题目内容
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Since mobile phones slimmed down from the size of bricks,I’ve had one pressed to my ear. It has become my personal assistant,best friend and connection to the outside world. I even go to bed with it!We’ ve become addicted to our mobiles — and I,as ? journalist ?n? natural talker,suffer more than most.
So I decided to go cold turkey for two weeks,to see if I could keep the bills down (It once cost me £4,500 a month) and survive without a mobile.
The feeling is one of freedom,escape and calm. You can have a coffee without seeing 25 messages,and read the newspaper without being interrupted (?T ^b) . I went old-school and started to make appointments using email and phone boxes (if I could find one) . But soon I realized that,much as I was managing without my mobile,others were unable to do the most basic practicalities without me.
Taxi companies couldn’t find me,my wife got angiy because she needed me to pick up the kids,and colleagues thought I’d died because the phone didn't ring.
But I re-engaged with the art of observation. I saw the world around me instead of texting or playing with some new (应用软件) .It was the old me around 1990,and I quite liked it — but no one else did. So the mobile is back,but the bills are lower,and I now turn it off once a week and leave ther world of my pocket behind. Try it!
1. Why did the author try to stop using a mobile?
A. It did harm to his ears.
B. It made him get into debt.
C. It gave him some unpleasant feelings.
D. It made him impossible to fall asleep.
2. How did the author feel about giving up his mobile at first?
A. Unsafe. B. Strange,
C. Embarrassed. D. Wonderful.
3. What can we infer about the author’s no-mobile act?
A. It made him lose many business deals.
B. It caused others inconvenience,
C. It kept his friends at a distance.
D. It got his family's praise.
4. What can be the best title for the text?
A. Addicted
B. Disconnected
C. High phone bills
D. This annoying world
A篇文章主要讲述了作者体验不用手机的生活。
1.C. 细节理解题。根据第一段中的I become addicted to our mobiles — and I ... suffei more than most可知,作者深受手机之害,因此决定暂时不用手机。
2.D. 推理判断题。根据第三段中的Thefeeling is one of freedom,escape and calm 以及接下来举 的事例(喝咖啡和看报不受手机的打扰)可以推 测,作者不用手机后,感觉非常好。
3.B. 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中提到的“出 租车公司找不到我、妻乎生气和同事以为我己 不在人世”不难看出,作者不用手机这一举动他人造成了一些困扰和不便。
4.B. 标题归纳题。作者尝试不用手机并体会到 其中的好处,然而这一举措也给生活带来诸多 不便。B项Disconnected表示不和外界连接,符 合文章主旨