Question

When you get in your car, you reach for it. When you're at work, you take a break to have a moment alone with it. When you get into a lift, you play with it.

Cigarette? Cup of coffee? No, it's the third most addictive thing in modem life, the cell phone. And experts say it is becoming more difficult for many people to curb their longing to hug it more tightly than most of their personal relationships.

The costs are becoming more and more evident, and I don't mean just the monthly bill. Dr.Chris Knippers, a counselor at the Betty ford Center in Southern California, reports that the overuse of cell phones has become a social problem not much different from other harmful addictions: a barrier to one-on -one personal contact, and an escape from reality. Sounds extreme, but we' ve all witnessed the evidence: The person at a restaurant who talks on the phone through an entire meal, ignoring his kids around the table; the woman who talks on the phone in the car, ignoring her husband; the teen who texts messages all the way home from school, avoiding contact with kids all around him. Jim Williams, an industrial sociologist based in Massachusetts, notes that cell - phone addiction is part of a set of symptoms in a widening gulf of personal separation. He points to a study by Duke University researchers that found one-quarter of Americans say they have no one to discuss their most important personal business with. Despite the growing use of phones, e - mail and instant messaging, in other words, Williams says studies show that we don't have as many friends as our parents. “Just as more information has led to less wisdom, more acquaintances via the Internet and cell phones have produced fewer friends,” he says.

If the cell phone has truly had these effects, it's because it has become very widespread. Consider that in 1987, there were only l million cell phones in use. Today, something like 300 million Americans carry them. They far outnumber wired phones in the United States.

1.From the first two paragraphs, we can know                   ．

A．cell phones have become as addictive as cigarettes

B．cell phone addiction is good for building personal relationships

C．people are longing to have their own cell phones

D．cell phones are the same as cigarettes

2.Cell phone addiction has caused the following effects EXCEPT            .

A．a barrier to personal contact               B．fewer friends

C．an escape from reality                    D．a serious illness

3.The underlined word "curb" in Paragraph 2 means “           ．”

A．ignore            B．control           C．develop           D．rescue

4.The example of a woman talking on the phone in the car supports the idea that        .

A．women Use cell phones more often than men

B．talking on the phone while driving is dangerous

C．cell phones do not necessarily bring people together

D．cell phones make one - on - one personal contact easy

5.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A．Cell phones Are the New Cigarettes

B．Cell phones Are Harmful to the Society

C．The New Report about the Cell phone

D．The Disadvantages of the Cell phone

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：文章讲的是现在很多人对手机有瘾，就像对香烟一样，同样，手机也给人们的生活带来负面影响。

1.细节题：从第二段的句子：Cigarette? Cup of coffee? No, it's the third most addictive thing in modem life, the cell phone.可知手机和香烟一样，成为上瘾的东西。选A

2.细节题：从第三段的句子：a barrier to one-on -one personal contact, and an escape from reality. Sounds extreme, 和Williams says studies show that we don't have as many friends as our parents.可知手机的缺点有：阻碍人与人的交往，逃离现实，朋友更少了。没有提到D。

3.猜词题：从这句话里面的their longing to hug it more tightly 可知是控制想拥有它的渴望。选B

4.推理题：从第三段的句子：notes that cell - phone addiction is part of a set of symptoms in a widening gulf of personal separation.可知这是为了说明手机把人们分离开了。选C

5.主旨题：文章讲的是现在很多人对手机有瘾，就像对香烟一样，同样，手机也给人们的生活带来负面影响。选A

考点：考查社会现象类短文

点评：文章讲的是现在很多人对手机有瘾，就像对香烟一样，同样，手机也给人们的生活带来负面影响。这类文章结构清晰易懂，集中考查了句意理解题和细节题，要求考生有较强的细节理解能力。做题时也可以结合自己的生活常识和经验，再通过逻辑推理和判断。文章结构图的解答关键是弄清每段的大意。