19.Owning a smart phone may not be as smart as you think.They may let you surf the Internet,listen to music and snap photos wherever you are…but they also turn you into a workaholic (工作狂).A study suggests that,by giving you access to emails at all times,the all-singing,all-dancing mobile phone adds as much as two hours to your working day.
Researchers found that Britons work an additional 460 hours a year on average as they are able to respond to emails on their mobiles.The study by technology retailer Pixmania,shows the average UK working day is between nine and ten hours,but a further two hours is spent responding to or sending work emails,or making work calls.Almost one in ten admits spending up to three hours outside their normal working day checking work emails.Some workers confess (坦白) they are on call almost 24 hours a day,with nine out of ten saying they take work emails and calls outside their normal working hours.Nearly two-thirds say they often check work emails just before they go to bed and as soon as they wake up,while over a third have replied to one in the middle of the night.
Ghadi Hobeika,marketing director of Pixmania,said,"The ability to access millions of apps,keep in contact via social networks and take photos and video as well as text and call has made smart phones valuable for many people.However,there are drawbacks.Many companies expect their employees to be on call 24 hours a day,seven days a week,and smart phones mean that people cannot get away from work.The more constantly in contact we become,the more is expected of us in a work capacity (容量)."
25.The text is probably taken fromC.
A.a(chǎn) scientific report
B.a(chǎn) financial report
C.a(chǎn) newspaper
D.a(chǎn) travel journal
26.The underlined word"drawbacks"in the last paragraph probably meansB.
A.disagreements
B.disadvantages
C.mistakes
D.features
27.Ghadi may agree thatC.
A.employees are supposed to be on call 24 hours a day
B.the ability to access many apps made smart phones worthless
C.smart phones might turn a person into a workaholic
D.people cannot get away from work without smart phones
28.What is the main idea of this passage?A
A.Smart phones are lengthening working hours.
B.Smart phones are becoming valuable for many people.
C.Britons work an additional 460hours a year on average.
D.Smart phones are more beneficial to our life than we think.
分析 這篇文章主要介紹使用智能手機也許并不像你想的那樣明智.使用智能手機可以讓你隨時隨地上網(wǎng)、聽音樂、拍照片,但也可能讓你變成工作狂.最新調(diào)查顯示,智能手機能讓你隨時查收郵件,因此這種花哨的機會讓你每天的工作時間延長多達(dá)兩個小時.
解答 25.C.推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知,這是一篇新聞報道,故最可能出現(xiàn)在報紙上,故選C.
26.B.詞義猜測題.根據(jù)The ability to access millions of apps,keep in contact via social networks and take photos and video as well as text and call has made smart phones valuable for many people.However,there are drawbacks.可知,前面所說的是智能手機的優(yōu)點,此處轉(zhuǎn)折后,應(yīng)說缺點.故drawbas意為缺點.故選B.
27.C.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)However,there are disadvantages.Many companies expect their employees to be on call 24 hours a day,seven days a week,and smartphones mean that people cannot get away from work.The more constantly in touch we become,the more is expected of us in work.可知,智能手機可能會把一個人變成一個工作狂.故選C.
28.A.主旨大意題.通讀文章可知,本文主要講智能手機不僅能給人們帶來便利,同時也會增加額外的工作負(fù)擔(dān).故選A.
點評 本文是一篇科教類閱讀,題目涉及多道細(xì)節(jié)理解題,推理判斷題,主旨大意題,詞義猜測題.做題時學(xué)生應(yīng)仔細(xì)閱讀原文,把握文章主要內(nèi)容,聯(lián)系文章上下文內(nèi)容并結(jié)合所給選項含義,從中選出正確答案,一定要做到有理有據(jù),切忌胡亂猜測.