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20．These days we are all conditioned to accept newness，whatever it costs．Very soon，there is no doubt that Apple's tablet （平板电脑） will seem as a vital tool of modern living to us as sewing machine did to our grandparents．At least，it will until someone produces an even smarter，thinner and more essential tablet，which，if recent history is any guide，will be in approximately six months'time．Turn your back for a moment and you find that every electronic item in your possession is as old as a tombstone．Why should you care if people laugh just because you use an old mobile phone？But try getting the thing repaired when it goes wrong．It's like walking into a pub and asking for an orange juice．You will be made to feel like some sort of time-traveler from the 1970s．"Why not buy a new one？"you will get asked．
And so the mountain of electrical rubbish grows．An average British person was believed to get rid of quite a number of electronic goods in a lifetime．They weighed three tons，stood 7 feet high，and included five fridges，six microwaves，seven PCs，six TVs，12 kettles，35 mobile phones and so on．Even then，the calculation seemed to be conservative．Only 35 mobiles in a lifetime？The huge number of electronic items now regularly thrown away by British families is clearly one big problem．But this has other consequences．It contributes greatly to the uneasy feeling that modem technology is going by faster than we can keep up．By the time I've learnt how to use a tool it's already broken or lost．I've lost count of the number of TV remote-controls that I've bought，mislaid and replaced without working out what most of the buttons did．
And the technology changes so unbelievably fast．It was less than years ago that I spotted an energetic businessman friend pulling what seemed to be either a large container or a small nuclear bomb on wheels through a railway station．I asked．"What have you got in there？Your money or your wife？""Neither，"he replied，with the satisfied look of a man who knew he was keeping pace with the latest technology，no matter how ridiculous he looked．"This is what everyone will have soon-even you．It's called a mobile telephone．"
I don't feel sorry for the pace of change．On the contrary，I'm amazed by those high-tech designers who can somehow fit a camera，music-player，computer and phone into a plastic box no bigger than a packet of cigarette．If those geniuses could also find a way to keep the underground trains running on the first snowy day of winter，they would be making real progress for human beings．What I do regret，however，is that so many household items fall behind so soon．My parents bought a wooden wireless radio in 1947，the year they were married．In 1973，the year I went to university，it was still working．It sat in the kitchen like an old friend-which，in a way，it was．It certainly spoke to us more than we spoke to each other on some mornings．When my mum replaced it with a new-style radio that could also play cassette-tapes，I felt a real sense of loss．
Such is the over-excited change of 21st-century technology that there's no time to satisfy our emotional needs．Even if Apple's new products turn out to be the most significant tablets I very much doubt if they will resist this trend．
 
50．When you try getting an old mobile phone repaired，B．
A．you are travelling through time            B．you are thought to be out of date
C．you will find everything wrong             D．you have got to buy a new one
51．Throwing away so much electronic rubbish makes the writer feel quiteA．
A．lost and upset    B．unbelievably fast     C．broken or lost     D．regularly wasteful
52．The example of the businessman implies thatB．
A．the businessman mastered the latest technology    
B．mobile phones used to be quite big just years ago
C．the businessman was a very ridiculous person      
D．the writer failed to follow modern technology
53．The passage is organized in the pattern ofD
A．time and events       B．comparison and contrast    
C．cause and effect      D．examples and analysis
54．Which of the following is conveyed in the passage？D
A．The fast pace of change brings us no good．
B．We have to keep up with new technology．
C．Household items should be upgraded quickly．
D．We should hold on for new technology to last．

Answer 1

分析 本文是科教类的议论文．文章讲述了现在人们不惜代价接受新的事物；而很多电子产品淘汰太快，如果拿去修理就觉得与时代格格不入．于是电子产品的快速翻新导致快速淘汰，一些产品在人们搞清它们的所有功能之前就被淘汰了，从而产生大量的电子垃圾；作者不是对技术的发展感到遗憾，但是作者确实为那么多的家用电器如此快地落伍感到遗憾，并且希望这些研究天才们能够帮助解决关系民生的问题；

解答 50．B． 细节理解题．根据第一段倒数第三、四句话"But try getting the thing repaired when it goes wrong．It's like walking into a pub and asking for an orange juice．You will be made to feel like some sort of time-traveler from the 1970s．"，大意是：如果你将你的旧电话拿去修理的话，就像走进酒吧却要了一杯橙汁，就像来自70年代的时间旅行者那样（落后、过时）．由此可知B项正确．
51．A．推理判断题．由第二段内容，特别是该段倒数第三句话"It contributes greatly to the uneasy feeling that modem technology is going by faster than we can keep up．"中的uneasy feeling 可推知，作者感到不知所措和不安，A项符合题意．
52．B．．推理判断题．根据第三段内容可知，作者当时看到那个商人拿的手机像是一个大容器或一个小型核弹，由此可推断以前的手机体积很大．
53．D．写作方法判断题．通读全文可知，本文通过列举事例，然后进行分析论证的方式来阐述作者的观点．
54..D．主旨大意题．根据全文内容可知，作者不赞同一些电子产品频繁地更新，这样不仅造成浪费而且带来很多电子垃圾．由此可以判断作者赞成坚持新技术能够持久些，可知D项正确．

点评 议论文要在整体理解文章的基础上，把握作者所阐述的观点；解题强调依据原文细节推敲推断．