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A funny thing happened on the way to the communication revolution: we stopped talking to each other.
I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his mobile phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and - poof! 一I was cut off as if I had become absent from the conversation.
The park was filled with people talking on their cell phones. They were passing people without looking at them, saying hello, noticing their babies or stopping to pat their dogs. It seems that the limitless electronic voice is preferred to human contact.
The telephone is used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people feel absent. Recently I was in a car with three friends. The driver hushed the rest of us because he could not hear the person on the other end of his cell phone. There we were, four friends driving down the highway, unable to talk to each other because of the small thing designed to make communication easier.
Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in communication technology is a setback (退步) to the closeness of human interaction. With e-mail and instant message over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. With voicemail, you can make entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine.
As almost every contact between human beings gets automatic, the emotional distance index goes up. Pumping gas at the station? Why say good-morning to the assistant when you can swipe you credit card at the pump and save yourself the bother of human contact? Making a deposit at the bank? Why talk to the clerk who lives in the neighborhood when you can put your card into the ATM?
More and more, I find myself hiding behind e-mail to do a job meant for conversation or being relieved that voicemail picked up because I didn’t really have time to talk. The technology devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier.
I own a mobile phone, an ATM card, a voice-mail telephone, and an e-mail account. Giving them up isn’t a choice. They are great for what they are intended to do. It’s their unintended results that make me upset. What good is all this gee-whiz technology if there is no one in the room to hear you crying out \
1. The author’s experience of walking in a park with a friend recently made him feel ____.
A. unhappy B. funny C. wonderful
2. According to the author, human contact in a park means A. looking at each other and saying hello when passing B. noticing their babies and stopping to pat their dogs C. both A and B
3. According to the author, the more connected we get in communication technology, the ___ we are.
A. more automatic B. easier C. more disconnected
4. What are the examples the author gives to explain his idea that every advance in communication technology is a setback to the closeness of human interaction?
A. With e-mail and instant message over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another.
B. With voicemail, you can rnake entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. C. Both A and B.
5. What is the unintended result of communication technology, according to the author?
A. It makes communication easier and conversation possible everywhere. B. It actually creates a distance between people instead of bringing them together.
C. It makes every contact between human beings automatic and makes people feel connected.
第五部分书面表达( 2 0分)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a passage on the topic My Hobbies. You should write at least 80 words and could base your writing by using the hints given below. 利用所给提示写一篇短文，说明你的业余爱好以及它们的益处。 benefit from C 从中受益) In my spare time raising flowers (养花) cycling (骑车)
maintain a mental and physical balance (保持身心健康) My Hobbies
Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a passage on the topic TV University Life. You should write at least 80 words and could base your writing by using the hints given below. 利用所给提示写一篇短文，描述你在电视大学的生活。 be engaged in long distance education web-based courses
join online discussion forums send our homework to the tutor
solve the difficulties and puzzles in tutorial My TV University Life
Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a passage on the topic Living in a Big City. You should write at least 80 words and could base your writing by using the hints given below. 利用所给提示写一篇短文，说明居住在大城市中优缺点。
city life is attractive with all its advantages and conveniences supermarkets or shopping malls dine out
expansion of the city flowing into
Living In A Big City