Question

【题目】 Children born in the early 21st century will likely never know a world without the Internet, television, and other forms of instant intellectual satisfaction. The average high school student in any developed nation has access to more information than some of the greatest minds in history, such as Socrates or Da Vinci, ever had in their lifetimes. Some critics of this phenomenon fear that instantaneous（瞬时的）access to all of this information has the potential to overload users, however. Instead of researching deeper into one particular subject, many people are now dabbling on(浅尝）the surface of many interests and subjects of study at the same time. Author Richard Foreman described those who have spread themselves thinly across a wide range of subjects as pancake people.

For many generations, scholars and artists tended to concentrate their energy on one particular subject. For William Shakespeare, that interest was literature; for Mozart, it was musical composition; and for Newton, physics. Visual artists were not expected to understand higher mathematics, nor were philosophers (哲学家）expected to study engineering. Without widespread access to libraries or the ability to spread their latest creations to the rest of the world instantly, many people worked hard in relative obscurity（冷门）to explore the depths of their chosen jobs or subjects of interest.

With the development of the Internet and other sources of information that can be accessed quickly and easily, many people attempt to gain at least a working knowledge of many different subjects. As a result, a new generation have essentially become the proverbial jacks of all trades, but masters of none. A linguist（语言学家）from the 18th may have studied Spanish or French until he or she could translate even the most complex literary works written in those languages, but modern pancake people only learn enough of the language to travel as a tourist. As long as the information necessary to perform a task or create a new work is at a person’s fingertips，there is always the risk of that person losing some intellectual curiosity.

【1】What can we know from the first paragraph?

A.People nowadays have access to more information than before.

B.Interest is becoming more and more important in modern society.

C.Children will know nothing about the world without modern social media.

D.Students in developed nations know more than the greatest minds in history.

【2】How does the author develop his argument in Paragraph 2?

A.By comparison.B.By example.

C.By classification.D.By cause and effect.

【3】Pancake people refer to those who___________________.

A.are gifted in music, art or literature

B.are knowledgeable in different fields

C.know a working knowledge of many different subjects

D.tend to concentrate their energy on one particular subject

【4】What’s the author’s attitude to pancake people?

A.Disapproving.B.Favorable.

C.Doubtful.D.Unconcerned.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

这是一篇议论文。文章向我们介绍了“煎饼人”的特点。通过举例的方法表达了对做“煎饼人”的不赞成的观点。

【1】

细节理解题。根据第一段“The average high school student in any developed nation has access to more information than some of the greatest minds in history, such as Socrates or Da Vinci, ever had in their lifetimes.”任何发达国家的普通高中生所能接触到的信息，都比历史上一些最伟大的人物(如苏格拉底或达·芬奇)一生中接触到的信息还要多。可知，如今的人们能比以前获取更多的信息。故选A项。

【2】

推理判断题。根据第二段“For many generations, scholars and artists tended to concentrate their energy on one particular subject.For William Shakespeare, that interest was literature; for Mozart, it was musical composition; and for Newton, physics. Visual artists were not expected to understand higher mathematics, nor were philosophers (哲学家）expected to study engineering”许多代人以来，学者和艺术家往往把他们的精力集中在一个特定的主题上。对威廉·莎士比亚来说，这种兴趣就是文学;对莫扎特来说，它是音乐创作;对牛顿来说，是物理。视觉艺术家不需要理解高等数学，哲学家也不需要学习工程学。由此判断出，在第二段中，作者通过举例子来论证自己的观点。故选B项。

【3】

细节理解题。根据第一段“Author Richard Foreman described those who have spread themselves thinly across a wide range of subjects as pancake people”作家理查德·福尔曼把那些在广泛领域中分散注意力的人称为“煎饼人”，和第三段“many people attempt to gain at least a working knowledge of many different subjects”许多人试图至少获得许多不同学科的实用知识。可知，“煎饼人”是指了解许多不同学科的应用知识的人。故选C项。

【4】

推理判断题。根据最后一段作者的语气，尤其是“As a result, a new generation have essentially become the proverbial jacks of all trades, but masters of none.”结果，新一代基本上成了谚语中所说的“门门通，门门松”。可以推测，作者对于“煎饼人”的态度是不赞成的。故选A项。

细节理解题主要考查考生对某句话或某几句话的理解，同学们若能根据题干内容从原文中找到相关的句子，然后进行比较和分析，便可确定最佳答案。多数情况下，作者不会明确的呈现一个事实，读者需要根据已有的信息进行处理，读出言外之意。还要特别注意文章的时间顺序、故事发生的地点、情节的发展和人物之间的关系。例如，第3题，根据第一段“Author Richard Foreman described those who have spread themselves thinly across a wide range of subjects as pancake people”作家理查德·福尔曼把那些在广泛领域中分散注意力的人称为“煎饼人”，和第三段“many people attempt to gain at least a working knowledge of many different subjects”许多人试图至少获得许多不同学科的实用知识。可知，“煎饼人”是指了解许多不同学科的应用知识的人。故选C项。