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  3. [A] There are a number of explanations for our boredom. This, in fact, is part of the problem—we are overstimulated. The more e

[A] There are a number of explanations for our boredom. This, in fact, is part of the problem—we are overstimulated. The more e

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问题     [A]  There are a number of explanations for our boredom. This, in fact, is part of the problem—we are overstimulated. The more entertained we are, the more entertainment we need in order to feel satisfied. The more we fill our world with fast-moving, high-intensity, ever-changing stimulation, the more we get used to that and the less tolerant we become of lower levels. Thus slower-paced activities, such as reading reports, sitting in meetings, attending lectures or studying for exams, bore us because we are accustomed to faster-paced amusements.
    [B]   Our increasing reliance on screentime is also to blame. Although we seem to live in a varied and exciting world with a wealth of entertainment at our fingertips, this is actually the problem. Many of these amusements are obtained in remarkably similar ways—via our fingers. We spend much of our work life now tapping away at our keyboard. We then look for stimulation (watching movies, reading books, catching the news, interacting with friends) via the Internet or our phone, which means more tapping. On average we spend six to seven hours in front of our phone, tablet, computer and TV screens every day.
    [C]   Does any of this matter? Research suggests that chronic boredom is responsible for a profusion of negative outcomes such as overeating, gambling, truancy, antisocial behaviour, drug use, accidents, risk taking and much more. We need less, not more, stimulation and novelty. It seems paradoxical, but feeling bored in the short term will make us less bored in the long term.
    [D]  Our attention spans are now thought to be less than that of a goldfish (eight seconds). We are hardwired to seek novelty, which produces a hit of dopamine, that feel-good chemical, in our brains. As soon as a new stimulus is noticed, however, it is no longer new, and after a while it bores us. To get that same pleasurable dopamine hit we seek fresh sources of distraction.
    [E]   All these are simply becoming boring. Instead of performing varied activities that engage different neural systems (sport, knitting, painting, cooking, etc) to relieve our tedium, we fall back on the same screen-tapping schema for much of our day. The irony is that while our mobile devices should allow us to fill every moment, our means of obtaining that entertainment has become so repetitive and routine that it’s a source of boredom in itself.
    [F]   It amazes me when people proclaim that they are bored. Actually, it amazes me that I am ever bored, or that any of us are. With so much to occupy us these days, boredom should be a relic of a bygone age—an age devoid of the Internet, Social media, multi-channel TV, 24-hour shopping, multiplex cinemas, game consoles, texting and whatever other myriad possibilities are available these days to entertain us.
    [G]  Yet despite the plethora of high-intensity entertainment constantly at our disposal, we are still bored. Up to half of us are "often bored" at home or at school, while more than two thirds of us are chronically bored at work. We are bored by paperwork, by the commute and by dull meetings. TV Is boring, as is Facebook and other social media. We spend our weekends at dull parties, watching tedious films or listening to our spouses drone on about their day. Our kids are bored—bored of school, of homework and even of school holidays.
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答案F
解析 本题可用排除法。首先，D、G位置已给出，不必考虑。A一来便说有很多原因可以解释我们为什么感到无聊，然后集中分析其中之一：感官被过度刺激(we are overstimulated)。A属于文章开始进入原因分析的段落，按照“提出问题(指出现象)——分析问题(说明原因)——解决问题”的行文模式，可知A之前应该会先讲述“我们感到无聊”(our boredom)的现象，故A不可能为首段。B首句的also说明本段谈论的是我们感到无聊的另一个原因，前文应已淡及其他原因，故排除B。C和E的首句分别含指示代词this和these，说明这两个段落前面应该有其他段落谈及这两个指示代词所指的对象，故C、E均可排除。F末尾说到，在充斥着各种娱乐活动的今天，人们理应不会感到无聊，G的前半句紧接着对F的话尾，指出尽管我们有着各种丰富的娱乐活动，但依然感到无聊，其中the plethora of high-intensity entertainment即指代F末句罗列的娱乐项目。F符合开篇段落的特征，且与下一段的语义衔接紧密，故为答案。
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