首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
(80)As the Titanic was sinking and women and children climbed into lifeboats, the musicians from the ship’s band stood and playe
(80)As the Titanic was sinking and women and children climbed into lifeboats, the musicians from the ship’s band stood and playe
admin
2015-04-28
28
问题
(80)
As the Titanic was sinking and women and children climbed into lifeboats, the musicians from the ship’s band stood and played.
They died when the ship went down.Men stood on the deck and smoked cigarettes. They died, too. This behavior is puzzling to economists, who like to believe that people tend to act in their own self-interest. " There was no pushing," says David Savage, an economist at Queensland University in Australia who has studied witness reports from the survivors. It was"very, very orderly behavior. "
Savage has compared the behavior of the passengers on the Titanic with those on the Lusitania, another ship that also sank at about the same time. But when the Lusitania went down, the passengers panicked (恐慌). There were a lot of similarities between these two events. These two ships were both luxury ones, they had a similar number of passengers and a similar number of survivors.
The biggest difference, Savage concludes, was time. The Lusitania sank in less than 20 minutes. But for the Titanic, it was two-and-a-half hours. " If you’ve got an event that lasts two-and-a-half hours, social order will takeover and everybody will behave in a social manner," Savage says. "If you’re going down in under 17 minutes, basically it’s instinctual. " On the Titanic, social order ruled, and it was women and children first. On the Lusitania, instinct won out. The survivors were largely the people who could swim and get into the lifeboats.
Yes, we’re self-interested, Savage says. But we’re also part of a society. Given time, social norms (规范) can beat our natural self-interest. A hundred years ago, women and children always went first. Men were stoic (坚韧的). On the Titanic, there was enough time for these norms to become forceful.
According to the author, economists were confused because______.
选项
A、people’s behavior was disorderly on the Titanic
B、people did not act in their own interest on the Titanic
C、most men did not act in their own interest on the Lusitania
D、women and children could not climb into the lifeboats
答案
B
解析
根据文章第一段中This behavior is puzzling to economists,who like to believe that people tend to act in their own self-interest.可知,泰坦尼克号上的乘客并没有像经济学家所通常认为的那样站在自私自利的立场行事,所以经济学家对此感到困惑。并且,第一段末There was no pushing和very,very orderly behavior也印证了泰坦尼克号上的秩序是井然的。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/tBRO777K
0
成人本科学位英语
相关试题推荐
Ialwaysencouragesuchpeople,butIalsoexplainthatthere’sabigdifferencebetween"beingawriter"andwriting.
Wefindthatbrightchildrenarerarelyheldbackbymixed-abilityteaching.Onthecon-trary,boththeirknowledgeandexperien
Alawyerfriendofminehasdevotedherselftotheserviceofhumanity.Herspecialareaiscalled,publicinterestlaw".M
Apartfromrequiringmedicalandsocialservices,whichdonotdirectlycontributetoeconomicgrowth,thesocietyshouldalsov
Whatheis________isneithermoneynorfame,butthesatisfactionofseeinghisstudentsgrowupasbuildersofsocialism.
Thequalityofpatiencegoesalongwaytowardyourgoalofcreatingamorepeacefulandlovingself.Themorepatientyouare,
Walterofferedusaliftwhenhewasleavingtheoffice,butourwork______,werefusedtheoffer.
Ithink______righttotellherthetruth.
Don’thavehimforafriend.He’s______acriminal.
OnNovember19,1863,AbrahamLincolnwenttoGettysburginPennsylvaniatospeakattheNationalSoldiersCemetery.TheCivilW
随机试题
SQL由哪四部分组成?
A.右上腹包块B.左上腹包块,有切迹C.右下腹包块D.左下腹包块E.上腹部包块盲肠肿瘤()
血浆凝血酶原时间(PT)延长可见于下列情况,但哪项除外
日光浴一般于婴儿早餐后()。
患儿,男,6岁。因水痘入院,护士告知其家长隔离区域的划分,属于半污染区的是
根据我国现行《商标法》及相关规定,认定驰名商标所应当考虑的因素包括:()
保险中介人包括()
甲股份有限公司(以下简称“甲公司”)为增值税一般纳税人,销售商品适用的增值税税率为16%。2×18年至2×20年发生的对外投资业务资料如下。(1)2×18年6月1日,甲公司以一批存货为对价再次取得对A公司25%的股权投资,形成非同一控制下的控股合并。甲公
操作系统的一个重要功能是进程管理。为此,操作系统必须提供一种启动进程的机制。在下面的叙述中,不正确的是________。
使用Line控件在窗体上画一条从(0,0)到(600,700)的直线,则其相应属性的值应是
最新回复
(
0
)