5.In the early 1980s to have a mobile phone was an impossible luxury to most people in the world.People did not usually assume that they had to reach someone via a mobile phone on a regular basis.It didn't matter if you didn't have a mobile phone.In the modern society owning a mobile phone has no longer been a privilege,but a necessity.Almost anyone needs a mobile phone to reach as well as be reached by others no matter where they are.The days are gone when phone ownership depended on a fixed address and a high salary.
It is amazing to see how fast and how far the mobile phone has spread.Teenagers have become the channel through which mobile phones have found their way into the wider society.The young were also the first to see the potential of text messaging.However,the mobile phone is by no means a mere technological innovation; it heightens a basic human quality-the ability to communicate-there are few aspects of life that it fails to touch.
The mobile phone is mobile only because the user is mobile.We are in a time of mobility.Never before have so many people been on the move,whether as commuters,workers,travelers,freelancers or migrants.Mobile phones encourage and respond to this mobility.They help those far away from their home to keep in touch with their families.They serve as a means of people fitting into a new social environment.
The mobile phone changes the way people organize their lives.Plans can be made or changed at any moment and while organizing in advance used to be extremely important to any social gathering,now only the vaguest plans are necessary.Mobile phones even change the experience of being alone as they provide countless way to pass the time.
It is ridiculous to compare a mobile to a body part,but carried on the person,often all the time,they are something to which people have grown attached.
28.The underlined word"luxury"in the first sentence means something that isA.
A.expensive and not necessary
B.important and valuable
C.unnecessary and useless
D.payable and comfortable
29.The fact that the mobile phone touches almost every aspect of life supports the author's view thatD.
A.the mobile phone suits a new social environment.
B.the mobile phone has the function of sending text messages.
C.the mobile phone encourages mobility of the people
D.the mobile phone promotes human communication
30.How has the mobile phone changed people's lives?B
A.It removes the difficulty in making plans in advance.
B.It increases the possibilities to get over loneliness.
C.It simplified the process of holding social gatherings.
D.It narrows the gap between teenagers and adults.
31.What do you think of the writer's attitude towards mobile phones?C
A.They are troublesome and useless.
B.They are expensive yet useful.
C.They are important and necessary.
D.They are immediate but noisy.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了手机在我们生活中的重要作用.
解答 ADBC
28.A 猜测词意题.根据第一段People did not usually assume that they had to reach someone via a mobile phone on a regular basis人们想象不带可以通过一条电话线联系到某人,所以拥有手机是一件奢侈的事情,luxury意思是昂贵的,故答案为A.
29.D 推理判断题.the mobile phone is by no means a mere technological innovation; it heightens a basic human quality-the ability to communicate-there are few aspects of life that it fails to touch这句话推出,作者认为手机触及到我们生活的各个方面,证明了作者认为手机可以促进人和人之间的交流,故答案为D.
30.B 细节题.在最后一段The mobile phone changes the way people organize their lives提到手机改变了人们生活方式,Mobile phones even change the experience of being alone as they provide countless way to pass the time而且提供了各种方法打发孤独寂寞的时光,故答案为B.
31.C推理判断题.根据最后一段they are something to which people have grown attached.作者认为手机就像人体一部分 一样不可分割,所以认为手机还是很重要有必要的,故答案为C.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.