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1、韩老师编辑广东省惠州市2017届高三第三次调研考试英语本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。满分120分（最终成绩按总分135分进行折算），考试用时120分钟。注意事项：1.本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。2.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名，准考证号填写在答题卡相应的位置。3.全部答案应在答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。4.考试结束后，将答题卡交回。第I卷第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂
2、黑。ATipsforwaitinginlineWhenliningupatthesupermarketcheckoutcounter,thelinesnexttousalwaysseemtobemovingfasterthantheonethatwearestandingin.NowtheNewYorkTimeshasputtogethertheresearchofscientiststogiveyousomeinsightsintothemathandpsychologyofqueuing.Italsoofferedtipsonpic
3、kingthefastestlinenomatterifyou’reliningupinasupermarket,abankoranywhereelse.PickingsomeonewithafullchartUSmathematicianDanMeyerbelievesthatachart(购物车)fullofitemsdoesn’ttellthewholestory.“Everypersonrequiresafixedamountoftimetosayhello,pay,saygoodbyeandclearoutofthelane,
4、”hesaid.Andthatamountoftimeisanaverageof41secondsperperson.Ontheotherhand,thetimethateachitemtakestoberungupisonlythreeseconds.Thatmeansiftherearefivepeopleaheadofyou,eachwithtenitemsintheircharts,thewaitingtimewillbe355seconds.Butifthereisonlyonepersonaheadofyou,with50i
5、temsinthechart,thewaitingtimeis191seconds.Youdothemath.13韩老师编辑StudythecustomerHowmanypeopleareaheadofyouisonething,andwhotheyareisanother.Forexample,iftheyareoldpeople–andthisisnotageist(年龄歧视的)–theytendtomovesloweranddelaythecheckoutprocess.Theitemsintheirchartarealsoimp
6、ortant.Forexample,fourbottlesofthesamemilkwilldefinitelygofasterthanfourcompletelydifferentitems.Choosea“serpentineline”Insomeplaces,theremaybejustonelineleadingtoseveralcheckoutcounters.Thepersonattheheadofthelinegoestothenextavailablecounter.Thisisknownasa“serpentine(蛇
7、形的)line”.Youshouldalwayschooseaserpentinelinebecauseevenifoneofthecashiersorcustomersisslow,itwon’tholdupanentireline.GoleftAccordingtoRobertSamuel,aUSsciencewriter,around90percentofpeopleareright-handed,whichmeanstheytendtogototheright.Soheadingtotheoppositedirection–le
8、ft–willgiveyouabetterchanceoffindingafasterline.21.Ifthereare6peoplebeforeyou,andtheybuy72itemsaltogeth
