Question

Owning a smart phone may not be as smart as you think. They may let you surf the Internet, listen to music and snap photos wherever you are… but they also turn you into a workaholic（工作狂）, it seems.

A study suggests that, by giving you access to emails at all times, the smart phone 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 confess 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 apps has made smart phones 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 smart phones mean that people cannot get away from work. The more constantly in contact we become, the more is expected of us in a work capacity.”

1.With a smart phone the average UK working day is ________.

A．2 hoursB．8 hoursC．9 to 10 hoursD. 11 to 12 hours

2.It could be inferred from the text that the British people ________.

A．prefer to check emails in the morning

B．are crazy about different smart phones

C．work extra hours with smart phones

D．shorten their normal working hours

3.What does Ghadi Hobeika feel about smart phones?

A．They are unimportant for most of people.

B．They have disadvantages for some companies.

C．They are useful to improve a work ability.

D．They make it impossible for people to rest.

4.What can we conclude from the text?

A．Every coin has two sides.

B．All that glitters is not gold.

C．It never rains but pours.

D．It’s no good crying over spilt milk.

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章主要介绍使用智能手机也许并不像你想的那样明智。使用智能手机可以让你随时随地上网、听音乐、拍照片……但也可能让你变成工作狂。最新调查显示，智能手机能让你随时查收邮件，因此这种花哨的手机会让你每天的工作时间延长多达两个小时。

1. 细节理解题。根据第二段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，英国人的平均工作时间为9到10小时，故选D。

2. 推理判断题。根据第二段第一句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，英国人用智能手机来收工作邮件，故答案应为C。

3. 推理判断题。根据最后一段中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，许多公司希望员工每天24小时随叫随到，每周工作七天，而智能手机则意味着人们不能逃避工作，也就是让人不能休息，故选D。

4. 推理判断题。这是一篇新闻报道，故最可能出现在报纸上，故选A。

【名师点评】本题型考查了对文章段落或某一板块的理解概括能力。先阅读问题，然后带着问题，再读全文，找出答题所需要的依据，完成阅读。在词义与句义理解的基础上，结合上下文总结归纳某一段或几段的大意，对于把握文章主旨，分析全文结构都是至关重要的。纵观历年高考试题，阅读理解试题一般有以下几种题型：一是直接回答who, whom, which, what, where, when, why, how等疑问词引起的细节问题；二是猜测词义题；三是推理判断题；四是综合概括题。在做阅读理解题时，一定要仔细看完，看清楚试题要求再作答，特别要注意NOT，TRUE，EXCEPT等词。有时，要先看题，后阅读文章，带着问题去读短文，可缩短阅读时间，效果也许会更好。

考点：考查社会现象类阅读