【正文】 Inter world. Instead, he asks you to “take a more ecological view of your relationships with technologies. Modern devices or media may be making specific tasks easier or faster but at the same time ma king your work and life harder.” The Distraction Addiction is particularly fascinating on how technologies have changed certain fields of labor—often for the worse. For architects, puteraided design has bee essential but in some ways has cheapened the design process. As one architect puts it, “Architecture is first and foremost about thinking...and drawing is a more productive way of thinking” than puteraided design. Somewhat less amusing are Pang’s solutions for kicking the Inter habit. He remends the usual behaviorcontrolling approaches, familiar to anyone who has pleted a quitsmoking program. Keep logs to study your online profile and decide what you can knock out, download a program like Freedom that locks you out of your browser, or take a “digital Sabbath ( 安 息 日 )”: “Unless you’re a reporter or emergencydepartment doctor, you39。 第 Ⅰ 卷 第 一 部分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分 40分） 第一節(jié) 閱讀理解 （共 15 小題：每小題 2 分，滿分 30 分） 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（ A、 B、 C 和 D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。不按以上要求作答的答案無效。 2．選擇題每小題選出答案后，用 2B 鉛筆把答題卡上對應題目的答案標號涂黑；如需改動，用橡皮擦干凈后，再選涂其它答案；不能答在試卷上。 20202020 學年度第 二 學期 高二級英語科期 末 考試 試卷 本試卷分選擇題和非選擇題兩部分，共 14頁，滿分 140 分，考試用時 120 分鐘。 注意事項： 1．答題前，考生務必用黑色字跡的鋼筆或簽字筆將自己的姓名、考號、座位號等相關信息填寫在答題卡指定區(qū)域內(nèi)。 3．非選擇題必須用黑色字跡的鋼筆或簽字筆作答，答案必須寫在答題卡各題目指定區(qū)域內(nèi)的相應位置上；如需改動，先劃掉原來的答案，然后再寫上新的答案；不準使用鉛筆和涂改液。 4．考生必須保持答題卡的整潔。 （ A） Experience the newly opened Grand Canyon (大峽谷 ) West Skywalk in Colorado. Departing from Grand Canyon’s South Rim by Airplane to Grand Canyon’s West Rim, you will land and take a ground tour to the Skywalk! Walk on air for 70 feet over the edge of Grand Canyon West. This Skywalk has been open since March 28, 2020. Daily visitorship to the Skywalk has been over 4,000 people. Please be patient to enjoy your moment on the Skywalk. After you have experienced the one and only Grand Canyon Skywalk Glass Bridge, you will return to the Grand Canyon West Airport and take your Airplane for a flight back to the South Rim of the Canyon. This is a tour never to be fotten as you will have walked on air over the Grand Canyon. Tour Itinerary (行程 ) Tour Duration Hours The Grand Canyon Adventure Skywalk Flight from Grand Canyon South Rim to Grand Canyon West 1 Hour Experience a bird’seye view of the Grand Canyon as you make your way to Grand Canyon West. Light Lunch at Guano Point at Grand Canyon West 2 Hours You’ll be taken by bus to Guano Point with breathtaking views of the western part of the Grand Canyon where the Calorado River makes its way into Lake Mood. Every table for lunch has a view. Walk on the World Famous Skywalk Hours Finally you’ll board your bus to Eagle Point, home of the Grand Canyon Skywalk. Now it is time for you to walk on air for 70 feet over the Grand Canyon. Flight Back to Grand Canyon South Rim Hours After time on the Skywalk, you’ll return to the Grand Canyon West Airport and return to Grand Canyon South Rim in time for dinner and sunset. 1. This advertisement is for __________. A. Grand Canyon West B. Grand Canyon South C. Grand Canyon D. the Skywalk 2. The package fee does NOT cover the cost of _______. 3. According to the Tour Itinerary, the route is ______. A. South Rim→ Guano Point→ West Airport→ Eagle Point→ West Airport→ South Rim B. South Rim→ West Airport→ Guano Point→ Eagle Point→ West Airport→ South Rim C. South Rim→ West Airport→ Eagle Point→ Guano Point→ West Airport→ South Rim D. South Rim→ West Airport→ Eagle Point→ West Airport→ Guano Point→ South Rim （ B） Alex Pang’s amusing new book The Distraction Addiction addresses those of us who feel panic without a cellphone or puter. And that, he claims, is pretty much all of us. When we’re not online, where we spend four months annually, we’re engaged in the stressful work of trying to get online. The Distraction Addiction is not framed as a selfhelp book. It’s a thoughtful examination of of how technological advances change consciousness. A “professional futurist”, Pang urges an approach which he calls “contemplative (沉思的 ) puting.” He asks that you pay full attention to “how your mind and body interact with puters and how your attention and creativity are influenced by technology.” Pang’s first job is to free you from the mon misconception that doing two things at once allows you to get more done. What is monly called multitasking is, in fact, switchtasking, and its harmful effects on productivity are well documented. Pang doesn39。ll discover that your world doesn’t fall apart when you go offline.” 4. Alex Pang’s new book is aimed for readers who ______. A. find their work online too stressful B. go online mainly for entertainment C. are fearful about using the cellphone or puter D. can hardly tear themselves away from the Inter 5. What does Alex Pang try to do in his new book? A. Offer advice on how to use the Inter effectively. B. Warn people of the possible dangers of Inter use. C. Predict the trend of future technological development. D. Examine the influence of technology on the human mind. 6. What is the mon view on multitasking? A. It enables people to work more efficiently. B. It is in a way quite similar to switchtasking. C. It makes people’s work and life even ha