Question

Smartphone stress: Are you a victim of ‘always on’ culture?

You are on holiday but secretly check your work emails the moment you wake up. You get anxious if there’s no Wi-Fi in the hotel or mobile phone signal up the mountain. 1. And you secretly worry things will go wrong at work if you're not there. There are the typical signs of “always on” stress induced by smart phone addiction.

Work-life balance

Pittsburgh-based developer Kevin Holesh was so worried about how much he was ignoring his family and friends and he developed an app-Moment-to monitor his usage. The app enables users to see how much time they're spending on the device and set up warnings if self-controlled usage limits are offended. 2.“Some time on your phone, some time off it, enjoying your loving family and friends around you.” And some employers are acknowledging that getting the work-life balance right isn't so easy. We need help.

“Always stressed”

3.You are not giving your body time to recover, so you're always stressed. And the more tired and stressed we get, the more mistakes we make. 4. The fact that we can stay connected to the workplace wherever we are in the world is feeding deep-rooted insecurities.

Slowdown in decision

We know consume media for more hours than we sleep. 5. It actually makes it more difficult to make decisions and many are becoming less productive because they're overwhelmed by it all and feel they can never escape the office.

A. Moment’s goal is to promote balance in your life.

B. You get excited if you receive a text message or an e-mail from a friend.

C. This is leading to a sort of slowdown in decision and it is creating more stress in the workplace.

D. The negative impacts of this ‘always on’ culture are that your mind is never resting.

E. Physical and mental health can suffer.

F. Mobile phone companies argue that mobile connectivity is beneficial.

G. You are nervous if your phone is getting low on power.

Answer

1.G

2.A

3.D

4.E

5.C

【解析】本文是一篇说明文。主要讲述了现代人由于沉迷于智能手机而给自身带来的各种压力及问题。

1.第一段是对“一直在线”这种沉迷于智能手机的各种情况的总结和列举，主要突出人几乎不能与手机脱离。纵观5个选项，只有G选项在讲述这种情况。故选G。

2.这一段的标题为“工作-生活的平衡”，可知这段的主题就是平衡工作与生活。而文中The app enables users to see how much time they're spending on the device and set up warnings if self-controlled usage limits are offended.本身就表明这个软件的目标便是使生活更加平衡，故选A。

3.这段的小标题是“Always stressed”，再根据后文的＂You are not giving your body time to recover, so you're always stressed.（你没有给你的身体一些时间来恢复，所以你总是感到压力。）＂可推知，D项“这种“一直在线”文化的负面影响是你的头脑从不休息”符合本段内容，引起下文。故选D。

4.前文讲述你没有给你的身体一些时间来恢复，所以你总是感到压力。久而久之，压力越来越大肯定会影响到我们的身心健康。故选E。

5.此段的标题为“延缓决定”，因此此段肯定与做决定相关，阅读5个选项可知，只有C项与标题呼应，且正说明“延缓决定”这一问题。故选C。

【名师点睛】七选五旨在考查学生对全文整体理解和对信息辨析的能力，做此题时首先需要先了解文章的整体结构，弄清文章大意，然后再把7个备选项浏览一下，最后再综合上下文进行推理判断。通过通读全文，了解到文章主要讲述的解决问题的方法。然后再结合上下文进行选择。

例如，第2题，由标题“工作-生活的平衡”可知这段的主题就是平衡工作与生活，所以在七个选项中与“平衡工作与生活”相关的选项极有可能是正确选项，以外，本段的关键词还有moment，并介绍了该软件的功能，综合这两点并结合选项，故选A。