| [第1题](分析题)At the theater, she disrupts (妨碍) the first act as she climbs over your knees toward her seat. When your doorbell rings on the night, long after your other guests have begun eating, you know he has arrived for dinner. At work, you don’t expect her at your 9:00 A. M. meeting. They are the latercomers, and it doesn’t matter if they wear a watch or use an alarm clock. Lateness is their way of life. Chronic lateness has injured friendships, and it’s a habit that has caused people to lose their jobs. Why are so many people late? “Not arriving on time can be a form of avoidance,” says Dr. Kravitz, a psychiatrist (精神病学家) at Medical Center. “You’re late for a party or coming home from work, because you don’t want to be where you’re supposed to be.” Other reasons for chronic lateness are more complex. Latecomers know that their lateness will cause anger, and this serves their deep need to be punished. Alternatively, some latecomers may not have a good motive (动机). For them, forcing someone to wait is a way of expressing anger. Experts agree that lateness can be used as a weapon with which to strike out at someone. However, he adds that for some people lateness is nothing more than a habit learned in childhood from a parent or an older brother or sister who also ran late. For others, lateness is a result of an inability to judge time. There are also those who are so easily distracted (分心的) that they simply “lose track” of time, while others never learn to estimate or leave the time they need to keep on schedule. |
| [第1题]The main purpose of the first paragraph is to __________. | | | [第2题] A chronic latecomer is someone who __________. | | | [第3题]Which of the following statements does NOT the passage make? | | | [第4题]In the first sentence of paragraph 6, the meaning of phrase “strike out” is equal to __________. | | | [第5题]The best title for the passage could be __________. | |
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| [第2题](分析题)Have you ever had to decide whether to go shopping or stay home and watch TV on a weekend? Now you can do both at the same time. Home shopping television networks have become a way for many people to shop without ever having to leave their homes. Some shoppers are tired of department stores and shopping malls—fighting the crows, waiting in long lines, and sometimes not even findings anything they want to buy. They’d rather sit quietly at home in front of the TV set and watch a friendly announcer describe an item while a model displays it. And they can shop around the clock, purchasing an item simply by making a phone call and charging it to a credit card. Home shopping networks understand the power of an enthusiastic host, and the attraction of famous guests supporting their products. Major fashion designers, department stores, and even mail-order list companies are eager to join in the success of home shopping. Large department stores are experimenting with their own TV channels, and some retailers (零售商) are planning to introduce interactive (交互的) TV shopping in the future. Then, viewers will be able to communicate with their own personal shoppers, asking questions about products and placing orders, all through their TV sets. Some industry managers claim that home shopping networks represent the “electronic shopping mall of the future”. Yet for many people, going out and shopping at a real store is a way to relax and even be entertained. And for many shoppers, it is still important to touch or try on items they want to buy. That’s why experts say that in the future, home shopping will exist side by side with store shopping but will never entirely replace it. |
| [第1题]The word “mall” in the first sentence of paragraph 2 refers to __________. | | | [第2题]The main purpose of paragraph 2 is to __________. | | | [第3题]It can be inferred from the third sentence “And they can shop around the clock,…” in paragraph 2 that __________. | | | [第4题]Which of the following statements is TRUE according to paragraph 4? | | | [第5题]The best title for the passage is __________. | |
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