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A [2015 •山東棗莊第八中學(xué)高三模擬]

  If you've ever dashed into the grocery store to pick up a tube of toothpaste, you're likely to stop before so many op?tions 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 ， flavours and colours 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, too. Social scientist Barry Schwartz thinks that in part, 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 re?ally 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 analysing 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 in?terests sufficiently by quickly choosing any toothpaste that keeps white teeth securely rooted in your minty(薄荷味的） mouth.

1. We can learn from the first paragraph that .

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

 2.  What can we infer from the second paragraph? 

  A. People often make wrong decisions.

B.  There are no small decisions in life.

C. The Internet provides more options.

D. Careful choice is worth the effort.

3. In making choices,people have to balance ____________ .

 A.     time and place

B.     gain and loss

C.     regret and memories

D.     opportunity and motivation

4.The writer's purpose in writing this text is to .

 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 tips on how to save time when shopping

Answer 1

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A [文章大意]文章講述了由于選擇和信息過(guò)多造成了人們選擇困難，得不償失，作者就關(guān)于如何快速地做出正確的選擇提出了建議。

1. D推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第一段的最后一句"Sometimes before you have enough time to take the costs, flavours and colours into consideration, you are warned the store is closing."可判斷選D項(xiàng)。

2. C推理判斷題。通讀文章第二段，并根據(jù)最后一句"He also points out that the Internet can actually make matters worse."可推斷因特網(wǎng)上的信息太多了讓人們難以選擇。故選C項(xiàng)。

3.B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段的"When we make deci?sions, we're motivated not only by the opportunity for gain,but al?so by the fear of loss."可知選B項(xiàng)。

4.A寫(xiě)作意圖題。通瀆全文，并根據(jù)文章第三段的第-一句"Our goal is to make the *perfect⁷choice.，，可知選A項(xiàng)。