D) You dont understand why a foreigner shrugs 24. How would a person who stays abroad most probably react when he or she is frustrated by the A)He is most likely to refuse to absorb the strange environment at first B)He is ready to accept the change and adapt himself to the new environment. C)He or she is most likely to take a trip home when frustrated by the strange environment D) He or she may begin to hate the people or things around him or her. 25. This passage is most likely taken froi A)a news report B)a grammar book C)a book on medicine and psychology D) an essay on human customs Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in communications technology is a step back from the closeness of human interaction. With e-mail and instant messaging over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another With voice mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine As almost every imaginable contact between human beings becomes automatic by machine, the alienation quotient goes up. You can't even call a person to get the phone number of another person anywhere. Directory assistance is almost always fully automatic by machine. Pumping gas at the station? Why say good-morning to the worker when you can swipe(i-F)your credit card at the pump and save yourself the bother of human contact? Placing money at the bank? Why talk to a clerk who might live in the neighborhood when you can just put your credit card into the ATM? Pretty soon you wont have the hard task of making eye contact at the grocery store. Some grocery chains are using a self-scanner so you can check yourself out, avoiding those annoying clerks who look at you and ask how you are doing 6. The writers attitude towards advances in communications technology may be described as A)critical C) positive D)uninterested 27. If his mom has a question, he A)will find ways to reach her B) will locate her e-mail address6 D) You don’t understand why a foreigner shrugs. 24. How would a person who stays abroad most probably react when he or she is frustrated by the culture shock according to the passage? A) He is most likely to refuse to absorb the strange environment at first. B) He is ready to accept the change and adapt himself to the new environment. C) He or she is most likely to take a trip home when frustrated by the strange environment. D) He or she may begin to hate the people or things around him or her. 25. This passage is most likely taken from ______. A) a news report B) a grammar book C) a book on medicine and psychology D) an essay on human customs Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in communications technology is a step back from the closeness of human interaction. With e-mail and instant messaging over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. With voice mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine. As almost every imaginable contact between human beings becomes automatic by machine, the alienation quotient goes up. You can’t even call a person to get the phone number of another person anywhere. Directory assistance is almost always fully automatic by machine. Pumping gas at the station? Why say good-morning to the worker when you can swipe (刷卡) your credit card at the pump and save yourself the bother of human contact? Placing money at the bank? Why talk to a clerk who might live in the neighborhood when you can just put your credit card into the ATM? Pretty soon you won’t have the hard task of making eye contact at the grocery store. Some grocery chains are using a self-scanner so you can check yourself out, avoiding those annoying clerks who look at you and ask how you are doing. 26. The writer’s attitude towards advances in communications technology may be described as ________. A) critical B) unconcerned C) positive D) uninterested 27. If his mom has a question, he _________. A) will find ways to reach her B) will locate her e-mail address