Question

Kelly Reeves was getting ready for a trip when her phone slipped into a sink full of water. Panic moment! She quickly picked up the wet phone and tried to turn it on, but nothing worked. Her first reaction? She got dressed, drove to the nearest store, and bought a new mobile at full price.

A new study finds that fear of losing your phone is a common illness. About 66 percent of those surveyed suffer from nomophobia or “no mobile phone phobia”. Interestingly, more women worry about losing their phone than men.

Fortunately, there’s a solution.

The first step is to figure out if you have nomophobia. Checking your phone too often is one thing, but the true sign of a problem is that you can’t conduct business or go about your routine when the fear becomes so severe.

Do you go to unusual lengths to make sure you have your phone? That’s another sign of a problem. If you find you check your phone plenty of times per hour, or a total of an hour per day, there may be a problem.

Some of the treatments are similar to those for treating anxiety attacks: leaving the phone behind and not checking e-mail or text messages, and then learning to tolerate the after anxiety. Even if this leads to a high level of worry and stress, the solution is to push through the fear and learn to deal with not having your phone.

Of course, there are also technological alternatives. Luis Levy, a co-founder at Novy PR, says he uses an application called Cerberus that can automatically track the location of his phone. To find it, he can just go to a website and see the phone’s location.

He also insures his phone through a service called Asurion. The company’s description of its product reads like a prescription for anxiety:”60 million phones are lost, stolen or damaged each year. You’ll have complete peace of mind knowing that your phone is protected and you can quickly reconnect with family, friends and work, as soon as the very next day!”

1.Why does the author mention Kelly’s experience in the first paragraph?

A．To introduce the topic for discussion.

B．To inform us that mobile phones are useful.

C．To warn us that we should be careful.

D．To tell us we should get phones ready for a trip.

2.The underlined word “nomophobia” in Paragraph 2 means “     ” .

A．habits of using mobile phones	B．fear of losing mobile phones
C．eagerness for new mobile phones	D．independence of mobile phones

3.Which of the following is a way to treat nomophobia?

A．Avoiding using a phone for some time

B．Learning more about modern technology

C．Protecting one’s phone against any damage

D．Not using a mobile phone in one’s daily work

4.Why can the service called Asurion help to treat nomophobia?

A．It lets you know other people also lose their phones.

B．It will give you a new phone through insurance.

C．It enables you to reconnect with your acquaintances.

D．It gives you a prescription to treat nomophobia

5. What is the passage mainly about?

A．Attitude toward mobile phones	B．New mobile phone technology
C．Disadvantages of mobile phones	D．Solutions to nomophobia

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：

1.A 推理题。作者用第一段中Kelly的经历来说明人们很担心自己的手机会丢掉，这也是一种心理的问题。故该例子是为了引起下文讨论的话题。故A正确。

2.B 推理题。根据第二段1,2行A new study finds that fear of losing your phone is a common illness. About 66 percent of those surveyed suffer from nomophobia or “no mobile phone phobia”.说明该现象是指那些担心自己的手机没有了的心理问题，故B正确。

3.A 细节题。根据文章倒数第三段1,2行Some of the treatments are similar to those for treating anxiety attacks: leaving the phone behind and not checking e-mail or text messages, and then learning to tolerate the after anxiety.说明治疗这种问题的方法之一就是一段时间不用使用手机。故A正确。

4.C 细节题。根据文章最后一句话. You’ll have complete peace of mind knowing that your phone is protected and you can quickly reconnect with family, friends and work, as soon as the very next day!”说明这家公司的服务就是让你能够重新联系上你的熟人。故C正确。

5.D 主旨大意题。文章先是介绍了一种被称为nomophobia的心理问题，然后又就这个问题提出了解决方法，故D正确。

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