(公用)【课时讲练通】2016年高中英语 阅读提升作业一 Module 1 Life in the Future Period 1 Introduction amp; Reading and Vocabulary（1）外研.docVIP

阅读提升作业 一 Module 1　Period 1 阅读理解 A A funny thing happened on the way to the communications 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. . . 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 communications technology is a tragedy to the closeness of human interaction. With e-mail 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 alienation(疏远)index goes up. You can’t even call a person to get the phone number of another person anymore. 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 e-mail 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 e-mail to do a job meant for conversation, or being relieved that voice mail picked up because I didn’t really have time to talk. The industry devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier, or at least facilitating my antisocial instincts. So I’ve put myself on technology restriction: no instant messaging with people who live near me, no cell phoning in the presence of friends, no letting the voice mail pick up when I’m at home. 【语篇概述】现代科技的发展给人们的生活带来了极大的便利, 人们逐渐习惯于使用电子邮件、电话等途径进行交谈、交流。然而, 科技带给人们便利的同时, 也在逐渐地让人们变得疏远。 1. Which of the following would be the be