2019高考英语一轮基础达标练题Unit4Earthquakes含解析新人教版必修1.pdfVIP

Earthquakes 李仕才 一、阅读理解。 Whenever we s a button, we want to press it because we know that something will happen.This is tru in most cases, for example, on a doorbell.But som buttons are actually fake(假的), like the “close” button on a lift. Many peopl ar in th habit of pressing th clos ” button becaus they don’ t have the patience towait.But lifts’ “close” buttons are a complete trick,at least in th U．S.—th doors will not clos any faster no matter how hard you press. It started in th 1990s when the Americans withDisabilities Act waspassed in the U．S., making sure that all lifts stayed open long enough so that people with disabilities could enter safely.Only repair workers can use the buttons to sp d up the door closing process if they have special keys. But to normal lift riders, th buttons aren’t completely useless.According to psychologists, fak buttons can actually mak you f l better by offering you a sens of control. A sense of control is very important.It reduces stress and increases well being，” said Ellen J．Langer, a psychology professor at Harvard University.Experts also added that a lot of buttons that don’t do anything exist in our lives for this same purpose. For example, pedestrian crosswalk buttons don’t live up to their names either.Pressing them used to help mak th traffic signals chang faster, but that was before computercontrolled traffic signals were introduced. But psychologists found it interesting that even when peopl ar awar of thes littl whit lies”， they still continu to push fak buttons becaus as long as the doors eventually close, it is considered to be worth the effort. 【解题导语】 本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了我们平时生活中所见到的按钮可能是不 起作用的。 1．What is the author’s purpose in writing the text? A．To describe different fake buttons.