Question

【题目】Americans, especially the millennials（千禧一代）, are always glued（固着于）to their phones. A common day of the average university student in America starts off like this: an alarm clock wakes you up, which is quickly followed by checking social media such as Twitter and Facebook. Once in classes, you are again attracted by your buzzing phone and access to the Internet rather than pay attention to the lecturing professor. Then you have lunch with some friends, only to look up from your screen to realize that no one has said a word in five minutes and instead all are looking at their phones. Once the day ends, you can’t help checking all forms of social media again before finally being able to shut your eyes only to repeat this vicious cycle the next day.

Cyberbullying（网络霸凌）, a concept unknown before, is now in fashion. Many of the millennials are using the Internet to make jokes about others to points of extremes. The Internet gives cowards bravery; people feel like their actions and words have no bad results because they cannot see the ache it causes another.

Millennials also think that whatever information shows up on their screens must be taken as truth, whether the material is reliable（可靠的）or not.

Social media is not all bad, however. People are still able to use social media to connect with friends and family who live a great distance away. With a few clicks of a button, someone could make another person smile, or give words of hope and encouragement to a friend in need, or even help repair a broken relationship. Cyberspace is a vortex（漩涡）that is easy to get caught up in, but we must find a balance to keep both feet in reality while traveling across the online world.

【1】What does the underlined part in Paragraph l mean?

A. You can’t break away from your phone.

B. You decide to get rid of this bad behaviour later.

C. You return to going cycling the following day.

D. You are caught in the busy life.

【2】What can be learned about the milennials?

A. They often mistake facts for personal opinions.

B. They prefer to communicate face to face.

C. They are often made fun of in the cyberspace.

D. They don’t make their own judgement.

【3】What’s the author’s purpose of writing the text?

A. To state the ill effect of social media.

B. To prove the benefit of cyberspace.

C. To suggest using the social media wisely.

D. To introduce the function of phones.

【4】Which way of using social media is advised by the writer?

A. Being glued to the phones all the time.

B. Promoting relationships.

C. Losing themselves in the cyberspace.

D. Fighting against others.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】本文介绍美国人，尤其是千禧一代离不开手机。建议人们明智地使用社交媒体。

【1】A

词义猜测题。根据第一段倒数第二句no one has said a word in five minutes and instead all are looking at their phones.在五分钟之内没有一个人说一个单词，相反他们都在看他们的手机。最后一句Once the day ends, you can’t help checking all forms of social media again before finally being able to shut your eyes only to repeat this vicious cycle the next day.一旦这天结束，在终于能够闭上你的眼睛之前你不能再检查所有形式的社交媒体了，只是在第二天重复这种恶性循环。由此可知，划线内容的意思是“你不能离开你的电话。”故选A。

【2】D

推理判断题。根据第二段Cyberbullying（网络霸凌）, a concept unknown before, is now in fashion. Many of the millennials are using the Internet to make jokes about others to points of extremes. The Internet gives cowards bravery; people feel like their actions and words have no bad results because they cannot see the ache it causes another.可知，千禧一代不能做出他们自己的判断。故选D。

【3】C

推理判断题。根据最后一段第一、二句Social media is not all bad, however. People are still able to use social media to connect with friends and family who live a great distance away.可知，本文建议人们明智地使用社交媒体。故选C。

【4】B

推理判断题。根据最后一段中People are still able to use social media to connect with friends and family who live a great distance away. With a few clicks of a button, someone could make another person smile, or give words of hope and encouragement to a friend in need, or even help repair a broken relationship.可知，社交媒体能够提升人际关系。故选B。