4．Owning a smartphone may not be as smart as you think．They may let you surf the Internet，listen to music and take photos wherever you are，but they also turn you into a workaholic（工作狂）．
A study suggests that，by giving you access to emails at all times，the smartphone adds as much as two hours to your working day．Researchers found that Britons work an additional 460 hours a year on average as they are able to respond to emails on their mobiles．The study shows the average UK working day is between 9 and 10 hours，but a further 2 hours is spent responding to or sending work emails，or making work calls．
Almost one in ten admits spending up to three hours outside their normal working day checking work emails．Some workers say they are on call almost 24 hours a day．Nearly two-thirds say they often check work emails just before they go to bed and as soon as they wake up，while over a third have replied to one in the middle of the night．The average time for first checking emails is between 6 am and 7 am，with more than a third checking their first email in this period，and a quarter checking them between 11pm and midnight．
Ghadi Hobeika，marketing director of Pixmania，said："The ability to access millions of applications has made smartphones invaluable for many people．However，there are disadvantages．Many companies expect their employees to be on call 24 hours a day，seven days a week，and smartphones mean that people cannot get away from work．The more constantly in touch we become，the more is expected of us in work．"
67．With a smartphone the average UK working day isC．
A.2 hours       B.9 to 10 hours          C.11 to 12 hours               D.24 hours
68．It could be inferred from the text that the British peopleD．
A．prefer to check emails in the morning
B．a(chǎn)re crazy about different smartphones
C．shorten their normal working hours
D．work extra hours with smartphones
69．What does Ghadi Hobeika feel about smartphones？C
A．They are unimportant for most of people．
B．They have disadvantages for some companies．
C．They make it impossible for people to rest．
D．They are useful to improve a work ability．
70．Where can we most probably read this text？B
A．In a science fiction
B．In a newspaper．
C．In a travel magazine
D．In a storybook．

分析 這篇文章主要介紹使用智能手機也許并不像你想的那樣明智．使用智能手機可以讓你隨時隨地上網(wǎng)、聽音樂、拍照片…但也可能讓你變成工作狂．最新調(diào)查顯示，智能手機能讓你隨時查收郵件，因此這種花哨的手機會讓你每天的工作時間延長多達兩個小時．

解答 67．C．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第二段The study shows the average UK working day is between 9 and 10 hours，but a further 2 hours is spent responding to or sending work emails，or making work calls可知智能手機的平均英國工作日是11 到 12 小時．故選C．
68．D．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第二段A study suggests that，by giving you access to emails at all times，the smartphone adds as much as two hours to your working day可知英國人在額外的時間與智能手機．故答案應(yīng)為D．
69．C．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)最后一段However，there are disadvantages．Many companies expect their employees to be on call 24 hours a day，seven days a week，and smartphones mean that people cannot get away from work．The more constantly in touch we become，the more is expected of us in work可知Ghadi Hobeika覺得智能手機使人們不能好好休息．故選C．
70．B．推理判斷題．文章主要講了一項研究表明的智能手機對人們造成的影響，這是一篇新聞報道，故最可能出現(xiàn)在報紙上，故選B．

點評 考察學(xué)生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．

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