2019届高考英语一轮基础自练题Unit5Meetingyourancestors（含解析）新人教版选修.docVIP

PAGE PAGE 1 Meeting your ancestors 李仕才 ***阅读理解。 Some people are so rude! Who sends an e-mail or a text message that just says “Thank you”？Who leaves a voice mail message rather than texts you？Who asks for a fact easily found on Google？Dont these people realize that theyre wasting your time? Maybe Im the rude one for not appreciating lifes little politeness.But many social agreed standards just dont make sense to people drowning in digital communication. In texts，you dont have to declare who you are or even say hello.E-mail，too，is slower than a text.Voice mail is a now impolite way of trying to connect. My father learned this lesson after leaving me a dozen voice mail messages，none of which I listened to.Exasperated，he called my sister to express his dissatisfaction that I never returned his phone calls.“Why are you leaving him voice mail？” my sister asked.“Just text him.” In the age of the smartphone，there is no reason to ask once-acceptable questions about：the weather forecast，a businesss phone number，or directions to a house，a restaurant，which can be easily found on Google Maps.But people still ask these things.And when you answer，they respond with a thank-you e-mail. How to handle these differing standards？Easy.Consider your audience.Some people，especially older ones，appreciate a thank-you message.Others，like me，want no reply. The anthropologist(人类学家)Margaret Mead once said that in traditional societies，the young learn from the old.But in modern societies，the old can also learn from the young.Heres hoping that politeness never goes out of fashion but that time-wasting forms of communication do. 1．What does the underlined word “Exasperated” mean in the fifth paragraph? A．Worried. B．Surprised. C．Annoyed. D．Tired. 2．Why didnt the writer reply to his father? A．He liked text messages better. B．He enjoyed checking his voice mail. C．He didnt receive any voice mail messages. D．He didnt want to talk with his father. 3．Which of the following does the writer agree to?