科目:高中英语 来源:2013-2014学年高考二轮复习训练:专题3 动词与动词短语英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
I’ve always known my kids use digital communications gear (装置) a lot.But my cellphone bill last month really grabbed my attention.My son had come up to nearly 2,000 incoming text messages,and had sent nearly as many.Of course,he was out of school for the summer and communicating more with friends from a distance.Nevertheless,he found time to hold down a summer job and complete a college course in between all that typing with his thumb.
I was even more surprised to learn that my son is normal.“Teenagers with cellphones each send and receive 2,272 text messages a month on average,” Nielsen Mobile says.
Some experts regret that all that? keyboard jabber is making our kids stupid,unable to read non?verbal cues such as facial expressions,gestures,posture and other silent signals of mood and attitude.Unlike phones,text messaging doesn’t even allow transmission of tone of voice or pauses,says Mark Bauerlein,author of a book called The Dumbest Generation:How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future.
Beyond that,though,I’m not sure I see as much harm as critics of this trend.I’ve posted before on how I initially tried to control my kids’ texting.But over time,I have seen my son suffer no apparent ill effects,and he gains a big benefit,of easy,continuing contact with others.
I don’t think texting make kids stupid.It may make them annoying,when they try to text and talk to you at the same time.And it may make them distracted,when buzzing text messages interrupt efforts to noodle out a math problem or finish reading for school.
But I don’t see texting harming teens’ability to communicate.My son is as accustomed to nonverbal cues as any older members of our family.I have found him more engaged and easier to communicate with from a great distance,because he is constantly available via text message and responds with faithfulness and speed.
1.What does the underlined word “distracted” in the fifth paragraph mean?
A.Confused.? B.Absent?minded.
C.Comfortable.? D.Bad?tempered.
2.What would be the best title for this passage?
A.For Teens,Texting Instead of Talking
B.For Parents,Caring Much for Their Kids
C.Advantages and Disadvantages of Texting
D.The Effect of Communication
3.The author’s attitude towards texting is________.
A.objective? B.opposed
C.supportive? D.doubtful
4.According to the passage,which of the following statements is NOT true?
A.It is normal for a teen to send or receive 60 text messages a day.
B.Texting is a very popular way of communication among teens.
C.When texting,teens never mind talking with others.
D.The writer limited his son to send or receive text messages at first.
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科目:高中英语 来源:2015届辽宁省高一上学期期中考试英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
Dear editor,
Mary is my friend and she is a very good-hearted girl. She’s always the first to help out others. But her habits make me mad sometimes and she just won’t change her ways. For most situations, that’s just fine with me, as I know it’s what make her who she is. However, sometimes it’s just so hard for me to bear her behavior. She has recently got a cellphone, but she often borrows mine to make calls. My phone has a chain with it. She always tries to open it like her own phone. I usually open it for her, but not always, as sometimes I’m driving my car, so she needs to get it out of my purse and open it herself.
This weekend we were at a party in a faraway village. She borrowed my cellphone. As it was cold outside, I let her take it outside without opening it. Now it’s broken because she didn’t open it properly. I wouldn’t be so mad, but over the weekend she also borrowed my car and never offered to pay for the gas, which made me very angry. She should have offered to pay for the gas. As I have mentioned, she’s the type to help out others when and where she can. Perhaps because of that, she thinks others should also do the same for her. Sometimes I just think she is very childish. I don’t want to hurt her, but I do want to let her know that not everyone can accept that. What should I do to let her know that?
Yours,
Lily
1.What is Lily’s purpose in writing this letter?
A.to advise us to be careful when making friends.
B.To tell others what kind of person Mary is.
C.To tell Mary what she thinks of her.
D.To ask for advice from an editor.
2.We can learn from Paragraph 1 that _____.
A.Mary doesn’t have a cellphone
B.Mary doesn’t have any good habits
C.Lily is sometimes not pleased with Mary’s behavior
D.Lily has asked Mary to change her ways.
3.What happened at the weekend party?
A.Mary lost Lily’s chain.
B.Mary left before the party was over.
C.Lily’s cellphone was broken.
D.Lily had a quarrel with Mary.
4.What kind of person is Mary?
A.Friendly and beautiful.
B.Kind and careful.
C.Careful and childish.
D.Warm-hearted but childish
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科目:高中英语 来源:2012-2013学年江西白鹭洲中学高三模拟考试英语卷(解析版) 题型:单项填空
---I called you last night, but nobody answered.
---Oh, I usually___off my cellphone by 9:00 p.m.
A.switched B.have switched C.switch D.had switched
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科目:高中英语 来源:2012-2013学年安徽省高三第七次模拟考试英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
There is a famous story about British poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. He was writing a poem when he was interrupted by a knock at the door.
This was an age before telephones. Someone was delivering a message. When Coleridge got back to his poem, he had lost his inspiration. His poetic mood had been broken by the knock on his door. His unfinished poem, which could otherwise have been a masterpiece, would now never be more than a fragment.
This story tells how unexpected communication can destroy an important thought, which bring us to the cellphone.
The most common complaint about cellphones is that people talk on them to the annoyance of people around them. But more damaging may be the cellphone’s interruption of our thoughts.
We have already entered a golden age of little white lies about our cellphones, and this is by and large(大体上)a healthy, protective development. “I didn’t hear it ring” or “I didn’t realize my phone had shut off” are among the lies we tell to give ourselves space where we’re beyond reach.
The notion of being unreachable is not a new concept—we have “Do Not Disturb” sign on the doors of hotel rooms. So why must we feel guilty when it comes to cellphones? Why must we apologize if we decide to shut off the phone for a while?
Now time alone, or a conversation with someone next to us which cannot be interrupted by a phone, is something to be cherished. Even cellphone devotees(信徒), myself usually included, can’t help at times wanting to throw their phone away, or curse the day they were invented.
But we don’t and won’t, and there really is no need. All that’s required to take back our private time is a general social recognition that we have the right to it. In other words, we have to develop a healthy contempt(轻视) for the rings of our own phones.
A cellphone call deserves no greater priority(优先考虑的事) than a random(随机的) word from the person next to us,though the call on my cellphone may be the one-in-a-million from Steven Spielberg—who has finally read my novel and wants to make it his next movie. But most likely it is not, and I’m better off thinking about the idea I just had for a new story, or the slice of pizza I’ll eat for lunch.
1.What is the point of the anecdote about the poet Coleridge in the first three paragraphs?
A.To direct readers’ attention to the main topic.
B.To show how important inspiration is to a poet
C.To emphasize the disadvantage of not having a cellphone
D.To encourage readers to read the works of this poet.
2.What does the writer think about people telling “white lies” about their cellphones?
A.It is a way of signaling that you don’t like the caller.
B.It is natural to tell lies about small things
C.It is basically a good way to protect one’s privacy.
D.We should feel guilty when we can’t tell the truth.
3.According to the author, what is the most annoying problem caused by cellphones?
A.People get so obsessed(着迷) with the cellphone rings that they fail to notice anything else.
B.People feel guilty when they are not able to answer their cellphones.
C.Cellphones interrupt people’s private time.
D.With cellphones it is no longer possible to be unreachable.
4.What does the last paragraph suggest?
A.A person who calls us from afar deserves more of our attention
B.Steven Spielberg once called the author to talk about the author’s novel.
C.You should always finish your lunch before you answer a call on the cellphone.
D.Never let cellphones disturb your life too much.
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科目:高中英语 来源:20102011学年山西忻州市高三第一次联考英语卷 题型:单项填空
I recorded the professor’s speech on my cellphone _____ I could listen to it several times later.
A. in case B. now that C. even though D. so that
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