2016静安区高中一模解析之阅读C篇

发布时间：2016-01-18

作者：高考项目部

来源于：昂立外语网站

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( C )

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 particularly plain among 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 Schrödinger’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.

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73. The writer of the text thinks that what is happening with mobile phone calls is ________.

A. an unexpected occurrence
B. a strange but very predictable fact
C. an interesting social phenomenon
D. negative for social interaction

74. In paragraph 3, the writer’s attitude towards phone voice calls is __________.

A. doubtful B. concerned C. positive D. negativ

75. The phrase “ hue and cry ” in paragraph 5 means __________.

A. appeal B. protest C. claim D. argument

76. What does the writer think will happen to voice calls in the future?

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?

A. Video Chatting B. Talking into Smartphones

C. The Death of the Phone Call D. Mobile Phone calls

真相大白

73-77 CDBDC

名师把脉

2016年静安区高三一模阅读C篇主要讲了电话沟通方式的衰落，即the death of the telephone call。是考生们非常熟悉的科技信息类话题，与日常息息相关。

文章一开始就摆出具体事实和数据，引出打电话的人和通话时长都在降低这一社会现象。并由此引出第二段的全篇主旨句We are moving, in other words, toward a fascinating cultural transition: the death of the telephone call.

接着第三段到第五段从年轻人为什么不再使用电话，电话本身设计的弊端等几个方面阐明了这一社会现象。最后两段，自然引申到作者对未来电话沟通方式的展望，即we’ll call less but talk more.

步步为赢

73. C

解析：段落概括题。根据文章第二段第一句，We are moving toward a fascinating cultural transition: the death of the telephone call. 可知作者认为打电话这种沟通方式是一种有趣的社会转变，即C。

74. D

解析：主旨推测题。题干要求从第三段推测作者对打电话这种沟通方式的态度，由第三段中的关键词badly designed/ deserves to die等可知，作者的态度是negative消极的，D为正确答案。

75. B

解析：词义猜测题。题干要求猜测第五段中hue and cry的词义，定位到第五段且找到最后一句中的hue and cry，根据转折词despite可知，hue and cry应该是一种反对意见，选择B protest 抗议，反对。

76. D

解析：细节推测题。问作者对打电话这种沟通方式的未来预期是如何的。根据关键词 will happen/ in the future等定位到最后两段，由make fewer phone calls/ deep discussion/ call less but talk more等可知作者认为：未来人们主要是用打电话的方式来进行深入沟通，即D选项中的detailed discussions。

77. C

解析：主旨概括题。选标题，根据全文主旨句第二段第一句We are moving toward a fascinating cultural transition: the death of the telephone call.以及全文关键词和高频词可知本文主要是说明打电话这种沟通方式的衰亡。

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