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2017-2019届上海市复旦附中高三英语试卷题型分类专题汇编：阅读理解B篇 One 【2017 届上海市复旦附中高三英语上学期第一周考试题】 III. Reading Comprehensio Section B Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given the passage you have just read. (B) We have been all there -when liming up at the supermarket checkout counter, the lines next to us always seem to be moving faster than the one we are standing in. Now The New York Times has put together the research of multiple scientists to give you some insights into the math and psychology of queuing. It has also offered tips on licking the fastest line no matter you’re lining up in a supermarket, a bank or anywhere else. Pick someone with a full cart US mathematician Dan Meyer believes that a cart full of items doesn’t tell the whole story. “Every person requires a fixed amount of time is an average of 41 seconds per person. On the other hand, the time that each item takes to be rung up is only three seconds. This means if only one person ahead of you, with 50 items in the cart, the waiting time is 191 seconds. You do the math” Study the customers How many people are ahead of you is one thing, and who they are is another. For example, if they are old people-and this is not ageist-they tend to move slower and delay the checkout process . The items their carts are also important. For example, four bottles of the milk will definitely go faster than four completely different items. Choose a “serpentine line” In some place, there may just be one line leading to several checkout counts. The person at the head of line goes to next available counter. This is known as a “serpentine line”. You should always choose a serp entine line because even if one of the cashiers