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【題目】Owning a smartphone may not be as smart as you think. It may let you surf the Internet, listen to music and snap photos wherever you are... but it also turns you into a workaholic, it seems.

A study suggests that, by giving you access to emails at all times, the all-singing, all-dancing mobilephone 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 email-enabled phones, 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 make 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 emails 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 smartphones 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 smartphones 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. “

【1】Which of the following is true according to the text?

A. The average UK working time is between nine and twelve hours.

B. Nine-tenths spend over three hours checking work emails.

C. One-fourth check their first mail between 11 pm and midnight.

D. The average time for first checking emails is between 6 am and 8 am.

【2】The underlined word “accessing” in the third paragraph can be replaced by “ “.

A. calling B. using C. reaching D. getting

【3】What can we conclude from the text?

A. Every coin has two sides

B. It never rains but pours.

C. All that glitters is not gold..

D. It’s no good crying over spilt milk.

【4】What’s the main idea of the text?

A. Workaholics like smartphones.

B. Employers don’t like smartphones.

C. Smartphones make our life easier.

D. Smartphones bring about extra work.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】D

【解析】

試題分析:本文主要講述雖然智能手機能讓你無論在哪里，都能上網(wǎng)、 聽音樂和拍照，但它也會讓你變成一個工作狂。列舉了一些科學研究和科學家的言論來說明。

【1】 細節(jié)理解題。排除法。選項A，從文中第三段．the average UK working day is between 9 and 10 hours英國人平均的工作時間是每天9到10個小時。故A錯誤；選項B，從文章第三段Almost one in ten admits spending up to three hours outside their normal working day checking work emails.幾乎十分之一的人承認花費超出工作時間三個小時來檢查工作郵件，故B錯誤；選項D，從文中第三段The average time for first checking emails is between 6 am and 7 am, 檢查電子郵件的平均時間是6點和7點之間，故D錯誤。而選項C，從文中第三段a quarter checking them between 11 pm and midnight.四分之一的人檢查郵件在11點到午夜12點。故選C。

【2】詞匯理解題。從文中第三段More than 90 percent of office workers have email-enabled phones, with a third accessing them more than 20 times a day.超過90%的辦公室職員已經(jīng)有能夠接受郵件的手機,他們中有三分之一一天使用超過20多次。access原意是接近，利用；結合上下文也可判斷它在這里的含義，應為使用手機查看電子郵件，與文章內(nèi)容相符。故選B。

【3】主旨分析題。從文中第一段作者提出手機除了給你帶來很多便利之外，也能使你成為工作狂，接著作者例舉研究：辦公室職員們除了一天的固定工作時間外，還要另外花費2到3個小時來查看工作郵件；Ghadi Hobeika ,指出“智能手機意味著人們不能離開工作。我們愈經(jīng)常接觸的越多,就越期待我們的工作能力�！币虼丝梢缘贸�，智能手機有優(yōu)點，有缺點，即每件事物都有兩面性，故選A。

【4】主旨理解題。結合全文，作者例舉的研究：辦公室職員們除了一天的固定工作時間外，還要另外花費2到3個小時來查看工作郵件；以及Ghadi Hobeika ,指出“智能手機意味著人們不能離開工作。我們愈經(jīng)常接觸的越多,就越期待我們的工作能力，故可知本文主要告訴我們智能手機給我們帶來了很多額外工作。故選D。