Question

Owning a smartphone may not be as smart as you think. It may let you surf the Internet, listen to music and snap photos wherever you are…but it also turns you into a workaholic, it seems.

A study suggests that, by giving you access to emails at all times, the all-singing, all-dancing mobile phone adds as much as two hours to your working day. Researchers found that Britons work an additional 460 hours a year on average as they are able to respond to emails on their mobiles.

The study by technology retailer Pixmania reveals the average UK working day is between 9 and 10 hours, but a further two hours is spent responding to or sending work emails, or making work calls. More than 90 percent of office workers have email-enabled phones, with a third accessing them more than 20 times a day. Almost one in ten admits spending up to three hours outside their normal working day checking work emails. Some workers confess (承认) they are on call almost 24 hours a day, with nine out of ten saying they make work emails and calls outside their normal working hours. The average time for first checking emails is between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m., with more than a third checking their first emails in this period, and a quarter checking them between 11 p.m. and midnight.

Ghadi Hobeika, marketing director of Pixmania, said, “The ability to access literally millions of apps, keep in contact via social networks and take photos and video as well as text and call has made smartphones invaluable for many people. However, there are drawbacks. Many companies expect their employees to be on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and smartphones mean that people literally cannot get away from work. The more constant in contact we become, the more is expected of us in a work capacity (容量).”

1.What can we conclude from the text?

A．All that glitters is not gold.

B．It never rains but pours.

C．Every coin has two sides.

D．It’s no good crying over spilt milk.

2.The underlined word “accessing” in the third paragraph can be replaced by “________”.

A．calling  B．reaching  C．getting D．using

3.Which of the following is true according to the text?

A．The average UK working time is between nine and twelve hours.

B．Nine-tenths spent over three hours checking work emails.

C．One-fourth check their first mail between 11 p.m. and midnight.

D．The average time for first checking emails is between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. .

4.What’s the main idea of the text?

A．Workaholics like smartphones.

B．Smartphones bring about extra work.

C．Smartphones make our life easier.

D．Employers don’t like smartphones.

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.C

4.B

【解析】

试题分析: 文章讲述了手机在方便人们生活的同时，也有很多弊端，它看起来是人们成为了工作狂，不时地接打电话，发送邮件。

1.C考察主旨大意。文章讲述了手机在方便人们生活的同时，也有很多弊端，它看起来是人们成为了工作狂，不时地接打电话，发送邮件，由此得出结论，任何事物都有两面性，所以答案是C。

2.D考察词意猜测题。根据文意More than 90 percent of office workers have email-enabled phones, with a third accessing them more than 20 times a day可知超过90 %的工作人员需用手机接收文件，三分之一的人一天之内使用手机的频率在20次左右，所以答案是D。

3.C考察细节理解题。根据文意The average time for first checking emails is between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m., with more than a third checking their first emails in this period, and a quarter checking them between 11 p.m. and midnight可知有四分之一的人查看邮件实在晚上11点至午夜之间，所以答案是C。

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