(
课件网) 2021高考乙卷阅读 ——— (B)篇 汇报人：XXX 1.主题语境 2.语篇类型 3.文章出处 4.文章结构 目 录/contents 5.语意语块 6.文化知识 (B) When almost everyone has a mobile phone, why are more than half of Australian homes still paying for a landline (座机) These days you'd be hard pressed to find anyone in Australia over the age of 15 who doesn’t own a mobile phone. In fact plenty of younger kids have one in their pocket. Practically everyone can make and receive calls anywhere, anytime. Still, 55 percent of Australians have a landline phone at home and only just over a quarter （29%） rely only on their smartphones, according to a survey （调查）.Of those Australians who still have a landline, a third concede that it's not really necessary and they're keeping it as a security blanket - 19 percent say they never use it while a further 13 percent keep it in case of emergencies. I think my home falls into that category. More than half of Australian homes are still choosing to stick with their home phone. Age is naturally a factor （因素）———only 58 percent of Generation Ys still use landlines now and then, compared to 84 percent of Baby Boomers who've perhaps had the same home number for 50 years. Age isn't the only factor; I'd say it's also to do with the makeup of your household. Generation Xers with young families, like my wife and I, can still find it convenient to have a home phone rather than providing a mobile phone for every family member. That said, to be honest the only people who ever ring our home phone are our Baby Boomers parents, to the point where we play a game and guess who is calling before we pick up the phone （using Caller ID would take the fun out of it）. How attached are you to your landline How long until they go the way of gas street lamps and morning milk deliveries 24. What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us about mobile phones A. Their target users. B. Their wide popularity. C. Their major functions. D. Their complex design. B. 主旨大意题，考查考生归纳概括段落主旨的能力。由文章第二段可知如今在澳大利亚，15岁以上的人都有手机，很多小孩子都有手机，几乎每个人都可以随时随地拨打和接听电话，说明手机广受欢迎。 25. What does the underlined word "concede" in paragraph 3 mean A. Admit. B. Argue. C. Remember. D. Remark. A. 词义猜测题，考查考生在具体语境中推测词义的能力。根据第三段的“Of those Australians who still have a landline, a third concede that it‘s not really necessary and they’re keeping it as a security blanket…”及上下文可知，在仍使用固定电话的澳大利亚人中，三分之一的人只是将其作为一种安全保障。由此可推测出他们承认没有必要使用固定电话。因此concede是“承认”的意思。 26. What can we say about Baby Boomers A. They like smartphone games. B. They enjoy guessing callers’ identity. C. They keep using landline phones. D. They are attached to their family. C. 推理判断题，考查考生理解文中细节信息并作出简单推理的能力。根据文章第四段第二句“…compared to 84 percent of Baby B ... ...
