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A. Children acquire words and form patterns more easily than adults. B. Many of the words can in turn be fully defined by using its similar words. C. Harnad’s findings may explain how human brains put language together. D. Our brains may structure language exactly similarly to a dictionary.
C
What if one day Facebook, Twitter and Instant Messenger just weren’t there?
Provost Eric Darr of Harrisburg University of Science and Technology in Pennsylvania tells NPR’s (National Public Radio) Guy Raz that he wanted his students to not only think about this question, but live it. “Often there are behaviors, habits, ways we use technology that we may ourselves not even be able to express clearly because we’re not aware of them,” Darr says.
So this week, Darr will enforce (强制执行) a campus-wide social media blackout — no Facebook, no Twitter, no instant messaging — nothing. Social Media Exile
Access to these popular social media tools will be blocked from campus computers through the week. This is not a disciplinary (纪律上的) exercise, Darr says, but an academic one. At the end of the week, students will write reflective essays about their time without social media.
Three Harrisburg University students, Ashley Harris, Gio Acosta and Oluyemi Afuape, volunteered to discuss the experiment, and it turns out they have mixed feelings.
Afuape isn’t a big fan of Facebook, and says he doesn’t expect to be challenged by the blackout. But Harris is going to have a hard time not posting her whereabouts to friends.
“My biggest problem is not being able to find people,’’ Harris says, “because I use Facebook and Twitter to find people at school, to see where they’re at.”
Even before hearing about the blackout, Acosta found it necessary to cut himself off the constant social media chatter.
“I had my phone set to receive Facebook, texts, tweets — and ring — so I had to turn that off between 3 and 6 in the morning so I can actually sleep during that time” Acosta says. “If you don’t set the limits, it’s a 24-hour thing.”
Hope From The ‘Post-Facebook’ Generation
Outspoken social media critic Jaron Lanier (who was also named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people of the year) says Harrisburg University’s experiment may be too extreme. He would prefer that students
donate a penny to charity every time they access social media.
“Because that would create awareness, they would be aware of how much they were doing,” Lanier says, “making the use of it into something that’s more conscious and more considered.”
Lanier is mainly worried that social media creates superficial ties rather than lasting friendship. But he says he’s optimistic about the “post-Facebook generation” — teenagers he hears from in high schools who don’t identify with Facebook.
Lanier hopes this generation will spark something of a renaissance (新生), declaring, “No, we are individuals; we invent ourselves; we’re not going to have some third-party advertising business define us. We invent our own taste, and furthermore, we decide what friendship means.”
56. What do the underlined words “live it” in Paragraph 1 probably refer to? A. Making a living without the Internet.
B. Leading a life without social media. D. Being aware of the importance of technology.
C. Experiencing the popularity of social media. 57. What do we know about the cutoff experiment?
A. The experiment lasted a week and was very successful. B. Only three students participated in the experiment. C. The participants had terrible feelings toward the cutoff. D. The experiment had something to do with students’ schoolwork. 58. What is Lanier’s opinion about the experiment?
A. The university should do the experiment in a more moderate way. B. The experiment should include the “post-Facebook generation”. C. Students should donate some money to the experiment.
D. The experiment can make the students more conscious and considered. 59. What’s the passage mainly about? A. The disadvantages of social media.
B. Some people’s views on social media.
C. A university’s experiment on social media.
D. Challenges to the “post-Facebook generation”. D
One evening at a busy Broadway intersection, I noticed a sister struggling to keep her little kid in check while she talked on the pay phone. She wanted him to stay still next to her, but he wanted to run and play at the curb, close to rushing buses and taxis. One could sense the woman’s frustration, that she was pulled in too many directions: She was angry at the person on the telephone and shouting at the younger that she would “snap his leg” if he moved again. As I waited for the traffic light to change, the child began to complain and struggle to free himself from the woman’s grip. She dropped the phone, seized the neck of his tiny T-shirt and gave him a back-hand blow across the face that I know made his little head spin.
The light changed, and passersby continued on their way. But I stood there, fixed to the pavement. I knew this extremely upset woman would follow through on her threat of violence to the child. Before, I had wanted to approach her and offer to watch the youngster while she dealt with the distressing situation on the phone. Now I wanted to comfort the little boy. I also wanted to speak to the sister to calm her and to caution her, as I wish someone had cautioned me when I was passing my pain on to my daughter and causing her emotional suffering. But I was chicken. I thought, she may think I’m out of line, or I may be her next target.
Often I’ve thought about that child and the many others abused by adults. I wonder how they will internalize (使……藏在心底) their pain, if it will crush their spirits. Will this little boy grow up to be an abusive man? Will he be gloomy and withdrawn? Will he find it hard to communicate with women, with other men? Or will he survive and be sensitive, caring and determined not to continue the cycle?
There is too much cruelty in the world, too much cruelty between people. I tremble at the increasing verbal bitterness and violence among Black girls, and among young mothers trying to discipline their children. This behavior isn’t class- or age- related: I hear sharp words from Black women from all walks of life who are overworked and stressed out and have grown impatient. At times I, too, become short with others, or, like the sister on the phone, strike out at those closest to me.
Often we’re tired because we’ve made the wrong choices. Young girls who still need mothering are loaded with children. We, sisters easily get hurt and annoyed when we don’t come to terms with our own sense of self. Our personal fulfillment requires knowing what is best for us, setting oar boundaries and keeping them undamaged. We will always be asked to do more than we are comfortable doing. When we know our boundaries, we can decline comfortably. People — and we ourselves — will act in ways we don’t like. But they, like us，are still worthy of love.
Whatever irritates (激怒) us about a person should be examined. Is the person reflecting behavior in us that
needs to be changed? Often, when I find people irritating, I find they mirror something about me that I need to correct.
What’s needed in our personal relationships is a return to tenderness and tolerance. We must allow one another our learning experiences. Just as violence results to violence, verbal violence — the hard words and harsh tones we use to release inner stress — adds to the distance between us.
What we people of African root must do to thrive begins with love, sensitivity and our ability to work together. We Black women have these spiritual resources in abundance. Now we must draw on them to create a peaceful place — for ourselves, our children, our men.
60. The scene the author described in the passage probably happened . A. in a phone booth
B. at a bus stop
C. near a taxi stand
D. on the street
61. The mother of the little kid can be best described as . A. frustrated and hot-tempered C. confused and quick-minded
B. cruel and talkative D. considerate and sensitive
62. By saying “She may think I am out of line”, the author meant the woman might say . A. “Walk away. It’s none of your business.” B. “You are walking in the wrong direction.” C. “You’re not standing in the queue.” D. “You can watch and comfort my kid.”
63. The wrong choices in Paragraph 5 include . a. We sisters refuse to marry young. b. We aren’t satisfied with ourselves. c. We have our boundaries damaged. d. We decline others’ requests for help. A. a, b
B. b, c
C. a, d
D. c, d
64. According to the author，when we find a person irritating, we should . A. return to tenderness and tolerance
B. reflect on our behavior that needs correcting C. avoid the hard words and sharp tones D. examine if anything is wrong with him 65. The tone of the last paragraph is .