Question

【題目】“People are ruder today because they are rushed and more ‘time poor’ than ever before,” says Patsy Rowe, “ Manners have fallen off the radar(雷達).” Due to our strong attraction to electronic equipment, it is a wonder that more people don’t wake up each morning and greet the singing birds with complaining 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.

【1】What can be inferred from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1?

A. People can tell good from bad behavior.

B. People care little about their behavior.

C. Radar is able to observe human behavior.

D. Radar can be used to predict human behavior.

【2】Some people are less willing to deal with humans because______.

A. they are becoming less patient

B. they are growing too independent

C. they have to handle many important messages

D. they have to follow an evolutionary step backward.

【3】The author thinks sending unsigned awful messages is ______.

A. Ridiculous B. acceptable

C. disgusting D. reasonable

【4】What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. Technology can never be blamed

B. We should applaud good behavior.

C. We should keep pointing out mistakes.

D. Technology will take over lives one day.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要講述了隨著生活節(jié)奏的加快，人們變得越來越無禮，很多人不再關心禮貌問題�，F(xiàn)在有越來越多人喜歡借助于電子產品來做一切事情，比如用手機匿名的惡意的短信。但是如論如何，這種粗魯?shù)男袨槭遣豢山邮艿模�出現(xiàn)這個問題，我們需要譴責的不是這些電子產品，而是要不斷檢查我們自己的行為，認識到什么才是正確的行為習慣。

【1】B 推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第一句“People are ruder today because they are rushed and more ‘time poor’ than ever before”說明當今人們比以前更粗魯了，及下文描述，可知人們不太關心自己的個人行為選，故B正確。

【2】A 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段第二句To them, dealing with an actual human is like an evolutionary step backward. 描述，可知他們對于真實的人打交道變得更沒耐心了，在行為上已經是很大的倒退了。故選A。

【3】C 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段最后一句Upsetting people with unsigned messages is cruel and disgusting. 描述，可知用匿名的短信騷擾別人是殘忍的和令人討厭的，故選C。

【4】B 主旨大意題。根據(jù) 本段最后一句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.可知這段主要試講我們應該了解我們的缺點，但是如果公開的認可好的行為習慣，將會更有幫助。故選B：我們應該鼓勵好的行為。