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【題目】In January, British actor Eddie Redmayne made headlines around the world as he became the latest member of smartphone refuser. “It was a reaction against being glued permanently to my iPhone during waking hours,” he explained, turning instead to an old-fashioned “dumb phone” handset that could only make and take calls.

He is not alone. There is a small but busy market for phones that are simple and cheap at a time when smartphones are becoming ever more complex and expensive. Basic phones — handsets with some basic functions such as playing music and accessing the Internet — are gradually being replaced by low cost smartphones, according to Francisco Jeronimo, research director for European mobile devices at IDC, the research group. But there is still a significant demand for older-style phones.

Strategy Analytics, a research group, estimates that 44,000,000 basic phones were sold in 2015, accounting for 2 percent of the global market. Some phonemakers, such as Sony and LG, have already turned their back on the market. But others like Microsoft and Samsung are still producing devices every year aimed at the basic phone market.

Many smartphone users beef about having to buy devices that are easily broken, require daily recharging and which will be replaced by a new, better version within a year. Even basic smartphones offer more functions that not many people need.

Some users buy phones with limited or no Internet connections in a conscious attempt to keep away from the modern digital world. Analysts say that there is a growing number of “second phoneys” who use an expensive smartphone during the day, but turn to cheaper, pocket-sized devices when they go out in the evening.

Light Phone founder Joe Hollier falls into this camp. He has developed a credit card-sized phone without a data connection and no extra functions other than to make calls. He describes a feeling of huge relief when the ability to check emails or status updates is removed. Light Phone functions as a companion device to a smartphone but Mr Hollier hopes it will also encourage people to unplug from the modern Internet world.

【1】What is the function of paragraph 1?

A. To lead to the topic. B. To summarize the whole passage.

C. To analyze the situation of phone usage. D. To deepen the theme.

【2】The expression “beef about” may be replaced by “________” in the passage.

A. care about B. approve of

C. complain of D. think over

【3】Joe Hollier developed the new card-sized phone to ________.

A. save money B. relax the mind

C. save time D. keep healthy

【4】What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Some people prefer basic phones to smart phones.

B. What are the functions of basic phones.

C. The old-fashioned phones have many advantages.

D. The future of smartphones is gloomy.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【4】A

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。主要敘述了在現(xiàn)代的網(wǎng)絡(luò)時(shí)代，卻有一些人不喜歡功能比較多的智能手機(jī)，而去使用老式的手機(jī)，文章指出了一些原因。

【1】推理判斷題。第一段的內(nèi)容主要敘述了英國演員Eddie Redmayne拒絕使用智能手機(jī)成為世界的頭條新聞，進(jìn)而引出一些人放棄智能手機(jī)也有實(shí)際的原因。智能手機(jī)電池續(xù)航時(shí)間短是人們抱怨連連的一個(gè)原因，同時(shí)很多旅行者仍喜歡老式手機(jī)的可靠性和超長待機(jī)時(shí)間。第一段起到引出話題的作用。故選A。

【2】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第三段having to buy devices that are easily broken, require daily recharging and which will be replaced by a new, better version within a year.（很多智能手機(jī)用戶抱怨稱，他們不得不購買很容易被摔壞、需要每天充電，以及不到一年就被新的更高版本取代的手機(jī)。），劃線的詞后敘述的是智能手機(jī)的缺點(diǎn)，所以劃線的詞應(yīng)該是“抱怨”的含義。A. care about關(guān)心；B. approve of贊成；C. complain of抱怨；D. think over仔細(xì)考慮。故選C。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段Mr Hollier hopes it will also encourage people to unplug from the modern Internet world.（奧利耶希望這也鼓勵(lì)人們從現(xiàn)代互聯(lián)網(wǎng)世界中擺脫出來。），也就是說讓人們放松一下自己的心靈。A. save money節(jié)約錢；B. relax the mind放松心靈；C. save time節(jié)約時(shí)間；D. keep healthy保持健康。故選B。

【4】主旨大意題。短文的內(nèi)容敘述的是在現(xiàn)代的社會(huì)有一些人不喜歡使用智能手機(jī)而喜歡老式的非智能手機(jī)。故選A。

主旨大意主要的解題策略有：

（1）標(biāo)題類。文章標(biāo)題可以是單詞，短語，也可以是句子，它的特點(diǎn)是：短小精悍，多為一短語；涵蓋性強(qiáng)，一般要求能覆蓋全文，其確定的范圍要恰當(dāng)，既不能太大，也不能太��；精確性強(qiáng)，不能隨意改變語言表意的程度及色彩。

（2）主旨類。概括主旨的方法是：先看首尾或各段開頭再看全文找主題句，若無明顯主題句，就通過關(guān)鍵詞句來概括(如議論文中尋找表達(dá)作者觀點(diǎn)態(tài)度的詞句，記敘文尋找概括情節(jié)和中心的動(dòng)詞或反映人物特點(diǎn)的形容詞)。

小題4屬于主旨類，主旨大意題。短文的內(nèi)容敘述的是在現(xiàn)代的社會(huì)有一些人不喜歡使用智能手機(jī)而喜歡老式的非智能手機(jī)，比如英國著名演員Eddie Redmayne就宣布放棄使用智能手機(jī)。故選A。