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Being able to multitask is hailed by most people as a welcome skill, but not according to a recent study which claims that young
Being able to multitask is hailed by most people as a welcome skill, but not according to a recent study which claims that young
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2012-02-29
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Being able to multitask is hailed by most people as a welcome skill, but not according to a recent study which claims that young people between the ages of eight and eighteen of the so-called Generation M are spending a considerable amount of their time in fruitless efforts as they multitask. It argues that, in fact, these young people are frittering (浪费) away as much as half of their time as they would if they performed the very same tasks one after the other.
Some young people are using an ever larger number of electronic devices as they study. At the same time they are working, young adults are also surfing on the Internet, or sending out emails to their friends, and/or answering the telephone and listening to music on their iPods. As some new device comes along, it is also added to the list rather than replacing one of the existing devices.
Other research has indicated that this multitasking is even affecting the way families themselves function as young people are too wrapped up in their own isolated worlds to interact with the other people around them. They can no longer greet family members when they enter the house nor can they eat at the family table.
All this electronic wizardry (魔力) is supposedly also seriously affecting young people’s performance at university and in the workplace. When asked about their opinions of the impact of modern gadgets (小装置) on their performance of tasks, the great majority of young people gave a favorable response.
The response from the academic and business worlds was not quite as positive. The former feel that multitasking with electronic gadgets by children affects later development of study skills, resulting in a decline in the quality of writing, for example, because of the lack of concentration on task completion. They feel that many undergraduates now urgently need remedial (补救的) help with study skills. Similarly, employers feel that young people entering the workforce need to be taught all over again.
While all this may be true, it must be borne in mind that more and more is expected of young people nowadays; in fact, too much. Praise rather than criticism is due in respect of the way today’s youth are able to cope despite what the older generation throw at them.
What does the author suggest the older generation do in dealing with the multitasking youth?
选项
A、Heighten their expectations on the youth.
B、Try to be supportive and understanding.
C、Encourage the youth to stick to their old habits.
D、Change the way the youth use the gadgets.
答案
B
解析
根据题干中的older generation将本题出处定位到末段。该段提到,即使以上都是现实情况,我们也必须记住,今天的年轻人被寄予越来越高的期望;实际上,这种期望实在是太高了。他们能够应对老一辈对他们的任何要求,对此我们更应该赞许而非批评。由作者对他们的做法持肯定态度可推断出,作者认为老一辈应该给予他们更多的支持和理解,故答案为[B]。文中提到作者认为年轻人被寄予的期望实在是太高了,那就肯定不会再建议Raise their expectations(提高期望),故排除[A]。[C]在文中未提及。[D]是对年轻人行为的否定,与作者观点不符,故排除。
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