摘要：Telephones and cellphones ringing at the same time. E-mails being sent and replied to every single day. This is 1 for many people, and sometimes it is for me, too. I really 2 having all these ways to 3 with my family and friends. However, when I need to use them for other important 4 , I don’t get the same satisfaction. Last week, for example, I sent a(n) 5 message to the company which sold me an airline ticket. It was 6 useless because they couldn’t understand nor solve the problem by e-mail. I asked myself, “Why do they have such a nice 7 on the Internet if they can’t help customers who are far away? What a deception! I can tell you about another unpleasant 8 I had. Last month I bought some 9 over the Internet. The next day, they 10 me a message confirmingmy order and telling me that they didn’t have all of the CDs that I wanted. They would 11 those they had and “LATER send the others. I really hated that word “later . Later? How much 12 ? When? I still haven’t gotten them. What I have to say about all this technology is that it was 13 to make things easier for us, but, sometimes the result is totally the 14 . I usually like to 15 a cellphone, but it really gets on my nerves when I’m talking to someone and the 16 goes bad and we get cut off. Instead of helping me, 17 just delays me. I’m not addicted to these “high-tech toys . 18 , it would be great if they really could be used successfully 19 we need them. Unfortunately, for me they are much more toys than they are 20 to do my work. Talking face-to-face or using regular phones is still the best way to communicate. 1. A. wealth B. reality C. education D. honor [解析]选B.reality“事实.现实 .此处指上文提到的几种通讯方式的使用对很多人来说都已成为了现实. 2. A. enjoy B. avoid C. dislike D. stop [解析]选A.由下文I don’t get the same satisfaction可知此处说的是用这些通讯方式和家人交流使我很愉快. 3. A. part B. struggle C. gather D. communicate [解析]选D.由上文的telephones, cellphones, e-mails可知选communicate“交流 .communicate with sb. “和某人交流 . 4. A. tools B. researches C. reasons D. productions [解析]选C.for some/this/that reason为常用搭配.意为“因为某种/这样/那样的原因 . 5. A. card B. e-mail C. paper D. letter [解析]选B.由下文nor solve the problem by e-mail可知. 6. A. partly B. otherwise C. expectedly D. completely [解析]选D.给这家公司发电子邮件根本没用.因为他们既不明白又不能通过电子邮件解决问题. 7. A. price B. attitude C. site D. charge [解析]选C.site在此处指“网站.站点 . 8. A. experience B. tour C. deal D. trouble [解析]选A.experience此处是可数名词.意为“经历 .作者接着讲了事情的经过.从中可知这是一次令人不快的经历而非麻烦. 9. A. records B. CDs C. tickets D. programs [解析]选B.从下文“. . . they didn’t have all of the CDs that I wanted. 可知选B. 10. A. left B. took C. sent D. made [解析]选C.send sb. a message“给--发送信息 . 11. A. improve B. order C. store D. deliver [解析]选D.deliver此处指“发货.送货 . 12. A. later B. further C. cheaper D. earlier [解析]选A.由上文可判断出. 13. A. created B. set C. thought D. told [解析]选A.新技术的创造.发明是为了方便于民. 14. A. interesting B. opposite C. helpful D. talented [解析]选B.由转折连词but可知.新技术本来是为方便大众.但有时结果完全相反. 15. A. make B. hate C. use D. tear [解析]选C.use a cellphone“使用移动电话 . 16. A. voice B. dish C. relation D. signal [解析]选D.手机信号不好.通话中断.signal “信号 . 17. A. society B. advance C. service D. technology [解析]选D.由本段第一句可知. 18. A. Sadly B. Hopefully C. However D. Unluckily [解析]选C.however副词.意为“然而.不过 . 19. A. whoever B. whenever C. whatever D. whichever [解析]选B.A.C.D三项都是连接代词.此状语从句不需连接代词.而需连接副词.由此可排除这三项. 20. A. tools B. phones C. customers D. advisors [解析]选A.此句意为“这些新的通讯工具有很多缺点.有时对工作帮助不大.只能把它们当做玩具 . Lesson 4 & Communication Workshop
Telephones and cellphones ringing at the same time．E-mails being sent and replied to every single day．This is 1 for many people, and sometimes it is for me, too．
I really 2 having all these ways to 3 with my family and friends．However, when I need to use them for other important 4 , I don't get the same satisfaction．Last week, for example, I sent a(n) 5 message to the company which sold me an airline ticket．It was 6 useless because they couldn't understand nor solve the problem by e-mail．I asked myself,“Why do they have such a nice 7 on the Internet if they can't help customers who are far away?What a deception(欺骗)!”
I can tell you about another unpleasant 8 I had．Last month I bought some 9 over the Internet．The next day, they 10 me a message confirming(确认)my order and telling me that they didn't have all of the CDs that I wanted．They would 11 those they had and“LATER”send the others．I really hated that word“later”．Later?How much 12 ?When?I still haven't gotten them．
What I have to say about all this technology is that it was 13 to make things easier for us, but, sometimes the result is totally the 14 ．I usually like to 15 a cellphone, but it really gets on my nerves when I'm talking to someone and the 16 goes bad and we get cut off．Instead of helping me, 17 just delays me．
I'm not addicted to these“high-tech toys”． 18 , it would be great if they really could be used successfully 19 we need them．Unfortunately, for me they are much more toys than they are 20 to do my work．Talking face-to-face or using regular phones is still the best way to communicate．