Question

When you hear "single-use (一次性使用)", you might think of something like chopsticks (筷 子) from fast food restaurants. You use them once, throw them away and forget about them. But when we forget about them, we also forget that we're creating waste.

"Single-use" was chosen as Collins Dictionary's "Word of the Year" for 2018. The idea of single-use is not just about real objects that we can touch or see. It also includes the ways that we communicate.

On social media (社交媒体), we see picture, news and articles everywhere. We look, laugh and keep scrolling (滚屏). We never look twice. This is called single-use media. It's all about sharing the small things of our lives. For example, I know what restaurant all of my friends went to last night. However, I don't know their deepest thoughts and feelings about serious problems. I don't even know what their dinner tasted like. I look at their picture and give them a "Like". Then I "throw it away" and keep scrolling.

Social media nowadays make it very easy for us to forget what we have lost. Before we use social media and send messages on the phone, we communicated by talking. We had to remember or write down important things. Many people also communicated by writing letters, which took time and energy. They had to think carefully about each sentence. People treasured (珍惜) and kept letters for years. A letter was serious. It's a shared piece of the writer's spirit.

On social media, we treat our friends and family like cheap chopsticks. It's simple and efficient (有效率的) in use, but we don't spend time sharing little pieces of our thoughts and feelings any more.

1.From the passage we know that single-use ________.

A.is only about real objects

B.is about using things online

C.includes the ways we communicate

2.Nowadays people talk and write letters less because ________.

A.they use social media and send messages more

B.they enjoy pictures on the Internet more

C.they eat out with friends more

3.Which of the following is NOT the single-use way of life?

A.Half people visit an internet-famous restaurant only once.

B.Students read the books again and again to write a book report.

C.1/4 of the apps (应用程序) are opened only once during the use of the phone.

4.According to paragraph four, we have lost ________ after social media becomes popular.

A.the ability to talk with others

B.the possibility to send messages

C.the real communication with thoughts and feelings

5.What can you infer from the end of the passage?

A.We should treasure our friends and family by telling them how we think and feel.

B.Friends are like chopsticks, and we should use them only when we need them.

C.There is no need to save the letters from friends because they are meaningless.

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.A

【解析】

本文为一篇议论文，讨论现在社会热点，越来越多的人使用社交媒体，这被称为一次性消费，因为很多人看过一次之后就再也不看了，人与人之间的交流越来越浅显。

1.细节理解题。根据文章内容“The idea of single-use is not just about real objects that we can touch or see. It also includes the ways that we communicate.” 一次性使用的概念不仅仅是指我们可以触摸或看到的真实物体。它还包括我们交流的方式。可知，一次性使用的概念包括我们交流的方式。故选C。

2.细节理解题。根据文章内容“Before we use social media and send messages on the phone, we communicated by talking. We had to remember or write down important things.”可知，我们现在写更少的信件因为我们现在更多的使用社交媒体，故选A。

3.推理判断题。本文中一次性使用表示看很多东西都只是一次，B项学生为了写一个书评一遍一遍的看书则不是一次性使用的内容，故选B。

4.细节理解题。根据文章内容“A letter was serious. It's a shared piece of the writer's spirit.”信件非常珍贵，它是作者精神的一部分。可知，在我们现在不使用信件的情况下，人们已经失去了精神上的沟通，故选C。

5.推理判断题。文章最后提及虽然社交媒体使用时简单有效率，但是我们不再分享我们的思想和精神了。本文在批判这种行为，所以，最后是提倡我们分享情感，故选A。