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There is nothing worse than someone who is always late.Lateness can be a
There is nothing worse than someone who is always late.Lateness can be a
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2023-10-17
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There is nothing worse than someone who is always late.Lateness can be a charming eccentricity—for a little while.The trouble is that Mr or Mrs Unpunctual soon starts causing inconvenience to other people.That’s when the cheerful acceptance gives way to scorn and resentment.
【B1】_________ For example, after accepting the offer of a lift to work the following morning, he or she will fail to turn up at the pick-up spot at the agreed time.There’s sure to be a convincing reason: lost door keys, a child with whooping cough, a cat stuck up an apple tree…
【B2】_________ He’s made the offer and now he feels
responsible for it; come what may, he must keep his word.On the other hand, the person who’s receiving the favour feels free to turn up 10, 15, or 30 minutes after the time which had been agreed on.For him or her they are minutes of hurried activity earning the right to chauffeur-driven luxury; for the driver—the victim—they are minutes of sheer frustration, boredom and wasted time.
【B3】_________ Well, maybe the person who offered the lift gives up the seemingly endless wait and disappears, in which case the latecomer struggles to complete his day’s schedule later than ever.Wherever he goes he blames the lift for "letting him down".
【B4】_________ In the version of the story, the giver of the lift waits in loyal frustration at the side of the road for as long as his thoughtless passenger takes to reach the spot.Not only are both of them late for work, but the passenger tells his colleagues about the driver’s impatience in traffic queues !
【B5】_________ At the moment we think of it as a very elastic commodity; we make vague arrangements to meet at about a certain time, and no one has a clear idea as to just how far that time will stretch.Will "ten o’clock" stretch to quarter past ten—or will it stretch to half past ten? There are no fixed rules.
Why not arrange to meet by a certain time and stick to it? Not giving even a minute’s grace seems a little harsh, but look at it this way: a train won’t wait for a late passenger.People know what the deadline is, they accept that they have to be on time and they usually are.Even the closest friends give up on each other eventually, so they may as well set a giving-up time when they make their arrangement.By ten o’clock should mean ’sorry, but that’s when I set off without you’.
Questions 61—65Complete the passage with the following sentences.There are two extra sentences that you do not need to use.
A. There’s another equally likely result.
B. It’s surprising how far the unpunctual person will go to inconvenience others.
C. We all know what it is like to be not able to turn up on time.
D. What’s the result of this easy-going attitude?
E. The giver of the lift makes sure he’s not late.
F. So what’s the answer? Perhaps there should be a subtle change in how we view time.
G. There is nothing wrong with the lift giver. [br] 【B1】
选项
答案
B
解析
B项的意思是“令人惊讶的是,不守时的人会给别人带来巨大的不便。”空格前文提到“没有什么比总是迟到更糟糕的了。迟到可能是一种迷人的怪癖短时间内。问题是不守时的先生或女士很快就会给别人带来不便。这时愉快的接受变成了轻蔑和怨恨。”空格后面又举了不便的例子,所以空格处应与给人带来不便有关,且空格处是承上启下的作用,B项符合条件,故选B。
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