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1、温馨提示：此套题为Word版，请按住Ctrl,滑动鼠标滚轴，调节合适的观看比例，答案解析附后.关闭Word文档返回原板块.课时提升作业八必修2 Unit3 Computers(限时35分钟)Ⅰ.阅读理解A Goldfishhaveprettyboringlives,somaybeit’sagoodthingtheycanonlyconcentratefornineseconds!Butaccordingtonewresearch,humansarebecominglikegoldfish.Ourattentionspan(时长)isgettingshorterandit’sa
2、llbecauseoftechnology.“Wemovequicklyfromonesitetoanotherontheweb,”saysDr.TedSelker,acomputerscientistfromMassachusetts,“Andwearelosingtheabilitytoconcentrate.”Withmillionsofwebsitestochoosefrom,theattentionspanoftheaverageInternetuserisjustseconds.Thereareotherdigitaldistractions(使人分心的事)too:
3、emails,instantmessagingandquickiemoviesonwebsites.Somepeopleareworriedabouttheeffectonyoungpeople.“Youneedtimetounderstandandthinkaboutwhatyouread,”saysJuliaWood,fromLondon.“Youngpeoplesearchthenetallthetimeandtheirbrainsbecomefullofuselessinformationbutthereisnotimetomakesenseofit.Iamtrying
4、topersuademypupilstoreadmorebooks,sothattheyconcentrateononesubjectforlonger.”Otherteachersaretryingmoreunusualmethodstoimprovestudents’concentration.AnneSavan,fromWales,wassoworriedaboutherstudentsthatshestartedplayingMozartduringhersciencelessons.Shesaysthatithadanamazingeffect,“Themusicma
5、dethemcalmer,andtheirconcentrationwasmuchbetter.”Butnoteveryonebelievesthatthereisaproblem.RayCole,aneducationalpsychologistsays,“Ontheweb,youngpeoplelearntomakequickdecisionsaboutwhatisandisn’tworthreading.Theymightlookatfiveunhelpfulwebsitesveryquickly,beforestoppingandreadingasixthusefulw
6、ebsitemorecarefully.Inaworldwithsomuchinformationavailable,thisisanimportantskill.”【文章大意】本文是一篇议论文.随着科技的发展,人们将大量时间花在浏览网站上,快速不断地浏览网站使人们的注意力时长越来越短;但是有人认为,浏览网站可以提高年轻人的判断能力.1.Whydoesthewritermention“goldfish”?A.Toanalyzedata. B.Tointroduceatopic.C.Tosettleproblems.D.Tosuggestawayout.【解析】选B.推理判断题
7、.文章第一段第一句说金鱼只能集中九秒钟的注意力;结合第一段的第二句“Butaccordingtonewresearch,humansarebecominglikegoldfish.”可知,人们正变得像金鱼一样.接着文章提出中心论点:由于技术(应用),我们的注意力时长变得越来越短.据此可以判断,作者用金鱼的例子是为了引出文章主题.2.WhatmaycauseashorterattentionspanaccordingtoDr.TedSelker?A.SkippingontheInternet.
