問題詳情
III. Reading Comprehension 20%A.There is a new cell-phone ring tone that can't be heard by most people over the age oftwenty, according to an NPR report. The tone is derived from something called the Mosquito,a device invented by a Welsh security firm for the noble purpose of driving hooligans, yobs,scamps, ne'er-do-wells, scapegraces, ruffians, tosspots, and bravos away from places wheregrownups are attempting to ply an honest trade. The device emits a seventeen-kilohertz buzz,a pitch that is too high for older ears to register but, as we learn from additional reporting bythe Times, is "ear-splitting" for younger people. A person or persons unknown have produceda copy of the Mosquito buzz for use as a cell-phone ring tone, evidently with the idea that itwill enable students to receive notification of new text messages while sitting in class,without the knowledge of the teacher.The Times, in a welcome but highly uncharacteristic embrace of anarchy, celebratedthis development as an ingenious guerrilla tactic in youth's eternal war against adult authority"a bit of techno-jujitsu," as the paper put it. But it's not entirely clear which side is the winnerhere. When you hear the tone, it apparently sets your teeth on edge, which means that, if theentire class suddenly grimaces, it's a good bet that one of the students just got a text message.(Which probably says "sup." Youth, as George Bernard Shaw correctly observed, is wastedon the young.) Anyway, what was wrong with “vibrate only?”
【題組】21. The primary purpose of the passage is to
(A) criticize the obsession of today's youth with technology.
(B) make a parody of useless modern inventions.
(C) describe the technical specs of this new ring tone.
(D) introduce a new ilk of technology and initiate a discussion of its true efficacy.
參考答案
答案：D
難度：適中0.6
統計：A(2),B(0),C(5),D(12),E(0)