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I used to be part of the group of “no phone calls allowed”，but now I'm used to turning on my phone's ring. Some of my friends usually call me at night. Then come anywhere from 20 minutes to two hours of conversations that include everything from pop culture and our days at work to our friends. It's like being transported back to high school in the 1990s，where you would call your classmates secretly at night. When it's finally time to end these conversations，with a silly smile on my face，I'm ready to sleep.
Why do these feelings come with a phone call，but not with a night of texting or messaging? It might be because in our culture of busyness，someone taking time out to have a needless phone conversation means they're saying “You matter to me”. Neuroscientist Dr Lila Landowski says，“When we talk to people we care about—whether in person or over the phone—our brain(脑)produces oxytocin. Oxytocin is responsible for(对……负责)that feeling of being close to someone. And it also makes us feel better by cutting down the levels of stress hormones(应激激素)in our body. Text messaging doesn't seem to have similar influences(影响).”
But people born after 1988 seldom answer their phones. Growing up with mobile phones and messaging，they believe a phone call means less time to think about how to reply，more possibility of hurting another person，and of course more awkward silence.
Yet it would seem that those who avoid the phone call are missing out. Professor Barbara Keys says research has shown that phone calls make people feel wanted，needed，included and involved. That's certainly the case for me. I no longer see a night at home as a boring time to be filled with a TV show I'm only half-interested in. Tonight，a phone call means I'll find something new about someone I care about，and laugh at least three times.
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A. He calls others only when needed.
B. He misses his high school classmates.
C. He enjoys the phone calls from his friends.
D. He finds it hard to sleep when he feels excited.
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A. It checks text information.
B. It grows stress hormone levels.
C. It makes us feel close to others.
D. It helps us show ourselves clearly.
(
A. Young people seldom miss others' calls.
B. Young people like making friends online better.
C. Young people spend most time on mobile phones.
D. Young people dislike answering phone calls these days.
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A. Before You Pick up Your Phone，Think Twice
B. If You Avoid Phone Calls，You're Missing Out
C. How Communications Have Changed Over Time
D. What Happens in Our Brain When We Call Others
I used to be part of the group of “no phone calls allowed”，but now I'm used to turning on my phone's ring. Some of my friends usually call me at night. Then come anywhere from 20 minutes to two hours of conversations that include everything from pop culture and our days at work to our friends. It's like being transported back to high school in the 1990s，where you would call your classmates secretly at night. When it's finally time to end these conversations，with a silly smile on my face，I'm ready to sleep.
Why do these feelings come with a phone call，but not with a night of texting or messaging? It might be because in our culture of busyness，someone taking time out to have a needless phone conversation means they're saying “You matter to me”. Neuroscientist Dr Lila Landowski says，“When we talk to people we care about—whether in person or over the phone—our brain(脑)produces oxytocin. Oxytocin is responsible for(对……负责)that feeling of being close to someone. And it also makes us feel better by cutting down the levels of stress hormones(应激激素)in our body. Text messaging doesn't seem to have similar influences(影响).”
But people born after 1988 seldom answer their phones. Growing up with mobile phones and messaging，they believe a phone call means less time to think about how to reply，more possibility of hurting another person，and of course more awkward silence.
Yet it would seem that those who avoid the phone call are missing out. Professor Barbara Keys says research has shown that phone calls make people feel wanted，needed，included and involved. That's certainly the case for me. I no longer see a night at home as a boring time to be filled with a TV show I'm only half-interested in. Tonight，a phone call means I'll find something new about someone I care about，and laugh at least three times.
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C
)42. What do we know about the writer in Paragraph 1?A. He calls others only when needed.
B. He misses his high school classmates.
C. He enjoys the phone calls from his friends.
D. He finds it hard to sleep when he feels excited.
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C
)43. How does oxytocin influence people?A. It checks text information.
B. It grows stress hormone levels.
C. It makes us feel close to others.
D. It helps us show ourselves clearly.
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D
)44. Which would the writer agree with according to Paragraph 3?A. Young people seldom miss others' calls.
