公共英语考试

【单选题】Human creativeness is boundless. With the advance of science and technology, a complete new means of communication -- Mobile Phone came to the world, which, being not fixed in one place like ordinary phones, greatly facilitates telephone communication.Although using mobile phone is convenient, it also has some negative factors. It tells us that we should pay more attention to the mobile phone etiquette. There is a research onAmerican mobile phone etiquette.
People are using cell phones in a Manhattan subway. MostAmericans believe that there are unspoken rules about using mobile phone etiquette, according to an online poll.
It’s impolite to shout down their cell phones which may frighten other passengers.Checking emails, sending text messages and making telephone calls while in the company of other passengers are definite breeches of mobile phone manners. Texting during a date is also strictly forbidden.
But the majority ofAmerican people questioned in the online poll said that they would not be offended if they received an electronic "thank you", instead of a written note and seventy-five percent had no objections to anyone using laptops, net books or cell phones in the bathroom. "Etiquette is first and foremost a question of awareness," said the author and etiquette expertAnna Post.But she described the results of the Harris Interactive poll commissioned by Intel as "pretty surprising statistics".
Sixty-two percent of the 2,625 adults who took part in the survey agreed that cell phones, laptops, net books and other electronic devices are part of daily life. Fifty-five percent also thought that the demands of business mean people must stay connected, even if it involves taking a laptop on a holiday or answering a cell phone during a meal.
Despite the need to be constantly connected and the general acceptance of the technology, people were more sensitive about technology abuses during holiday and religious activities. Nearly ninety percent ofAmericans think that cell phone use is unacceptable during a religious service and thirty percent admitted they would be offended if they received an online gift wish.But more than half revealed that they intended to send an electronic greeting card, instead of a traditional one.
"These are issues about common sense," saidDr GenevieveBell, an ethnographer and director of Intel’s UserExperience Group, adding that the social rules of when and how it is appropriate to use the technology are still being formeD、
This article is most probably taken from a
A、document.
B．magazine.
C．biography.
D．science fiction.

网考网参考答案：B
网考网解析：
[命题目的]此题考查考生对文章体裁的把握能力。 [解题要点] 根据对全文的总体把握，文章主要内容是指美国人使用手机的礼节，这种体裁的文章最常现于生活杂志中，文件、自传和科幻显然都是不合逻辑的。ACD均小符合文意，故正确答案为B选项。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>