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2023年高考英语二轮复习第一部分阅读能力突破篇专题一阅读理解第2讲推理判断题--第1页 第一部分 专题一 第2 讲 A (2022·广东省广州市高三一模) Sometimes a book comes along that isnʼt just “interesting” or “well done”—itʼs a book wher it s ms like the author looked into your brain and wrote a book specifically for you.A book lik that for m was released this w k.Itʼs called 100Things Weʼve Lost to the Internet, written by editor Pamela Paul. Paul lists 100 things w used to do and that th Internet has either changed or taken over completely: writing letters, print newspapers, th joys of being bored, and not having all th knowledge in the world in your pocket. As Iʼm a longtime accumulator of random knowledge, certain entries on the list— Being the Only One, Figuring Out Who That Actor is—hit me where I live; remembering detailed facts is no longer nearly as impressive when everyone has the capability to find the answer in seconds. On and on the list goes, with every minor shift adding to the pile.What this book does so well is illustrate the growth of that pile; while any individual item might be no big deal, the collected set is significant.Itʼs a list of ways in which the world now is different from the world then. Obviously, Paul isnʼt saying that everything back then was better.Tim marches on, after all.And itʼs tough to argue against the many benefits that the Internet has brought into our lives.But that isnʼt really the point.Itʼs not about whether it used to be better.Itʼs that it used to be different. 100 Things Weʼve Lost to the Internet is a fun read for those of us who share