Owning a smart phone may not be as smart as you think. They may let you surf the Internet, listen to music and snap photos wherever you are… but they also turn you into a workaholic, it seems.
A study suggests that, by giving you access to emails at all times, the all-singing, all-dancing mobile phone adds as much as two hours to your working day. Researchers found that Britons work an additional 460 hours a year on average as they are able to respond to emails on their mobiles.
The study by technology retailer Pixmania reveals the average UK working day is between 9 and 10 hours, but a further two hours is spent responding to or sending work emails, or making work calls. More than 90 percent of office workers have an email-enabled phone, with a third accessing them more than 20 times a day. Almost one in ten admits spending up to three hours outside their normal working day checking work emails. Some workers confess they are on call almost 24 hours a day, with nine out of ten saying they take work emails and calls outside their normal working hours. The average time for first checking emails is between 6 am and 7 am, with more than a third checking their first email in this period, and a quarter checking them between 11 pm and midnight.
Ghadi Hobeika, marketing director of Pixmania, said, “The ability to access literally millions of apps, keep in contact via social networks and take photos and video as well as text and call has made smart phones invaluable for many people. However, there are drawbacks. Many companies expect their employees to be on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and smart phones mean that people literally cannot get away from work. The more constantly in contact we become, the more is expected of us in a work capacity.”
【小題1】What can we conclude from the text?

A．All that glitters is not gold.
B．Every coin has two sides.
C．It never rains but pours.
D．It’s no good crying over spilt milk.
【小題2】The underlined word “accessing” in the third paragraph can be replaced by         .
A．calling B．reaching
C．getting D．using
【小題3】Which of the following is true according to the text?
A．The average UK working day is between nine and twelve hours.
B．Nine-tenths spend over three hours checking work emails.
C．One fourth check their first mails between 11 pm and midnight.
D．The average time for first checking emails is between 6 am and 8 am.
【小題4】What’s the main idea of the text?
A．Workaholics like smart phones.
B．Smart phones bring about extra work.
C．Smart phones make our live easier.
D．Employers don’t like smart phones.


【小題1】B
【小題2】D
【小題3】C
【小題4】B

解析試題分析: 這篇文章主要介紹使用智能手機(jī)也許并不像你想的那樣明智。使用智能手機(jī)可以讓你隨時(shí)隨地上網(wǎng)、聽(tīng)音樂(lè)、拍照片，但也可能讓你變成工作狂。最新調(diào)查顯示，智能手機(jī)能讓你隨時(shí)查收郵件，因此這種花哨的機(jī)會(huì)讓你每天的工作時(shí)間延長(zhǎng)多達(dá)兩個(gè)小時(shí)。
【小題1】B。推理判斷題。通讀文章可知，文章主要講智能手機(jī)的利弊。根據(jù)第一段They may let you surf the Internet, listen to music and snap photos wherever you are… but they also turn you into a workaholic, it seems.可知，只能手機(jī)讓人們上網(wǎng)，聽(tīng)音樂(lè)等，也會(huì)給人增加不必要的負(fù)擔(dān)。也就是說(shuō)有兩面性。故選B。
【小題2】D。根據(jù)上下文猜測(cè)單詞含義。根據(jù)第三段More than 90 percent of office workers have an email-enabled phone, with a third accessing them more than 20 times a day. 可知超過(guò)90%的職員有可以收發(fā)電郵的手機(jī)，其中1/3每天查看20次以上。故選D。
【小題3】C。細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第三段and a quarter checking them between 11 pm and midnight. 可知四分之一的人會(huì)在晚上11點(diǎn)到午夜的時(shí)候查看郵件。故選C。
【小題4】B。主旨大意題。通讀文章可知，本文主要講智能手機(jī)不僅能給人們帶來(lái)便利，同時(shí)也會(huì)增加額外的工作負(fù)擔(dān)。故選B。
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