题目内容
1.According to Nielsen,the average number of mobile phone calls we make is dropping every year,after hitting a peak in 2007.And our calls are getting shorter:In 2005 they averaged three minutes in length; now they're almost half that.We are moving,in other words,toward a fascinating cultural transition:the death of the telephone call.This shift is particularlyplainamong the young.Some college students I know go days without talking into their smartphones at all.
This generation doesn't make phone calls,because everyone is in constant,lightweight contact in so many other ways:texting,chatting,and social-network messaging.And we don't just have more options than we used to.We have better ones:These new forms of communication have exposed the fact that the voice call is badly designed.It deserves to die.Consider:If I suddenly decide I want to dial you up,I have no way of knowing whether you're busy,and you have no idea why I'm calling.
We have to open Schr?dinger's box every time,having a conversation to figure out whether it's OK to have a conversation.Plus,voice calls are emotionally high-bandwidth,which is why it's so weirdly exhausting to be interrupted by one.( We apparently find voicemail even more torturous:Studies show that more than a fifth of all voice messages are never listened to.)
The telephone,in other words,doesn't provide any information about status,so we are constantly interrupting one another.The other tools at our disposal are more polite.Instant messaging lets us detect whether our friends are busy without our annoying them,and texting lets us ping one another but not at the same time.( Plus,we can spend more time thinking about what we want to say.) Despite the hue and cry about becoming an"always on"society,we're actually moving away from the demand that everyone should be available immediately.
We'll still make fewer phone calls,as most of our former phone time will migrate to other media.But the calls we do make will be longer,reserved for the sort of deep discussion that the medium does best.
As video chatting becomes more common,enabled by the new iPhone and other devices,we might see the growth of persistent telepresence,leaving video-chat open all day so we can speak to a spouse or colleague spontaneously.Or,to put it another way,we'll call less but talk more.
73.The writer of the text thinks that what is happening with mobile phone calls isB.
A.an unexpected occurrence
B.a strange but very predictable fact
C.an interesting social phenomenon
D.negative for social interaction
74.In paragraph 3,the writer's attitude towards phone voice calls isD.
A.doubtful
B.concerned
C.positive
D.negative
75.The phrase"hue and cry"in paragraph 5meansB.
A.appeal
B.protest
C.claim
D.argument
76.What does the writer think will happen to voice calls in the future?D
A.They will only be used in emergencies.
B.They will continue to get more expensive.
C.They will only be used between family members.
D.They will be used mainly for intimate and detailed discussions.
77.What is the best title of the passage?C
A.Video Chatting
B.Talking into Smartphones
C.The Death of the Phone Call
D.Mobile Phone calls.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了手机通话逐年下降的现象,视频聊天、语音通话变得越来越普遍,因为它们不会打扰到对方,比电话更加自由实用,但是并不能完全取代电话.
解答 73.B.细节理解题.根据文章第二段"This shift is particularly plain among the young"在年轻人中间这种转变是十分平淡的,可知收集通话的逐渐死亡是一个十分奇怪但可以预见到的现象;故选B.
74.D.推理判断题.根据文章第三段"I have no way of knowing whether you're busy,and you have no idea why I'm calling"如果我突然决定我要打你,我不知道你是否很忙,你不知道我打电话的原因,可知作者认为语音通话时很不方便的;故选D.
75.B.词义推断题.根据文章第五段"Despite the hue and cry about becoming an"always on"society,we're actually moving away from the demand that everyone should be available immediately"可知句意为尽管主张要成为一个"永远"的社会,我们真的远离了每个人都应该立即可用的需求,可知词义为主张,伸张;故选B.
76.D.细节理解题.根据文章第六段"But the calls we do make will be longer,reserved for the sort of deep discussion that the medium does best."可知作者认为未来的语音通话将主要用于亲密和详细的讨论;故选D.
77.C.主旨大意题.通读全文,可知文章主要讲手机通话逐渐死亡的现象,视频聊天、语音通话变得越来越普遍,因为它们不会打扰到对方,比电话更加自由实用,但是并不能完全取代电话;可知最合适的标题为手机通话的死亡;故选C.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
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