“Human beings 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 more people don’t wake up each morning and greet the singing birds with a complaint(抱怨)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 ia acknowledging our shortcomings.People spend a lot of time pointing out bad manners but it would be even more help if we′d publicly acknowledge good manners when we see them.
【小題1】What can be inferred from the underlined sentence in Paragraph I?

A.People can tell good from bad behavior.
B.Radar is able to observe human behavior.
C.People care little about their behavior.
D.Radar can be used to predict human behavior.
【小題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.
【小題3】What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A.We should applaud good behavior.
B.Technology can never be blamed
C.We should keep pointing out mistakes.
D.Technology will take over lives one day.


【小題1】C
【小題2】A
【小題3】A

解析試題分析:本文是一篇社會生活類短文,在文章中作者通過幾個例子指出人們越來越多的不禮貌行為。由于電腦,手機等電子產(chǎn)品的使用,人們越來越青睞于它們的速度,因而對于與之相比下速度緩慢的人們之間的交往產(chǎn)生了很多的不耐煩,認為是在浪費時間。
【小題1】C推理判斷題。文章開頭借用Patsy Rowe的話“Human beings are ruder today because they are rushed and more ‘time poor’ than ever before,”指出人們失去了禮貌、禮節(jié),然后通過Here are some examples of rudeness.作為過渡,介紹了幾種粗魯?shù)男袨。由此判斷劃線句子意思是人們對自己行為不太在意,選C。
【小題2】A推理判斷題。從文章第二段內(nèi)容可知人們經(jīng)常使用電腦網(wǎng)絡(luò),網(wǎng)絡(luò)的快速便捷漸漸使人們對速度有了更高的要求,也因而變得缺少耐心,選A。
【小題3】A推理判斷題。從文章末段People spend a lot of time pointing out bad manners but it would be even more help if we′d publicly acknowledge good manners when we see them.可知公開贊揚那些禮貌的行為要比花時間去指出不禮貌行為更為重要,選A。
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