B
The world of information is changing. Why send a long letter or text when you can share photos or videos instead? Why learn from a book when you can experience the story in virtual reality (虚拟现实)? Why read magazines when you can listen to podcasts (播客)?
Can people take part in today’s world without reading or writing at all? Technology seems to make it possible. Nowadays most of our smart devices (设备) are able to talk and take spoken orders, like reporting the weather, playing a song or setting a timer. It’s possible to imagine a future world where we can easily communicate without words.
But reading and writing are still powerful tools. For one thing, most people read
faster than they speak. A podcaster or audiobook narrator speaks at about 150 to 160 words per minute, while a native speaker can read through a text at 300 to 400 words per minute. That’s twice as fast! Research also found that people remember more information and stay more interested when they are reading compared to listening.
Reading also creates new connections (联系) in the brain. When humans learnt to read, the very structure of the brain changed, which improved the way people think and process information.
Do you think people will keep on reading and writing or let technology make them out of date?
(
A. Reading helps people invent more things.
B. Fewer people communicate with smart devices.
C. Most smart devices can take spoken orders now.
D. Listening helps people remember more information.
(
A. Some advice on how to learn to read.
B. The advantages of reading over speaking.
C. Research about reading and the human brain.
D. The good effects that reading has on the human brain.
(
A. people are unable to control the smart devices
B. people like magazines better than podcasts
C. reading and writing help human beings to develop
D. the invention of smart devices can change our brain
The world of information is changing. Why send a long letter or text when you can share photos or videos instead? Why learn from a book when you can experience the story in virtual reality (虚拟现实)? Why read magazines when you can listen to podcasts (播客)?
Can people take part in today’s world without reading or writing at all? Technology seems to make it possible. Nowadays most of our smart devices (设备) are able to talk and take spoken orders, like reporting the weather, playing a song or setting a timer. It’s possible to imagine a future world where we can easily communicate without words.
But reading and writing are still powerful tools. For one thing, most people read
faster than they speak. A podcaster or audiobook narrator speaks at about 150 to 160 words per minute, while a native speaker can read through a text at 300 to 400 words per minute. That’s twice as fast! Research also found that people remember more information and stay more interested when they are reading compared to listening.
Reading also creates new connections (联系) in the brain. When humans learnt to read, the very structure of the brain changed, which improved the way people think and process information.
Do you think people will keep on reading and writing or let technology make them out of date?
(
C
) 29. What can we know from the passage?A. Reading helps people invent more things.
B. Fewer people communicate with smart devices.
C. Most smart devices can take spoken orders now.
D. Listening helps people remember more information.
(
D
) 30. What does Paragraph 4 mainly talk about?A. Some advice on how to learn to read.
B. The advantages of reading over speaking.
C. Research about reading and the human brain.
D. The good effects that reading has on the human brain.
(
C
) 31. The writer probably agrees that .A. people are unable to control the smart devices
B. people like magazines better than podcasts
C. reading and writing help human beings to develop
D. the invention of smart devices can change our brain
答案：29.C 30.D 31.C
解析：
【分析】
本题为英语阅读理解题，分别考查细节理解、段落主旨和作者观点。解题时需先通读全文把握大意，再针对各小题定位原文对应内容，逐一分析选项排除错误答案，选出正确选项。
【解析】
29题：细节理解题。定位原文第二段“Nowadays most of our smart devices (设备) are able to talk and take spoken orders”，可知C选项正确；A选项原文未提及“发明更多东西”，错误；B选项与原文智能设备可语音控制的表述矛盾，错误；D选项原文第三段指出“people remember more information when they are reading compared to listening”，错误。
30题：段落主旨题。第四段首句“Reading also creates new connections (联系) in the brain”为中心句，后续内容说明阅读改变大脑结构、提升思维和信息处理能力，即阅读对大脑的积极影响，对应D选项。
31题：推理判断题。作者在第三段强调读写是强大工具，第四段指出阅读改变大脑结构、提升思维能力，可知作者认为读写帮助人类发展，对应C选项；A选项原文未提无法控制智能设备，错误；B选项与原文“read magazines when you can listen to podcasts”的对比不符，错误；D选项原文是阅读改变大脑，而非智能设备，错误。
【答案】
29.C 30.D 31.C
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解、主旨大意
【点评】
本题围绕“读写与科技的关系”展开，考查学生对英语文章的细节提取、段落主旨概括及作者观点推断能力，是初中英语常见题型，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6
本题为英语阅读理解题，分别考查细节理解、段落主旨和作者观点。解题时需先通读全文把握大意，再针对各小题定位原文对应内容，逐一分析选项排除错误答案，选出正确选项。
【解析】
29题：细节理解题。定位原文第二段“Nowadays most of our smart devices (设备) are able to talk and take spoken orders”，可知C选项正确；A选项原文未提及“发明更多东西”，错误；B选项与原文智能设备可语音控制的表述矛盾，错误；D选项原文第三段指出“people remember more information when they are reading compared to listening”，错误。
30题：段落主旨题。第四段首句“Reading also creates new connections (联系) in the brain”为中心句，后续内容说明阅读改变大脑结构、提升思维和信息处理能力，即阅读对大脑的积极影响，对应D选项。
31题：推理判断题。作者在第三段强调读写是强大工具，第四段指出阅读改变大脑结构、提升思维能力，可知作者认为读写帮助人类发展，对应C选项；A选项原文未提无法控制智能设备，错误；B选项与原文“read magazines when you can listen to podcasts”的对比不符，错误；D选项原文是阅读改变大脑，而非智能设备，错误。
【答案】
29.C 30.D 31.C
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解、主旨大意
【点评】
本题围绕“读写与科技的关系”展开，考查学生对英语文章的细节提取、段落主旨概括及作者观点推断能力，是初中英语常见题型，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6