题目内容
13.Everywhere I look outside my home I see people busy on their high-tech devices,while driving,walking,shopping,even sitting in toilets.When connected electronically,they are away from physical reality.People have been influenced to become technology addicted.One survey reported that"addicted"was the word most commonly used by people to describe their relationship to iPad and similar devices.One study found that people had a harder time resisting the allure of social media than they did for sleep,cigarettes and alcohol.
The main goal of technology companies is to get people to spend more money and time on their products,not to actually improve our quality of life.They have successfully created a cultural disease.Consumers willingly give up their freedom,money and time to catch up on the latest information,to keep pace with their peers or to appear modern.
I see people trapped in a pathological(病态的)relationship with time-sucking technology,where they serve technology more than technology serves them.I call this technology servitude.I am referring to a loss of personal freedom and independence because of uncontrolled consumption of many kinds of devices that eat up time and money.
What is a healthy use of technology devices?That is the vital question.Who is really in charge of my life?That is what people need to ask themselves if we are to have any chance of breaking up false beliefs about their use of technology.When we can live happily without using so much technology for a day or a week,then we can regain control and personal freedom,become the master of technology and discover what there is to enjoy in life free of technology.Mae West is famous for proclaiming the wisdom that"too much of a good thing is wonderful."But it's time to discover that it does not work for technology.
Richard Fernandez,an executive coach at Google acknowledged that"we can be swept away by our technologies."To break the grand digital connection people must consider how life long ago could be fantastic without today's overused technology.
45.The underlined word"allure"in Paragraph 2probably meansB.
A.advantage
B.attraction
C.adaption
D.attempt
46.From the passage,technology companies aim toA.
A.attract people to buy their products
B.provide the latest information
C.improve people's quality of life
D.deal with cultural diseases
47.It can be inferred from this passage that peopleD.
A.consider too much technology wonderful
B.have realized the harm of high-tech devices
C.can regain freedom without high-tech devices
D.may enjoy life better without overused technology
48.What's the author's attitude towards the overusing of high-tech devices?C
A.Neutral.
B.Sceptical.
C.Disapproving.
D.Sympathetic.
分析 本文是一篇说明文,文章讲述的是人们过度的依赖于技术.
解答 45.答案 B 细节理解题.根据 People have been influenced to become technology addicted,中的addicted可以推断出allure的意思就是吸引.故选B.
46.答案 A 细节理解题. 根据The main goal of tempanies is to get people to spend more money and time on their products,not to actually improve our quality of life,可知,技术公司的主要目的就是为了使消费者购买他们的产品.故选A.
47.答案 D 推断理解题.To break the grand digital connection,people must consider how life long ago could be fantastic without today's overused technology,根据这句可以推断出人们如果没有过度使用技术将会过的更好的生活,故选D.
48.答案 C 判断推理题.根据I see people trapped in a pathological(病态的)relationship with time-sucking technology,where they serve technology more than technology serves them.I call this technology servitude.I am referring to a loss of personal freedom and independence because of uncontrolled consumption of many kinds of devices that eat up time and money.,可以推断出作者对于技术过度使用的态度是不赞同的,A 中立的,B怀疑的,D同情的. 故选C.
点评 阅读理解题主要考查考生对书面语篇的整体领悟能力和接受及处理具体信息的能力.试题的取材,密切联系当前我国和世界经济、科技等方面的变化,有关数据的来源真实可信.因此科普知识类文章是每年的必考题.分析历年的科普类文章我们不难发现以下特点:
1、文章逻辑性强,条理清楚,语法结构简单,用语通俗.
2、文章内容注重科技领域的新发现.内容新颖,从而使文章显得陌生,内容抽象复杂.
3、命题方面注意对具体细节的准确理解和以之为依据的推理判断.
4、以人们的日常行为或饮食健康入手,探讨利弊,诠释过程,阐述概念.
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Amazed,I knew what I should do next.I got a (40)A from my basement and placed it against the tree.It was then that I heard a sound"miaow".Looking through the leaves,I saw the culprit(肇事者),a neighborhood cat.He must have shaken the bird out of the(41)D and gotten himself trapped up in the tree as well.Climbing up through the branches,I (42)B him,gave him a scolding and dropped him softly to the ground.Then I gently picked up the baby bird and slowly reached my arm out as (43)D as I could to place it in the nest.
