专题02 七 选 五（新高考）-2023届高考英语（5月）三轮冲刺模拟试题分类汇编

2023届高考英语（5月）三轮冲刺模拟试题分类汇编（新高考） 专题02阅读理解（七选五） 解析版 【2023届山东省临沂市高三下学期5月二模】 Being late is a tendency that some people cannot seem to shake. Many factors contribute to continual lateness, including time perception, time management and personality. We all know someone who never seems to be on time, whether it’s to a lunch date or a work meeting. ____16____ “It is likely that there’s a mechanism in the brain that causes some people to be late for meetings because they underestimate the time it will take them to get there,” Hugo Spiers, a professor at University College London told Live Science. ____17____ Research suggests that neurons in the hippocampus(海马体)acting as “time cells”contribute to our perception and memory of events, but why exactly some people continually underestimate time is unclear. One factor may be how familiar we are with a space. For the 2017 study, Spiers asked 20 students who had newly moved to London to sketch a map of their college district and estimate travel times to different destinations. The students’ space estimates expanded if they knew an area well.____18____“If you’re very familiar with a space, you start to discount the trouble it will take,” Spiers said. Another environmental factor may be crowdedness. In a 2022 study in the journal Virtual Reality, researchers asked participants to estimate the length of more or less crowded simulated (模拟的)subway trips. They found that crowded commutes felt like they took 10% longer than less busy rides. ____19____ ____20____Certain character features, such as reduced conscientiousness(责任心), can cause some people to forget tasks that they had planned ahead of time. A. Personality also plays a role in running late. B. That was linked to it being an unpleasant experience. C. We make time estimates based on how urgent the tasks are. D. However, their estimates of travel time contracted with familiarity. E. But is there a good explanation for why some people are always late? F. A region of the brain, cal