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Being able to multitask is hailed by most people as a welcome skill, but not according to a recent study which claims that young
Being able to multitask is hailed by most people as a welcome skill, but not according to a recent study which claims that young
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2012-05-17
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问题
Being able to multitask is hailed by most people as a welcome skill, but not according to a recent study which claims that young people between the ages of eight and eighteen of the so-called Generation M are spending a considerable amount of their time in fruitless efforts as they multitask. It argues that, in fact, these young people are frittering (浪费) away as much as half of their time as they would if they performed the very same tasks one after the other.
Some young people are using an ever larger number of electronic devices as they study. At the same time they are working, young adults are also surfing on the Internet, or sending out emails to their friends, and/or answering the telephone and listening to music on their iPods. As some new device comes along, it is also added to the list rather than replacing one of the existing devices.
Other research has indicated that this multitasking is even affecting the way families themselves function as young people are too wrapped up in their own isolated worlds to interact with the other people around them. They can no longer greet family members when they enter the house nor can they eat at the family table.
All this electronic wizardry (魔力) is supposedly also seriously affecting young people’s performance at university and in the workplace. When asked about their opinions of the impact of modern gadgets (小装置) on their performance of tasks, the great majority of young people gave a favorable response.
The response from the academic and business worlds was not quite as positive. The former feel that multitasking with electronic gadgets by children affects later development of study skills, resulting in a decline in the quality of writing, for example, because of the lack of concentration on task completion. They feel that many undergraduates now urgently need remedial (补救的) help with study skills. Similarly, employers feel that young people entering the workforce need to be taught all over again.
While all this may be true, it must be borne in mind that more and more is expected of young people nowadays; in fact, too much. Praise rather than criticism is due in respect of the way today’s youth are able to cope despite what the older generation throw at them.
A research revealed that multitasking makes the Generation M______.
选项
A、distant to their family
B、selfish and possessive
C、impolite and ungrateful
D、feel lonely and pitiful
答案
A
解析
根据题干中的research和revealed将本题出处定位到第3段。该段提到,另一项调查还显示:现在的年轻人如此沉浸在自己的孤立世界里,以至于他们与周围人越发疏于交流互动,这种“兼顾多项工作”甚至影响了正常的家庭生活。年轻人到家后不再向家人问好,吃饭时也不同家人坐在一起。由此可知,“兼顾多项工作”使“多媒体一代”的年轻人与他们的家人更加疏远,故答案为[A]。[B]在文中没有提及。[C]是针对They can no longer greet family members设的干扰项。文中提到现在的年轻人如此沉浸在自己的isolated worlds(孤立的世界)里,但并未说他们感到lonely(孤单的,寂寞的),故排除[D]。
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