Question

Julie was preparing for a trip when her phone slipped into a sink full of water. Panic moment! She quickly picked up the wet phone and tried to turn it on, but nothing worked. Her first reaction? She got dressed, drove to the nearest store, and bought a new model at full price.

  A new study finds that fear of losing your phone is a common illness. About 66 percent of those surveyed suffer from nomophobia or “no mobile phone phobia”. Interestingly, more women worry about losing their phone than men.

  Fortunately, there’s a solution.

  The first step is to figure out if you have nomophobia. Checking your phone too often is one thing, but the true sign of a problem is that you can’t conduct business or go about your routine when the fear becomes so severe.

  Do you go to unusual lengths to make sure you have your phone? That’s another sign of a problem. If you find you check your phone plenty of times per hour, or a total of an hour per day, there may be a problem.

  Some of the treatments are similar to those for treating anxiety attacks: Leaving the phone behind and not checking e-mail or text messages, and then learning to tolerate the after anxiety. Even if this leads to a high level of worry and stress, the solution is to push through the fear and learn to deal with not having your phone. 

  Of course, there are also technological alternatives. Luis Levy, a co-founder at Novy PR, says he uses an application called Cerberus that can automatically track the location of his phone. To find it, he can just go to a Web site and see the phone’s location.

  He also insures his phone through a service called Asurion. The company’s description of its product reads like a prescription for anxiety: “60 million phones are lost, stolen or damaged each year. You’ll have complete peace of mind knowing that your phone is protected and you can quickly reconnect with family, friends and work, as soon as the very next day!”

1.Why does the author mention Julie’s experience in the first paragraph?

A. To inform us that mobile phones are useful.

B. To introduce the topic for discussion.

C. To warn us that we should be careful.

D. To tell us we should get phones ready for a trip.

2.The underlined word “nomophobia” in Paragraph 2 means ________.

A. Fear of losing mobile phones      

B. Habits of using mobile phones

C. Eagerness for new mobile phones   

D. Independence of mobile phones

3.Which of the following is a way to treat nomophobia?

A. Avoiding using phone for some time

B. Learning more about modern technology.

C. Protecting one’s phone against any damage.

D. Not using a mobile phone in one’s daily work.

4.Why can the service called Asurion help to treat nomophobia?

A. It lets you know other people also lose their phones.

B. It will give you a new phone through insurance.

C. It enables you to reconnect with your acquaintance.

D. It gives you a prescription to treat nomophobia.

5.What is the passage mainly about?

A. Solutions to nomophobia.         

B. New mobile phone technology.

C. Disadvantages of mobile phone.    

D. Attitude toward mobile phone.

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.A

4.C

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：一项新的研究发现，担心失去手机是一个普遍的病症。大约有66%的接受调查者有过这种恐惧症。其中，女性占的比重比男性大。

1.Julie was preparing for a trip when her phone slipped into a sink full of water. ...and bought a new model at full price”可知，Julie的手机掉进水池里不能用了，她只好重新买了一部手机。第二段接着讲许多人都有“害怕失去手机症”这个话题，故选B。

2.or “no mobile phone phobia””可知，划线词意思是“害怕丢失手机”，故选A。

3.Leaving the phone behind and not checking e-mail or text messages, and then learning to tolerate the after anxiety.”可知，把手机搁在一旁，不去看邮件、短消息，试着忍受之后的焦虑，故选A。

4.You’ll have complete peace of mind knowing that your phone is protected and you can quickly reconnect with family, friends and work, as soon as the very next day!”可知，通过Asurion，你可以与家人、朋友、同事再次取得联系，故选C。

5.Fortunately, there’s a solution. ...Some of the treatments are similar to those for treating anxiety attacks ...Of course, there are also technological alternatives.”可知，文章讲的是治疗手机丢失恐惧症的办法，故选A。

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