Question

“People 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 that 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 is 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 1?

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.The author thinks sending unsigned awful messages is

A. Ridiculous B. disgusting C. acceptable D. reasonable

4.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.C

2.A

3.B

4.A

【解析】

试题分析:这篇短文主要讲述了随着生活节奏的加快，人们变得越来越无礼，很多人不再关心礼貌问题。现在有越来越多人喜欢借助于电子产品来做一切事情，比如用手机匿名的恶意的短信。但是如论如何，这种粗鲁的行为是不可接受的，出现这个问题，我们需要谴责的不是这些电子产品，而是要不断检查我们自己的行为，认识到什么才是正确的行为习惯。

1.C推理判断题。联系前文People are ruder today，当今人们比以前更粗鲁了，及下文描述，可知选Ｃ，人们不太关心他们的行为了，故选C。

2.A细节理解题。根据第二段To them, dealing with an actual human is like an evolutionary step backward. 描述，可知他们对于真实的人打交道变得更没耐心了，故选A。

3.B细节理解题。根据倒数第二段Upsetting people with unsigned messages is cruel and disgusting. 描述，可知用匿名的短信骚扰别人是残忍的和令人讨厌的，故选B。

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考点：考查人生感悟类短文阅读