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問題詳情：

 Some people are so rude. Who sends an e-mail or a text message that just says “Thank you?” Who leaves a voice mail message rather than texts you? Who asks for a fact easily found on the Internet? 140．

Maybe I’m the rude one for not appreciating life’s little courtesies(禮節). But many social norms(規範) just don’t make sense to people drowning in digital communication.

Take the thank-you note. Daniel Post Senning, a coauthor of Emily Post’s Etiquette，asked, “At what point does showing appreciation outweigh the cost?”

141． Think of how long it takes to listen to one of those messages. In texts, you don’t have to declare who you are or even say hello. E-mail, too, is slower than a text. The worst are those who leave a voice mail and then send an e-mail message to tell you they left a voice mail.

This isn’t the first time technology has changed our manners, 142． Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor, suggested that people say, " Ahoy! "Finally, hello won out, and the victory sped up the greeting's use in face-to-face communications.

In the age of the smart phone, there is no reason to ask once-acceptable questions about:the weather forecast, a business’s phone number, or directions to a house, a restaurant, or an office, which can be easily found on a digital map. 143． And when you answer, they respond with a thank-you e-mail.

How to handle these differing standards? Easy: Consider your audience. Some people,especially older ones, appreciate a thank-you message. 144． In traditional societies, the young learn from the old. But in modern societies, the old can also learn from the young. Here's hoping that politeness never goes out of fashion but that time-wasting forms of communication do.

A．Then there is voice mail.

B．Others, like me, want no reply.

C．But people still ask these things.

D．Don’t these people realize that they’re wasting your time?

E. Won't new technology bring about changes in our daily life?

F. Face-to-face communication makes comprehension much easier.

G. When the telephone was invented, people didn't know how to greet a caller.

【回答】

140．D

141．A

142．G

143．C

144．B

【分析】

本文是一篇説明文。科技時代新的交流方式衝擊了傳統禮節，造成了不同人對兩者的不同運用。我們要多考慮對方的情況，互相理解，既有禮貌又儘量不浪費別人時間。

140．考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。本段提到一些人很粗魯，下面列舉了既發語音郵件又發信息浪費時間的具體表現。D項“難道這些人沒有意識到他們在浪費你的時間嗎?”對上面例子進行了總結，對這些做法提出了疑問。故選D。

141．考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。根據段中The worst are those who leave a voice mail and then send an e-mail message to tell you they left a voice mail.可知，作者提到留下語音郵件又發電子郵件通知的情況。A項Then there is voice mail.位於段首，引出voice mail，下文對其進行介紹。故選A。

142．考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。根據Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor, suggested that people say, " Ahoy! "Finally, hello won out,可知當時Bell剛發明電話時怎樣打招呼的問題，G項：當電話發明時，人們不知道如何和來電者打招呼。與下文連接，故選G。

143．考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。本段介紹智能手機時代數字地圖能夠解決許多生活查詢問題，你幫助他們解決問題後，他們會回覆你感謝郵件。C項But people still ask these things.與上文轉折，與下文連接。故選C。

144．考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。本段介紹不同的人羣對禮節有不同的看法，我們要多考慮對方的情況，互相理解。上句Some people, especially older ones, appreciate a thank-you message介紹了老年人的習慣，B項Others, like me, want no reply.與之對比，指出年輕人與老年人不同。故選B。

【點睛】

七選五的解題技巧之一是根據上下文詞彙來鎖定線索。即：要關注空白前後的名詞和動詞，然後在選項中查找它們的近義詞、反義詞、同義詞、同類詞等。其次是一些專有名詞，比如説數詞、代詞、時間、年代、地點/名稱等。在本文中，第2小題的voice mail，第3小題的Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor,在文中都能找到對應的詞或相關內容。

知識點：科普知識與現代技術

題型：閲讀理解