Question

Recently, university students around the world were asked to volunteer in a global experiment called Unplugged. It was designed to see how young people would react if they were asked to observe a total media ban by unplugging all forms of media devices for 24 hours．
Unplugged is being run by Dr. Roman Gerodimos, a lecturer in Communication and Journalism at Bournemouth University．During the experiment, Dr. Gerodimos said there were already signs of how much the exercise affected volunteers．He said：“They’re reporting withdrawal symptoms, overeating, feeling nervous, isolated and disconnected．”
During their 24-hour test, three of the experiment’s participants were followed around by a BBC reporter plus cameraman．They were asked to write down 100 lines about their day offline, but of course, they all waited until the next day when they had access to their laptops．
Elliot Day wrote：“Today, my whole morning routine was thrown up into the air．Despite being aware of the social importance of the media, I was surprised by how empty my life felt without the radio or newspapers．”
From Caroline Scott, we read：“I didn’t expect it, but being deprived of the media for 24 hours resulted in my day-to-day activities becoming so much harder to carry out than usual…I didn’t break out in a cold sweat like our lecturer expected us all to, but It’s not something I would like to do again！”
And Charlotte Gay wrote：“I have to say the most difficult item for me to be without has been  my mobile；not only is it a social device, it’s my main access point of communication．”
Earlier in the year, a UK government study found that in the UK we spend about half our waking hours using the media, often plugged into several things at once．So, with technology continuing to develop at an alarming rate, how much time will you set aside for sleep in the future?
【小題1】What can we learn about the volunteers?

A．Volunteers didn’t write down about their day offline．

B．Volunteers weren’t allowed to use any media for 24 hours．

C．Volunteers were followed around by Dr Roman Gerodimos．

D．Only volunteers in the UK took part in Unplugged experiment．

【小題2】Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the participants’ feelings？

A．Anxious．

B．Lonely

C．Bored．

D．Despaired．

【小題3】Which of the following is true of Caroline Scott？

A．The media ban affected his temperature．

B．His work went on smoothly without the media．

C．His work was carried on hard without the media．

D．His life was empty without the radio or newspapers．

【小題4】What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A．People should use the media devices reasonably．

B．People can easily survive the media devices addict．

C．People can spend more time sleeping in the future．

D．People spend about half the time using the media devices．

【小題5】The text is most probably a         ．

A．newspaper ad

B．book review

C．news report

D．science fiction story

Answer 1

【小題1】B
【小題2】D
【小題3】C
【小題4】A
【小題5】C

解析試題分析：
【小題1】B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段2,3行It was designed to see how young people would react if they were asked to observe a total media ban by unplugging all forms of media devices for 24 hours．可知是讓那些年輕人24小時不使用電器。故B正確。
【小題2】D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第一段最后一句“They’re reporting withdrawal symptoms, overeating, feeling nervous, isolated and disconnected．”可知ABC三項的內(nèi)容都是文章提及的癥狀，只有D項是文章沒有提及的癥狀。
【小題3】C 推理題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段From Caroline Scott, we read：“I didn’t expect it, but being deprived of the media for 24 hours resulted in my day-to-day activities becoming so much harder to carry out than usual…I didn’t break out in a cold sweat like our lecturer expected us all to, but It’s not something I would like to do again！”說明他的工作是要依靠媒體的，如果沒有了媒體，他的工作很難進行。故C正確。
【小題4】A 推斷題。根據(jù)So, with technology continuing to develop at an alarming rate, how much time will you set aside for sleep in the future?說明我們要拿出一點時間出來做別的事情，不要受媒體的影響。要合理使用媒體技術(shù)。故A正確。
【小題5】C 推理題。本文講述的是年輕人對于電器裝備的過分依賴，為了研究這一現(xiàn)象的具體影響，而進行的一項被稱為Unplugged.的活動。文章中對此進行了報到和說明，說明本文屬于新聞類。故C正確。
考點：考查新聞報告類的閱讀
點評：本文講述的是年輕人對于電器裝備的過分依賴，為了研究這一現(xiàn)象的具體影響，而進行的一項被稱為Unplugged.的活動。測試考生在閱讀基礎(chǔ)上的邏輯推理能力，要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關(guān)系，對未說明的趨勢或結(jié)局作出合理的推斷；或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點理論，對文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋�？忌�首先要仔細(xì)閱讀短文，完整了解信息，準(zhǔn)確把握作者觀點。