Question

【題目】We all have one, don’t we? A friend who's always late. The one who turns up for coffee a full half hour after the appointed time.【1】 The dear pal who sends a message saying "Sorry, bit delayed. ", when they’re already 20 minutes behind schedule. Or just maybe, if you’re really honest, this persistently lardy (拖延的)individual is actually youself.

【2】.

How on earth can people be so inconsiderate?

Recent research suggest that there might be more to this than simple rudeness. Psychologists from Washington University believe people view time differently. 【3】. It even provided them with a clock. Despite this, some people became so absorbed in the activity that they completely forgot to cheek the clock.

【4】. The less punctual among us often share characteristics such as “optimism, low levels of self-control, anxiety.” Why optimism, you ask? Optimists tend to overestimate how much they can achieve and underestimate problems, which means they don’t account for the long traffic jam on the way to meet you for that coffee.

Here's another thought： maybe language is to blame? The English phrase “to be fashionably late” is used to describe the proper time to arrive at an event. If you're too early, you can appear overly eager, but if you’re bit late, you seem cool and sophisticated(老練的）.The problem is, what one person regards as fashionably late, another may view as plain impolite.

【5】.

A. Our personality also plays a role

B. Keep a distance from those full of excuses

C. Next time you have coffee, do try to be on time

D. The one who seems lo be forever “stuck in traffic"

E. Either way, lateness can be extremely annoying to the receiving end

F. Participants were required to set down how long they finished a task

G. Their study gave participants a specific amount of time to complete a task

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】E

【3】G

【4】A

【5】C

【解析】生活中總會遇到愛遲到不準(zhǔn)時的人，文章分析了其原因和解決辦法。

【1】D

考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。上句講我們都會遇到愛遲到的朋友，過了約咖啡整整半個小時才出現(xiàn)。D項(xiàng)：這個人而且似乎老會 “遇到堵車”，和上句銜接，指他們找到理由，故選D.

【2】E

考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。上句講如果你誠實(shí)點(diǎn)兒，或許這位每次行動慢半拍的友人就是你自己。下句講既然如此，人們究竟為什么如此不體諒別人呢?E項(xiàng)：無論如何，遲到都可能會令那個等待的人極其憤怒。連接上下句，說明其嚴(yán)重性，要引起我們的重視。故選E.

【3】G

考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。根據(jù)下句It even provided them with a clock.可知是任務(wù)的設(shè)定和提供的設(shè)備，G項(xiàng)：他們給參與研究者設(shè)置一定的時間，讓他們完成一項(xiàng)任務(wù)。與下句連接，故選G.

【4】A

考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。根據(jù)下句The less punctual among us often share characteristics such as “optimism, low levels of self-control, anxiety.”可知此處講個性對不準(zhǔn)時的影響，A項(xiàng)：我們的個性也起了一定作用，連接下句，符合本段內(nèi)容。故選A.

【5】C

考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。上句講問題是一個人會持有流行遲到這種觀點(diǎn)，而另一個人可能認(rèn)為這樣太不禮貌。C項(xiàng)：下次和朋友約咖啡，盡量準(zhǔn)時。是對上句問題的解決，也是對全文的概括。故選C.