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  3. Alex Pang’s amusing new book The Distraction Addiction addresses those of us who feel panic without a cellphone or computer. And

Alex Pang’s amusing new book The Distraction Addiction addresses those of us who feel panic without a cellphone or computer. And

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问题     Alex Pang’s amusing new book The Distraction Addiction addresses those of us who feel panic without a cellphone or computer. 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 self-help book. It’s a thoughtful examination of the dangers of our computing overdose and a historical overview of how technological advances change consciousness. A "professional futurist" , Pang urges an approach which he calls "contemplative (沉思的) computing. " He asks that you pay full attention to " how your mind and body interact with computers and how your attention and creativity are influenced by technology. "
    Pang’s first job is to free you from the common misconception that doing two things at once allows you to get more done. What is commonly called multitasking is, in fact, switch-tasking, and its harmful effects on productivity are well documented. Pang doesn’t advocate returning to a pre-Internet world. Instead, he asks you to " take a more ecological (生态的)view of your relationships with technologies and look for ways devices or media may be making specific tasks easier or faster but at the same time making 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, computer-aided design has become 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 computer-aided design. Somewhat less amusing are Pang’s solutions for kicking the Internet habit. He recommends the usual behavior-modification approaches, familiar to anyone who has completed a quit-smoking 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 emergency-department doctor, you’ll discover that your world doesn’t fall apart when you go offline. "
What does the author think of computer-aided design?
选项 A、It considerably cuts down the cost of building design.
B、It somewhat restrains architects’ productive thinking.
C、It is indispensable in architects’ work process.
D、It can free architects from laborious drawing.
答案B
解析 第四段首先指出，新书在科技如何改变劳动力的特定领域方面格外吸引人，接着举例说明这一观点。彭认为电脑辅助设计对建筑师来说是非常重要的，但在某种程度上使用电脑辅助贬低了设计过程。作者引用一位建筑师的话对此做出解释：“建筑学首要的是思考，与电脑辅助设计相比，绘图是更有成效的思维方式”，也就是说建筑师在绘图的过程中更能发挥想象力去思考，而电脑辅助设计则限制了创造性思维，故答案为B。
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