Question

Being able to multitask—doing several things at the same time-is considered a welcome skill by most people. But if we consider the situation of the young people aged from eight to eighteen, we should think again.

What we often see nowadays is that young people juggle a larger number of electronic devices as they study. While working, they also surf on the Internet, send out emails, answer the telephone and listen to music on their iPods. In a sense, they are spending a large amount of time in fruitless efforts as they multitask.

Multitasking is even changing the relationship between family members. As young people give so much attention to their own worlds, they seem to have no time to spend with the other people around them. They can no longer greet family members when they enter the house, nor can they eat at the family table.

Multitasking also has an effect on young people’s performance at university and in the workplace. When they were asked about their opinions of the effects of modern gadgets (器具) on their performance of tasks, many young people gave a positive response. However, the response from the worlds of education and business was not quite as positive. Educators feel that multitasking by children has a serious effect on later development of study skills. They believe that many college students now need help to improve their study skills. Similarly, employers (雇主) feel that young people entering the job market need to be taught all over again, as modern gadgets have made it unnecessary for them to learn special skills to do their work.

1. What does the underlined word “juggle” most probably mean?

A. Want to buy.

B. Use at the same time.

C. Take the place of.

D. Search information from.

2.In Paragraph 3, the author points out that _______.

A. family members do not greet each other

B. family members do not eat at the family table

C. young people get on well with their families

D. young people hardly communicate with their family members

3.What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?

A. Young people must learn skills for future jobs.

B. Young people benefit a lot from modern gadgets.

C. Multitasking is an important skill to young people.

D. Multitasking influences young people’s development seriously.

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Young people think multitasking is good for their study and work.

B. Employers consider it unnecessary for young people to be taught all over again.

C. Educators feel that young people don’t need to improve their study skills.

D. People from the world of education believe multitasking has a good effect on children’s later study skills.

5.The author develops (闡述) the passage mainly by ________.

A. providing special examples

B. following the natural time order

C. giving out a cause and analyzing (分析) its effects

D. comparing opinions from different worlds

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.D

4.A

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了處理多任務的定義及影響。能夠處理多任務就是同時做好幾件事，這受大多數人歡迎。許多年輕人學習的同時會用一些電子設備，這就改變了他們和家人的關系。多重任務給年輕人帶來影響。

1. working, they also surf on the Internet, send out emails, answer the telephone and listen to music on their iPods.可知此處指在工作的同時，他們也用一些電子工具像網絡、電話和平板電腦。故選B。

2. can no longer greet family members when they enter the house, nor can they eat at the family table.可知這些年輕人進了家不和家人打招呼，也不再餐桌上和家人一起吃飯，因此推斷他們和家人幾乎不交流。故選D。

3. also has an effect on young people’s performance at university and in the workplace可知最后一段主要介紹了多重任務給年輕人帶來影響，故選D。

4. 細節理解題。根據When they were asked about their opinions of the effects of modern gadgets (器具) on their performance of tasks, many young people gave a positive response.可知年輕人認為多重任務對自己有積極的影響，故選A。

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考點：日常生活類短文閱讀。