In the following weeks I have looked up at the nest several times,but have only been able to see the mother bird.I may never know whether the baby that I (44)A remains alive or not,but trying is(45)B.Sometimes we don't get to know if our efforts have (46)D a difference or not.Sometimes we have to just hold the belief and do good to others.Sometimes love has to be its own (47)C.
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37.A.running | B.lying | C.flying | D.jumping |
38.A.Slowly | B.Immediately | C.Suddenly | D.Finally |
39.A.looking out | B.looking at | C.looking for | D.looking into |
40.A.ladder | B.chair | C.torch | D.cage |
41.A.hole | B.backyard | C.branches | D.nest |
42.A.guided | B.seized | C.protected | D.blamed |
43.A.thick | B.shallow | C.deep | D.far |
44.A.saved | B.controlled | C.changed | D.held |
45.A.simple | B.enough | C.quick | D.obvious |
46.A.told | B.formed | C.settled | D.made |
47.A.resource | B.respect | C.reward | D.reaction |
I was a pretty typical 17-year-old with a strong interest in painting when something happened.One Sunday,I went to an old swimming hole and dove in.I(36)B something under the water head-on and broke a couple of vertebrae(椎骨)of my neck.
For five months I stayed at the hospital,feeling like a (37)Ato my family.My self-image was instantly(38)C.I was described with terms like"disabled"or"crippled."I was angry and(39)Aafter I failed so many times at some(40)Ctask---dropping something on the floor and trying to get it back up again.
Near the end of my stay in the hospital,my doctor almost forcibly tied a (41)D to my hand.He had seen my paintings I'd done before and (42)Dme to paint.Fortunately,I found that I(43)B had this artistic ability left.It was like a big weight had been (44)C.At least I could do something worthwhile again,and it became a (45)Apart of my recovery.
After I left the hospital,I stayed at home,feeling desperately (46)A.It seemed like I was cut off from(47)C.No one can get along (48)Dlove and acceptance.So that fall,I started at the University of Texas,majoring in graphic design.
One day a man happened to see one of my paintings.He had a great (49)Bfor it and asked if I ever did art shows.So I was given a(n)(50)A.Much to my surprise,I found that people liked my paintings and would pay for them.That was about 11 years ago.Today,1,500 (51)Bhave carried my work.
It was the art that provided the (52)Cfor me to get up every morning and do something,(53)Asitting in front of the television.Society has such (54)B expectations of the disabled person,so it's very easy to get sucked into a dependency routine---you know,the"give me"kind of attitude.And that's what I take the most(55)Bin---the fact that what I'm doing today is well received all over.
36.A.saw | B.hit | C.touched | D.picked |
37.A.burden | B.failure | C.joke | D.patient |
38.A.improved | B.created | C.changed | D.judged |
39.A.helpless | B.careless | C.nervous | D.tired |
40.A.difficult | B.special | C.simple | D.important |
41.A.bandage | B.towel | C.rope | D.paintbrush |
42.A.allowed | B.taught | C.ordered | D.encouraged |
43.A.already | B.still | C.even | D.always |
44.A.gained | B.carried | C.lifted | D.measured |
45.A.vital | B.strange | C.boring | D.different |
46.A.lonely | B.weak | C.frightened | D.guilty |
47.A.success | B.classmates | C.society | D.treatment |
48.A.in | B.for | C.behind | D.without |
49.A.sympathy | B.fondness | C.talent | D.responsibility |
50.A.exhibition | B.challenge | C.permission | D.message |
51.A.hospitals | B.galleries | C.schools | D.families |
52.A.imagination | B.chance | C.motivation | D.curiosity |
53.A.instead of | B.apart from | C.due to | D.but for |
54.A.high | B.low | C.enough | D.unrealistic |
55.A.power | B.pride | C.comfort | D.advantage. |
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A. | mainly | B. | especially | C. | extremely | D. | really |
A. | /; a | B. | /; the | C. | a; the | D. | the; a |