Question

【题目】Have 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 __________ some interesting facts.

Perhaps, we prefer to sit __________ to people like ourselves. Girls sit by girls and boys sit by boys. Adults sit together and young people choose another young person to sit near. We even choose to sit near someone ______looks like us. People with glasses sit near __________ people with glasses. People with long hair sit closer to other people with long hair.

We seem to believe __________ people with similar habits or hobbies will share similar attitude, or even we think we may be safer with people who look like us. Sometimes that’s true __________ it's a pity if we always stick to the same people, the same group. The __________ 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 __________, find out about interesting things, hear funny stories and discover differences.

Move __________ your comfort zone. Go and sit next to someone ___________. And don't just sit there in silence. Say hello. Ask a question. Start a conversation. That’s we make friends. That’s how we learn about people. That’s how we open our minds to new ideas.

【1】A. looked for B. found out C. looked over D. made out

【2】A. farther B. nearer C. closer D. smaller

【3】A. what B. which C. whom D. who

【4】A. other B. others C. the other D. another

【5】A. that B. what C. if D. when

【6】A. / B. and C. so D. but

【7】A. advantage B. danger C. importance D. advice

【8】A. everything new B. anything new C. nothing new D. something new

【9】A. out of B. from C. into D. to

【10】A. similar B. important C. different D. outgoing

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【4】A

【5】A

【6】D

【7】B

【8】D

【9】A

【10】C

【解析】这是一篇议论文，文章主要内容为我们经常和熟悉的人坐在一起，文章最后鼓励大家和不熟悉的人坐在一起。

【1】句意：研究者们一些发现一些有趣的事实。A. looked for寻找；B. found out找出；C. looked over检查；D. made out填写，开出。这里是说找到，发现，根据题意，故选B。

【2】句意：也许，我们更喜欢和像我们这样的人坐得更亲近些。A. Farther更远；B. nearer更近的；C. closer更紧密的；D. smaller更小的。这里是说和我们一样的人们走的进。根据题意，

故选C。

【3】句意：我们甚至选择坐在像我们这样的人旁边。A. What什么；B. which哪一个；C. whom谁；宾格；D. who谁，提问主格。这里是定语从句，先行词是someone是不定代词，关系词在这里做主语用who来引导。根据题意，故选D。

【4】句意：戴眼镜的人坐在另一个戴眼镜的人旁边。A. other别的，其他的；. others其他的，代词；C. the other另一个；后面也可以加名词的复数表示特指；D. another表示不定数目的另一个。根据下文People with long hair sit closer to other people with long hair.可知，上文是戴眼镜坐在另一个戴眼镜的人旁边。这里是说另一个，故选D。

【5】We seem to believe _____5_____ people with similar habits or hobbies will share similar attitude句意：我们似乎相信有相似习惯或爱好的人会有相似的态度。A. that那个；B. what什么；C. if如果；D. when当……的时候，这里是when引导的时间状语从句。根据题意，故选D。

【6】句意：但是遗憾的是我们总是坚持同一个人，相同的群体。A. / B. and和，又；C. so因此；D. bu但是。这里表示转折关系；故选D。

【7】句意：总是呆在我们的舒适区的危险是我们只使用相同的观点、相同的品味和相同的想法。A. Advantage优点；B. danger危险；C. importance重要；D. advice建议。根据上文_____6_____ it's a pity if we always stick to the same people, the same group.可知下文是指危险区。

故选B。

【8】句意：我们失去了学习一些新东西的机会，找出有趣的东西，听到有趣的故事和发现不同。A. everything new 一切新的东西；B. anything new 任何新的东西；C. nothing new没有新的东西；D. something new一些新的东西。根据下文find out about interesting things, hear funny stories and discover differences.可知这里是说一些有趣的东西。根据题意，故选D。

【9】句意：从你的舒适区移开。短语move out of...表示从……移开。根据题意，故选A。

【10】句意：去在在不同的人旁边，不要只是静静地坐在那里。A. similar相似的；B. important 重要的；C. different不同的；D. outgoing外向的。根据下文 And don't just sit there in silence.可知这里是不同的某个人。根据题意，故选C。

点睛1：第一遍初步浏览全文，了解大概意思2：仔细阅读，通过排除法选取答案，注意很多答案在下文都有，而且第一感非常重要3：再粗略阅读，检查答案是否正确