Question

When I asked my daughter which item she would keep: the phone, the car, the cooker, the computer, the TV, or her boyfriend, she said "the phone". Personally, I could do without the phone entirely, which makes me unusual. Because the telephone is changing our lives more than any other piece of technology.

Point 1 The telephone creates the need to communicate, in the same way that more roads create more traffic. My daughter comes home from school at 4:00 pm and then spends an hour on the phone talking to the very people she has been at school with all day. If the phone did not exist, would she have anything to talk about?

Point 2 The mobile phone means that we are never alone. !' The mobile saved my life, "says Crystal Johnstone. She had

an accident in her Volvo on the A45 between Otley and Skipton. Trapped inside, she managed to make the call that brought the ambulance(救護(hù)車) to her rescue.

Point 3 The mobile removes our secret. It allows marketing manager of Haba Deutsch, Carl Nicolaisen, to ring his sales staff all round the world at any time of day to ask where they are, where they are going, and how their last meeting went.

Point 4 The telephone separates us. Antonella Bramante in Rome says, "We worked in separate offices but I could see him through the window. It was easy to get his number. We were so near--but we didn't meet for the first two weeks!"

Point 5 The telephone allows us to reach out beyond our own lives. Today we can talk to several complete strangers simultaneously (同時(shí)地) on chat lines (at least my daughter does. I wouldn't know what to talk about). We can talk across the world. We can even talk to astronauts (if you know any) while they're space-walking. And, with the phone line hooked up to the computer, we can access(進(jìn)入) the Internet, the biggest library on Earth.

1.How do you understand" Point 1—The telephone creates the need to communicate,... "？

A. People don't communicate without telephone.

B. People communicate because of the creating of the telephone.

C. People communicate more since telephone has been created.

D. People communicate more because of more traffic.

2.Which of the following best shows people's attitude towards mobile phones?

A. Mobile phones help people deal with the emergency.

B. Mobile phones bring convenience as well little secret to people.

C. Mobile phones are so important and should be encouraged.

D. Mobile phones are part of people's life.

3.Which points do you think support the idea that phones improve people's life?

a. Point 1. b. Point 2. c. Point 3. d. Point 4. e. Point 5.

A. c, d B. a, e C. a, c D. b, e

4.It is possible to talk to several complete strangers simultaneously through .

A. the TV screen B. a fax machine

C. the phone line hooked up to the computer D. a microphone

5.The best heading for the passage is .

A. The power of Phones B. Kinds of Phones

C. How to Use Phones D. Advantage of Phones

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文通過“女兒”選擇電話，作者談到電話在日常生活中的作用，以及電話帶來的負(fù)面影響

1. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段提到My daughter comes home from school at 4:00 pm and then spends an hour on the phone talking to the very people she has been at school with all day. If the phone did not exist, would she have anything to talk about我的女兒從四點(diǎn)回到家，花了一小時(shí)與同學(xué)聊天，如果沒有電話，她還會(huì)說嗎？可知因?yàn)殡娫挼漠a(chǎn)生，交流得更多了。故選C項(xiàng)。

2. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段提到Point 2 The mobile phone means that we are never alone.電話意味著我們不再孤單，第四段提到Point 3 The mobile removes our secret電話讓我們沒有秘密，故選B項(xiàng)。

3. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題在問手機(jī)的哪些功能改善人們的生活，Point 2 The mobile phone means that we are never alone手機(jī)讓人不再孤單 Point 5 The telephone allows us to reach out beyond our own lives.手機(jī)允許我們與外界聯(lián)系，故選D項(xiàng)。

4. 考查常識(shí)題。根據(jù)最后一段Today we can talk to several complete strangers simultaneously (同時(shí)地) on chat lines (at least my daughter does.通過網(wǎng)絡(luò)和不認(rèn)識(shí)的人聊天這是常識(shí)

5. 主旨大意。根據(jù)文中提到Because the telephone is changing our lives more than any other piece of technology手機(jī)改變我們的生活，但也帶給我們的便利，以及改變我們的生活。所以A最恰當(dāng)

考點(diǎn)：日常生活類閱讀。