Question

Whenever Ms. Zhang receives a series of voice messages on the WeChat messaging app from her mother, the 32-year-old woman looks at them and sighs(叹息). She doesn’t want to listen to them one by one, which can always be over a dozen in all. And she hates having to listen again if she misses something. “I really don't’ want to open them,” she says. ”But what can I do? She’s my mom.”Her mother, however, thinks that texting seems cold, and reading text on a phone screen is difficult for people at her age. So she also uses voice messages when communicating with her old schoolmates.

Now, sending voice messages is seen as a feature for seniors, plus a few groups such as salespeople and drivers. About nine out of 10 Chinese internet users are on WeChat and half of them spend over 90 minutes a day on the app chatting, reading, working and shopping. There is no doubt that WeChat is where China’s national conversation takes place.

WeChat’s 2017 user report shows that while people over 55 made up only 1% of the platform’s(平台) user base, one out of five messages they sent were voice, compared with one in 10 for users under 21.”While users take nine seconds on average to read 100 characters, they need 22 seconds to listen to the same 100 characters,” says Liu Xingliang, head of research at the company Data Center about the China Internet.”Only when you listen to WeChat’ voice messages will you find out how long a minute is,” he says.

1.What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A. Ms. Zhang’s mother hardly sends voice messages to her daughter.

B. Ms. Zhang is happy when she receives her mother’s voice message.

C. Ms. Zhang’s mother uses voice messages to communicate with her friends.

D. Ms. Zhang doesn’t listen to her mother’s voice messages.

2.Why does Ms. Zhang’s mother choose to send voice message?

A. Because reading text is difficult for her.

B. Because she thinks speaking is colder than texting.

C. Because it’s too hard for her to learn to text.

D. Because her daughter has asked her to do so.

3.According to the text, who might use text messages most?

A. A driver who needs to work at night.

B. A salesman who is busy selling his products.

C. A teacher who retired five years ago.

D. A college student who will graduate next year.

4.What can we learn about voice messages from the text?

A. Most Chinese people like receiving voice messages.

B. Voice messages take the receivers a lot of time to listen.

C. Sending voice messages is a big burden(负担) for the sender.

D. Only 1% of people over 55 send voice messages.

Answer

1. C

2. A

3. D

4. B

【解析】

本文是一篇社会生活类的文章。文章主要讲述了聊天软件微信的语音信息，使用语音信息的主要是老年人、销售以及司机等人，听语音信息比读文字信息更加浪费时间。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段So she also uses voice messages when communicating with her old schoolmates.可知张女士的母亲与同学、朋友聊天的时候使用语音信息，选项C表述正确，故选C。

2.细节理解题。根据第一段Her mother, however, thinks that texting seems cold, and reading text on a phone screen is difficult for people at her age.可知张女士的母亲选择语音信息是因为在手机屏幕上读文字对她来说是困难的，故选A。

3.推理判断题。根据第二段Now, sending voice messages is seen as a feature for seniors, plus a few groups such as salespeople and drivers.和最后一段compared with one in 10 for users under 21.可知现在，发送语音信息被视为老年人使用微信的一个特征，此外使用微信语音功能的还有销售人员和司机等少数群体。21岁以下的用户只有十分之一使用语音功能，十分之九使用文字信息。所以选项中a college student（大学生）使用文字信息的可能性最大，故选D。

4.细节理解题。根据第三段While users take nine seconds on average to read 100 characters, they need 22 seconds to listen to the same 100 characters可知读一百个字符需要9秒，然而听相同的一百个字符却需要22秒。所以听语音信息花的时间更长，故选B。