Question

20．These days we are all conditioned to accept newness，whatever it costs．Very soon，there is no doubt that Apple's tablet （平板電腦） will seem as a vital tool of modern living to us as sewing machine did to our grandparents．At least，it will until someone produces an even smarter，thinner and more essential tablet，which，if recent history is any guide，will be in approximately six months'time．Turn your back for a moment and you find that every electronic item in your possession is as old as a tombstone．Why should you care if people laugh just because you use an old mobile phone？But try getting the thing repaired when it goes wrong．It's like walking into a pub and asking for an orange juice．You will be made to feel like some sort of time-traveler from the 1970s．"Why not buy a new one？"you will get asked．
And so the mountain of electrical rubbish grows．An average British person was believed to get rid of quite a number of electronic goods in a lifetime．They weighed three tons，stood 7 feet high，and included five fridges，six microwaves，seven PCs，six TVs，12 kettles，35 mobile phones and so on．Even then，the calculation seemed to be conservative．Only 35 mobiles in a lifetime？The huge number of electronic items now regularly thrown away by British families is clearly one big problem．But this has other consequences．It contributes greatly to the uneasy feeling that modem technology is going by faster than we can keep up．By the time I've learnt how to use a tool it's already broken or lost．I've lost count of the number of TV remote-controls that I've bought，mislaid and replaced without working out what most of the buttons did．
And the technology changes so unbelievably fast．It was less than years ago that I spotted an energetic businessman friend pulling what seemed to be either a large container or a small nuclear bomb on wheels through a railway station．I asked．"What have you got in there？Your money or your wife？""Neither，"he replied，with the satisfied look of a man who knew he was keeping pace with the latest technology，no matter how ridiculous he looked．"This is what everyone will have soon-even you．It's called a mobile telephone．"
I don't feel sorry for the pace of change．On the contrary，I'm amazed by those high-tech designers who can somehow fit a camera，music-player，computer and phone into a plastic box no bigger than a packet of cigarette．If those geniuses could also find a way to keep the underground trains running on the first snowy day of winter，they would be making real progress for human beings．What I do regret，however，is that so many household items fall behind so soon．My parents bought a wooden wireless radio in 1947，the year they were married．In 1973，the year I went to university，it was still working．It sat in the kitchen like an old friend-which，in a way，it was．It certainly spoke to us more than we spoke to each other on some mornings．When my mum replaced it with a new-style radio that could also play cassette-tapes，I felt a real sense of loss．
Such is the over-excited change of 21st-century technology that there's no time to satisfy our emotional needs．Even if Apple's new products turn out to be the most significant tablets I very much doubt if they will resist this trend．
 
50．When you try getting an old mobile phone repaired，B．
A．you are travelling through time            B．you are thought to be out of date
C．you will find everything wrong             D．you have got to buy a new one
51．Throwing away so much electronic rubbish makes the writer feel quiteA．
A．lost and upset    B．unbelievably fast     C．broken or lost     D．regularly wasteful
52．The example of the businessman implies thatB．
A．the businessman mastered the latest technology    
B．mobile phones used to be quite big just years ago
C．the businessman was a very ridiculous person      
D．the writer failed to follow modern technology
53．The passage is organized in the pattern ofD
A．time and events       B．comparison and contrast    
C．cause and effect      D．examples and analysis
54．Which of the following is conveyed in the passage？D
A．The fast pace of change brings us no good．
B．We have to keep up with new technology．
C．Household items should be upgraded quickly．
D．We should hold on for new technology to last．

Answer 1

分析 本文是科教類的議論文．文章講述了現(xiàn)在人們不惜代價(jià)接受新的事物；而很多電子產(chǎn)品淘汰太快，如果拿去修理就覺得與時(shí)代格格不入．于是電子產(chǎn)品的快速翻新導(dǎo)致快速淘汰，一些產(chǎn)品在人們搞清它們的所有功能之前就被淘汰了，從而產(chǎn)生大量的電子垃圾；作者不是對技術(shù)的發(fā)展感到遺憾，但是作者確實(shí)為那么多的家用電器如此快地落伍感到遺憾，并且希望這些研究天才們能夠幫助解決關(guān)系民生的問題；

解答 50．B． 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第一段倒數(shù)第三、四句話"But try getting the thing repaired when it goes wrong．It's like walking into a pub and asking for an orange juice．You will be made to feel like some sort of time-traveler from the 1970s．"，大意是：如果你將你的舊電話拿去修理的話，就像走進(jìn)酒吧卻要了一杯橙汁，就像來自70年代的時(shí)間旅行者那樣（落后、過時(shí)）．由此可知B項(xiàng)正確．
51．A．推理判斷題．由第二段內(nèi)容，特別是該段倒數(shù)第三句話"It contributes greatly to the uneasy feeling that modem technology is going by faster than we can keep up．"中的uneasy feeling 可推知，作者感到不知所措和不安，A項(xiàng)符合題意．
52．B．．推理判斷題．根據(jù)第三段內(nèi)容可知，作者當(dāng)時(shí)看到那個(gè)商人拿的手機(jī)像是一個(gè)大容器或一個(gè)小型核彈，由此可推斷以前的手機(jī)體積很大．
53．D．寫作方法判斷題．通讀全文可知，本文通過列舉事例，然后進(jìn)行分析論證的方式來闡述作者的觀點(diǎn)．
54..D．主旨大意題．根據(jù)全文內(nèi)容可知，作者不贊同一些電子產(chǎn)品頻繁地更新，這樣不僅造成浪費(fèi)而且?guī)�來很多電子垃圾．由此可以判斷作者贊成�?jiān)持新技術(shù)能夠持久些，可知D項(xiàng)正確．

點(diǎn)評 議論文要在整體理解文章的基礎(chǔ)上，把握作者所闡述的觀點(diǎn)；解題強(qiáng)調(diào)依據(jù)原文細(xì)節(jié)推敲推斷．