3. It is impolite to interrupt(打断) others while they are speaking.

2. She was found innocent(无辜的) of any crime(罪，犯罪).

1. From what you said, I concluded(推断) that he wouldn’t come here this evening.

　 　Telephones and cellphones ringing at the same time. E-mails being sent and replied to every single day. This is　 1　 for many people, and sometimes it is for me, too.

　　 I really　 2　 having all these ways to　 3　 with my family and friends. However, when I need to use them for other important　 4　　 , I don’t get the same satisfaction. Last week, for example, I sent a(n)　 5　 message to the company which sold me an airline ticket. It was　 6　 useless because they couldn’t understand nor solve the problem by e-mail. I asked　 myself, “Why do they have such a nice　 7　 on the Internet if they can’t help customers who are far away? What a deception(欺骗)！”

I can tell you about another unpleasant　 8　 I had. Last month I bought some 9　 over the Internet. The next day, they　　 10　　 me a message confirming(确认)my order and telling me that they didn’t have all of the CDs that I wanted. They would　　 11 those they had and “LATER” send the others. I really hated that word “later”. Later? How much　 12　 ? When? I still haven’t gotten them.

What I have to say about all this technology is that it was　 13　 to make things easier for us, but, sometimes the result is totally the　 14　 . I usually like to　 15　 a cellphone, but it really gets on my nerves when I’m talking to someone and the　 16　 goes bad and we get cut off. Instead of helping me,　 17　　 just delays me.

　 　I’m not addicted to these “high-tech toys”.　 18　　 , it would be great if they really could be used successfully　 19　 we need them. Unfortunately, for me they are much more toys than they are　 20　　 to do my work. Talking face-to-face or using regular phones is still the best way to communicate.

1. A. wealth　　　　 B. reality　　　　 C. education　　　　　 D. honor

[解析]选B。reality“事实，现实”，此处指上文提到的几种通讯方式的使用对很多人来说都已成为了现实。

2. A. enjoy　　　　 B. avoid　　　　 C. dislike　 　　　　D. stop

[解析]选A。由下文I don’t get the same satisfaction可知此处说的是用这些通讯方式和家人交流使我很愉快。

3. A. part　　　　　 B. struggle　　　　　 C. gather　　　　　 D. communicate

[解析]选D。由上文的telephones, cellphones, e-mails可知选communicate“交流”。communicate with sb. “和某人交流”。

4. A. tools　　　 B. researches　　　　　 C. reasons　　　　 D. productions

[解析]选C。for some/this/that reason为常用搭配，意为“因为某种/这样/那样的原因”。

5. A. card　　　 B. e-mail　　　　 C. paper　　　　 D. letter

[解析]选B。由下文nor solve the problem by e-mail可知。

6. A. partly　　　　　 　B. otherwise

C. expectedly　　　　 D. completely

[解析]选D。给这家公司发电子邮件根本没用，因为他们既不明白又不能通过电子邮件解决问题。

7. A. price　　　　 B. attitude　　　　　 C. site　　　　　　 D. charge

[解析]选C。site在此处指“网站，站点”。

8. A. experience　　　　　 B. tour　　　　　 C. deal　　　　　 D. trouble

[解析]选A。experience此处是可数名词，意为“经历”。作者接着讲了事情的经过，从中可知这是一次令人不快的经历而非麻烦。

9. A. records　　　　 B. CDs　　　　　 C. tickets　　　　　 D. programs

[解析]选B。从下文“. . . they didn’t have all of the CDs that I wanted. ”可知选B。

10. A. left　　　　　 B. took　　　　　 C. sent　　　　　 D. made

[解析]选C。send sb. a message“给……发送信息”。

11. A. improve　　　　 B. order　　　　　 C. store　　　　　　 D. deliver

[解析]选D。deliver此处指“发货，送货”。

12. A. later　　　　　 B. further　　　　 C. cheaper　　　　 D. earlier

[解析]选A。由上文可判断出。

13. A. created　 　　　B. set　　　 C. thought　　　　 D. told

[解析]选A。新技术的创造、发明是为了方便于民。

14. A. interesting　　　　　 B. opposite

C. helpful　　　　　　　　　　　 D. talented

[解析]选B。由转折连词but可知，新技术本来是为方便大众，但有时结果完全相反。

15. A. make　　　　 B. hate　　　　　 C. use　　　　 D. tear

[解析]选C。use a cellphone“使用移动电话”。

16. A. voice　　　　　 B. dish　　　　　 C. relation　　　　 D. signal

[解析]选D。手机信号不好，通话中断。signal “信号”。

17. A. society　　　　 B. advance

C. service　　　　　　　 D. technology

[解析]选D。由本段第一句可知。

18. A. Sadly　　　 B. Hopefully　 　　　C. However　　　　 D. Unluckily

[解析]选C。however副词，意为“然而，不过”。

19. A. whoever　　　　　 B. whenever　　　

C. whatever　　　　　　　　 D. whichever

[解析]选B。A、C、D三项都是连接代词，此状语从句不需连接代词，而需连接副词，由此可排除这三项。

20. A. tools　　　　　　　 B. phones

C. customers　　　　 　　D. advisors

[解析]选A。此句意为“这些新的通讯工具有很多缺点，有时对工作帮助不大，只能把它们当做玩具”。

Lesson 4 & Communication Workshop

10. When asked,　 she admitted___________ the old man on her way home.

A. to help　　　　　　　 B. helping

C. to have helped　 D. help

[解析]选B。admit承认，后面接v. -ing形式，一般不跟不定式。

9. -Do you think “The Chronicles of Narnia”is a good film?

-Oh, yes. It’s____worth____.

A. very; watching　 B. very; to be watched

C. well; seeing　　　　　　　 D. well; being seen

[解析]选C。考查词组的用法。句意：--你认为《纳尼亚传奇》这部电影很好吗？--哦，是的。很值得一看。be well worth doing很值得做某事；see a film看电影。

8. A terrible storm____last night and a little boat sunk near the bank.

A. rose　　　　　 B. arose　 C. raised　 D. risen

[解析]选B。arise是一个不及物动词，意为“出现，发生”, rise则意为“升高”；raise意为“举起，升起”。

7. The old man made a suggestion at the meeting, but only one person was in____of it.

A. attempt　　　 B. process　　　 C. favour D. demand

[解析]选C。考查名词词义辨析。attempt试图，尝试；process过程；favour赞同；demand要求；in favour of支持，赞同。

6. The opening province_____thirteen counties and three coastal cities will quicken its pace of economic development.

A. included　　　　　　 B. consisting of

C. making up of　　 D. consisted of

[解析]选B。本题考查分词作定语。因题干中已有谓语部分“will quicken”, 故空格处只能是province的定语。consist of由……组成，无被动语态，排除D项。A项要用主动语态，C项则要用被动语态。

5. Reaching this agreement so quickly was a great____for the meeting.

A. appointment　　　 B. access

C. achievement　　　 D. approach

[解析]选C。考查名词辨析。句意为：如此快地达成这项协议对于大会来说是一个巨大的成就。appointment表示“约定”; access表示“通道，使用……的权利”；approach表示“接近，通道”，均不符合题意。