B. Young people like making friends online better.
C. Young people spend most time on mobile phones.
D. Young people dislike answering phone calls these days.
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C
)45. What's the best title for the passage?A. Before You Pick up Your Phone，Think Twice
B. If You Avoid Phone Calls，You're Missing Out
C. How Communications Have Changed Over Time
D. What Happens in Our Brain When We Call Others
答案
【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文，探讨了电话交流相较于文字信息交流的独特价值和情感连接。
42. C 推理判断题。根据第一段“I used to be part of the group of ‘no phone calls allowed’, but now I'm used to turning on my phone's ring.”和“When it's finally time to end these conversations, with a silly smile on my face, I'm ready to sleep.”可知作者曾经反对电话打扰，但如今喜欢和朋友电话交流。故选 C。
43. C 细节理解题。根据第二段“Oxytocin is responsible for that feeling of being close to someone. And it also makes us feel better by cutting down the levels of stress hormones in our body.”可知催产素负责产生与某人亲近的感觉，还通过降低体内的应激激素水平使人们感觉更好。故选 C。
44. D 推理判断题。根据第三段“But people born after 1988 seldom answer their phones... more possibility of hurting another person, and of course more awkward silence.”可知 1988 年以后出生的人很少接电话，他们认为接电话意味着思考如何回复的时间更少，伤害他人的可能性更大，当然也意味着更尴尬的沉默，由此可推知作者认同现在的年轻人不喜欢接电话。故选 D。
45. C 标题归纳题。本文主要介绍了作者从曾经反对电话打扰到如今习惯并享受与朋友的电话交流的转变，探讨了电话交流相较于文字信息交流的独特价值和情感连接，以及年轻一代对电话交流的回避态度可能带来的遗憾。C 项作为标题最合适。故选 C。
42. C 推理判断题。根据第一段“I used to be part of the group of ‘no phone calls allowed’, but now I'm used to turning on my phone's ring.”和“When it's finally time to end these conversations, with a silly smile on my face, I'm ready to sleep.”可知作者曾经反对电话打扰，但如今喜欢和朋友电话交流。故选 C。
43. C 细节理解题。根据第二段“Oxytocin is responsible for that feeling of being close to someone. And it also makes us feel better by cutting down the levels of stress hormones in our body.”可知催产素负责产生与某人亲近的感觉，还通过降低体内的应激激素水平使人们感觉更好。故选 C。
44. D 推理判断题。根据第三段“But people born after 1988 seldom answer their phones... more possibility of hurting another person, and of course more awkward silence.”可知 1988 年以后出生的人很少接电话，他们认为接电话意味着思考如何回复的时间更少，伤害他人的可能性更大，当然也意味着更尴尬的沉默，由此可推知作者认同现在的年轻人不喜欢接电话。故选 D。
45. C 标题归纳题。本文主要介绍了作者从曾经反对电话打扰到如今习惯并享受与朋友的电话交流的转变，探讨了电话交流相较于文字信息交流的独特价值和情感连接，以及年轻一代对电话交流的回避态度可能带来的遗憾。C 项作为标题最合适。故选 C。
解析
【分析】
