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【题目】Owning a smart phone may not be as smart as you think. They may let you surf the Internet, listen to music and snap photos wherever you are... but they also turn you into a workaholic (工作狂). A study suggests that, by giving you access to emails at all times, the all-singing, all-dancing mobile phone adds as much as two hours to your working day.

Researchers found that Britons work an additional 460 hours a year on average as they are able to respond to emails on their mobiles. The study by technology retailer Pixmania, shows the average UK working day is between nine and ten hours, but a further two hours is spent responding to or sending work emails, or making work calls. Almost one in ten admits spending up to three hours outside their normal working day checking work emails. Some workers confess (坦白) they are on call almost 24 hours a day, with nine out of ten saying they take work emails and calls outside their normal working hours. Nearly two-thirds say they often check work emails just before they go to bed and as soon as they wake up, while over a third have replied to one in the middle of the night.

Ghadi Hobeika, marketing director of Pixmania, said, “The ability to access millions of apps, keep in contact via social networks and take photos and video as well as text and call has made smart phones valuable for many people. However, there are drawbacks. Many companies expect their employees to be on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and smart phones mean that people cannot get away from work. The more constantly in contact we become, the more is expected of us in a work capacity (容量).”

【1】The text is probably taken from __________.

A. a scientific report B. a financial report

C. a newspaper D. a travel journal

【2】The underlined word “drawbacks” in the last paragraph probably means __________.

A. disagreements B. disadvantages

C. mistakes D. features

【3】Ghadi may agree that __________.

A. employees are supposed to be on call 24 hours a day

B. the ability to access many apps made smart phones worthless

C. smart phones might turn a person into a workaholic

D. people cannot get away from work without smart phones

【4】What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Smart phones are lengthening working hours.

B. Smart phones are becoming valuable for many people.

C. Britons work an additional 460 hours a year on average.

D. Smart phones are more beneficial to our life than we think.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章主要介绍使用智能手机也许并不像你想的那样明智。使用智能手机可以让你随时随地上网、听音乐、拍照片……但也可能让你变成工作狂。最新调查显示，智能手机能让你随时查收邮件，因此这种花哨的手机会让你每天的工作时间延长两个小时。

【1】C推理判断题。A. a scientific report科学报告；B. a financial report金融报道；C. a newspaper报纸；D. a travel journal旅行日记；根据文章内容：花哨的手机会让你每天的工作时间延长两个小时。可推知，该题正确答案为C.

【2】B词意猜测题。A. disagreements分歧，不同；B. disadvantages缺点，坏处，不利；C. mistakes 错误，过失；D. features特征，特色；根据上文讲到的手机的功能对于很多人来说很有用。（手机的优点）而该词所在句则使用了However，表示转折；且下文则讲到由于智能机的存在，工作时间则无形延长。由此可知，该词的意义应为“缺点；不利”，故该题正确答案为B.

【3】C细节推理题。根据文章最后Ghadi 所说：smart phones mean that people cannot get away from work. The more constantly in contact we become, the more is expected of us in a work capacity (容量).可知，他认为智能机会让人们摆脱不了工作，也就是说可能会让人们成为工作狂。故该题正确答案为C.

【4】A主旨大意题。通读文章可知，该文意在告知大家：花哨的手机会让你每天的工作时间延长。故该题正确答案为A. 注意选项C只是个例证。