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高考话题语篇专练14
科普发明(二)
(建议用时35分钟)
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
EverywhereIlookoutsidemyhomeIseepeoplebusyontheirhigh-techdevices,whiledriving,walking,shopping,evensittingintoilets.Peoplehavebeeninfluencedtobecometechnologyaddicted.Onestudyfoundthatpeoplehadahardertimeresistingtheallureofsocialmediathantheydidforsleep,cigarettesandalcohol.
Themaingoaloftechnologycompaniesistogetpeopletospendmoremoneyandtimeontheirproducts,nottoactuallyimproveourqualityoflife.Theyhavesuccessfullycreatedaculturaldisease.Consumerswillinglygiveuptheirfreedom,moneyandtimetocatchuponthelatestinformation,tokeeppacewiththeirpeersortoappearmodern.
Iseepeopletrappedinapathological(病态的)relationshipwithtime-suckingtechnology,wheretheyservetechnologymorethantechnologyservesthem.Icallthistechnologyservitude.Iamreferringtoalossofpersonalfreedomandindependencebecauseofuncontrolledconsumptionofmanykindsofdevicesthateatuptimeandmoney.
Whatisahealthyuseoftechnologydevices?Thatisthevitalquestion.Whoisreallyinchargeofmylife?Thatiswhatpeopleneedtoaskthemselvesifwearetohaveanychanceofbreakingupfalsebeliefsabouttheiruseoftechnology.Whenwecanlivehappilywithoutusingsomuchtechnologyforadayoraweek,thenwecanregaincontrolandpersonalfreedom,becomethemasteroftechnologyanddiscoverwhatthereistoenjoyinlifefreeoftechnology.MaeWestisfamousforproclaiming(声明)thewisdomthat“toomuchofagoodthingiswonderful.”Butit’stimetodiscoverthatitdoesnotworkfortechnology.
RichardFernandez,anexecutivecoachatGoogleacknowledgedthat“wecanbesweptawaybyourtechnologies.”Tobreakthegranddigitalconnection,peoplemustconsiderhowlifelongagocouldbefantasticwithouttoday’soverusedtechnology.
【文章大意】本文主要讨论了人们过度地使用高科技产品,从而使自己的生活受到了这些产品的控制等情况。
1.Theunderlinedword“allure”inParagraph1probablymeans.
A.advantage B.attraction
C.adaptation D.attempt
【解析】选B。词义猜测题。结合第一段的画线词前面的EverywhereIlookoutsidemyhomeIseepeoplebusyontheirhigh-techdevices,whiledriving,walking,shopping,evensittingintoilets.Peo