Question

【题目】How to Survive Anything

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How to Survive an Awkward Conversation

Somehow, you're sitting next to the only person at the party you've never met, and the mood is definitely uneasy. How do you draw him or her out?

【1】. The other person will fell a wave of positive feelings, and you will be more likely to remember him or her later as the person with the 'nice hat'. Win-win.

Have an escape plan. The phrases 'I won't keep you' and 'Give my regards to mutual acquaintance' are your friends. 【2】

How to Survive a Plane Crash

The smallest bump (颠簸) feels like an earthquake at 35,000 feet. 【3】-----and with a few simple precautions, you can make it a little lower.

Forget first class. Passengers seated behind the wings had a 69 percent chance of survival,【4】 That’s the finding of a recent study of 20 commercial jet crashes. If you truly fear flying, it's worth giving up the legroom for some peace of mind in the back.

Don't take masks lightly. During a loss of cabin pressure, 【5】 Listen to your flight attendants: Always secure your oxygen mask before helping others. You can't help if you can't breathe.

A.Open with praise

B.Try to like the other person

C.But the plane crash death rate is at an all-time low

D.compared with just 49 percent for those in first class

E.When the conversation reaches a dead end, employ them

F.you ought to pull yourself together and stay calm under such situation

G.the drop in oxygen can knock you unconscious in as little as 20 seconds

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】E

【3】C

【4】D

【5】G

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了在一些危险情况中如何幸存的方法。

【1】

下文The other person will fell a wave of positive feelings, and you will be more likely to remember him or her later as the person with the 'nice hat'. Win-win.(对方会感受到一股积极的情绪，你也会更容易记住他/她是那个戴着漂亮帽子的人。这是一个双赢的事。)与A. Open with praise(不吝赞扬)承接自然，下文的nice hat就是对别人的表扬，故选A项。

【2】

上文The phrases 'I won't keep you' and 'Give my regards to mutual acquaintance' are your friends.(“我不耽搁你了”和“请代我向认识的人问好”这两个说法是你的好朋友)与E. When the conversation reaches a dead end, employ them(当谈话进入死胡同时，使用它们)承接自然，选项中的them就是上文提到的两个说法，故选E项。

【3】

下文and with a few simple precautions, you can make it a little lower.(通过一些简单的预防措施，你可以把它降的更低)与C. But the plane crash death rate is at an all-time low(但是飞机失事的死亡率有史以来都很低)承接自然，下文的it就指代选项中的death rate，此外low和lower是关键词，故选C项。

【4】

上文Passengers seated behind the wings had a 69 percent chance of survival,(坐在机翼后的乘客的生还率是69%)与D. compared with just 49 percent for those in first class(而头等舱的生还率只有49%)承接自然，上下文话题一致，且选项符合本段小标题Forget first class(忘记头等舱)的话题，故选D项。

【5】

During a loss of cabin pressure (在客舱失去气压时)与G. the drop in oxygen can knock you unconscious in as little as 20 seconds(氧气的下降能让你在20秒内失去知觉)承接自然，根据常识可知，客舱失压氧气含量会迅速下降，故选G项。