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.
【小题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

【小题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

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

A．ignore

B．control

C．develop

D．rescue

【小题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

【小题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

【小题1】A
【小题2】D
【小题3】B
【小题4】C
【小题5】A

解析试题分析：本文讲述了过度使用手机对人们的影响，在文章中还举例进行了详细地说明。
【小题1】A 细节题。根据第二段第一句Cigarette? Cup of coffee? No, it's the third most addictive thing in modem life, the cell phone.说明手机已经和香烟和咖啡成为影响人们生活的东西了。故A正确。
【小题2】D 细节题。根据第三段2,3,4行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.说明ABC三项都是过度使用手机带来的影响，只有D项文章没有提及。
【小题3】B 推理题。根据本句it is becoming more difficult for many people to curb their longing to hug it more tightly than most of their personal relationships.说明对于很多人来说控制他们对手机的依赖是越来越困难，故该词是指控制，故B正确。
【小题4】C 推理题。根据the woman who talks on the phone in the car, ignoring her husband;说明手机的过度使用以及让人们忽视了身边的现实中的人，并没有把人真正地联系在一起。故C正确。
【小题5】A 主旨大意题。本文讨论的话题正是过度使用手机对人们生活的影响，手机正成为影响人们生活的一种新的“香烟”。故A正确。
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点评：本文讲述了过度使用手机对人们的影响。推理题要求考生在理解原文表面文字信息的基础上，做出一定判断和推论，从而得到文章的隐含意义和深层意义。推理题所涉及的内容可能是文中某一句话，也可是某几句话，但做题的指导思想都是以文字信息为依据，既不能做出在原文中找不到文字根据的推理，也不能根据表面文字信息做多步推理，要根据原文表面文字信息一步推出的答案。