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1、2014高考英语阅读理解精品练习（9）及答案（解析）C7[2013·江苏卷]BWe'veconsideredseveralwaysofpayingtocutinline：hiringlinestanders,buyingticketsfromscalpers(票贩子)，orpurchasingline－cuttingprivilegesdirectlyfrom，say，anairlineoranamusementpark.Eachofthesedealsreplacesthemoralsofthequeue(waitingyourturn)withthemor

2、alsofthemarket(payingapriceforfasterservice)．Marketsandqueues—payingandwaiting—aretwodifferentwaysofallocatingthings，andeachisappropriatetodifferentactivities.Themoralsofthequeue，“Firstcome,firstserved，”haveanegalitarian(平等主义的)appeal.Theytellustoignoreprivilege，power，anddeeppockets.

3、Theprincipleseemsrightonplaygroundsandatbusstops.Butthemoralsofthequeuedonotgovernalloccasions.IfIputmyhouseupforsale,Ihavenodutytoacceptthefirstofferthatcomesalong,simplybecauseit'sthefirst.Sellingmyhouseandwaitingforabusaredifferentactivities，properlygovernedbydifferentstandards.S

4、ometimesstandardschange,anditisunclearwhichprincipleshouldapply.Thinkoftherecordedmessageyouhear，playedoverandover，asyouwaitonholdwhencallingyourbank：“Yourcallwillbeansweredintheorderinwhichitwasreceived.”Thisisessentialforthemoralsofthequeue.It'sasifthecompanyistryingtoeaseourimpat

5、iencewithfairness.Butdon'ttaketherecordedmessagetooseriously.Today,somepeople'scallsareansweredfasterthanothers.Callcentertechnologyenablescompaniesto“score”incomingcallsandtogivefasterservicetothosethatcomefromrichplaces.Youmightcallthistelephonicqueuejumping.Ofcourse，marketsandque

6、uesarenottheonlywaysofallocatingthings.Somegoodswedistributebymerit，othersbyneed，stillothersbychance.However，thetendencyofmarketstoreplacequeues，andothernon－marketwaysofallocatinggoodsissocommoninmodernlifethatwescarcelynoticeitanymore.Itisstrikingthatmostofthepaidqueue－jumpingschem

7、eswe'veconsidered—atairportsandamusementparks，incallcenters，doctors'offices，andnationalparks—arerecentdevelopments,scarcelyimaginablethreedecadesago.Thedisappearanceofthequeuesintheseplacesmayseemanunusualconcern，butthesearenottheonlyplacesthatmarketshaveentered.58．Accordingtotheaut

8、hor，whichofthefollo