Many people think a telephone is esntial. But I think it is a pest and a time

题文

   Many people think a telephone is esntial. But I think it is a pest and a time waster. Very often you find it impossible to escape from some idle or curious chatter-box, or from somebody who wants something for nothing. If you have a telephone in your own hou, you will admit that it tends to ring when you are asleep, or in the middle of a meal or a conversation, or when you are just going out, or when you are taking your bath. Are you strong minded enough to ignore it, to say to yourlf,“Ah, well, it will all be the same in a hundred years’ time” You are not. You think there may be some important news or messages for you. I can assure you that if a message is really important it will reach you sooner or later. Have you never rushed dripping from the bath, or chewing from the table, or dazed from the bed, only to be told that you are a wrong number?But you will say, you need not have your name printed in the telephone directory, and you can have a telephone which is only usable for outgoing calls. Besides, you will say, isn’t it important to have a telephone in ca of emergency—illness, an accident, or fire? Of cour, you are right, but here in a thickly populated country like England one is ldom far from a telephone in ca of dreadful necessity.I think perhaps I had better try to justify mylf by trying to prove that what I like is good. I admit that in different circumstances—if I were a tycoon(business VIP),for instance, or bed ridden I might find a telephone esntial. But then if I were a taxi-driver I should find a car esntial.Let me put it another way: there are two things for which the English em to show particular talent; one is mechanical invention, the other is literature. My own business happens to be with the u of words but I e I must now stop using them. For I have just been handed a slip of paper to say that somebody is waiting to speak to me on the telephone. I think I had better answer it. After all, one never knows, it may be something important.小题1:The passage is mainly discussing _______.A．that we should be strong enough to ignore a phone callB．that important message will reach you sooner or laterC．whether it’s necessary to answer all phone callsD．whether it is necessary to have a telephone小题2:Judging from the passage, who is strong-minded enough to ignore a phone call?A．The author.B．A tycoon.C．A taxi-driver.D．Hardly anyone.小题3:According to the passage, the author________.A．thinks the telephone should go out of our lifeB．likes to be different from other peopleC．thinks the telephone is annoyingD．speaks favourably of a telephone小题4:In the author’s opinion, which of the following is NOT true?A．Nearly everyone has been told a wrong number.B．It’s necessary for everyone to have a telephone.C．He himlf can not decide whether to answer a call.D．A telephone directory may bring in unexpected calls. 题型：未知难度：其他题型

答案

小题1:D小题2:D小题3:C小题4:B

解析

小题1:提示:通读全文，尤其是文章的第一段和最后一段可以得出此结论。答案:D小题2:答案:D 大意理解，文章的第二段第三段可以看出小题3:提示:文章的第二句就说明了作者的观点，后面又作了进一步的补充说明。答案:C小题4:提示:从文章的第二段得出答案。答案:B

考点

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日常生活类阅读的概念：

日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。

日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：

【题型说明】该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。 【备考提醒】为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点： 1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。 2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。 3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。 4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。