19."People are ruder today because they are rushed and more‘time poor'than ever before,"says Patsy Rowe,"Manners have fallen off the radar(雷达)."Due to our strong attraction to electronic equipment it is a wonder more people don't wake up each morning and greet the singing birds with a complaint(抱怨)about the noise.Here are some examples of rudeness.
Some people prefer to do almost everything over the Internet.To them,dealing with an actual human is like an evolutionary step backward.It feels very slow because humans don't work at 4G speeds.When you have dinner with friends,you will often notice someone paying more attention to his mobile phone.We have programmed ourselves to think that every new message brings life-changing news,so taking calls and checking our texts are more important than talking to the people we are with.What is worse,some people even tend to send anonymous(匿名的) rude messages by email.
However,rudeness is never acceptable.Don't assume it is OK to be rude if the person you're in touch with won't recognize you.If you have something awful to say,have the courage to face the person and say it,write a letter or email and sign it,or forget it.Upsetting people with unsigned messages is cruel and disgusting.
We shouldn′t blame technology for our shortcomings.Technology is here to help us,but we should not allow it to take over our lives.An important step is acknowledging our shortcomings.People spend a lot of time pointing out bad manners but it would be even more helpful if we′d publicly acknowledge good manners when we see them.
9.What can be infer from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1?D
A.People can tell good from bad behavior.
B.Radar is able to observe human behavior.
C.Radar can be used to predict human behavior.
D.People care little about their behavior.
10.Some people are less willing to deal with humans becauseB.
A.they are growing too independent
B.they are becoming less patient
C.they have to handle many important messages
D.they have to follow an evolutionary step backward.
11..What can we learn from the last paragraph?C
A.Technology will take over lives one day.
B.Technology can never be blamed
C.We should applaud good behavior.
D.We should keep pointing out mistakes.
分析 本文讲述的是如今的人们比以前粗鲁了,原因和新的科技有关,然后提出建议.
解答 9.D.句意理解题.划线前句说People are ruder…,后句说strong attraction to electronic equipment,再结合划线字面意思"礼貌已经脱离了雷达",可见作者说的是人们对可见的着迷导致他们不再关注礼貌.只有D项符合句意.
10.B.推理判断题.根据题干中"less willing to deal with humans"定位到文章第二段中第二、三句内容.由此可知,有些人不愿意跟人打交道是嫌人太慢(feels very slow),达不到4G速度(don't work at 4G speeds).也就是说,这些人变得缺乏耐心.故选B.
11.C.推理判断题.根据最后一段最后一句"…it would be even more helpful if we'd publicly acknowledge good manners when we see them."可知,作者认为,我们应该为那些礼貌行为喝彩.故选C.
点评 本篇文章主要是细节理解方面的题型,需要考生通过跳读迅速找到对应的句子进行详细理解,句子的理解可以结合上下文意思,通过逻辑推理得到.