Question

【题目】阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

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 interesting things, hear funny stories and discover differences．

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．

【1】From the passage, we know that people prefer sitting by someone who________．

A． is like themselves

B． has a sense of humor

C． is open-minded

D． lives an exciting life

【2】People like staying in their comfort zone because they may________．

A． remain comfortable and special

B． find out more interesting things

C． be accepted easily and feel safe

D． discover differences among themselves

【3】The sentence “Unsurprisingly, we prefer to sit closer to people like ourselves.” should be put at the beginning of ___________．

A． Paragraph 1 B． Paragraph 2

C． Paragraph 3 D． Paragraph 4

【4】What does the underlined word “barriers” mean in Paragraph 4?

A． 联系 B． 隔阂

C． 纽带 D． 熟悉

【5】What is the purpose of the passage?

A． To tell us not to talk with strangers．

B． To introduce ways to learn about the worlD．

C． To explain how people communicate with foreigners．

D． To encour age us to get along with different people.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】C

【4】B

【5】D

【解析】

【1】细节理解题。文章第二段旨在说明人们喜欢与自己相像的人待在一起。。

【2】细节理解题。由文章第三段第一句We seem to believe that people with similar habits or hobbies will share similar attitudes and we are more likely to be acceptedby people like ourselves

or even, we think we may be safer with people who look like us．我们更相信那些与我们有着相似习惯和爱好,将会分享相似态度的人们,我们更易于被接受并有安全感。

【3】推断题。文章第二段讲了多个例子说明人们喜欢和自己相像的人待在一起 ，“Unsurprisingly, we prefer to sit closer to people like ourselves.”可作为本段的中心句。

【4】猜词题。本段主要讲当我们总是和同样的人接触时，如何才能打破那些防碍我们了解那些有不同想法人的障碍，避免无知。故选B

【5】主旨大意题。文章的最后一段：Move out of your comfort zone.及最后一段的内容可知，文章的目的是鼓励大家走出去接触更多不同于自己的人。