2024届华附、省实、广雅、深中高三四校联考英语完形填空带练 讲义

（素材来源：广东省华附、省实、广雅、深中2024届高三四校联考英语试题） An airline loses two suitcases belonging to two different travelers, Lucy and Pete. Both suitcases happen to be the same and also contain 41 antiques. An airline manager 42 to compensate for their loss figures that simply asking them for the price is hopeless, for they may 43 it. Instead, he has them write down the price as any dollar between 2 and 100 44 so that they cannot negotiate with each other. If both write the same number, he will pay each of them that amount. If not, he will assume that the person writing the higher number is 45 and pay both of them the lower number with a 46 and a punishment-the person writing the lower number will get $2 more as a reward for 47 and the other will get $2 less instead. For instance, if Lucy writes 46 and Pete writes 100, Lucy will get $48 and Pete will get $44. What numbers will Lucy and Pete write? 48 , Lucy's idea is that she should write the largest possible number, which will earn her $100 if Pete's similarly 49 . Soon, it strikes her that if she wrote 99, she'd make a little more — $101. But surely this 50 will also occur to Pete, who will choose 99 too. Continuing with this line of 51 , when both are unwilling to lose money or get less than the other, they will end up writing down the 52 price of the antique. Experimental studies conducted by economists, however, 53 this narrow view of reason. In their studies, most participants pick $100 or a number close to it, either without thinking the problem through or tending to believe they'll 54 the "unreasonable" number. By doing so, participants ultimately get a much bigger 55 Based on this, researchers have concluded that people appear to have a natural tendency towards cooperation, which favors seemingly unreasonable but beneficial strategies. 41.A. precious B. identical C. missing D. various 42.A. reminded B. enabled C. tasked D. convinced 43.A. va