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核心必刷题十三阅读七选五一段尾设空题深
核心必刷题十三
阅读七选五—段尾设空题
刷真题
35 It takes many registers to keep one
line moving quickly,and some stores can't afford
(1月浙江卷)You run into the grocery store
the space or manpower.So wherever your next
to pick up one bottle of water.You get what you
wait may be:Good luck.
need,head to the front,and choose the line that
A.Why does this always seem to happen to you?
looks fastest.
B.So why don't most places encourage serpen-
You chose wrong.People who you swear
tine lines?
got in other lines long after you are already
C.Some of them may have stood in a queue for
checked out and off to the parking lot.31
almost an hour.
It turns out,it's just math working against
D.The chances of your line being the fastest are
you;chances are,the other line really is faster.
only one in three.
Grocery stores try to have enough employ-
E.How high is the probability that you are in
ees at checkout to get all their customers
the fastest waiting line?
through with minimum delay.32 Any small
interruption-a price check,a chatty customer
F.With three registers,this method is much fas-
can have downstream effects,holding up an en-
ter than the traditional approach.
tire line.
G.But sometimes,as on a Sunday afternoon,the
If there are three lines in the store,delays
system gets particularly busy.
will happen randomly at different registers.
【技法点拨一段尾设空解题法】
Think about the probability:33 So it's not
找关献语句:查点阅读空前一、二句,晚定关健词
确定信号诃:在连项巾找表站果、皓论的词语
just in your mind:Another line probably is
注盒转折关系:利用选项中表转折或对比的关联
moving faster.
结句
词确定谌项内客与前文是否对立
Researchers have a good way to deal with
注意并列递进关系:利用这项中含有并列关系的
河与前文相似句式或河江复现等解题线案
this problem.Make all customers stand in one
如选项中找不出:与前文之问的关膜,就应
过没句
long,snaking line-called a serpentine line-and
考虑下一没的开头句,看是否能与选项衔接
serve each person at the front with the next a-
摸拟
vailable register.34 This is what they do at
most banks and fast-food restaurants.With a
A
serpentine line,a long delay at one register
Meeting people at work is one of the easiest
won