Question

【题目】“People are ruder today because they are rushed and more ‘time poor’ than ever before,” says Patsy Rowe, “ Manners have fallen off the radar (雷达).” Due to our strong attachment to electronic equipment it is a wonder that more people don’t wake up each morning and greet the singing birds with a complaint about the noise. Here are some examples of rudeness.

Some people prefer to do almost everything over the Internet. To them, dealing with an actual human is like an evolutionary (进化的) step backward. It feels very slow because humans don’t work at 4G speeds. When you have dinner with friends, you will often notice someone paying more attention to his mobile phone. We have programmed ourselves to think that every new message brings life-changing news, so making calls and checking our texts are more important than talking to the people we are with. What is worse, some people even tend to send anonymous (匿名的) rude messages by email.

However, rudeness is never acceptable. Don’t assume it is OK to be rude if the person you’re in touch with won’t recognize you. If you have something awful to say, have the courage to face the person and say it, write a letter or email and sign it, or forget it. Upsetting people with unsigned messages is cruel and disgusting.

We shouldn’t blame technology for our shortcomings. Technology is here to help us, but we should not allow it to take over our lives. An important step is acknowledging our shortcomings. People spend a lot of time pointing out bad manners but it would be better if we’d publicly acknowledge good manners when we see them.

【1】What can be inferred from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1?

A. People can tell good behavior from bad behavior.

B. Radar is able to observe human behavior.

C. People care little about their behavior.

D. Radar can be used to predict human behavior.

【2】 Some people are less willing to deal with humans because _________.

A. they are becoming less patient

B. they are growing too independent

C. they have to handle many important messages

D. they have to follow an evolutionary step backward

【3】 The author thinks sending unsigned awful messages is _________.

A. ridiculous B. disgusting

C. acceptable D. reasonable

【4】What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. We should applaud good behavior.

B. Technology can never be blamed.

C. We should keep pointing out mistakes.

D .Technology will take over our lives one day.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】A

【解析】

试题分析:本文属于社科文阅读，讲述由于人们过分粘着电子产品，因此比以往更粗鲁，但是作者认为这种现象不能怪电子产品，更多的是不能让电子产品完全占据我们的生活。

【1】C 考察推理判断。根据第一段第一句“People are ruder today because they are rushed and more ‘time poor’ than ever before,可以得出本句意思是人们越来越不注意自己的行为，故选C。

【2】A 考察推理判断。根据第二段It feels very slow because humans don’t work at 4G speeds.可以得出人们越来越不愿意与人打交道是因为与人打交道太慢了，故可推断出人们变得越来越没有耐心，故选A。

【3】B 考察细节理解。根据倒数第二段Upsetting people with unsigned messages is cruel and disgusting.可以得出本题答案B。

【4】A 考察推理判断。根据最后一段it would be better if we’d publicly acknowledge good manners when we see them当我们看见好的行为方式的时候，我们公开支持和承认他们会更好，故选A。