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【題目】Americans, especially the millennials（千禧一代）, are always glued（固著于）to their phones. A common day of the average university student in America starts off like this: an alarm clock wakes you up, which is quickly followed by checking social media such as Twitter and Facebook. Once in classes, you are again attracted by your buzzing phone and access to the Internet rather than pay attention to the lecturing professor. Then you have lunch with some friends, only to look up from your screen to realize that no one has said a word in five minutes and instead all are looking at their phones. Once the day ends, you can’t help checking all forms of social media again before finally being able to shut your eyes only to repeat this vicious cycle the next day.

Cyberbullying（網(wǎng)絡(luò)霸凌）, a concept unknown before, is now in fashion. Many of the millennials are using the Internet to make jokes about others to points of extremes. The Internet gives cowards bravery; people feel like their actions and words have no bad results because they cannot see the ache it causes another.

Millennials also think that whatever information shows up on their screens must be taken as truth, whether the material is reliable（可靠的）or not.

Social media is not all bad, however. People are still able to use social media to connect with friends and family who live a great distance away. With a few clicks of a button, someone could make another person smile, or give words of hope and encouragement to a friend in need, or even help repair a broken relationship. Cyberspace is a vortex（漩渦）that is easy to get caught up in, but we must find a balance to keep both feet in reality while traveling across the online world.

【1】What does the underlined part in Paragraph l mean?

A. You can’t break away from your phone.

B. You decide to get rid of this bad behaviour later.

C. You return to going cycling the following day.

D. You are caught in the busy life.

【2】What can be learned about the milennials?

A. They often mistake facts for personal opinions.

B. They prefer to communicate face to face.

C. They are often made fun of in the cyberspace.

D. They don’t make their own judgement.

【3】What’s the author’s purpose of writing the text?

A. To state the ill effect of social media.

B. To prove the benefit of cyberspace.

C. To suggest using the social media wisely.

D. To introduce the function of phones.

【4】Which way of using social media is advised by the writer?

A. Being glued to the phones all the time.

B. Promoting relationships.

C. Losing themselves in the cyberspace.

D. Fighting against others.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】本文介紹美國人，尤其是千禧一代離不開手機。建議人們明智地使用社交媒體。

【1】A

詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第一段倒數(shù)第二句no one has said a word in five minutes and instead all are looking at their phones.在五分鐘之內(nèi)沒有一個人說一個單詞，相反他們都在看他們的手機。最后一句Once the day ends, you can’t help checking all forms of social media again before finally being able to shut your eyes only to repeat this vicious cycle the next day.一旦這天結(jié)束，在終于能夠閉上你的眼睛之前你不能再檢查所有形式的社交媒體了，只是在第二天重復(fù)這種惡性循環(huán)。由此可知，劃線內(nèi)容的意思是“你不能離開你的電話。”故選A。

【2】D

推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段Cyberbullying（網(wǎng)絡(luò)霸凌）, a concept unknown before, is now in fashion. Many of the millennials are using the Internet to make jokes about others to points of extremes. The Internet gives cowards bravery; people feel like their actions and words have no bad results because they cannot see the ache it causes another.可知，千禧一代不能做出他們自己的判斷。故選D。

【3】C

推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段第一、二句Social media is not all bad, however. People are still able to use social media to connect with friends and family who live a great distance away.可知，本文建議人們明智地使用社交媒體。故選C。

【4】B

推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中People are still able to use social media to connect with friends and family who live a great distance away. With a few clicks of a button, someone could make another person smile, or give words of hope and encouragement to a friend in need, or even help repair a broken relationship.可知，社交媒體能夠提升人際關(guān)系。故選B。