In the case of mobile phones, change is everything. Recent research indicates that the mobile phone is changing not only our culture, but our very bodies as well.
First, let’s talk about culture. The difference between the mobile phone and its parent, the fixed-line phone, is that a mobile number corresponds to a person, while a landline goes to a place. If you call my mobile, you get me. If you call my fixed-line phone, you get whoever answers it.
This has several implications（含義）. The most common one, however, and perhaps the thing that has changed our culture forever, is the “meeting” influence. People no longer need to make firm plans about when and where to meet. Twenty years ago, a Friday night would need to be arranged in advance. You needed enough time to allow everyone to get from their place of work to the first meeting place. Now, however, a night out can be arranged on the run. It is no longer “see you there at 8”,but “text me around 8 and we’ll see where we all are.”
Texting changes people as well. In their paper, “Insights into the Social and Psychological Effects of SMS (Short Message Service) Text Messaging", two British researchers distinguished between two types of mobile phone users: the “talkers” and the “texters”－those who prefer voice to text messages and those who prefer text to voice.
They found that the mobile phone’s individuality and privacy gave texters the ability to express a whole new outer personality. Texters were likely to report that their family would be surprised if they were to read their texts. This suggests that texting allowed texters to present a self-image that differed from the one familiar to those who knew them well.
Another scientist wrote of the changes that mobiles have brought to body language. There are two kinds that people use while speaking on the phone. There is the “speakeasy”: the head is held high, in a self-confident way, chatting away. And there is the “spacemaker”: these people focus on themselves and keep out other people.
Who can blame them? Phone meetings get cancelled or reformed and camera- phones intrude（侵入）on people’s privacy. So, it is understandable if your mobile makes you nervous. But perhaps you needn’t worry so much. After all, it is good to talk.
小題1:The “meeting” influence of a mobile phone refers to the fact that ________.
A．people can arrange their meeting place and time more flexibly
B．people have to make a firm plan about when and where to meet
C．people are able to meet someone at any place and any time
D．people have to attend phone meetings than ever before
小題2:According to the two British researchers, the Social and Psychological Effects are most likely to be seen on ________.
A．talkersB．the “speakeasy”C．the “space maker”D．texters
小題3:According to the passage, who is afraid of being heard while talking on the mobile?
A．talkersB．the “speakeasy”C．the “spacemaker” D．texters
小題4:Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
A．the Influence of Short Message Service
B．Changes Caused by Mobile Phone Use
C．Changes in the Use of the Mobile
D．Body Language and the Mobile Phone

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:B

試題解析：本文講述是人們使用手機(jī)給我們的文化和身體帶來的變化。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)后句：People no longer need to make firm plans about when and where to meet.人們不再需要制定關(guān)于在什么時(shí)候、在哪里見面的固定的計(jì)劃。A. people can arrange their meeting place and time more flexibly人們可以靈活的安排見面的時(shí)間和地點(diǎn)。所以A正確
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段第一句話：  Texting changes people as well. In their paper, “Insights into the Social and Psychological Effects of SMS (Short Message Service) Text Messaging"短信也改變了人們，在他們的論文中; “洞察SMS（短消息服務(wù)）對社會(huì)和心理的影響，所以他們的研究成果很可能通過手機(jī)短信呈現(xiàn)，所以D正確
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段最后一句話：And there is the “spacemaker”: these people focus on themselves and keep out other people.這些人關(guān)注自己而且防止別人進(jìn)入，根據(jù)這句話說明. the “spacemaker”在用電話交流的時(shí)候是怕被別人聽到的，所以Ｃ正確。
小題4:主旨大意題，本文開篇點(diǎn)題，根據(jù)第一段：在移動(dòng)電話的情況下，一切都變了。最近的研究表明，手機(jī)不僅改變了我們的文化，而且也改變了我們的身體。下面分別從文化和身體方面進(jìn)行了介紹A. the Influence of Short Message Service短信服務(wù)的影響B(tài). Changes Caused by Mobile Phone Use使用手機(jī)帶來的變化C. Changes in the Use of the Mobile使用手機(jī)的變化D. Body Language and the Mobile Phone肢體語言和手機(jī)，所以Ｂ正確。
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