首页
登录
职称英语
共用题干 The Only Way Is UpThink of a moder
共用题干 The Only Way Is UpThink of a moder
考试题库
2022-08-02
53
问题
共用题干The Only Way Is Up
Think of a modern city and the first image that come to mind is the skyline.It is full of great buildings,pointing like fingers to heaven.It is true that some cities don't permit buildings to go a-bove a certain height.But these are cities concerned with the past.The first thing any city does when it wants to tell the world that it has arrived is to build skyscrapers.
When people gather together in cities,they create a demand for land.Since cities are places where money is made,that demand can be met. And the best way to make money out of city land is to put as many people as possible in a space that covers the smallest amount of ground.That means building upwards.
The technology existed to do this as early as the 19<sup>th</sup> century.But the height of buildings was limited by one important factor. They had to be small enough for people on the top floors to climb stairs .People could not be expected to climb a mountain at the end of their journey to work,or home.
Elisha Otis,a US inventor,was the man who brought us the lift-or elevator,as he pre- ferred to call it.However,most of the technology is very old.Lifts work using the same pulley system the Egyptians used to create the Pyramids.What Otis did was attach the system to a steam engine and develop the elevator brake,which stops the lift falling if the cords that hold it up are broken.It was this that did the most to gain public confidence in the new invention.In fact,he spent a number of years exhibiting lifts at fairgrounds,giving people the chance to try them before selling the idea to architects and builders.
A lift would not be a very good theme park attraction now.Going in a lift is such an everyday thing that it would just be boring.Yet psychologists and others who study human behavior find lifts fascinating.The reason is simple.Scientists have always studied animals in zoos.The nearest they can get to that with humans is in observing them in lifts.
“It breaks all the usual conventions about the bubble of personal space we carry around with us—and you just can't choose to move away”,says workplace psychologist,Gary Fitzgibbon.Be-ing trapped in this setting can create different types of tensions,he says.Some people are scared of them.Others use them as an opportunity to get close to the boss.Some stand close to the door. Others hide in the corners.Most people try and shrink into the background.But some behave in a way that makes others notice them.There are a few people who just stand in a corner taking notes.
Don't worry about them.They are probably from a university.“… these are cities concerned with the past”in the first paragraph refer to cities that______.A: are worried about their pastB:have a glorious past to be proud ofC:want to maintain their traditional imageD:are very interested in their own history
选项
“… these are cities concerned with the past”in the first paragraph refer to cities that______.
A: are worried about their past
B:have a glorious past to be proud of
C:want to maintain their traditional image
D:are very interested in their own history
答案
C
解析
be concerned with是“关心,关注”的意思,故可排除B和D两个选项,根据前面一句话,these cities是指那些不允许建筑物超出一定高度的城市,即不愿意改变固有形象的城市。
文中第三段说早在19世纪建造高楼的技术已经存在,限制楼高的因素只有一个,即人们下班后不想像爬山那样去爬楼梯,说明当时还没有找到把人往高处送的办法。
答案在第四段,Otis发明的刹车使人们对这个新玩意儿增强了信心,他在游乐场里让大家试乘了几年才把这个想法出售给建筑师和营运商。
现在电梯已经十分普通,没有人会觉得乘电梯是件好玩的事。
电梯的空间狭小,相对拥挤,人们想要享有私人空间的要求在这里成了幻想,就如同关在动物园笼子里的动物一般,这为心理学家提供了一个研究在这种情况下人的行为难得的机会。
转载请注明原文地址:https://www.tihaiku.com/zcyy/1502729.html
本试题收录于:
综合B题库综合类分类
综合B
综合类
相关试题推荐
共用题干 李先生在国内购买了一套商铺,现在李先生要出国,他把该商铺委托给某房地
共用题干 李先生在国内购买了一套商铺,现在李先生要出国,他把该商铺委托给某房地
共用题干 李先生在国内购买了一套商铺,现在李先生要出国,他把该商铺委托给某房地
共用题干 吴先生看重了一套总价30万元,面积120㎡的在建期房,根据自身情况,
共用题干 吴先生看重了一套总价30万元,面积120㎡的在建期房,根据自身情况,
共用题干 李先生为一事业单位在职职工,现有存款10万元,家庭月收入5000元,
共用题干 李先生为一事业单位在职职工,现有存款10万元,家庭月收入5000元,
共用题干 李先生为一事业单位在职职工,现有存款10万元,家庭月收入5000元,
共用题干 某房地产开发企业开发一住宅小区项目,计划开发总面积为50000㎡。经
共用题干 李先生在国内购买了一套商铺,现在李先生要出国,他把该商铺委托给某房地
随机试题
A.agreewithB.meaningfulC.shareD.experience
头衔也显得很重要,称呼老板的名字是不得体的,员工必须使用正式的头衔来称呼他们的老板,始终要注意规矩和表现出尊敬。[br][audioFiles]2018m
下面()属于综合布线系统的独立子系统。A.工作区子系统 B.干线子系统 C
患儿女,10岁,发热伴咽痛1天,拟诊为上呼吸道感染。次日体温上升至39℃,面红,
A.气的推动作用 B.气的温煦作用 C.气的防御作用 D.气的固摄作用
下列上市公司董事、监事和高级管理人员买卖本公司股票的情况符合规定的是()。
用氯米帕明治疗强迫症时,以下说法正确的是A:一般1~2周开始显效 B:一般治疗
多式联运中,( )具有有价证券的性质,可以进行转让和向银行抵押贷款。 A.
(2020年真题)劳动者与用人单位连续订立( )次固定期限劳动合同,劳动者提出
与系统性红斑狼疮发病有关的机制中,下列正确的是A.单核细胞功能减低 B.Ts功
最新回复
(
0
)