What is unique of SieMatic Be…——2014 高考英语第 46 题答案解析

【考点】O7：政治经济类阅读．菁优网版权所有
【分析】本文是一则广告．文章主要介绍了SieMatic Beaux﹣Arts系列厨房的设计风格、
设计的由来以及它吸引顾客的独特之处：顾客可以按自己的喜好进行装饰布置，也可加
入自己的创新，从而可以分享到自己的成果．
【解答】56．A 细节理解题．根据第二段第一句"Back then，a Generation of successful
American Entrepreneurs dreamt of a new style of Architecture to express their personal
wealth"可知，一代成功的美国企业家梦想着一种新的建筑风格能够表达他们个人财富，
也就是说能够显示他们有钱，展示他们的金钱地位．故选A．

【答案】C

【解析】推理判断题．根据第三段最后一句"you too can break the conventional rules of style
and create something new：your own personal composition of your kitchen．For that，SieMatic
BeauxArts offers unique opportunities：A broad range of seemingly conflicting features that
you combine to a harmonious design of your own．"可知，你也可以打破传统的风格规则，
创造一些新的东西，按自己的喜好进行装饰布置，所以SieMatic BeauxArts让顾客有机会
显示自己的构思，从而可以分享到自己的成果．故选C．
【点评】本文是政治经济类阅读，主要考查学生对细节的理解能力，做题时一定要找到
文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确选择．
28． （6分）However wealthy we may be，we can never find enough hours in the day to do
everything we want．Economics deals with this problem through the concept of opportunity
cost，which simply refers to whether someone's time or money could be better spent on
something else．

Every hour of our time has a value．For every hour we work at one job we could quite easily be
doing another，or be sleeping or watching a film．Each of these options has a different
opportunity cost﹣namely，what they cost us in missed opportunities．
Say you intend to watch a football match but the tickets are expensive and it will take you a
couple of hours to get to and from the stadium．Why not，you might reason，watch the game
from home and use the leftover money and time to have dinner with friends？This﹣the
alternative use of your cash and time﹣is the opportunity cost．
For economists，every decision is made by knowledge of what one must forgo﹣in terms of
money and enjoyment﹣in order to take it up．By knowing precisely what you are receiving
and what you are missing out on，you ought to be able to make better﹣informed，more
reasonable decisions．Consider that most famous economic rule of all：there's no such thing as
a free lunch．Even if someone offers to take you out to lunch for free，the time you will spend
in the restaurant still costs you something in terms of forgone opportunities．
Some people find the idea of opportunity cost extremely discouraging：imagine spending your
entire life calculating whether your time would be better spent elsewhere doing something
more profitable or enjoyable．Yet，in a sense it's human nature to do precisely that﹣we assess
the advantages and disadvantages of decisions all the time．
In the business world，a popular phrase is"value for money．"People want their cash to go as far
as possible．However，another is fast obtaining an advantage："value for time．"The biggest
restriction on our resources is the number of hours we can devote to something，so we look to
maximize the return we get on our investment of time．By reading this passage you are giving
over a bit of your time which could be spent doing other activities，such as sleeping and
eating．In return，however，this passage will help you to think like an economist，closely
considering the opportunity cost of each of your decisions．