专四专八考试

【单选题】How many times a day do you check your email When you wake upBefore bed
A、dozen times in between The technology that was supposed to simplify our lives has become the ultimate time-suck: the average teen spends more than seven hours a day using technological devices, plus an additional hour just text-messaging friends.
The advantage to all that gadgetry, of course, is connectedness: email lets us respond on the go, and we are in touch with more people during more hours of the day than at any other time in history.But is it possible we’re more lonely than ever, too That’s what MIT professor Sherry Turkle observes in her new book,Alone Together, a fascinating portrait of our changing relationship with technology, the result of nearly 15 years of study. Turkle details the ways technology has redefined our perceptions of intimacy and solitude--and warns of the perils of embracing such virtual relationships in place of lasting emotional connections.
For Turkle, a psychologist by training, the biggest worry is what all this superficial engagement means for us developmentally. Is technology offering us the lives we want to live "We’re texting people at a distance," says the author, the director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self. "We’re using inanimate objects to convince ourselves that even when we’re alone, we feel together.And then when we’re with each other, we put ourselves in situations where we are alone--constantly on our mobile devices. It’s what I call a perfect storm of confusion about what’s important in our human connections."
What can’t be denied is that technology, no matter its faults, makes life a whole lot easier. It allows us to communicate with more people in less time; it can make conversation simple--no small talk requireD、But it can also be seductive, providing more stimulation than our natural lives make possible. "The adrenaline (肾上腺素) rush is continual," Turkle says of our wired lives. "We get a little shot of dopamine (多巴胺) every time we make a connection." One high-school student she spoke with put it simply: "I start to have some happy feelings as soon as I start to text."
But are any of those feelings equal to the kind we feel when engaged in real, face-to-face intimacy Online, you can ignore others’ feelings. In a text message, you can avoid eye contact.
A、number of studies have found that this generation of teens is less empathetic than ever. That doesn’t spell disaster, says Turkle--but it does mean we might want to start thinking about the way we want to live.

A、time-suck (Par
A、1) is most probably characterized by being

A、complicateD、B、high-tech. C、time-consuming. D、appealing.
网考网参考答案：C
网考网解析：
[解析] 你每天要检查多少次电子邮件？睡醒的时候？入睡之前？其间还不下数十次？[91] 那些本应简化我们生活的科技 却成了终极时间杀手：青少年平均每天会花超过7个小时使用科技设备，外加1小时给好友发信息。 当然，所有电子设备的优势在于连通性：电子邮件让我们在百忙之中还能做出回应，我们每天从未在如此多的时间 内与如此多的人保持联系。但或许我们也从未如此孤独？[92] 这正是麻省理工学院教授Sherry Turkle在她的新书《一 起孤独》中所讲述到的。该书对我们因科技而改变的人际关系做了引人入胜的刻画。在这一将近15年的研究结晶里， Turkle细述了科技是如何重新定义我们对亲密与孤独的观念——并且警告说．接纳此类用虚拟关系取代持久的情感 联系。这是极其危险的。 [93] 不过对Turkle这位训练有素的心理学家而言，最大的担心还是所有这些肤浅交往对我们身心发展的影响。 科 技是在为我们提供自己想要的生活吗？“我们在远处发消息给他人，”这位麻省理工学院“科技与自我倡议”的指导者解释 道。“我们借助无生命的对象来说服自己：即便当我们独处的时候，我们仍然感觉在一起。而当我们彼此共处时，我们却将 自己置身于孤独的环境中——总在使用着移动设备。我称之为一场大劫数：对人际关系中什么是重要的混淆不清。” 不可否认，无论科技存在怎样的缺点，它确实让生活变得容易多了。它让我们花更少的时间却能与更多人沟通；让 交谈变得简单直接——省去了寒暄之语。但是科技也具有诱惑性，相比我们的自然生活，它提供了更多刺激感。“肾上腺 素快速分泌频频发生，”Turkle这样评论我们的连线生活。[94] 每次连线，我们就注入了一小针多巴胺 (译注：一种神经 传导物质，用来帮助细胞传送脉冲，由脑内分泌，主要负责大脑情欲、感觉，传递兴奋及开心的信息，与上瘾有密切关 系)。” 她访谈过的一名高中生直截了当地说：“一开始发信息，我就开始有快乐之感。” 但是这些感觉中，有哪种能与我们实际生活中面对面的亲近等同吗？在网络上，你可以忽略他人的感受。在短信里， 你可以回避眼神的交流。不少研究发现这一代青少年比以前的人更缺乏同情心。Turkle说，虽然这并不意味着灾难，但 确实意味着我们或许应开始思考我们想要的生活方式。 [定位] 第1段最后一句。 [解析] 第1段最后一句冒号后的内容表明time- suck的特点是“花时间”，因此，本题应选C。 [点睛] 本题稍具干扰性的是选项A，因为第1段最后一 句有提到simplify一词，该句表明廿time-suck并没有使 我们的生活得以simplify，选项A与simplify反义，但 该选项的词义与冒号后提到的more than seven hours， an additional hour关系不紧密，不如选项C明确。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>