【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 eck our ___43___ . But we really hate it when we expect a short wait and then get a (n)___44___one. But studies show that we are much more patient when we are given a(n) ___45___of how long we39。ll be waiting.Scientists have invited 200 people to do a simple experiment. While a group of 100 people are given an exact time of waiting, another group people are left ___46___. It turns out that more people from the first group than the second one refuse to ___47___ .Walt Disney Co. knows this better than anyone else. It ___48___ waiting times for attractions in its theme parks. But according to Larson, these times are overestimated so that visitors get to the front of the queue more ___49___ than they expect. It keeps them happy.Another big influence on our feelings about waiting in a line has to do with our perception of fairness. When it es to queues, the universally acknowledged ___50___is first e,first served. Any deviation (背離)from this is regarded as ___51___and can lead to violent queue rage.Sometimes, however, we are willing to make ___52___ . In hospitals,___53___ ,priority ( 優(yōu)先權(quán))is given to those with a more critical conditionwe can also understand that.Waiting is inevitable in life, but a better understanding of the ___54___ of waiting can help make it a bit more bearable. When all else fails, bring a book or a smartphone will also ___55___ .41 A. unlikely B. willing C. supposed D. expected42. A. bored B. excited C. angry D. interested43. A. body B. appearance C. time D. mood44. A. ideal B. short C. opposite D. happy45. A. grasp B. understanding C. idea D. range46. A. helpless B. uncovered C. hopeless D. unknown47. A. give in B. run away C. hold up D. pull through48. A. issues B. maintains C. posts D. fulfills49. A. quickly B. suddenly C. slowly D. steadily50. A. principle B. routine C. preference D. habit51. A. improper B. unequal C. inaccurate D. unfortunate52. A. guesses B. exceptions C. exchanges D. references53. A. as a result B. for instance C. in other words D. on the contrary54. A. rule B. belief C. psychology D. results55. A. work B. fail C. make D. count【答案】41. B 42. A 43. B 44. C 45. C 46. D 47. B 48. C 49. A 50. A 51. B 52. B 53. B 54. C 55. A【解析】本文是一篇說明文。主要講述關(guān)于等待的心理研究，并告訴我們生活中不能避免等待，要尋找方法去忍受等待?！?1題詳解】考查形容詞詞義辨析。句意：有些人愿意在蘋果專賣店外露營一整夜，只為拿到最新的產(chǎn)品。A. unlikely不太可能的；B. willing愿意的；C. supposed應(yīng)當(dāng)?shù)模籇. expected預(yù)期的。根據(jù)下文說要為了拿到最新的產(chǎn)品，上文應(yīng)該是愿意排隊(duì)等，故選B。【42題詳解】考查形容詞詞義辨析。句意：排隊(duì)心理學(xué)的一個(gè)明顯的方面是當(dāng)我們排隊(duì)的時(shí)候會(huì)感到無聊。A. bored無聊的；B. excited激動(dòng)的；C. angry生氣的；D. interested感興趣的。根據(jù)下文醫(yī)院候診室的雜志到電梯里的鏡子，這都是用來解決排隊(duì)時(shí)的無聊的，故選A?！?3題詳解】考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：這個(gè)問題在很多方面都得到了解決，從醫(yī)院候診室的雜志到電梯里的鏡子，這樣我們就可以檢查自己的外表。A. body身體；B. appearance外表；C. time時(shí)間；D. mood心情。鏡子應(yīng)該是用來檢查我們的外表，故選B?！?4題詳解】考查形容詞詞義辨析。句意：但是我們真的很討厭當(dāng)我們期待一個(gè)短暫的等待時(shí)，得到一個(gè)相反的結(jié)果。A. ideal理想的；B. short短的；C. opposite相反的；D. happy高興的。 我們期待的往往和事實(shí)相反的才會(huì)真的很討厭，故選C?！?5題詳解】考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：但研究表明，當(dāng)我們被告知要等多長時(shí)間時(shí)，我們會(huì)更有耐心。A. grasp控制；B. understanding理解； C. idea想法；D. range范圍。本句中說的要等多長時(shí)間是一個(gè)想法，故選C?！?6題詳解】考查形容詞詞義辨析。句意：當(dāng)一組100人被給予確切的等待時(shí)間時(shí)，另一組人則被留下不知道等多長時(shí)間。