Question

    You see your phone light up from the corner of your eye and quickly reach for it. What started as a simple notification（通知）check snowballs into an hour-long period as you look through rows of notifications and endless social media feeds.

This is by design. Tech companies such as Google and Facebook have spent years working to make consumer technology as addictive as possible. After all, time spent with their products could equal big profits for the company.

However, that’s starting to change. Apple takes action with the introduction of tools in its new operating system aimed at informing users to better manage their smartphone usage and parental controls that allow parents to better monitor and control their children’s phone time.

Google also offers a “Wind Down”feature to set at bedtime, which automatically puts the phone into“Do Not Disturb”.No notifications will show up on your phone, and losing all color on-screen is certainly a cause to put your phone away.

There are still no clear guidelines on what causes tech addiction, but it’s a growing concern likely on the minds of parents everywhere as they see their kids’ faces constantly glued inches away from a screen. And everywhere you go, you’re all but guaranteed to see people buried in their phones.

Apart from Apple and Google, Facebook deserves a fair amount of blame, as CEO Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged in a blog post earlier this year. The social network announced plans to roll out changes aimed at making interactions more meaningful.

“By making these changes, I expect the time people spend on Facebook will go down,”Zuckerberg said. “But I also expect the time you do spend on Facebook will be more valuable. And if we do the right thing, I believe that will be good for our community and our business over the long term too.”

1.What has been done to change phone addiction?

A.Making some color disappear on screen. B.Offering functions to reduce phone use.

C.Improving consumer technology. D.Stopping sending messages.

2.What does "the social network" underlined in the Paragraph 6 refer to?

A.Google. B.Apple.

C.A blog post. D.Facebook.

3.What does Zuckeberg mean in the last paragraph?

A.Facebook in expecting fewer people to use it.

B.It’s valuable for people to do the right thing on Facebook.

C.People should spend time on Facebook as little as possible.

D.Facebook and its consumers will have a win-win relationship.

4.What can be a suitable title for the text?

A.Fighting against Screen Addiction

B.Making Tech Addiction by Design

C.Controlling Children's Phone Time

D.Letting Phone Interactions Meaningful

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.D

4.A

【解析】

这是一篇议论文。文章论述的是“如何改变手机上瘾。”

1.

推理判断题。根据第三段中that’s starting to change. Apple takes action with the introduction of tools in its new operating system aimed at informing users to better manage their smartphone usage and parental controls that allow parents to better monitor and control their children’s phone time.“这种情况正在开始改变。苹果采取行动，在其新操作系统中引入工具，旨在告知用户更好地管理他们的智能手机使用情况，并通过父母控制，让父母更好地监控和控制孩子的手机时间。”和第四段中Google also offers a “Wind Down”feature to set at bedtime, which automatically puts the phone into“Do Not Disturb”.“谷歌还提供了一项‘放松’功能，可以在就寝时间设置，自动将手机设置为‘请勿打扰’。”可知，通过提供减少电话使用的功能来改变手机上瘾。故选B。

2.

词义指代题。根据最后一段中的“By making these changes, I expect the time people spend on Facebook will go down,”Zuckerberg said. “通过这些改变，我预计人们花在Facebook上的时间将会减少，”扎克伯格说。由此可知，划线词指代的是Facebook。故选D。

3.

推理判断题。根据最后一段“By making these changes, I expect the time people spend on Facebook will go down,”Zuckerberg said. “But I also expect the time you do spend on Facebook will be more valuable. And if we do the right thing, I believe that will be good for our community and our business over the long term too.” “通过这些改变，我预计人们花在Facebook上的时间将会减少，”扎克伯格说。“但我也希望你花在Facebook上的时间会更有价值。”如果我们做了正确的事情，我相信，从长远来看，这对我们的社区和我们的企业也会有好处。”可知，在最后一段Zuckeberg的意思是说“Facebook和它的消费者将会有一个双赢的关系。”故选D。

4.

主旨大意题。文章讲述的是如何改变手机上瘾。所以A项Fighting against Screen Addiction为最佳标题。故选A。