Question

As for older people, some of the applications（應(yīng)用程序）are hard to use because they didn't grow up with them. They don't have simple models of how it should work. They don't know what to do when it doesn't work.

I think there is huge potential, so I have designed some for them. The ability to connect to friends, who remember the same movies, news and music, is really important, especially as people get older. They end up in retirement homes and they aren't always close to their friends. Allowing the network to help them connect with friends and family members is a really powerful thing.

My wife likes using the Internet, although it took me years to get her to use e-mail. She was born with normal hearing, but lost it when she was three years old. She was totally deaf for many years until 53 when she got ear implants（移植）．They work really well. That is a big change for her. Before then, her friends couldn't call her on the phone, so they insisted that she use e-mails to communicate with them.

The younger people don't even think of this as technology. It's just there, and they use it .There's been a very interesting change in communication styles between the old and the young .A woman named Sharryturkle wrote about this phenomenon（現(xiàn)象）．There are some kids who are now in their teens and are tending not to make phone calls. And they think of e-mail as old-fashioned and slow.

The reason why teens don't make phone calls seems to be that they don't know what to say. When they call they often pause for a while. On the other hand, texting is considered proper, and it's OK if you don't answer. You might have been distracted（心煩意亂的）．It's not considered rude, but it's considered unusual if you're in this kind of voice conversation and simply stop talling.

1. We can infer from the text that the author is a____.

A. company manger B. program designer

C. college professor D. family doctor

2. Why did the author's wife connect with others by e-mail? Because she______.

A. didn't like to talk on the phone

B. didn't know how to use the phone

C. couldn't move or meet with her friends

D. was deaf and couldn't hear others on the phone

3. What do the young people think of the Internet according to the text?

A. Interesting. B. Amazing.

C．Common. D. Dull.

4. What is the best way for the teens to communicate with others?

A. Sending e-mail. B. Making phone call.

C. Writing letters. D. Sending text messages.

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.D

【解析】

試題分析: 對(duì)于年長(zhǎng)的人來(lái)說(shuō)，一些新的科技對(duì)他們來(lái)說(shuō)太復(fù)雜了而不能得到充分利用。但是與朋友進(jìn)行聯(lián)系是很必要的，于是作者為老年人專門涉及了一些應(yīng)用程序。在本文中作者也對(duì)老年人和青少年對(duì)電話網(wǎng)絡(luò)等的使用進(jìn)行了比較。

1.推理判斷題。文章首段提到電腦的一些應(yīng)用程序?qū)�老年人�?lái)說(shuō)很復(fù)雜，然后在第二段提出I think there is huge potential, so I have designed some for them.由此推斷作者是一名編程人員，選B。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段She was born withnormal hearing, but lost it when she was three years old. She was totally deaf for many years until 53 whenshe got ear implants可知他妻子喜歡用郵件的原因是她曾經(jīng)失聰多年，故選D

3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段 The younger people don't even think of this as technology. It's just there, and they use it可知年輕人認(rèn)為網(wǎng)絡(luò)是非常常見的東西，選C。

4.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章末段Whenthey call they often pause for a while. On the other hand, texting is considered proper, and it's OK if you don't answer.可知青少年喜歡發(fā)信息，選D。

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