A funny thing happened on the way to the communication revolution: we stopped talking to one another.
I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and suddenly, I became invisible, absent from the conversation.
The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent. Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in communication technology is a tragedy to the closeness of human interaction. With email and instant messaging over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. With voice-mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine.
As almost every contact we can imagine between human beings gets automated, the emotional distance index goes up. You can’t even call a person to get the phone number of another person any more. Directory assistance is almost always fully automated.
I am not against modern technology. I own a cell phone, an ATM card, a voice-mail system, and an email account. Giving them up isn’t wise. They’re a great help to us. It's some of their possible consequences that make me feel uneasy.
More and more, I find myself hiding behind email to do a job meant for conversations or being relieved with voice-mail picking up because I don't really have time to talk. The industry devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier.
小题1:Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?A.The Advance of Modern Technology
B.The Consequences of Communication Technology
C.The Story of Communication Revolution
D.The Automation of Modern Communication
小题2:Which is NOT TURE according to the passage?A.The author has decided not to use his phone when he is with his friend.
B.Modern technology makes it hard for people to have a face-to-face talk.
C.The limited use of communication device brings much inconvenience to the author.
D.The industry intended to keep people in touch is taking them away from each other.
小题3:The writer feels that the use of modern communication is ______.A.satisfyingB.encouraging
C.disappointingD.embarrassing
小题4:The passage implies that ______.A.modern technology is bridging the people
B.modern technology is separating the people
C.modern technology is developing too fast
D.modern technology is interrupting people
答案：
小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:B
解析：
本文主要论述现代技术的消极影响——现代技术的使用在疏远人与人之间的距离。
小题1:B 主旨大意题。开篇点题，第一段：一件奇怪的事情发生在信息革命的路上,我们停止了相互交谈(这就是信息革命的结果)。下面通过实例来说明通讯革命带来的结果。A. The Advance of Modern Technology现代技术的进步B. The Consequences of Communication Technology信息革命的结果C. The Story of Communication Revolution信息革命的故事D. The Automation of Modern Communication现代通讯自动化。
所以B正确。
小题2:C细节理解题。根据最后一段可以判断出A ，With email and instant messaging over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another.可以推断出B，根据第三段根据倒数第二段和第三段开头可以推断出D，根据最后一段作者决定限制使用通讯设备是因为现代通讯带来的负面影响，而没有给作者带来不变，所以C正确。
小题3:D . 推理判断题。根据第五段可知，作者并不反对现代技术，也认为它极有帮助，只是某一些结果让他感到不安，比如第二段中他所举的生活例子。由此判断他会认为使用现代技术有时令人感到尴尬，故选D项。
小题4:B推理判断题。根据倒数第二段The industry devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier.致力于帮助人们保持联系的产业使我更加孤独和第三段开头The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent.电话用来连接不在场的人。现在它让坐在你旁边的人感觉不在场似的，可推断现代技术正在疏远人们之间的关系，故选B项