Question

When I asked my daughter which item she would keep; the phone, the car, the cooker, the computer, the TV, or her boyfriend, she said “the phone”. Personally, I could do without the phone entirely, which makes me unusual. Because the telephone is changing our lives more than any other piece of technology.
Point 1 The telephone creates the need to communicate, in the same way that more roads create more traffic. My daughter comes home from school at 4:00 pm and then spends an hour on the phone talking to the very people she has been at school with all day. If the phone did not exist, would she have anything to talk about?
Point 2 The mobile phone means that we are never alone. “The mobile saved my life,” says Crystal Johnstone. She had an accident in her Volvo on the A45 between Otley and Skipton. Trapped inside, she managed to make the call that brought the ambulance(救护车) to her rescue.
Point 3 The mobile removes our secret. It allows marketing manager of Haba Deutsch, Carl Nicolaisen, to ring his sales staff all round the world at any time of day to ask where they are , where they are going, and how their last meeting went.
Point 4 The telephone separates us. Antonella Bramante in Rome says, “We worked in separate offices but I could see him through the window. It was easy to get his number. We were so near——but we didn’t meet for the first two weeks!”
Point 5 The telephone allows us to reach out beyond our own lives. Today we can talk to several complete strangers simultaneously ( 同时地) on chat lines (at least my daughter does. I wouldn’t know what to talk about). We can talk across the world. We can even talk to astronauts (if you know any) while they’re space-walking. And, with the phone line hooked up to the computer, we can access(存取) the Internet, the biggest library on Earth.
【小题1】How do you understand Point 1 —The telephone creates the need to communicate ？

A．People don’t communicate without telephone.

B．People communicate because of the creating of the telephone.

C．People communicate more since telephone has been created.

D．People communicate more because of more traffic.

【小题2】Which of the following best shows people’s attitude towards mobile phones?

A．Mobile phones help people deal with the emergency.

B．Mobile phones bring convenience as well as little secret to people.

C．Mobile phones are so important and should be encouraged.

D．Mobile phones are part of people’s life.

【小题3】 Which points do you think support the idea that phones improve people’s life?
a. Point 1. b. Point2. c. Point3. d. Point 4. e. Point 5.

A．c, d

B．a, e

C．a, c

D．b, e

【小题4】It is possible to talk to several complete strangers simultaneously through         .

A．the TV screen	B．a fax machine
C．the phone line hooked up to the computer	D．a microphone

【小题5】The best heading for the passage is             .

A．Phone Power	B．Kinds of Phone
C．How to Use Phones	D．Advantage of Phones

Answer 1

【小题1】C
【小题2】B
【小题3】D
【小题4】C
【小题5】A

解析试题分析：文章讨论了电话给我们的生活带来的影响，在给我们的生活带来便利的同时，也有很多负面的影响。
【小题1】C 推理题。根据文章第二段内容可知电话让我们与别人的沟通变的更加频繁，故C正确。
【小题2】B 推理题。根据文章第二段可知电话给我们带来了很多的便利，可以随时随地与人交流，根据第三段可知电话也给我们带来了烦恼，让我们没有了秘密。故B正确。
【小题3】D 细节题。Point2即文章第三段可知电话给我们带来了很多的便利，提高我们的生活质量。Point 5中提及电话可以延伸我们的生活的范围，也是给我们的生活带来的好处，故D正确。
【小题4】C 细节题。根据最后一段2,3行Today we can talk to several complete strangers simultaneously ( 同时地) on chat lines (at least my daughter does.说明C正确。
【小题5】A 主旨大意题。文章讨论了电话给我们的生活带来的影响，有好的方面也有坏的方面，A项比较切合。
考点：考查科普类阅读
点评：本文很有趣味性，阅读时关注细节和上下文，抓推理题和细节题。