1.According to Nielsen,the average number of mobile phone calls we make is dropping every year,after hitting a peak in 2007.And our calls are getting shorter:In 2005 they averaged three minutes in length; now they're almost half that.
We are moving,in other words,toward a fascinating cultural transition:the death of the telephone call.This shift is particularlyplainamong the young.Some college students I know go days without talking into their smartphones at all.
This generation doesn't make phone calls,because everyone is in constant,lightweight contact in so many other ways:texting,chatting,and social-network messaging.And we don't just have more options than we used to.We have better ones:These new forms of communication have exposed the fact that the voice call is badly designed.It deserves to die.Consider:If I suddenly decide I want to dial you up,I have no way of knowing whether you're busy,and you have no idea why I'm calling.
We have to open Schr?dinger's box every time,having a conversation to figure out whether it's OK to have a conversation.Plus,voice calls are emotionally high-bandwidth,which is why it's so weirdly exhausting to be interrupted by one.( We apparently find voicemail even more torturous:Studies show that more than a fifth of all voice messages are never listened to.)
The telephone,in other words,doesn't provide any information about status,so we are constantly interrupting one another.The other tools at our disposal are more polite.Instant messaging lets us detect whether our friends are busy without our annoying them,and texting lets us ping one another but not at the same time.( Plus,we can spend more time thinking about what we want to say.) Despite the hue and cry about becoming an"always on"society,we're actually moving away from the demand that everyone should be available immediately.
We'll still make fewer phone calls,as most of our former phone time will migrate to other media.But the calls we do make will be longer,reserved for the sort of deep discussion that the medium does best.
As video chatting becomes more common,enabled by the new iPhone and other devices,we might see the growth of persistent telepresence,leaving video-chat open all day so we can speak to a spouse or colleague spontaneously.Or,to put it another way,we'll call less but talk more.

73.The writer of the text thinks that what is happening with mobile phone calls isB.
A.a(chǎn)n unexpected occurrence
B.a(chǎn) strange but very predictable fact
C.a(chǎn)n interesting social phenomenon
D.negative for social interaction
74.In paragraph 3,the writer's attitude towards phone voice calls isD.
A.doubtful
B.concerned
C.positive
D.negative
75.The phrase"hue and cry"in paragraph 5meansB.
A.a(chǎn)ppeal
B.protest  
C.claim
D.a(chǎn)rgument
76.What does the writer think will happen to voice calls in the future?D
A.They will only be used in emergencies.
B.They will continue to get more expensive.
C.They will only be used between family members.
D.They will be used mainly for intimate and detailed discussions.
77.What is the best title of the passage?C
A.Video Chatting
B.Talking into Smartphones
C.The Death of the Phone Call
D.Mobile Phone calls.

分析 本文屬于說(shuō)明文閱讀,作者通過(guò)這篇文章主要向我們描述了手機(jī)通話逐年下降的現(xiàn)象,視頻聊天、語(yǔ)音通話變得越來(lái)越普遍,因?yàn)樗鼈儾粫?huì)打擾到對(duì)方,比電話更加自由實(shí)用,但是并不能完全取代電話.

解答 73.B.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第二段"This shift is particularly plain among the young"在年輕人中間這種轉(zhuǎn)變是十分平淡的,可知收集通話的逐漸死亡是一個(gè)十分奇怪但可以預(yù)見到的現(xiàn)象;故選B.
74.D.推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章第三段"I have no way of knowing whether you're busy,and you have no idea why I'm calling"如果我突然決定我要打你,我不知道你是否很忙,你不知道我打電話的原因,可知作者認(rèn)為語(yǔ)音通話時(shí)很不方便的;故選D.
75.B.詞義推斷題.根據(jù)文章第五段"Despite the hue and cry about becoming an"always on"society,we're actually moving away from the demand that everyone should be available immediately"可知句意為盡管主張要成為一個(gè)"永遠(yuǎn)"的社會(huì),我們真的遠(yuǎn)離了每個(gè)人都應(yīng)該立即可用的需求,可知詞義為主張,伸張;故選B.
76.D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第六段"But the calls we do make will be longer,reserved for the sort of deep discussion that the medium does best."可知作者認(rèn)為未來(lái)的語(yǔ)音通話將主要用于親密和詳細(xì)的討論;故選D.
77.C.主旨大意題.通讀全文,可知文章主要講手機(jī)通話逐漸死亡的現(xiàn)象,視頻聊天、語(yǔ)音通話變得越來(lái)越普遍,因?yàn)樗鼈儾粫?huì)打擾到對(duì)方,比電話更加自由實(shí)用,但是并不能完全取代電話;可知最合適的標(biāo)題為手機(jī)通話的死亡;故選C.

點(diǎn)評(píng) 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進(jìn)行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí),要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.

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