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新高考英语１２— ２　 小卷练透１２ 一、阅读理解(共７小题;每小题２．５分,满分１７．５分) 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项. A (２０２３􀅰河北省石家庄市二中高三月考)Whatstrategydoyouusetomaketoughlifedecisionslike whethertoendarelationship,quityourjob,orgobacktoschool? Maybeyouweightheadvantages anddisadvantages．Maybeyougowithyoursixthsense．Ormaybe,ifyou􀆳relikemostpeople,you simplydonothing．Afteral,wehaveatendencytopreferthestatusquo(现状),andfocusmoreon thepotentiallossesinvolvedwithchangeratherthanthepotentialbenefits． Buthere􀆳sasimplerstrategy:Whenyou􀆳reindecisiveaboutabiglifedecision,choosethepathof change．That􀆳sthetakeawayofresearchrecentlypublishedbyStevenLevitt,aneconomistattheUniＧ versityofChicago． Forthestudy,Levittaskedpeoplewhowerefacingtoughdecisionstoflip(抛)adigitalcoinon thewebsiteFreakonomicsExperiments．com．Thecointosseswererandomized,withonesiderepresenＧ tingchange,theotherstatusquo．Thestudyaskedmorethan２０,０００participantstomakewhichever decisionthecointossdirected,andthenreportbackonhowthingsplayedoutaftertwoandsix months． Ofcourse,noteveryonefolowedthrough．ThetwoＧmonthsurveyfoundthatparticipantschose changelessfrequentlythantheyhadinitialypredictedtheywould．Aftersixmonths,however,this tendencytowardinactiondisappeared．ButmostsurprisingweretheresultsonwelＧbeing．Atboththe twoandsixＧmonthmarks,mostpeoplewhochosechangereportedfeelinghappier,betteroff,andthat theyhadmadethecorrectdecision． Thestudyhadsomelimitations．Oneisthatitsparticipantsweren􀆳tselectedrandomly．Another limitationisthatparticipantswhosedecisiondidn􀆳tplayoutwel mighthavebeenlesslikelytoreport backontheirstatusaftertwoandsixmonths．Stil,thestudydoessuggestthatpeoplewhoareonthe edgeofatoughdecisionareprobablybetteroffgoingwithchange．Levittisn􀆳tsuggestingyouflipa cointomakealdecisions．ButcoinＧflippingdoesseemtohavesomebenefits．Levittnotesthatsome peoplemightprefergivingintotheirfatetorandomnessinordertoavoidregret．Butyoucanalsouse randomnessabitmoresensibly．Whenfacingatoughdecision,youcouldflipacoinand,uponseeing theoutcome,noticewhetheryoufe