Question

【題目】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 (舒適區(qū))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】這是一篇議論文，文章主要內(nèi)容為我們經(jīng)常和熟悉的人坐在一起，文章最后鼓勵(lì)大家和不熟悉的人坐在一起。

【1】句意：研究者們一些發(fā)現(xiàn)一些有趣的事實(shí)。A. looked for尋找；B. found out找出；C. looked over檢查；D. made out填寫(xiě)，開(kāi)出。這里是說(shuō)找到，發(fā)現(xiàn)，根據(jù)題意，故選B。

【2】句意：也許，我們更喜歡和像我們這樣的人坐得更親近些。A. Farther更遠(yuǎn)；B. nearer更近的；C. closer更緊密的；D. smaller更小的。這里是說(shuō)和我們一樣的人們走的進(jìn)。根據(jù)題意，

故選C。

【3】句意：我們甚至選擇坐在像我們這樣的人旁邊。A. What什么；B. which哪一個(gè)；C. whom誰(shuí)；賓格；D. who誰(shuí)，提問(wèn)主格。這里是定語(yǔ)從句，先行詞是someone是不定代詞，關(guān)系詞在這里做主語(yǔ)用who來(lái)引導(dǎo)。根據(jù)題意，故選D。

【4】句意：戴眼鏡的人坐在另一個(gè)戴眼鏡的人旁邊。A. other別的，其他的；. others其他的，代詞；C. the other另一個(gè)；后面也可以加名詞的復(fù)數(shù)表示特指；D. another表示不定數(shù)目的另一個(gè)。根據(jù)下文People with long hair sit closer to other people with long hair.可知，上文是戴眼鏡坐在另一個(gè)戴眼鏡的人旁邊。這里是說(shuō)另一個(gè)，故選D。

【5】We seem to believe _____5_____ people with similar habits or hobbies will share similar attitude句意：我們似乎相信有相似習(xí)慣或愛(ài)好的人會(huì)有相似的態(tài)度。A. that那個(gè)；B. what什么；C. if如果；D. when當(dāng)……的時(shí)候，這里是when引導(dǎo)的時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句。根據(jù)題意，故選D。

【6】句意：但是遺憾的是我們總是堅(jiān)持同一個(gè)人，相同的群體。A. / B. and和，又；C. so因此；D. bu但是。這里表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系；故選D。

【7】句意：總是呆在我們的舒適區(qū)的危險(xiǎn)是我們只使用相同的觀點(diǎn)、相同的品味和相同的想法。A. Advantage優(yōu)點(diǎn)；B. danger危險(xiǎn)；C. importance重要；D. advice建議。根據(jù)上文_____6_____ it's a pity if we always stick to the same people, the same group.可知下文是指危險(xiǎn)區(qū)。

故選B。

【8】句意：我們失去了學(xué)習(xí)一些新東西的機(jī)會(huì)，找出有趣的東西，聽(tīng)到有趣的故事和發(fā)現(xiàn)不同。A. everything new 一切新的東西；B. anything new 任何新的東西；C. nothing new沒(méi)有新的東西；D. something new一些新的東西。根據(jù)下文find out about interesting things, hear funny stories and discover differences.可知這里是說(shuō)一些有趣的東西。根據(jù)題意，故選D。

【9】句意：從你的舒適區(qū)移開(kāi)。短語(yǔ)move out of...表示從……移開(kāi)。根據(jù)題意，故選A。

【10】句意：去在在不同的人旁邊，不要只是靜靜地坐在那里。A. similar相似的；B. important 重要的；C. different不同的；D. outgoing外向的。根據(jù)下文 And don't just sit there in silence.可知這里是不同的某個(gè)人。根據(jù)題意，故選C。

點(diǎn)睛1：第一遍初步瀏覽全文，了解大概意思2：仔細(xì)閱讀，通過(guò)排除法選取答案，注意很多答案在下文都有，而且第一感非常重要3：再粗略閱讀，檢查答案是否正確