题目内容
Nowadays, a cellphone service is available to everyone, everywhere. Probably thousands of people have already been using it, but I just discovered it, so I'm going to claim it and also name it: Fake Foning.
The technology has been working well for me at the office, but there are infinite(无限的) applications. Virtually in any public space.
Say you work at a big university with lots of talky faculty members buzzing about. Now, say you need to use the restroom. The trip down the hall will take approximately one hour, because a person can't walk into those talky people without getting pulled aside for a question, a bit of gossip, a new read on a certain line of Paradise Lost.
So, a cellphone. Any cellphone. Just pick it up. Don't dial. Just hold that phone to your face and start talking. Walk confidently down the hall engaged in fake conversation, making sure to tailor both the topic and content to the person standing before you whom you are trying to avoid.
For standard colleague avoidance, I suggest fake chatting about fake business:
"Yes, I'm glad you called, because we really need to hammer out the details. What's that? Yes, I read Page 12, but if you look at the bottom of 4, I think you can see the problem begins right there."
Be engaged in your fake fone conversation. Make eye contact with the people passing, nod to them, gesture keen interest in talking to them at a later time, point to your phone, shrug and move on.
Shoppers should consider fake foning anytime they spot a talky neighbor in the produce department pinching (用手捏) unripe peaches. Without your phone at your face, you'd be in for a 20-minute speech on how terrible the world is.
One important caution about fake foning. The other day I was fake foning my way past a colleague, and he was actually following me to get my attention. I knew he wanted to ask about a project I had not yet finished. I was trying to buy myself some time, so I continued fake foning with my doctor. "So I don't need the operation? Oh, doctor, that is the best news."
And then: Brrrrrrng! Brrrrrmg! Brrrrrmg! My phone started ringing, right there while it was planted on my face. My colleague looked at me, and I at him, and naturally I gasped. "What is the matter with this thing?" I said, pulling the phone away to look at it, and then putting it back to my ear.
"Hello? Are you still there?" Oops.
【小题1】According to the passage Fake Foning is _______________________.
A.a strategy to avoid people | B.a device newly produced |
C.a service provided everywhere | D.a skill of communication |
A.talk about interesting matters | B.behave politely to people passing by |
C.hold the phone while walking | D.appear absorbed in conversation |
A.One effective way is to fake fone one's doctor. |
B.One has to be careful while fake foning. |
C.Fake foning may not cheat people. |
D.Fake foning is always quite successful. |
A.immediately started talking to the caller |
B.immediately started talking to his colleague |
C.put the phone away and stopped talking |
D.continued with his fake conversation |
A.Critical. | B.Humorous. | C.Serious. | D.Unclear. |
【小题1】A
【小题2】D
【小题3】B
【小题4】D
【小题5】B
解析试题分析:本文讲述的是在人际交往中人们常常采用的一种避开自己不喜欢的人的方法——假装打电话。
【小题1】A 推理题。根据第四段3,4行Walk confidently down the hall engaged in fake conversation, making sure to tailor both the topic and content to the person standing before you whom you are trying to avoid.说明假装打电话是人们采取的一种躲避自己想要避开的人的方法,故A正确。
【小题2】D 推理题。根据文章第四段Walk confidently down the hall engaged in fake conversation, making sure to tailor both the topic and content to the person standing before you whom you are trying to avoid说明你假装打电话的时候,电话的内容要逼真,要装的很像,好像很投入的样子。故D正确。
【小题3】B 推理题。根据"What is the matter with this thing?" I said, pulling the phone away to look at it, and then putting it back to my ear.
"Hello? Are you still there?" Oops.说明假装和医生打电话总是很成功,对方会回电话过来。这会让你的行为更为逼真。故B正确。
【小题4】D 推理题。根据文章倒数第二段My phone started ringing, right there while it was planted on my face. My colleague looked at me, and I at him, and naturally I gasped. "What is the matter with this thing?" I said, pulling the phone away to look at it, and then putting it back to my ear.说明如果你假装打电话的时候,电话铃声突然响起,那么你要继续装下去,故D正确。
【小题5】B 推理题。文章中多次使用了幽默的语气,如And then: Brrrrrrng! Brrrrrmg! Brrrrrmg! My phone started ringing, right there while it等等。说明B正确。
考点:考查社会现象类短文
点评:本文讲述的是在人际交往中人们常常采用的一种避开自己不喜欢的人的方法——假装打电话。
要求考生读懂文章中的每个句子的意思还要推理它们之间的关系,结合自己的生活常识和经验,再通过逻辑推理和判断,理解文章的言外之意,从而揭示文章的深层涵义。任何一篇文章都有其特定的写作目的,读者应当知道如何去做或按照某种方式传递思考问题。推理判断题的答案不可能在文章中直接找到,因此推理时我们务必要忠于原文,在文章中寻找并确定可推论的依据,即:已知部分-推论的前提,从中推测出未知部分-推理的结论,切忌妄加评论,把自己的观点当成作者的观点。
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