprisingly,we prefer to sit closer to people like ourselves."should be placed at the beginning ofC.
A.Paragraph 1
B.Paragraph 2
C.Paragraph 3
D.Paragraph 4
44.What does the underlined word"barriers"mean in Paragraph 4?C
A.联系
B.纽带
C.隔阂
D.熟悉
45.What is the purpose of the passage?D
A.To tell us just to be ourselves in social life.
B.To introduce ways to learn about the world.
C.To explain how people communicate with others.
D.To encourage us to meet people of different kinds.
分析 你想过当你在一个新教室选坐时什么想法经过了你的大脑吗?或者是在满是陌生人的等候室里?又或者是在公交车上?研究人员发现了一些有趣的事实.
女孩挨着女孩坐,男孩挨着男孩坐.成年人喜欢坐在一起而年轻人选择挨着其他的年轻人坐.但远不止这样,我们甚至选择挨着和我们像的人坐.戴眼镜的人倾向于挨着戴眼镜的人坐,留长头发的人会坐得和留长头发的人更近.
我们似乎相信有着相似习惯和爱好的人会分享相似的经历,乃至我们更容易被喜欢我们的人所接受.我们觉得和与我们相像的人在一起更有安全感.有时候确实是这样,但总是与相同的人在一起或是在同一个圈子里很可惜.在我们自我感觉满足的时候往往暗藏着危险-我们反复着同样的观点,同样的口味和想法.这样我们就失去了学习新事物,发现趣事,听有趣故事和发现不同的机会.
如果我们总是与相同的人在一起,如何能打破障碍,去认识有不一样想法的人?如何能避免无知?如果你想在充满变化、新事物和不同点子的社会里生存,那就让自己变得不一样吧!
从你的自我满足里走出来,去坐在不一样的人旁边,并且不要只是静静地坐在那里.说声你好,问个问题,开始一个对话,这是我们交朋结友的方式.这是我们了解他人的方法.这是我们开放大脑想出新点子的方式,这是我们过精彩生活的方式.
解答 42.C 细节理解题.comfort zone 这个词语出现在第3自然段,由we are more likely to be accepted by people like ourselves or even,we think we may be safer with people who look like us.可知这是对comfort zone的定义,即与和我们相似的人在一起我们更容易被接受,更有安全感,这就是所谓的舒适区.由此可得出此题的答案为C.
43.C 概括归纳题.此题考查归纳段落主旨的能力,第三段中的We seem to believe that people with similar habits or hobbies will share similar experiences and we are more likely to be accepted by people like ourselves or even,we think we may be safer with people who look like us.与题干中的Unsurprisingly,we prefer to sit closer to people like ourselves意思相似,都在阐述我们更倾向与与我们相似的人在一起.
44.C 词义猜测题.从此词前的短语break down和语境可知此题应该选C表示隔阂,障碍,break down是打破的意思,不能说打破联系,打破纽带,熟悉.
45.D 归纳概括题.由第三四五段可知,文章告诉我们总是与相同的人呆在一起我们会失去学习新事物,了解不同点子的机会,由Move out of your comfort zone可知,文章想鼓励我们去了解一些不同的人,做不同的尝试.
点评 阅读题首先要快速浏览一遍文章,特别是对首尾段的浏览,因为主旨通常暗藏在首尾段;再带着问题有目的性地阅读,边读边找答案,通常问题的答案都暗含在原文中.
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