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Everywhere I look outside my home I e people busy on their high-tech devices, while driving, walking, shopping, even sitting in toilets. When connected electronically, they are away from physical reality.People have been influenced to become technology addicted. One survey reported that “addicted” was the word most commonly ud by people to describe their relationship to iPad and similar devices. One study found that people had a harder time resisting the allure of social media than they did for sleep, cigarettes and alcohol. The main goal of technology companies is to get people to spend more money and time on their products, not to actually improve our quality of life. They have successfully created a cultural dia. Consumers willingly give up their freedom, money and time to catch up on the latest information, to keep pace with their peers or to appear modern.I e people trapped in a pathological（病态的）relationship with time-sucking technology, where they rve technology more than technology rves them. I call this technology rvitude. I am referring to a loss of personal freedom and independence becau of uncontrolled consumption of many kinds of devices that eat up time and money.  What is a healthy u of technology devices? That is the vital question. Who is really in charge of my life? That is what people need to ask themlves if we are to have any chance of breaking up fal beliefs about their u of technology. When we can live happily without using so much technology for a day or a week, then we can regain control and personal freedom, become the master of technology and discover what there is to enjoy in life free of technology. Mae West is famous for proclaiming the wisdom that “too much of a good thing is wonderful.”  But it’s time to discover that it does not work for technology.Richard Fernandez, an executive coach at Google acknowledged that “we can be swept away by our technologies.”  To break the grand digital connection people must consider how life long ago could be fantastic without today’s overud technology.小题1:The underlined word “allure” in Paragraph 2 probably means ______.A．advantageB．attractionC． adaptionD．attempt小题2:From the passage, technology companies aim to ______.A．attract people to buy their productsB．provide the latest informationC．improve people’s quality of lifeD．deal with cultural dias小题3:It can be inferred from this passage that people ______.A．consider too much technology wonderfulB．have realized the harm of high-tech devicesC．can regain freedom without high-tech devices D．may enjoy life better without overud technology小题4:What’s the author’s attitude towards the overusing of high-tech devices?A．Neutral.B．Sceptical.C．Disapproving.D．Sympathetic. 题型：未知难度：其他题型

答案

小题1:B小题2:A小题3:D小题4:C

解析

文章作者指出了人们过度使用科技的许多弊端，反对大众对高科技设备的过度依赖。小题1:猜词题：根据 One study found that people had a harder time resisting the allure of social media than they did for sleep, cigarettes and alcohol.可猜出allure意思是吸引，故选B。小题2:细节题：根据The main goal of technology companies is to get people to spend more money and time on their products, not to actually improve our quality of life.可知从这篇文章来看，技术公司目标是吸引人们来买他的产品，故选A。小题3:推理题： 根据To break the grand digital connection people must consider how life long ago could be fantastic without today’s overud technology.可推断出人们如果不过度使用科技，可以更好地享受生活，故选D。小题4:推理题：根据全文内容来看，作者指出了人们过度使用科技的许多弊端，所以作者对高科技设备的态度是反对。故选C。

考点

据考高分专家说，试题“Everywhere I look ou.....”主要考查你对 [日常生活类阅读 ]考点的理解。 日常生活类阅读

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。