Question

【题目】Typing（打字）is one of the most important and basic work skills of the 21st century. 【1】 Thumbing means using one or more thumbs（拇指）to press the keys.

Most people can type between 20 and 35 words a minute. Some typists, however, can work very quickly, at more than 110 words a minute. And people’s left hand usually does 56 percent of the typing.

The most common international English keyboard is QWERTY.【2】 It is more than 140 years old. Other keyboards include QWERTZ (in Central Europe) and AZERTY (used by most French speakers in Europe). Languages with non-Roman alphabets（字母系统），for example, Arabic, Russian or Japanese, have their own keyboards.

The sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” is often used to practice typing.【3】

Thumbing and typing can hurt you. RSI (repetitive strain injury) is the name of a medical condition you get if you type too much. 【4】Anyone who uses a computer a lot is at risk and should know about RSI.?

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A.It gets the name from the first six letters on the top left side of the keyboard.

B.However, most people do not understand what . RSI is or how serious it can be.

C.Because mobile phones are now so popular, there is a new kind of typing - thumbing.

D.It seems that thumbing is much harder for us to learn.

E.That’s because it uses every letter of the English alphabet.

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】E

【4】B

【解析】解析：这是一篇科技类的文章。文章讲述了打字是21世纪最重要和最基本的工作技能之一。因为现在手机很流行，所以有一种新的打字方式，即拇指辅行法。并介绍了最常见的国际英语键盘QWERTY键盘，和其它的键盘包括QWERTZ（在中欧） 和 AZERTY（在欧洲大多数法语使用者使用）。最后告诫人们使用任何电脑都有风险，所以应该知道RSI（重复性劳损）。

【1】解析：根据下文Thumbing means using one or more thumbs（拇指）to press the keys.拇指辅行法是指一个或多个拇指按键，可知C选项符合语境，故答案选C。

【2】解析：根据上文The most common international English keyboard is QWERTY. 最常见的国际英语键盘是QWERTY键盘，可知A选项符合语境，故答案选A。

【3】解析：根据上文The sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” is often used to practice typing.“敏捷的棕色狐狸跳过懒狗”这句话经常被用来打字，可知E选项符合语境，故答案选E。

【4】解析：根据上下文句意的理解，可知这里是在讲RSI（重复性劳损），结合选项可知B选项符合语境，故答案选A。