Question

When writer Nicholas Carr began researching his book on whether the Internet is bad for our minds，he restricted (限制) his online access.

His new book “The Shallows：What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains”  suggests the latest technology makes us less able to think deeply.Cart found he couldn’t concentrate and that he couldn’t work on the book while staying online.

“So，I was only checking my e­mail a couple of times a day rather than every 45 seconds.I found those types of things really did make a difference，” he said.

After at first feeling uncomfortable with his sudden loss of online connection，within a couple of weeks，Carr was able to stay concentrated on one task for a longer period.

Carr wrote a 2008 Atlantic magazine piece that asked a question  “Is Google Making Us Stupid？”  and wanted to dig deeper into how the Internet changes our minds.His book examines the history of reading and the science of how using different media (媒體) changes our brains.Exploring how society changed from an oral tradition to the printed word and to the Internet，he explains how the brain adjusts itself to new information sources.

Reading on the Internet has greatly changed how we use our brains，he writes.Facing a lot of text，photos，videos，music，text messages，e­mails and blogs，our minds have become used to skimming (略讀) and scanning (跳讀) information.As a result，we have developed sharper skills at making fast decisions，Carr says.But now most of us infrequently read books，long essays or articles that would help us concentrate，Carr writes.

Carr says for centuries books helped focus our minds on one topic at a time.He has a suggestion for those who feel web surfing has left them unable to concentrate—slow down，turn off the Internet and practice the skills of being deep in thought.

54．Nicholas Carr’s new book is mainly to study________.

A．the advantages of the Internet                B．the development of our brains

C．the ways of using the Internet                D．the bad influences of the Internet

55．What may we find in Nicholas Carr’s new book?

A．The history of the Internet.                    B．The media’s influence on our brains.

C．Ways of reading online.                         D．Ways of training our brains.

56．According to Nicholas Carr，we make fast decisions because of________.

A．our reading habits                                 B．our smarter brains

C．there being fewer books                        D．there being less information

57．What is the purpose of the last paragraph?

A．To change our habits of life.                  B．To give us some warnings.

C．To ask us to buy Carr’s new book.         D．To give us some useful advice.

Answer 1

　本文主要介紹了作家Nicholas Carr寫的一本書，該書論述了像因特網(wǎng)這樣的現(xiàn)代科技對人的大腦思維所帶來的影響。

54．D　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文章第一段說這本書是關(guān)于因特網(wǎng)對我們思維能力的破壞的，而且從第二段第一句話也可以看出這本書的主要內(nèi)容，故選D項(xiàng)。

55．B　細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。根據(jù)文章第五段中的His book examines the history of reading and the science of how using different media changes our brains可知，從這本書里能夠知道媒體是如何影響我們的大腦的，故選B項(xiàng)。

56．A　推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段，太多的信息改變了我們的閱讀方法，使我們習(xí)慣了略讀和跳讀，從而使我們的大腦習(xí)慣了快速決斷，故選A項(xiàng)。

57．D　推理判斷題。文章最后一段首先指出讀書有利于集中注意力，然后說到如果上網(wǎng)已經(jīng)使我們不能集中注意力，那么他建議我們最好慢下來，關(guān)閉因特網(wǎng)，因此本段旨在給我們提出如何集中注意力的建議。