A. helpless無助的；B. uncovered未覆蓋的；C. hopeless沒有希望的；D. unknown未知的。這個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)是為了證明被告知要等確切時(shí)間的人會(huì)更有耐心等，所以另一組應(yīng)該是不知道確切時(shí)間的，故選D?！?7題詳解】考查動(dòng)詞詞組辨析。句意：結(jié)果是，第一組人比第二組的人更拒絕逃跑。A. give in屈服；B. run away逃跑；C. hold up舉起；D. pull through恢復(fù)健康。實(shí)驗(yàn)的結(jié)果就是第一組人比第二組人更有耐心，故選B?！?8題詳解】考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。句意：它公布了主題公園景點(diǎn)的等待時(shí)間。A. issues宣布；B. maintains保持；C. posts公布；D. fulfills完成。迪士尼是把每個(gè)景點(diǎn)的等待時(shí)間公布出來的讓游客更有耐心去等，故選C?！?9題詳解】考查副詞詞義辨析。句意：但是根據(jù)Larson的說法，這些時(shí)間被高估了，所以游客們排在隊(duì)伍前面的速度比他們預(yù)期的要快。A. quickly迅速地；B. suddenly突然地；C. slowly慢慢地；D. steadily穩(wěn)定地。因?yàn)榈却臅r(shí)間被高估了，所以等的時(shí)間變短了，排著隊(duì)伍前面的游客的速度比他們所預(yù)期的要快，故選A?！?0題詳解】考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：排隊(duì)時(shí)，普遍公認(rèn)的原則是先到先得。A. principle原則；B. routine路線；C. preference偏愛；D. habit習(xí)慣。這里說先到先得，它應(yīng)是排隊(duì)的一個(gè)原則，故選A?！?1題詳解】考查形容詞詞義辨析。句意：任何背離這一點(diǎn)都被認(rèn)為是不平等的，并可能導(dǎo)致暴力排隊(duì)?wèi)嵟. improper不合適的；B. unequal不平等的；C. inaccurate不正確的；D. unfortunate不幸的。上文說先到先得的原則是公平的，所以背離這一點(diǎn)應(yīng)該是不平等的，故選B?！?2題詳解】考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：然而，有時(shí)我們也愿意例外。A. guesses猜測；B. exceptions例外；C. exchanges交換；D. references參照。本句為轉(zhuǎn)折，所以應(yīng)該是不同于上文的原則，例外更符合語境，故選B?！?3題詳解】考查詞組辨析。句意：例如，在醫(yī)院里，優(yōu)先考慮那些病情更嚴(yán)重的病人——我們也能理解這一點(diǎn)。A. as a result結(jié)果；B. for instance例如；C. in other words換句話說；D. on the contrary相反。這里舉例說明有時(shí)我們也愿意例外，故選B?！?4題詳解】考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：等待在生活中是不可避免的，但更好地理解等待的心理可以幫助我們更好地忍受等待。A. rule規(guī)則；B. belief信念；C. psychology心理；D. results結(jié)果。通過前文我們可知，本文一直研究的是等待的心理學(xué)，故選C?！?5題詳解】考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。句意：當(dāng)其他方法都失敗時(shí)，帶本書或智能手機(jī)也可以。A. work起作用；B. fail失??；C. make制造；D. count數(shù)數(shù)。這里說的是如果其他方法不能讓你忍受等待，書或手機(jī)可能會(huì)有用，故選A。Section B (22%)Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by severed questions or unfinished statements. Fur each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C arid D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)Every night after dinner, my mother and I would sit at the kitchen table. She would present new tests, taking her examples from stories of amazing children she had read in Ripley’s Believe It or Not, or Good Housekeeping, Reader’s Digest, and a dozen other magazines she kept in a pile in our bathroom. My mother got these magazines from people whose houses she cleaned. And since she cleaned many houses each week, we had a great assortment. She would look through them all, searching for stories about remarkable children.The first night she brought out a story about a threeyearold boy who knew the capitals of all the states and even most of the European countries. “What’s the capital of Finland?” my mother asked me, looking at the magazine story.All I knew was the capital of California, because Sacramento was the name of the street we lived on in Chinatown. “Nairobi!” I guessed, saying the most foreign word I could think of. She checked to see if that was possibly one way to pronounce “Helsinki” before showing me the answer. The tests got harder. One night I had to look at a page from Bible for three minutes and then report everything I could remember. “Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance and that’s all I remember, Mother,”