"When people experience decision fatigue—when they are tired of making choices—they have a tendency to choose to go with the status quo 现状," he says.

2018年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

But the status quo can be problematic, since a change in the course of action can sometimes be important and lead to a positive outcome.

2018年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

They could cement the status quo of peer-reviewed research.

出自-2014年考研阅读原文

And interest groups ranging from postal unions to greeting-card makers exert self-interested pressure on the USPS's ultimate overseer-Congress-insisting that whatever else happens to the Postal Service, aspects of the status quo they depend on get protected.

出自-2018年考研阅读原文

And interest groups ranging from postal unions to greeting-card makers exert self-interested pressure on the USPS's ultimate overseer-Congress一insisting that whatever else happens to the Postal Service, aspects of the status quo they depend on get protect

2018年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