3.If you've ever dashed into the grocery store to pick up a tube of toothpaste,you're likely to stop before so many options available.There are at least more than a dozen brands,each one presenting several different specialties of cleaning ability.Sometimes before you have enough time to take the costs,flavors and colors into consideration,you are warned the store is closing.
But it's not just the number of options that gives us pause for thought-it's the amount of information each option has that trips us up(使某人犯錯)too.Social scientist Barry Schwartz thinks in part that an abundance of choices and information may make us falsely believe that even a fairly ordinary task like shopping for toothpaste has great significance than it really does.He also points out that the Internet can actually make matters worse.
Our goal is to make the"perfect"choice.When we make decisions,we're motivated not only by the opportunity for gain,but also by the fear of loss.The decision-making process isn't a purely analytical one-researchers discovered that the process of making a choice lights up parts of our brains that deal with regret and emotional memories.But what we may regret most is the extra time spent on analyzing and comparing each and every bit of information,which can lower our decision-making ability.
One good approach is to place a value on the time it takes to make your decision,compared to the value of the decision itself.In the case of toothpaste,you probably serve your interest sufficiently by quickly choosing any toothpaste that keeps white teeth securely rooted in your minty(清新的)mouth.
32.We can learn from the first paragraph thatD.
A.more options help people make the right decision
B.different kinds of toothpaste function similarly
C.people's personal preferences affect their choices
D.time is wasted on making insignificant decisions
33.What can we infer from the second paragraph?C
A.People often make wrong decisions.
B.There are no small decisions in 1ife.
C.The Internet provides more options.
D.Careful choice iS worth the effort.
34.In making choices,people have to balanceB.
A.time and place
B.gain and loss
C.regret and memories
D.opportunity and motivation
35.The writer's purpose in writing this text is toA.
A.give advice on how to make a quick and right choice
B.show how valuable time is wasted for nothing
C.describe the choice-making process in our brain
D.offer tipg on how to save time when shopping.
分析 本文屬于議論文閱讀,文章開頭寫出有時候我們由于可以選擇的東西過多而把時間都浪費在了無關緊要的決定上,引出下文作者的建議:讓人們快速地做出正確的決定.
解答 32.D 細節(jié)理解題.由第一段最后一句Sometimes before you have enough time to take the costs,flavors and colors into consideration,you are warned the store is closing.在你沒考慮好的時候雇員就催你去付款,因為他們要關門了,可知過多的選擇使你把時間都浪費在了無關緊要的決定上.因此D正確,誤解分析:根據(jù)第二段第一句"more options trip us up (使某人犯錯)",可知A項錯誤;根據(jù)第一段中的"each one presenting several different specialties of cleaning ability",可知不同牙膏的作用是不同的,B項錯誤;C 選項在文中無相關信息;故選D.
33.C 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第二段最后兩句Social scientist Barry Schwartz thinks in part that an abundance of choices and information may make us falsely believe that even a fairly ordinary task like shopping for toothpaste has great significance than it really does.He also points out that the Internet can actually make matters worse.可知,互聯(lián)網(wǎng)給予了我們太多的選擇.故選C.
34.B 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第三段中的"Our goal is to make the"perfect"choice.When we make decisions,we're motivated not only by the opportunity for gain,but also by the fear of loss."可知,人們在做選擇時,總是要權衡得失.故選B.
35.A 寫作意圖題.從最后一段的"One good approach is…"可知,本篇文章前部分說明我們在不重要的決定上浪費了時間,為下文提出建議做鋪墊.作者的真正意圖是提出建議,讓人們快速地做出正確的決定.故選A.
點評 做閱讀理解時要快速的瀏覽全文,把握文章主旨大意,帶著問題回到原文,尋找細節(jié)或概括相應的答案,最后要理清作者寫作思路.