Question

When Scotsman Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, it was a revolution in communication. For the first time, people could talk to each other over great distances almost as clearly as if they were in the same room. Nowadays, though, we increasingly use Bell’s invention for taking photographs, accessing the internet, or watching video clips, rather than talking. Over the last two decades a new means of spoken communication has appeared: the mobile phone.

         The first real mobile telephone call was made in 1973 by Dr Martin Cooper, the scientist who invented the modem mobile handset（手機）. Within a decade, mobile phones became available to the public. The streets of modem cities began to feature sharp-suited characters shouting into giant plastic bricks. In Britain the mobile phone quickly became the same with the “yuppie”, the new type of young urban professionals who carried the expensive handsets as status symbols. Around this time many of us said that we would never own a mobile phone.

         But in the mid-90s, something happened. Cheaper handsets and cheaper calling rates meant that, almost overnight, it seemed that everyone had a mobile phone. And the giant plastic bricks of the 80s had changed into smooth little objects that fitted nicely into pockets and bags.

         Moreover, people’s timekeeping changed. Younger readers will be amazed to know that, not long ago, people made spoken arrangements to meet at a certain place at a certain time. But later Meeting time became approximate under the new order of communication: the Short Message Service （SMS） or text message. Going to be late? Send a text message! It takes much less effort than arriving on time, and it’s much less awkward than explaining your lateness face to face and the text message has changed the way we write in English. Traditional rules of grammar and spelling are much less important when you’re sitting on the bus, hurriedly typing “Will B 15mm late - C U @ the bar. Sorry! -).”

         Alexander Graham Bell would be amazed if he could see how far the science of telephony has progressed in less than 150 years. If he were around today, he might say “That’s gr8! But I’m v busy rite now. Will call U 2nite.”

1.What does the underlined part in Para.2 refer to?

A. Houses of modern cities.                      B. Sharp-suited characters.

C. New type of professionals.                    D. Mobile phones.

2.According to Paragraph 4, why did Meeting time become approximate?

A. People were more likely to be late for their meeting.

B. SMS made it easier to inform each other.

C. Young people don’t like unchanging things.

D. Traditional customs were dying out.

3.If you want to meet your friend at the school gate this evening, which of the following message can you send him?

A. Call U@ SKUg8 2nite.                   B. IM2BZ2CU 2nite.

C. CU@ the bar g8 2nite.                   D. W84U@ SKUg8 2nite.

4.What does the passage mainly tell us about?

A. Alexander Graham’s invention.

B. SMS as a new way of communication.

C. New functions of the mobile telephone.

D. The development of the mobile phone.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.B

3.D

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：在近二十年中，手機的出現給人們的生活帶來了很大的變化。從最初the modem mobile handset手機的出現到大哥大的使用，然后到九十年代中期手機的普及，手機的各種功能給人們的生活帶來了不小的改變。在本文中作者給我們介紹了手機的發展過程。

1.D詞義猜測題。本段講述了手機的開始使用，由前句mobile phones became available to the public.可知人們在大街上使用手機打電話成為很普遍的事情，由此推斷giant plastic bricks指的是手機，故答案選D。

2.B細節理解題。根據第四段Meeting time became approximate under the new order of communication: the Short Message Service （SMS） or text message.，可知B選項正確。

3.D推理判斷題。根據文章第四、五段內容可知編輯短信時通常用同音的字母、數字或者首字母代替單詞，比如用U代替you，@代表at ，w8指， 4代替 for， 所以判斷D選項正確。

4.D主旨大意題。文章第一段由貝爾發明的電話引出手機的出現，第二段講述大塊頭手機“大哥大”的出現，第三段講述手機的改進和普及，后面段落介紹手機、短信對人生活的影響，由此可知本文主要介紹的是手機的發展， 故D選項正確。

考點：考查社會生活類短文。