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1、考研英语一抚州市南城县2023年考前冲刺试卷Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)Efficiency is the by-product of comfort, says Dr. Erwin Tichauer of New York University. To prove this_, Dr. Tichaue
2、r uses his capability to find_ways to do things. _, he felt that the traditional kind of pliers(钳子）_a better design. The usual_limited hand movement and used unnecessary force because it bent the_. So he designed a pair of pliers to allow the wrist to remain in a comfortable position.To improve the
3、design of_and then make work easier, Dr. Tichauer_the old tools. He asks such questions as: why _a stepladder have four legs_three are more stable? Why dose a screwdriver (螺丝刀) have to be made with straight handles? After testing his_, he has invented a new tool that causes less muscle injury and is
4、 more efficient. Tichauer is not interested in getting _ from his inventions. In fact, he says, We _ people to steal from us. At New York University, we do not patent(注册专利）knowledge or invention._ _companies have adopted some of his inventions.As a biochemist, as well as inventor, Dr Techauer_the ef
5、fect of stress on areas of the body. Even easy_work may put heavy stress on small areas of body and_causes a serious disease. Thus his studies of workers in factories who use the_tool all day long are extremely_in learning about the damage on human body? Dr. Techauer knows that he can not redesign t
6、he _ so he redesigns the tool!1、Aargument Bimpression Cstatement Dexpectation2、Aunusual Beasier Cnew Dcorrect3、AEspecially BWhats more CMeanwhile DFor example4、Afollowed Bshowed Cneeded Dproved5、Adesign Bhabits Cmaterials Dwork6、Abody Bfinger Chand Dwrist7、Apliers Ba tool Ca stepladder Dscrewdrivers
7、8、Atests Buses Cfixes Ddestroys9、Acould Bwill Cwould Dmust10、Aif Bbecause Cwhen Donce11、Ainventions Btheories Ctools Dquestions12、Arecognized Bfamous Cexcited Drich13、Aencourage Bprevent Cwarn Dforgive14、AModern BResearch CCommercial DIndustrial15、Ateaches Bstudies Cproduces Ddiscovers16、Aphysical B
8、daily Coffice Dresearch17、Ain time Bin addition Cimmediately Dcommonly18、Awrong Bold Csame Dheavy19、Asuitable Bvaluable Clogical Dpractical20、Awork Bstudy Clabor DbodySection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B
9、, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1Youre out to dinner. The food is delicious and the service is fine. You decide to leave a big fat tip. Why? The answer may not be as simple as you think.Tipping, psychologists have found, is not just about service. Instead, studies ha
10、ve shown that tipping can be affected by psychological reactions to a series of different factors from the waiters choice of words, to how they carry themselves while taking orders, to the bills total. Even how much waiters remind customers of themselves can determine how much change they pocket by
11、the end of the night.“Studies before have shown that mimicry(模仿) brings into positive feelings for the mimicker,” wrote Rick van Baaren, a social psychology professor. “These studies show that people who are being mimicked become more generous toward the person who mimics them.”So Rick van Baaren di
12、vided 59 waiters into two groups. He requested that half serve with a phrase such as. “ Coming up !” Those in the other hall were instructed to repeat the orders and preferences back to the customers. Rick van Baaren then compared their take-home pay. The results were clearit pays to mimic your cust
13、omer. The copycat(模仿者) waiters earned almost double the amount of tips to the other group.Leonard Green and Joel Myerson, psychologists at Washington University in St. Louis, found the generosity of a tipper maybe limited by his bill. After research on the1,000 tips left for waiters, cabdrivers, hai
14、r stylists, they found tip percentages in these three areas dropped as customers bills went up. In fact, tip percentages appear to plateau(稳定期) when bills topped $100 and a bill for $200 made the worker gain no bigger percentage tip than a bill for $100.“Thats also a point of tipping,” Green says. “
15、You have to give a little extra to the cabdriver for being there to pick you up and something to the waiter for being there to serve you. If they werent there, youd never get any service. So part of the idea of a tip is for just being there.”1、How many factors affect the customers tipping?A6.B5.C4.D3.2、What do the studies show?AMimicry brings into very ba
