Question

Are you a media addict who would go mad after two hours without TV, friend requests, exciting online games and your mobile – or would you easily survive?
Recently, university students around the world were asked to volunteer in a global experiment called Unplugged. It was designed to see how young people would react if they were asked to observe a total media ban by unplugging all forms of media devices for 24 hours.
Unplugged is being run by Dr Roman Gerodimos, a lecturer in Communication and Journalism at Bournemouth University. The experiment is now over but he doesn’t yet know the full findings. However, during the experiment, Dr Gerodimos said there were already signs of how much the exercise affected volunteers. He said: “They’re reporting withdrawal symptoms(癥狀), overeating, feeling nervous, isolated and disconnected.” During their 24-hour painful experience, three of the experiment’s guinea pigs had to endure one intrusion(侵?jǐn)_) from the media: a BBC reporter plus cameraman who followed them around for the day. They were asked to write down 100 lines about their day offline, but of course, they all waited until the next day when they had access to their laptops. Elliot Day wrote: “Today, my whole morning routine was thrown up into the air. Despite being aware of the social importance of the media, I was surprised by how empty my life felt without the radio or newspapers.” From Caroline Scott, we read: “I didn’t expect it, but being prevented from the media for 24 hours resulted in my day-to-day activities becoming so much harder to carry out than usual… I didn’t break out in a cold sweat like our lecturer expected us all to, but it’s not something I would like to do again!” And Charlotte Gay wrote: “I have to say the most difficult item for me to be without has been my mobile; not only is it a social tool, it’s my main access point of communication.”
Earlier in the year, a UK government study found that in the UK we spend about half our waking hours using the media, often plugged into several things at once. And a recent study by Nielson found that on average, US teenagers send and receive over 3,000 texts per month ---that’s about six texts per waking hour. So, with technology continuing to develop at an alarming rate, how much time will you set aside for sleep in the future?

1. 1.
   What’s the purpose of the first paragraph?
   1. A.
      To ask for information
   2. B.
      To entertain the readers
   3. C.
      To lead to the topic
   4. D.
      To present an idea
2. 2.
   About Dr. Roman Gerodimos’ experiment, we know that ________
   1. A.
      volunteers felt uncomfortable in it
   2. B.
      volunteers didn’t want to eat anything
   3. C.
      the experiment was still going on
   4. D.
      volunteers were allowed to take their laptops
3. 3.
   Which of the following is true according to the passage?
   1. A.
      Three pigs were included in the experiment
   2. B.
      A BBC reporter discussed the experiment
   3. C.
      During the 24 hours’ experiment the volunteers wrote out their experiences
   4. D.
      The lecturer had expected sweat would suddenly appear on the volunteers through fear
4. 4.
   What does the sentence “…was thrown up into the air” most probably means?
   1. A.
      went on normally
   2. B.
      was completely disturbed
   3. C.
      turned out perfect
   4. D.
      was badly designed
5. 5.
   Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?
   1. A.
      Surviving without the Media
   2. B.
      Unplugging Your Life
   3. C.
      Valuing Social Communication
   4. D.
      Setting Aside Time for Sleep

Answer 1

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試題分析：
1.推斷題。第一段講到如果你在兩小時(shí)內(nèi)沒有電視，交友請(qǐng)求，網(wǎng)絡(luò)游戲和你的手機(jī)時(shí) ，你會(huì)發(fā)瘋嗎？第二段It was designed to see how young people would react if they were asked to observe a total media ban by unplugging all forms of media devices for 24 hours.可知，舉出事例說(shuō)明有一項(xiàng)針對(duì)年青人在24小時(shí)內(nèi)沒有任何形式的媒體設(shè)備時(shí)，他們是如何反應(yīng)的 調(diào)查�？芍�，第一段是為了引出下文的主題。故選C
2.推斷題。第三段三位志愿者的講述中，從I was surprised by how empty my life felt without the radio or newspapers.可知，Elliot Day認(rèn)為如果沒有收音機(jī)或報(bào)紙他會(huì)覺得很空虛。從but it’s not something I would like to do again!可知，Caroline Scott不想再嘗試一次。從 I have to say the most difficult item for me to be without has been my mobile可知，沒有手機(jī)對(duì)Charlotte Gay來(lái)講是最困難的事情。故可知，他們?cè)趯?shí)驗(yàn)中感覺不舒服。故選A。文中并未講到吃東西，所以排除B，從第三段The experiment is now over.可知，實(shí)驗(yàn)已結(jié)束，排除C。從but of course, they all waited until the next day when they had access to their laptops.可知，只有第二天才能用電腦，故排除D。
3.判斷題。文中并不是講三頭豬被包括在實(shí)驗(yàn)中，文中第三段提到guinea pigs應(yīng)理解為試驗(yàn)品而并非是豬，排除A.文中第三段a BBC reporter plus cameraman who followed them around for the day.一個(gè)BBC記者和攝影師會(huì)跟蹤報(bào)道他們并非討論這個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)，排除B。文中第三段They were asked to write down 100 lines about their day offline, but of course, they all waited until the next day when they had access to their laptops.他們被要求寫100行的實(shí)驗(yàn)感受，但必須在第二天才寫，可知并非在實(shí)驗(yàn)期間，排除C。文中第三段Caroline Scott話中I didn’t break out in a cold sweat like our lecturer expected us all to他并沒有出現(xiàn)講師所期望的突然冒冷汗的現(xiàn)象，可知講師期望志愿者因恐懼而突然冒冷汗。故選D
4.推斷題。前文講到Today, my whole morning routine was thrown up into the air. I was surprised by how empty my life felt without the radio or newspapers.他一天的日常工作打亂了，他感到?jīng)]有收音機(jī)或報(bào)紙，自己的生活很空虛，可知他的日常工作被完全擾亂了，而不能說(shuō)日常生活設(shè)計(jì)很糟糕，排除D，故選B
5.主旨題。結(jié)合全文，第二段江大這項(xiàng)全球性試驗(yàn)的名稱是Unplugged。文章整個(gè)圍繞沒有電子設(shè)備的生活，人們的感受，故選B，答案更為形象，即讓你的生活不插電，而A只在第一段最后一句提到生存，排除，文中并不是主要討論重視社會(huì)交流，排除C，D只在最后一段出現(xiàn)，排除。
考點(diǎn)：夾敘夾議文
點(diǎn)評(píng)：文中主要介紹了一項(xiàng)年輕人在24小時(shí)內(nèi)沒有電子設(shè)備時(shí)的生活感受，進(jìn)而作者發(fā)出隨著科技進(jìn)步，在未來(lái)又會(huì)留出多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間來(lái)睡覺呢？這樣的疑問(wèn)，文中對(duì)于推斷題要采用排除法，把握文章的中心思想，再結(jié)合選項(xiàng)逐一排除作答。主旨題，尤其是選標(biāo)題的題目，標(biāo)題一般需要形象生動(dòng)，可適當(dāng)留有疑問(wèn)，激發(fā)讀者閱讀的欲望。