Question

“People are ruder today because they are rushed and more ‘time poor’ than ever before,” says Patsy Rowe, “ Manners have fallen off the radar(雷達).” Due to our strong attraction to electronic equipment it is a wonder more people don’t wake up each morning and greet the singing birds with a complaint（抱怨）about the noise. Here are some examples of rudeness.

   Some people prefer to do almost everything over the internet. To them, dealing with an actual human is like an evolutionary step backward. It feels very slow because humans don’t work at 4G speeds. When you have dinner with friends, you will often notice someone paying more attention to his mobile phone. We have programmed ourselves to think that every new message brings life-changing news, so taking calls and checking our texts are more important than talking to the people we are with. What is worse, some people even tend to send anonymous（匿名的）rude messages by email.

However, rudeness is never acceptable. Don^’t assume it is OK to be rude if the person you’re in touch with won^’t recognize you. If you have something awful to say, have the courage to face the person and say it, write a letter or email and sign it, or forget it. Upsetting people with unsigned messages is cruel and disgusting.

We shouldn^’t blame technology for our shortcomings. Technology is here to help us, but we should not allow it to take over our lives. An important step is acknowledging our shortcomings. People spend a lot of time pointing out bad manners but it would be even more helpful if we’d publicly acknowledge good manners when we see them.

1.What can be inferred from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1?

A. People can tell good from bad behavior.

B. Radar is able to observe human behavior.

C. People care little about their behavior.

D. Radar can be used to predict human behavior.

2.Some people are less willing to deal with humans because________.

A. they are becoming less patient

B. they are growing too independent

C. they have to handle many important messages

D. they have to follow an evolutionary step backward.

3.The author thinks sending unsigned awful messages is ________.

A. ridiculous              B. disgusting              C. acceptable            D. reasonable

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.A

3.B

【解析】

試題分析：隨著電子產(chǎn)品的出現(xiàn)，人們用在電話、電腦和網(wǎng)絡上的時間多了，在現(xiàn)實生活中人與人之間的聯(lián)系少了，而且人們也逐漸變得沒有耐心，失去了本該有的禮貌，甚至通過網(wǎng)絡進行侮辱別人的行為。作者認為改變這一切的方法不是要責怪網(wǎng)絡，責怪人類的缺點，而是要弘揚正能量。

1.C推理判斷題。從文章首句“People are ruder today because they are rushed and more ‘time poor’ than ever before,” 和第一段末句Here are some examples of rudeness.可知第一段講述人們現(xiàn)在不注重禮貌了，由此推斷C選項正確，意思是人們對他們的行為舉止不在意了。

2.A推理判斷題。從文章第二段的敘述可知人們因為嫌慢而不愿意再和現(xiàn)實中的人打交道，甚至在和朋友一起吃飯時候也忙著打電話發(fā)信息，由此推斷A選項正確。

3.B細節(jié)理解題。A可笑的；B令人厭惡的；C可接受的；D合理的。從文章第三段Upsetting people with unsigned messages is cruel and disgusting.可知B為正確選項。

考點：考查社會生活類短文閱讀。