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There are few habits as infuriating as someone making us wait. But, despite what may be running through your mind as you’re kept

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问题     There are few habits as infuriating as someone making us wait. But, despite what may be running through your mind as you’re kept waiting again, it’s unlikely your friends and colleagues are just being selfish. A look into the psychology of lateness offers a glimpse into a mind that may be malfunctioning. But there’s also more than one fix.
    Perceptions of unpunctual people are almost always negative — even if misguided.
    " It is easy to perceive them as disorganised, chaotic, rude and lacking in consideration for others," says Harriet Mellotte, a cognitive behavioural therapist and a clinical psychologist in training in London. " Outside of my clinical practice, others being late is something that can particularly get under my skin！ "
    But, many late people are at least somewhat organised and want to keep friends, family and bosses happy. The punctually-challenged are often excruciatingly aware and ashamed of the damage their lateness could do to their relationships, reputations, careers and finances.
    "While there are those who get a charge out of keeping others waiting, if you’re typical, you dislike being late," Diana DeLonzor writes in her book Never Be Late Again. " Yet tardiness remains your nemesis."
    Some excuses, particularly for acute lateness, are fairly universally accepted — an accident or illness, for example. But others aren’t so easy to swallow. Some late people will pass it off as a symptom of being big-thinking and concerned with loftier matters than time-keeping, as an endearing quirk, a mark of doing one’s best work under pressure, or having the body clock of a night owl rather than a lark.
    Joanna, a teacher in London who didn’t want her surname used, says her reputation for being unpunctual can sometimes be attributed to a difference in opinion. "A friend will ask me to come over, and they’ll say ‘ come any time from seven,’ " she says. "But if I do turn up at eight or later, they’re annoyed."
    Being consistently late might not be your fault. It could be your type. The punctually-challenged often share personality characteristics such as optimism, low levels of self-control, anxiety, or a penchant for thrill-seeking, experts say. Personality differences could also dictate how we experience the passing of time.
Which of the following excuses for being late is LESS acceptable?
选项 A、Doing work more efficiently under pressure.
B、Claiming oneself to be a morning person.
C、Explaining that he/she eats slowly.
D、Having an accident.
答案A
解析 本题是细节题，要求考生理解第六段中提到的各种迟到的理由。有些理由是一般情况下可以让人接受的，例如发生了突发事情或生病了；而有些理由不太好让人接受，例如有些人会把迟到当作格局宏大、关心比守时更高深的事情的表现(a sympotom of being big-thinking and concerned with loftier matters than time-keeping)，有些人把迟到当作一种可爱的怪癖(an endearing quirk)，还有一些人则把迟到看作压力之下才能把事情做得更好的标志(a mark of doing one’s best work under pressure)，或者自认为是夜猫子型，而非百灵鸟型(having the body clock of a night owl rather than a lark)。选项A最符合原文的语义。
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