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1、2014高考英语阅读理解巩固练习（9）及答案C7[2013·江苏卷]BWe'veconsideredseveralwaysofpayingtocutinline：hiringlinestanders,buyingticketsfromscalpers(票贩子)，orpurchasingline－cuttingprivilegesdirectlyfrom，say，anairlineoranamusementpark.Eachofthesedealsreplacesthemoralsofthequeue(wa

2、itingyourturn)withthemoralsofthemarket(payingapriceforfasterservice)．Marketsandqueues—payingandwaiting—aretwodifferentwaysofallocatingthings，andeachisappropriatetodifferentactivities.Themoralsofthequeue，“Firstcome,firstserved，”haveanegalitarian(平等主义的)appe

3、al.Theytellustoignoreprivilege，power，anddeeppockets.Theprincipleseemsrightonplaygroundsandatbusstops.Butthemoralsofthequeuedonotgovernalloccasions.IfIputmyhouseupforsale,Ihavenodutytoacceptthefirstofferthatcomesalong,simplybecauseit'sthefirst.Sellingmyhou

4、seandwaitingforabusaredifferentactivities，properlygovernedbydifferentstandards.Sometimesstandardschange,anditisunclearwhichprincipleshouldapply.Thinkoftherecordedmessageyouhear，playedoverandover，asyouwaitonholdwhencallingyourbank：“Yourcallwillbeansweredin

5、theorderinwhichitwasreceived.”Thisisessentialforthemoralsofthequeue.It'sasifthecompanyistryingtoeaseourimpatiencewithfairness.Butdon'ttaketherecordedmessagetooseriously.Today,somepeople'scallsareansweredfasterthanothers.Callcentertechnologyenablescompanie

6、sto“score”incomingcallsandtogivefasterservicetothosethatcomefromrichplaces.Youmightcallthistelephonicqueuejumping.Ofcourse，marketsandqueuesarenottheonlywaysofallocatingthings.Somegoodswedistributebymerit，othersbyneed，stillothersbychance.However，thetendenc

7、yofmarketstoreplacequeues，andothernon－marketwaysofallocatinggoodsissocommoninmodernlifethatwescarcelynoticeitanymore.Itisstrikingthatmostofthepaidqueue－jumpingschemeswe'veconsidered—atairportsandamusementparks，incallcenters，doctors'offices，andnationalpark

8、s—arerecentdevelopments,scarcelyimaginablethreedecadesago.Thedisappearanceofthequeuesintheseplacesmayseemanunusualconcern，butthesearenottheonlyplacesthatmarketshaveentered.58．Accordingtotheauthor，whichofthefollowing