2017高考英语二轮复习高考倒计时——30天系列练习 高考倒计时第23天（含解析）

　　倒数第23天(5月14日)

　　(2017·安徽卷)“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 life－changing 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 is 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.

　　【语篇解读】 该篇解读了现在的电子设备给人们带来的危害：变得粗野，缺乏耐心，并提出了解决方案。

　　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.

　　解析　语意猜测题。结合下文可推出。

　　答案　C

　　2．Some people are less willing to deal with humans because________.

　　A．they are becoming less patient

　　B．they are growing too independent

　　C．they have to handle many important messages

　　D．they have to follow an evolutionary step backward.

　　解析　细节理解题。由第二段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。

　　答案　A

　　3．The author thinks sending unsigned awful messages is ________.

　　A．ridiculous

　　B．disgusting

　　C．acceptable

　　D．reasonable

　　解析　推理判断题。由第三段最后一句Upsetting people with unsigned messages is cruel and disgusting.可知。

　　答案　B

　　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.

　　解析　but it would be even more helpful if we'd publicly acknowledge good manners when we see them可知。

　　答案　A