“People are ruder today because they are rushed and more ‘time poor’ than ever b

题文

“People are ruder today because they are rushed and more ‘time poor’ than ever before，”says Patsy Rowe，“ Manners_have_fallen_off_the_radar(雷达)．”Due to our strong attraction to electronic equipment it is a wonder more people don’t wake up each morning and greet the singing birds with a complaint(抱怨)about the noise.Here are some examples of rudeness.
Some people prefer to do almost everything over the internet.To them，dealing with an actual human is like an evolutionary step backward.It feels very slow because humans don’t work at 4G speeds.When you have dinner with friends，you will often notice someone paying more attention to his mobile phone.We have programmed ourselves to think that every new message brings life­changing news，so taking calls and checking our texts are more important than talking to the people we are with.What is worse，some people even tend to send anonymous(匿名的) rude messages by email.
However，rudeness is never acceptable.Don’t assume it is OK to be rude if the person you’re in touch with won’t recognize you.If you have something awful to say，have the courage to face the person and say it，write a letter or email and sign it，or forget it.Upsetting people with unsigned messages is cruel and disgusting.
We shouldn’t blame technology for our shortcomings.Technology is here to help us，but we should not allow it to take over our lives.An important step ia acknowledging our shortcomings.People spend a lot of time pointing out bad manners but it would be even more helpful if we’d publicly acknowledge good manners when we see them.
小题1:What can be inferred from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1?A．People can tell good from bad behavior.B．Radar is able to observe human behavior.C．People care little about their behavior.D．Radar can be used to predict human behavior.小题2:Some people are less willing to deal with humans because________.A．they are becoming less patientB．they are growing too independentC．they have to handle many important messagesD．they have to follow an evolutionary step backward.小题3:The author thinks sending unsigned awful messages is________.A．ridiculous B．disgustingC．acceptableD．reasonable小题4:What can we learn from the last paragraph?A．We should applaud good behavior.B．Technology can never be blamed.C．We should keep pointing out mistakes.D．Technology will take over our lives one day. 题型：未知 难度：其他题型

答案

小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:A

解析

本文为一篇议论文。随着电子产品和网络的普及，人们越来越匆忙，从而变得更加粗鲁，越来越不注重礼貌。
小题1:解析：选C。句意理解题。文章开门见山地提出了论点“People are ruder today because they are rushed and more‘time poor’than ever before…”，画线句子是对上述观点的一个形象比喻，是对上句观点的展开论述。故选C项。
小题2:解析：选A。推理判断题。根据第二段内容，尤其是第二、三句“To them，dealing with an actual human is like an evolutionary step backward.It feels very slow because humans don’t work at 4G speeds.”可知选A项。
小题3:解析：选B。作者观点题。根据第三段最后一句“Upsetting people with unsigned messages is cruel and disgusting.”可知答案应选B项。
小题4:解析：选A。推理判断题。B项是对最后一段首句“We shouldn’t blame technology for our shortcomings.”的误读。根据最后一句“People spend a lot of time pointing out bad manners but it would be even more helpful if we’d publicly acknowledge good manners when we see them.”可知C项不正确。D项是对最后一段第二句“Technology is here to help us，but we should not allow it to take over our lives.”的误读，如果我们人类听之任之，这种情况就可能出现，如果我们致力于改变这一不好的现象，则这种情况就不会出现。根据最后一句中的“...but it would be even more helpful if we’d publicly acknowledge good manners when we see them.”可知A项正确。

考点

据考高分专家说，试题““People are ruder to.....”主要考查你对 [社会现象类阅读 ]考点的理解。

社会现象类阅读

社会现象类阅读概念：

这类文章通过写人记事来揭示文章的主题，显示其社会意义，一般采用顺序或倒叙来叙述。题目经常是一些细节问题。考查的方面可以是原因和其中引发的思考。

社会现象类阅读解题技巧：

这类文章通过写人记事来揭示文章的主题，显示其社会意义，一般采用顺序或倒叙来叙述。题目经常是一些细节问题。考查的方面可以是原因和其中引发的思考。阅读这类文章要理清思路。
1、浏览试题，明确要求。
      在阅读文章前，最好先浏览一下文章后面的题干和选项。知道了问题后再去看文章，可使思路更敏捷，而且也便于阅读时留意文中出现的与选项有关的信息。
2、通读全文，抓住主要内容。
      在不影响理解的前提下，尽可能地阅读以便在尽可能短的时间内理解文章或段落的内容。阅读时，如遇到不熟悉的单词、词组或一时看不懂的句子，不要停下来苦思冥想，继续读下去，通过上下文的词语和句子可能就理解了。
3、抓住中心思想和段落大意。
      通读全文时，要特别注意主题句。每篇文章或每个段落都有与文章有关的句子，尤其是科技、政论性文章的主题句一般都在文章的开头或结尾，插在中间的很少。所以，文章的第一段或开头的第一、二个句子往往包含着文章的中心思想、作者的意图或全文的概述，因此要特别注意，彻底理解。
4、有针对性地仔细阅读，找寻所需信息。
      在前面的基础上，可进行有针对性地阅读了。把与问题无关的内容一扫而过，而对于和问题有关的内容认真阅读，还可以用笔在下面做出记号。再把这些信息与问题的要求结合起来，逐条分析，综合判断，找出正确答案。
5、进行合理的推理判断。
      对文章有了全面的了解之后，可以按照文章要求以及上下文之间的关系，做出推理判断。在进行推理判断的时候，需要综合考虑句型、语法、句子之间的逻辑关系、文化背景等方面的因素。
6、认真复读，验证答案。
      要用全文的中心思想统帅各个题目，研究其内在联系和逻辑关系，并依次审核那些还未打上的题目，确保理解无误。