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【題目】It has become the modern substitute of glancing at your watch—the furtive(偷偷的)look at a phone screen to check for new messages or have a quick look at Facebook. Researchers have now found why we often feel such a strong urge to glance at our handset. Using your mobile, they say, is easily affected by other people.

A University of Michigan team says people are twice as likely to pull out their phones to check their messages or emails if they’re with someone who has just done the same. It also found that females were more likely to use their mobile than men because it was more ‘consistent’ with the daily lives of women.

The team watched students in dining halls and coffee shops around campus, observing pairs of students sitting at tables for as long as 20 minutes and recorded their cellphone use at 10-second intervals.

“What we found most interesting was just how often people were using their mobile phones,” Dr Daniel Kruger, the study’s co-author, said. “Every person we observed used his/her phone at least once while one woman was on hers about half of the time. You may see others checking their incoming messages and be encouraged to check your own. ’’

Overall, the students used their cellphones in an average of 24 percent, the researchers found. But they were significantly more likely to use their phones (39.5 percent) when their companion had just done so in the previous 10-second interval than without the social clue, the researchers said, adding that this behavior was often repeated.

Cell phones create an alternative way for one’s attention and may both promote and interrupt ongoing social activities, the researchers wrote.

Kruger believes this pattern could be related to the effects of social acceptance and rejection. If one person in a pair engages in another conversation through their phone, his or her companion may feel rejected. That companion then might be forced to connect with others from outside so as not to feel left out.

【1】People’s strong desire to check their messages partly results from ___________.

A. the same behavior of other people

B. the new messages of their handsets

C. the update service of Facebook

D. the modern substitute of their watches

【2】How might one feel when his companion is busy checking messages?

A. Relaxed. B. Ashamed. C. Ignored. D. Surprised.

【3】The underlined part “this behavior” in Paragraph 5 refers to _______________.

A. receiving social clues

B. using the cellphones

C. joining in activities

D. engaging in conversations

【4】Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A. Social Acceptance and Rejection

B. Females Use Mobiles More than Men

C. How Do People Check Messages?

D. Cellphone Use Is Spreading

Answer 1

【答案】

【小題1】A

【小題2】C

【小題3】B

【小題4】D

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇日常生活類文章，講述了日常生活中一種常見的現(xiàn)象：使用手機(jī)。這里研究了使用手機(jī)是否會有傳染性。研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，使用手機(jī)是有傳染性的。一個人使用手機(jī)的同時，周圍的人也會不自覺地掏出手機(jī)看看。

【小題1】A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一段Using your mobile，they say，is easily affected by other people．和第二段可以看出：當(dāng)周圍有人用手機(jī)時，即便你沒事也要檢查手機(jī)短信或郵件的可能性會增加一倍。這是因?yàn)槲覀兪艿搅藙e人的影響，因此我們會做同樣的事情。故選A。

【小題2】C推理判斷題。最后一段If one person in a pair engages in another conversation through their phone，his or her companion may feel rejected．That companion then might be forced to connect with others from outside so as not to feel left out．告訴我們：如果兩個人在一起，其中一個在打電話，那么同伴就會感到自己被排斥了，為了自己不遭冷落，他就會強(qiáng)迫自己掏出手機(jī)與別人聯(lián)絡(luò)。故選C。

【小題3】B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從倒數(shù)第三段劃線部分上下文可知：研究者發(fā)現(xiàn)，若旁邊有同伴在未收到任何社交信號的情況下用手機(jī)的話，那另外一人使用手機(jī)的頻率則會大幅增加。因此，“his behavior”指的是“using the cell phones”。故選B。

【小題4】D主旨大意題。綜合全文可以得出結(jié)論：使用手機(jī)也會傳染，當(dāng)看到別人收發(fā)短信時，也會不自覺地掏出手機(jī)。告訴我們?nèi)藗冊谝黄鸬臅r候，使用手機(jī)的行為是會被傳染的。故選D。