“People are ruder today because they are rushed and more ‘time poor’ than ever before,” sa

“People are ruder today because they are rushed and more ‘time poor’ than ever before,” says Patsy Rowe, “ Manners have fallen off the radar(雷达).” Due to our strong attraction to electronic equipment it is a wonder more people don’t wake up each morning and greet the singing birds with a complaint（抱怨）about the noise. Here are some examples of rudeness.
Some people prefer to do almost everything over the internet. To them, dealing with an actual human is like an evolutionary step backward. It feels very slow because humans don’t work at 4G speeds. When you have dinner with friends, you will often notice someone paying more attention to his mobile phone. We have programmed ourselves to think that every new message brings life-changing news, so taking calls and checking our texts are more important than talking to the people we are with. What is worse, some people even tend to send anonymous（匿名的）rude messages by email.
However, rudeness is never acceptable. Don’t assume it is OK to be rude if the person you’re in touch with won’t recognize you. If you have something awful to say, have the courage to face the person and say it, write a letter or email and sign it, or forget it. Upsetting people with unsigned messages is cruel and disgusting.
We shouldn’t blame technology for our shortcomings. Technology is here to help us, but we should not allow it to take over our lives. An important step is acknowledging our shortcomings. People spend a lot of time pointing out bad manners but it would be even more helpful if we’d publicly acknowledge good manners when we see them.
【小题1】What can be inferred from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1?A．People can tell good from bad behavior.B．Radar is able to observe human behavior.C．People care little about their behavior.D．Radar can be used to predict human behavior.【小题2】Some people are less willing to deal with humans because .A．they are becoming less patientB．they are growing too independentC．they have to handle many important messagesD．they have to follow an evolutionary step backward.【小题3】The author thinks sending unsigned awful messages is .A．ridiculous B．disgusting C．acceptable D．reasonableC

(答案→)C 解析：随着电子产品的出现，人们用在电话、电脑和网络上的时间多了，在现实生活中人与人之间的联系少了，而且人们也逐渐变得没有耐心，失去了本该有的礼貌，甚至通过网络进行侮辱别人的行为。作者认为改变这一切的方法不是要责怪网络，责怪人类的缺点，而是要弘扬正能量。【小题1】C推理判断题。从文章首句“People are ruder today because they are rushed and more ‘time poor’ than ever before,” 和第一段末句Here are some examples of rudeness.可知第一段讲述人们现在不注重礼貌了，由此推断C选项正确，意思是人们对他们的行为举止不在意了。【小题2】A推理判断题。从文章第二段的叙述可知人们因为嫌慢而不愿意再和现实中的人打交道，甚至在和朋友一起吃饭时候也忙着打电话发信息，由此推断A选项正确。【小题3】B细节理解题。A可笑的；B令人厌恶的；C可接受的；D合理的。从文章第三段Upsetting people with unsigned messages is cruel and disgusting.可知B为正确选项。

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