From the context we can figure out that the phrase "pass for" in Para graph 3 means ______
A.pose as
B.be accepted as
C.be equal to
D.act as
A.pose as
B.be accepted as
C.be equal to
D.act as
From the context we may figure out that the word "plagued" (Paragraph 1) means ______.
A.annoyed
B.infected
C.damaged
D.affected
What can we learn from the first three paragraphs?()
A.The emotion do not effect outcomes in the workplace.
B.Feeling good in the workplace should lead to positive outcomes.
C.The differences in work context effects outcomes in workplace.
D.The emotions totally decide the outcomes in the workplace.
Judging from the context, "inept" (Line 2, Para.3) probably means ______.
A.foolishly unsuitable
B.unable to handle job
C.inactive
D.industrious
From the context, the word "disconcerting" (Sentence 1, Para.3) most probably means ______.
A.interesting
B.embarrassing
C.stimulating
D.inspiring
From the context, the word "minute" (Line 4, Para l) is closest in meaning to "second".
A.Y
B.N
C.NG
Judging from the context, this passage is probably written______.
A.in 2004
B.between 2003—2004
C.in 2005
D.between 2004—2005
To obtain this type of data we have spent time with individuals, watching how they communicate where they get confused, what they don't understand and the many mistakes they make. You can do this type of research yourself in an informal way. Just watch someone at the desk next to you trying to use a phone or trying to fill in a form. What you will quickly notice about people on the phone is that they use very few of the buttons available on the keypad, and they get quite anxious if they have to use any buttons outside their normal ones. Most will not use the instruction book, and those that do will not necessarily have a rewarding experience. Watch someone fill out a form--a good meaty one such as an application form. or a tax form--and you will see a similar pattern of distressed behavior.
The simple fact we can all observe from how people use these ordinary instruments of everyday communication is how messy, uncertain and confusing the experience can be. Now multiply these individual close encounters of the communicative kind to take account of the full range you may experience in a single day, from getting up in the morning until you go to bed at night and the world takes on a slightly different appearance.
Even watching television which for many provides an antidote to the daily confusion is itself fraught with a kind of low level confusion. For example, if you ring people up five minutes after the evening news has finished and ask them what the news was about, many cannot remember, and those who do remember get some of it wrong.
One of the reasons why this obvious confusion gone unnoticed is because "communication" is a word we associate with success, and therefore we expect the process to work effectively most of the time. To suggest otherwise is to challenge one of our society's most deeply held beliefs.
How do scientists know many people are uneasy about information technology?
A.By asking people to answer questions orally.
B.By asking people to fill in various question forms.
C.By making people use instruments of everyday communication.
D.By watching people using information technology.
From the context, the word “disconcerting” (Para. 3, Line 2) most probably means ________.
A) misleading
B) embarrassing
C) stimulating
D) upsetting
Recent surveys by dozens of organizations also suggest that up to 40% of the American public is functionally illiterate. That is, our citizens' reading and writing abilities, if they have any, are impaired so seriously as to render them, in that handy jargon of our times, dysfunctional. The reading is taught-- TV teaches people not to read. It renders them incapable of engaging in an activity that now is perceived as strenuous, because it is not a passive hypnotized(着迷的) state. Passive as it is, television has invaded our culture so completely that the medium's effects are evident in every quarter, even the literary world. It shows up in supermarket paperbacks, from Stephen King (who has a certain clever skill) to pulp fiction. These really are forms of verbal TV literature that is so superficial that those who read it can revel in the same sensations they experience when watching television.
Even more importantly, the growing influence of television, Kernan says, has changed people's habits and values and affected their assumptions about the world. The sort of reflective, critical, and value-laden thinking encouraged by books has been rendered obsolete. In this context, we would do well to recall the Cyclops-- the race of giants that, according to Greek myth, predated man.
Quite literally, TV affects the way people think. In Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television, Jerry Mander quotes from the Emery Report, prepared by the Center for Continuing Education at the Australian National University, Canberra, that, when we watch television, "our usual processes of thinking and discernment are semi-functional at best." The study also argues that, "while television appears to have the potential to provide useful information to viewers —and is celebrated for its educational function— the technology of television and the inherent nature of the viewing experience actually inhibit learning as we usually think of it."
The third paragraph implies that ______.
A.reading pulp novels is quite different from watching TV
B.TV influences the writing style. of novel
C.Stephen King uses a clever skill to make his novels quite special
D.TV ruins students' ability to read