In the case of mobile phones, change is everything. Recent research indicates that the mobile phone is changing not only our culture, but our very bodies as well.
First, let’s talk about culture. The difference between the mobile phone and its parent, the Fixed-line phone, is that a mobile number corresponds to a person, while a landline goes to a place. If you call my mobile, you get me. If you call my fixed—line phone, you get whoever answers it.
This has several implications. The most common one, however, and perhaps the thing that has changed our culture forever, is the “meeting” influence. People no longer need to make firm plans about when and where to meet. Twenty years ago, a Friday night would need to be arranged in advance. You needed enough time to allow everyone to get from their place of work to the first meeting place. Now, however, a night out can be arranged on the run. It is no longer “see you there at 8”, but “text me around 8 and we’ll see where we all are”.
Texting changes people as well. In their paper, Insights into the Social and Psychological Effects of SMS Text Messaging, two British researchers distinguished between two types of mobile phone users: the “talkers” and the “texters”—those who prefer voice to text messages and those who prefer text to voice.
They found that the mobile phone’s individuality and privacy gave texters the ability to express a whole new outer personality. Texters were likely to report that their family would be surprised if they were to read their texts. This suggests that texting allowed texters to present a self-image that differed from the one familiar to those who knew them well.
Another scientist wrote of the changes that mobiles have brought to body language. There are two kinds that people use while speaking on the phone. There is the “speakeasy”: the head is held high, in a self-confident way, chatting away. And there is the “spacemaker”: these people focus on themselves and keep out other people.
Who can blame them? Phone meetings get cancelled or reformed and camera-phones intrude on people’s privacy. So, it is understandable if your mobile makes you nervous. Perhaps you needn’t worry so much. After all, it is good to talk.
1. When people plan to meet nowadays, they _____.
2. According to the two British researcher, social and psychological effects are mostly likely to be seen on _____.
3. We can infer from this passage that the texts are _____.
4. According to this passage, who is afraid of being heard while talking on the mobile?
5. An appropriate title for the passage might be, _____.
问题1选项
A.arrange the meeting place beforehand
B.postpone fixing the place till the last minute
C.seldom care about when and where to meet
D.still love to work out detailed meeting plans
问题2选项
A.talkers
B.the “speakeasy”
C.the “spacemaker”
D.texters
问题3选项
A.quite revealing
B.well written
C.unacceptable by others
D.shocking to others
问题4选项
A.Talkers.
B.The “speakeasy” .
C.The “spacemaker”.
D.Texters.
问题5选项
A.the SMS Effect
B.cultural Implications of Mobile Phone Use
C.changes in the Use of the Mobile
D.body Language and the mobile Phone
第1题:B
第2题:D
第3题:A
第4题:C
第5题:B
第1题:
【选项释义】
When people plan to meet nowadays, they _____. 如今,当人们计划见面时,他们_____。
A. arrange the meeting place beforehand A. 提前安排见面地点
B. postpone fixing the place till the last minute B. 推迟到最后一刻定地点
C. seldom care about when and where to meet C. 很少关心何时何地见面
D. still love to work out detailed meeting plans D. 仍然喜欢制定详细的见面计划
【考查点】推理判断题。
【解题思路】根据题干定位到原文第三段最后两句“现在,人们可以在奔走忙碌中,安排一次晚上约会。也不再是8点在那见,而是8点左右(around 8)给我发短信然后找个地方见(we’ll see where we all are)”,由此可知,如今人们见面的地点都是拖到最后一刻再定的,选项B符合原文。
【干扰项排除】
A选项“提前安排见面地点”,与原文表述的“最后一刻定见面地点”不符,属于曲解原文;
C选项“很少关心何时何地见面”,原文没有提及,属于无中生有;
D选项“仍然喜欢制定详细的见面计划”,原文没有提及,属于无中生有。
第2题:
【选项释义】
According to the two British researcher, social and psychological effects are mostly likely to be seen on _____. 根据两位英国研究人员的研究,社会和心理影响最有可能体现在_____。
A. talkers A. 说话者
B. the “speakeasy” B. 滔滔不绝者
C. the “spacemaker” C. 自我中心者
D. texters D. 发短信的人
【考查点】推理判断题。
【解题思路】根据题干定位到原文第四段第二句“在他们的论文《短信的社会和心理影响的洞察力》(Insights into the Social and Psychological Effects of SMS Text Messaging)中,两位英国研究人员(two British researchers)区分了两种类型的手机用户……”,由此可知,两位英国研究者研究的是短信的社会和心理影响,所以影响最可能体现在发短信的人身上,选项D符合。
【干扰项排除】
A、B、C选项不符合原文,属于曲解原文。
第3题:
【选项释义】
We can infer from this passage that the texts are _____. 我们可以从这篇文章中推断出短信是_____。
A. quite revealing A. 十分揭露的
B. well written B. 写得好的
C. unacceptable by others C. 别人不能接受的
D. shocking to others D. 令人震惊的
【考查点】推理判断题。
【解题思路】根据题干定位到原文第五段第一句“他们发现,手机的个性和隐私赋予了发短信的人表达一种全新的外在个性的能力(express a whole new outer personality)”,也就是说能够揭露发短信者的内心世界,展现出另一个不一样的自己。所以选项A正确。
【干扰项排除】
B、C、D选项不符合原文,属于曲解原文。
第4题:
【选项释义】
According to this passage, who is afraid of being heard while talking on the mobile? 根据这篇文章,谁害怕在打电话时被听到?
A. Talkers. A. 说话者。
B. The “speakeasy”. B. 滔滔不绝者。
C. The “spacemaker”. C. 自我中心者。
D. Texters. D. 发短信的人。
【考查点】推理判断题。
【解题思路】根据题干定位到原文第六段第二、三、四句“人们讲电话时有两种方式。有一种是‘speakeasy’:昂起头,自信地聊个不停。还有‘spacemaker’:这些人只关注自己,不让其他人进入”由此可知,“spacemaker”害怕在打电话时被听到。选项C符合原文。
【干扰项排除】
A、D选项属于原文第四段第二句说到的“两种类型的手机用户(two types of mobile phone users)”,并没有从用户类型这一层面分析是否害怕打电话,属于无中生有;
B选项speakeasy,结合原文说到“昂起头,自信地聊个不停”可知这类人不害怕打电话时被听到,属于反向干扰。
第5题:
【选项释义】
An appropriate title for the passage might be, _____. 这篇文章的合适标题可能是_____。
A. the SMS Effect A. 短信的影响
B. cultural Implications of Mobile Phone Use B. 手机使用的文化内涵
C. changes in the Use of the Mobile C. 使用移动电话的变化
D. body Language and the mobile Phone D. 肢体语言和手机
【考查点】主旨大意题。
【解题思路】分析文章行文结构可知,文章第一段为总起段,提到了“手机改变文化和肢体”。接下来第二段到第五段具体阐明“手机改变文化”。第六段到最后阐明“手机给肢体语言带来的变化”。由此可知,选项B最能概括主旨。
【干扰项排除】
A、C、D选项属于原文提到的部分内容,属于以偏概全。