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The round-the-clock availability that cell phones have brought to people’s lives may be taking a toll on family life, a new study suggests. The study, which followed more than 1300 adults over 2 years, found that those who consistently used a mobile phone through out the study period were more likely to report negative “spillover” between work and home life—and, in turn, less satisfaction with their family life.

Spillover(影響，后果) actually means that the line between work and home began to become unclear. Work life may invade home life—when a parent is taking job-related calls at home, for instance—or family issues may start to take up work time. For example, a child may call Mom at work, telling her “the microwave exploded”, explained Noelle Chesley, an assistant professor of society at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and the author of the study. The problem with cell phones seems to be they are allowing for ever more spillover between work and home.

This may be especially true for working women, the study found. Among men, consistent use of mobile phones seemed not to allow more work issues to creep(潛入) into family time. But for women,  the spillover tended to go in both directions—being “connected” means that work cuts into home time, and family issues come into work life.

Cell phones seem to be opening more lines for stressful exchange among family members. But there may be ways to control the spillover, according to Chesley. Employers, she said, should look at their policies on contacting employees after working hours to make sure their expectations are “reasonable”. For their part, employees can decide that cell phones go off during family time,  Chesley said.

1.Which of the following can replace the underlined phrase “taking a toll on” in Paragraph l?

A．Explaining         B．Protecting         C．Extending         D．Damaging

2.The example “the microwave exploded” in Paragraph 2 is used to              .

A．show the microwave is of poor quality

B．indicate how dependent the child is

C．indicate family issues affect work hours

D．show work time creeps into family life

3.What is the main idea of this passage?

A．Cell phones offer 24-hour availability.

B．Cell phones get life and work mixed.

C．Women don’t use cell phones in an effective way.

D．Men are better at dealing with family problems.

4.What is the author’s attitude towards round-the-clock availability of the cell phone?

A．Curious           B．Positive           C．Subjective         D．Objective

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了手機的存在讓人們無法把家庭和工作分開，在家里的時候也在談工作，在工作的時候也會受到家里事務的影響。

1.D 推理題。根據本句The round-the-clock availability that cell phones have brought to people’s lives may be taking a toll on family life, 說明手機的存在已經破壞了家庭生活，因為老板可以利用手機向你布置任務，影響了你在工作以外了時間。故D正確。

2.B 推理題。根據本句For example, a child may call Mom at work, telling her “the microwave exploded”, explained Noelle Chesley是孩子對父母非常依賴，家里的東西壞了自己不會處理，立刻打電話告訴媽媽。故B正確。

3.B 主旨大意題。根據文章第一段說明手機的存在讓人們的工作和生活混在了一起，影響了人們的生活，故B正確。

4.D 推理題。根據文章最后一段But there may be ways to control the spillover, according to Chesley和For their part, employees can decide that cell phones go off during family time,  Chesley said.都說明這樣的觀點收到人們的反對。故D正確。

考點：考查了社會知識類短文

點評：本文講述了的手機混淆了家庭生活和工作。文章有一定的難度，測試考生在閱讀基礎上的邏輯推理能力，要求考生根據文章所述事件的邏輯關系，對未說明的趨勢或結局作出合理的推斷；或根據作者所闡述的觀點理論，對文章未涉及的現象、事例給以解釋。考生首先要仔細閱讀短文，完整了解信息，準確把握作者觀點。