8．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 mobile phone adds as much as two hours to your working day．Researchers found that Britons work an additional 460hours 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 9and 10hours，but a further two hours is spent responding to or sending work emails，or making work calls．More than 90percent of office workers have email-enabled phones，with a third accessing them more than 20times a day．Almost one in ten admits spending up to three hours outside their normal working day checking work emails．Some workers confess（承認） they are on call almost 24hours 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 6a．m．a(chǎn)nd 7a．m．，with more than a third checking their first emails in this period，and a quarter checking them between 11p．m．a(chǎn)nd 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 24hours 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（容量）．"
29．What can we conclude from the text？C
A．All that glitters is not gold．
B．It never rains but pours．
C．Every coins has two sides．
D．It's no good crying over spilt milk．
30．The underlined word"accessing"in the third paragraph can be replaced by"D"．
A．calling B．reaching C．gettingD．using
31．Which of the following is true according to the text？C
A．The average UK working time is between nine and twelve hours．
B．Nine-tenths spent over three hours checking work emails．
C．One-fourth check their first mail between 11p．m．a(chǎn)nd midnight．
D．The average time for first checking emails is between 6a．m．a(chǎn)nd 8．a(chǎn)m．．
32．What's the main idea of the text？B
A．Workaholics like smartphones．
B．Smartphones bring about extra work．
C．Smartphones make our life easier．
D．Employers don't like smartphones．
分析 這篇文章主要介紹使用智能手機也許并不像你想的那樣明智．使用智能手機可以讓你隨時隨地上網(wǎng)、聽音樂、拍照片…但也可能讓你變成工作狂．最新調(diào)查顯示，智能手機能讓你隨時查收郵件，因此這種花哨的手機會讓你每天的工作時間延長多達兩個小時．
解答 29．C 推理判斷題，根據(jù)第一段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可知智能手機可以讓你放松，同時也有可能讓你成為一名工作狂，由此可知本文告訴我們事物都有兩面性，故選C．
30．D 詞義猜測題，根據(jù)第三段More than 90percent of office workers have email-enabled phones，with a third accessing them more than 20times a day可知超過百分之90的辦公室工作人員使用有電子郵件功能的手機，有三分之一的人每天使用超過20次，故選D．
31．C 細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段and a quarter checking them between 11p．m．a(chǎn)nd midnight．可知有四分之一從下午11點到午夜檢查他們的郵件，故選C．
32．B 細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)第二段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．以及全文的閱讀可知本文主要向我們介紹了手機帶給我們的額外工作，故選B．
點評 考查學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力．做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確選擇．在做推理判斷題時不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
