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? (1)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. (2)What does the underlined word "concede" in paragraph 3 mean? A.Admit. B.Argue. C.Remember. D.Remark. (3)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. (4)What can be inferred about the landline from the last paragraph? A.It remains a family necessity. B.It will fall out of use some day. C.It may increase daily expenses. D.It is as important as the gas light.
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?
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.
What does the underlined word "concede" in paragraph 3 mean?
- A.Admit.
- B.Argue.
- C.Remember.
- D.Remark.
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.
What can be inferred about the landline from the last paragraph?
- A.It remains a family necessity.
- B.It will fall out of use some day.
- C.It may increase daily expenses.
- D.It is as important as the gas light.
题目解答
答案
- (1)B
- (2)A
- (3)C
- (4)B
解析
段落2主要描述了移动电话在澳大利亚的普及程度，几乎每个人都有移动电话，甚至很多年轻的孩子也拥有手机。这表明移动电话在澳大利亚的广泛流行。
步骤 2：理解“concede”的含义
“concede”在段落3中表示承认，即那些仍然拥有座机的人中有三分之一承认座机并不真正必要，他们只是把它当作一种安全措施。
步骤 3：理解关于Baby Boomers的信息
Baby Boomers（婴儿潮一代）指的是在1946年至1964年间出生的人，他们中84%的人仍然使用座机，这表明他们倾向于继续使用座机。
步骤 4：理解关于座机的推断
最后一段提到座机可能会像煤气街灯和早晨的牛奶配送一样消失，这表明座机最终可能会被淘汰。