首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
(1) For anyone who doubts that the texting revolution is upon us, consider this: The average 13- to 17-year-old sends and receiv
(1) For anyone who doubts that the texting revolution is upon us, consider this: The average 13- to 17-year-old sends and receiv
admin
2022-02-01
37
问题
(1) For anyone who doubts that the texting revolution is upon us, consider this: The average 13- to 17-year-old sends and receives 3,339 texts a month—more than 100 per day, according to the Nielsen Co., the media research firm. Adults are catching up. People from ages 45 to 54 sent and received 323 texts a month in the second quarter of 2010, up 75% from a year ago, Nielsen says.
(2) Behind the texting explosion is a fundamental shift in how we view our mobile devices. That they are phones is increasingly beside the point.
(3) Part of what’s driving the texting surge among adults is the popularity of social media. Sites like Twitter, with postings of no more than 140 characters, are creating and reinforcing the habit of communicating in micro-bursts.
(4) Economics has much to do with texting’s popularity. Text messages cost carriers less than traditional mobile voice transmissions, and so they cost users less. Sprint Nextel has reconceived its Virgin Mobile brand to cater to heavy texters in a difficult economy. For $25 per month, users get unlimited texting, email, social networking and 300 talk minutes; for another $15, they get an additional 900 talk minutes. The name of the brand’s new wireless plan: "Beyond Talk."
(5) Texting’s rise over conversation is changing the way we interact, social scientists and researchers say. We are now inclined to text to relay difficult information. We stare at our phone when we want to avoid eye contact. Rather than make plans in advance, we engage in what researchers have named "micro-coordination" - "I’ll txt u in 10 mins when I know wh/restrnt."
(6) Texting saves us time, but it steals from quiet reflection. "When people have a mobile device and have even a little extra time, they will communicate with someone in their life," says Lee Rainie. Director of the Pew Internet and American Life Project
(7) And the phone conversation will never be completely out. Deal makers and other professionals still spend much of the day on the phone. Researchers say people are more likely to use text-based communication at the preliminary stages of projects. The phone comes into play when there are multiple options to consider or important decisions to be made.
According to the context, which of the following is closest in meaning to "beside the point"?
选项
A、Unimportant.
B、Unacknowledged.
C、Underestimated.
D、Undeniable.
答案
A
解析
词汇和指代题。第二段提到:Behind the texting explosion is a fundamental shift in how we view our mobile devices. That they are phones is increasingly beside the point. 即在短信爆炸的背后是我们对手机看法的根本性转变,手机作为通话工具的作用越发变得无关紧要。故选A。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/XqtK777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
A.patrollingB.permissionC.accusationD.insufficientE.nightmareF.wanderingG.blamedH.permitI.considerableJ.i
In1972,acenturyafterthefirstnationalparkintheUnitedStateswasestablishedatYellowstone,legislationwaspassedto
Itisnaturalforyoungpeopletobecriticaloftheirparentsattimesandtoblamethemformostofthemisunderstandingsbetw
Itisnaturalforyoungpeopletobecriticaloftheirparentsattimesandtoblamethemformostofthemisunderstandingsbetw
Researchershaveestablishedthatwhenpeoplearementallyengaged,biochemicalchangesoccurinthebrainthatallowittoact
Storiespeoplehavewithreadingarenotnew,butthetrendisworsening.Recently,arecordhasshownthat10percentofthefr
Theyarediscussingthingsandpersons______occupyanimportantpositionintheirlife.
A.accuracyB.credibleC.decadeD.deceptiveE.entirelyF.fedG.fundamentalH.increasinglyI.multipleJ.partlyK.
A、Itisaneight-monthintensivecourse.B、Itisatwelve-weekcrashcourse.C、Itisanupperintermediatecourse.D、Itisgiven
OnethirdoftheChineseintheUnitedStatesliveinCalifornia,_______intheSanFranciscoarea.
随机试题
患者失眠多梦,惊悸怔忡,心烦神乱,舌红,脉细数。治宜
行政机关及工作人员的职能范围、权限大小与关系都要有法律规范的明确授予与规定,这是()
若y=ksin2x的一个原函数是(2/3)cos2x,则k=
男性,50岁,饮酒后出现中上腹部程序性疼痛12h,呕吐两次。体温37.7℃,上腹部偏左压痛。如诊断轻型胰腺炎,哪一项治疗是不适当的
腺瘤的特点有
设备采购及储运费是指( )所发生的。
进度偏差对施工成本偏差分析的结果有重要影响,下列关于进度偏差说法正确的是()。
编制国际收支平衡表的基本原则是()。
某水池有浮游动物和藻类两个种群,其种群密度随时间变化的趋势如图,若向水池中投放大量专食浮游动物的某种鱼(丙),一段时期后,该水池甲、乙、丙三个种群中仅剩一个种群。下列关于该水池中上述三个种群关系及变化的叙述,正确的是()。
下边这两套图形具有某种相似性,也存在某种差异。请从所给的四个选项中,选出取代问号的一个,使得两套图表现出最大的相似性,并使得第二套图也表现出自己的特征()
最新回复
(
0
)