Question

“Human beings are ruder today because they are rushed and more ‘time poor’ than ever before,” says Patsy Rowe, “ Manners have fallen off the radar(雷达).” Due to our strong attraction to electronic equipment it is a wonder more people don’t wake up each morning and greet the singing birds with a complaint（抱怨）about the noise. Here are some examples of rudeness.

Some people prefer to do almost everything over the internet. To them, dealing with an actual human is like an evolutionary step backward. It feels very slow because humans don’t work at 4G speeds. When you have dinner with friends, you will often notice someone paying more attention to his mobile phone. We have programmed ourselves to think that every new message brings life-changing news, so taking calls and checking our texts are more important than talking to the people we are with. What is worse, some people even tend to send anonymous（匿名的） rude messages by email.

However, rudeness is never acceptable, Don’t assume it is OK to be rude if the person you’re in touch with won’t recognize you. If you have something awful to say, have the courage to face the person and say it, write a letter or email and sign it, or forget it. Upsetting people with unsigned messages is cruel and disgusting.

We shouldn’t blame technology for our shortcomings.Technology is here to help us, but we should not allow it to take over our lives. An important step ia acknowledging our shortcomings.People spend a lot of time pointing out bad manners but it would be even more help if we′d publicly acknowledge good manners when we see them.

1.What can be inferred from the underlined sentence in Paragraph I?

A.People can tell good from bad behavior.

B.Radar is able to observe human behavior.

C. People care little about their behavior.

D. Radar can be used to predict human behavior.

2.Some people are less willing to deal with humans because

A.they are becoming less patient

B.they are growing too independent

C.they have to handle many important messages

D.they have to follow an evolutionary step backward.

3.What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A.We should applaud good behavior.

B.Technology can never be blamed

C.We should keep pointing out mistakes.

D.Technology will take over lives one day.

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.A

【解析】

试题分析:本文是一篇社会生活类短文，在文章中作者通过几个例子指出人们越来越多的不礼貌行为。由于电脑，手机等电子产品的使用，人们越来越青睐于它们的速度，因而对于与之相比下速度缓慢的人们之间的交往产生了很多的不耐烦，认为是在浪费时间。

1.推理判断题。文章开头借用Patsy Rowe的话“Human beings are ruder today because they are rushed and more ‘time poor’ than ever before,”指出人们失去了礼貌、礼节，然后通过Here are some examples of rudeness.作为过渡，介绍了几种粗鲁的行为。由此判断划线句子意思是人们对自己行为不太在意，选C。

2. 推理判断题。从文章第二段内容可知人们经常使用电脑网络，网络的快速便捷渐渐使人们对速度有了更高的要求，也因而变得缺少耐心，选A。

3.推理判断题。从文章末段People spend a lot of time pointing out bad manners but it would be even more help if we′d publicly acknowledge good manners when we see them.可知公开赞扬那些礼貌的行为要比花时间去指出不礼貌行为更为重要，选A。

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