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【題目】【貴州省安順市2015年中考英語(yǔ)試題】閱讀理解，根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容選擇正確答案。

①Have 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 found out some interesting facts.

②Girls sit by girls and boys sit by boys. Adults sit together and young people choose another young person to sit near. But it goes further than this. We even choose to sit near someone who looks like us. People with glasses are more likely to sit near other people with glasses. People with long hair sit closer to other people with long hair.

③We seem to believe that people with similar habits or hobbies will share similar experiences and we are more likely to be accepted by people like ourselves， or even， we think we may be safer with people who look like us. Sometimes that’s true but it’s a pity if we always stay with the same people， the same group. The danger 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 something new， find out interesting things， hear funny stories and discover differences.

④When we always stay with the same people， how can we break down the barriers which prevent us from getting to know people with different ideas? And how can we avoid the ignorance(無(wú)知)? If you want to live in a society that opens to changes， new things and different opinions， be the cat among the pigeons(鴿子).

⑤Move out of your comfort zone. Go and sit next to someone different. And don’t just sit there in silence. Say hello. Ask a question. Start a conversation. That’s how we make friends. That’s how we learn about people. That’s how we open our minds to new ideas. That’s how we live an exciting life.

【1】 From the passage， we know that people prefer sitting by someone who .

A. is like themselves B. has a sense of humor

C. is open-minded D. lives an exciting life

【2】 People like staying in their comfort zone because they may .

A. remain comfortable and special

B. find out more interesting things

C. be accepted easily and feel safe

D. discover differences among themselves

【3】The sentence “Unsurprisingly， we prefer to sit closer to people like ourselves.” should be

put at the beginning of __________.

A. Paragraph 1 B. Paragraph 2 C. Paragraph 3 D. Paragraph 4

【4】What does the underlined word“barriers” mean in Paragraph 4?

A. 聯(lián)系 B. 隔閡 C. 紐帶 D. 熟悉

【5】What is the purpose of the passage?

A. To tell us not to talk with strangers.

B. To introduce ways to learn about the world.

C. To explain how people communicate with foreigners.

D. To encourage us to get along with different people.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】C

【4】B

【5】D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主語(yǔ)介紹了我們經(jīng)常和熟悉的人坐在一起，文章最后鼓勵(lì)大家和不熟悉的人也要坐在一起。鼓勵(lì)人們走出去接觸更多不同于自己的人。

【1】A歸納理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段描述可知人們更喜歡和自己一樣的人坐的近一些。故選A。

【2】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由文章第三段第一句We seem to believe that people with similarhabits or hobbies will share similar attitudes and we are more likely to be acceptedby people like ourselves or even， we think we may be safer with people who looklike us. 我們更相信那些與我們有著相似習(xí)慣和愛(ài)好的人將會(huì)分享相似態(tài)度。我們更可能被和我們相似的人接受，甚至我們認(rèn)為我們和看起來(lái)和我們相似的人在一起更安全。故選C。

【3】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Unsurprisingly， we prefer to sit closer to people like ourselves的意思，不出所料，我們更喜歡靠近那些像我們自己的人結(jié)合第二段描述：相似的人更喜歡坐在一起，故選C。

【4】B詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)定語(yǔ)從句which prevent us from getting to know people with different ideas可知句意：我們?cè)趺创蚱谱柚刮覀兞私庥胁煌�思想的人的隔閡。故選B。

【5】D主旨大意題。由文章的最后一段總結(jié)話語(yǔ)：Move out of your comfort zone.及最后一段的內(nèi)容可知，文章的目的是鼓勵(lì)大家走出去接觸更多不同于自己的人。故選D。