Question

【題目】 How many of you have unfriended(拉黑) someone on Facebook because they said something bad about politics, childcare or food? And how many of you ever hide from someone just because you don’t want to talk to them?

In order to have a polite conversation, we used to follow the advice — make our conversation go around the weather and your health. But these days, with climate change and vaccine (疫苗) problems, those subjects — are not safe, either. Every conversation may lead to a fight.

Pew Research did a study of 10,000 American adults, and they found at this moment, we are less likely(可能) to listen to each other. Depending on what we already believe, we make decisions about where to live, who to marry and even who our friends are going to be. A conversation needs a balance(平衡) between talking and listening, and somewhere along the way, we lost that balance.

Now, part of that is because of technology, such as the smartphones. They are either in your hands or close enough for you to get quickly. According to the Pew Research, about one third American teenagers send more than a hundred texts(信息) a day. And many of them, almost most of them, are more likely to text their friends than they are to talk to them face to face.

There’s a great piece in The Atlantic. It was written by a high school teacher named Paul Barnwell. He gave a communication project to teach students how to speak on a special topic. But he failed to make it and said: “I realize kids spend hours each day connecting with ideas and each other through screens, but they hardly discover their communication skills. It might sound like a funny question, but we have to ask ourselves. Are there any 21st-century skills more important than being able to make a real conversation?

【1】It used to be safe to talk about________in a polite conversation.

A.healthB.childcareC.food

【2】What can we learn from the study of Pew Research?

A.People make their own decisions by listening to others.

B.We probably like talking with friends face to face better.

C.There isn’t a balance between talking and listening now.

【3】About 30% American teenagers send ________ texts a day.

A.more than 1000B.about 500C.Over 100

【4】The last paragraph mainly talks about ________.

A.some communication skills

B.a project by Paul Barnwell

C.a magazine called The Atlantic

【5】What is the best title of the passage?

A.Why not have a conversation now?

B.How can we speak politely?

C.What can we do with smart phones?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】C

【4】B

【5】B

【解析】

文章大意：本文節(jié)選自Celeste Headlee的一篇演講《如何成為一個更好的交談者？》。節(jié)選部分主要講人際交往中的談論和傾聽失去了平衡，介紹了出現(xiàn)這一現(xiàn)象的原因及交流中存在的其他問題，并提醒人們應該如何禮貌地交談。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第2段中“In order to have a polite conversation, we used to follow the advice — make our conversation go around the weather and your health.”可知禮貌的交談中談論天氣和健康是可以的。故選A。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第3段中“Pew Research did a study of 10,000 American adults, … A conversation needs a balance between talking and listening, and somewhere along the way, we lost that balance.”可知研究發(fā)現(xiàn)我們已經(jīng)失去了對話中的聽說平衡。故選C。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第4段中“According to the Pew Research, about one third American teenagers send more than a hundred texts(信息) a day.”可知大約三分之一（即百分之三十）的美國青少年每天發(fā)送多于一百條信息。故選C。

【4】段落大意題。根據(jù)最后一段中“There’s a great piece in The Atlantic. It was written by a high school teacher named Paul Barnwell. He gave a communication project to teach students how to speak on a special topic.”可知這一段主要講Paul Barnwell進行的一個交流項目。故選B。

【5】標題歸納題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知本文主要講述了一些交流中存在的問題，并提出如何禮貌地進行交談，用“How can we speak politely?”做標題最合適。故選B。