拿到这篇阅读理解后，我们可以按照题干提示的范围逐个定位原文解题：1. 第42题明确限定信息范围是第一段，先通读第一段提取作者的行为、情绪相关描述，逐一比对四个选项，排除和原文不符的错误选项即可得到答案。2. 第43题是细节题，以题干关键词oxytocin为线索，直接定位到第二段介绍催产素的段落，找到原文对应的作用描述匹配选项。3. 第44题限定范围是第三段，先梳理第三段的核心内容：1988年后出生的群体对接电话的抵触态度，再比对选项，排除无中生有的表述。4. 第45题是最佳标题题，需要梳理全文完整脉络，选出能覆盖所有段落核心的标题，避开只对应局部内容的干扰项。
【解析】
42. 根据第一段内容，作者过去属于“不接电话”的群体，现在习惯打开手机铃声，和朋友打完电话后带着笑意准备入睡，能明确看出作者很享受朋友打来的电话。A选项“他只在有需要的时候给别人打电话”原文未提及；B选项“他想念高中同学”错误，原文只是说深夜通话的感觉像回到90年代高中偷偷给同学打电话的时光，并没有提到想念高中同学；D选项“他兴奋的时候很难入睡”和原文“带着笑意准备入睡”的表述矛盾，因此选C。
43. 根据第二段原文“Oxytocin is responsible for that feeling of being close to someone. And it also makes us feel better by cutting down the levels of stress hormones in our body”，可知催产素会让我们产生和他人亲近的感觉，还会降低体内应激激素水平。A选项“它检查文本信息”无中生有；B选项“它提升应激激素水平”和原文表述相反；D选项“它帮助我们清晰展示自己”原文未提及，因此选C。
44. 根据第三段开头“But people born after 1988 seldom answer their phones”，以及后文提到的这部分人认为接电话会缺少思考回复的时间、更容易伤人、出现尴尬沉默，能推知现在的年轻人不喜欢接电话。A选项“年轻人很少错过别人的电话”和原文“很少接电话”矛盾；B选项“年轻人更喜欢线上交友”、C选项“年轻人大部分时间都花在手机上”均属于原文没有提到的内容，因此选D。
45. 全文依次介绍了作者自身对电话交流态度的转变、电话交流相比短信的独特情感价值、年轻一代对电话交流的回避态度，整体围绕不同阶段人们的通讯交流习惯的变化展开。A选项“拿起手机之前三思”完全偏离文章核心；B选项“如果你回避电话，你就错过了很多”只对应最后一段的局部内容，无法覆盖全文；D选项“我们打电话时大脑里发生了什么”只对应第二段的局部内容，过于片面。只有C选项“通讯是如何随时间变化的”能够完整覆盖全文核心内容，因此选C。
【答案】
42.C 43.C 44.D 45.C
【知识点】
细节信息定位，推理判断，主旨归纳
【点评】
本篇阅读话题贴近当代人的日常交流场景，考点覆盖了中小学英语阅读最常见的三类题型，学生解题时要注意严格依托原文内容判断选项，不要把自己的主观想法当成原文表述，尤其是主旨类题目要注意排除只对应局部段落的干扰项，选出能覆盖全文核心的标题。
【难度系数】
0.7
拿到这篇阅读理解后，我们可以按照题干提示的范围逐个定位原文解题：1. 第42题明确限定信息范围是第一段，先通读第一段提取作者的行为、情绪相关描述，逐一比对四个选项，排除和原文不符的错误选项即可得到答案。2. 第43题是细节题，以题干关键词oxytocin为线索，直接定位到第二段介绍催产素的段落，找到原文对应的作用描述匹配选项。3. 第44题限定范围是第三段，先梳理第三段的核心内容：1988年后出生的群体对接电话的抵触态度，再比对选项，排除无中生有的表述。4. 第45题是最佳标题题，需要梳理全文完整脉络，选出能覆盖所有段落核心的标题，避开只对应局部内容的干扰项。
【解析】
42. 根据第一段内容，作者过去属于“不接电话”的群体，现在习惯打开手机铃声，和朋友打完电话后带着笑意准备入睡，能明确看出作者很享受朋友打来的电话。A选项“他只在有需要的时候给别人打电话”原文未提及；B选项“他想念高中同学”错误，原文只是说深夜通话的感觉像回到90年代高中偷偷给同学打电话的时光，并没有提到想念高中同学；D选项“他兴奋的时候很难入睡”和原文“带着笑意准备入睡”的表述矛盾，因此选C。
43. 根据第二段原文“Oxytocin is responsible for that feeling of being close to someone. And it also makes us feel better by cutting down the levels of stress hormones in our body”，可知催产素会让我们产生和他人亲近的感觉，还会降低体内应激激素水平。A选项“它检查文本信息”无中生有；B选项“它提升应激激素水平”和原文表述相反；D选项“它帮助我们清晰展示自己”原文未提及，因此选C。
44. 根据第三段开头“But people born after 1988 seldom answer their phones”，以及后文提到的这部分人认为接电话会缺少思考回复的时间、更容易伤人、出现尴尬沉默，能推知现在的年轻人不喜欢接电话。A选项“年轻人很少错过别人的电话”和原文“很少接电话”矛盾；B选项“年轻人更喜欢线上交友”、C选项“年轻人大部分时间都花在手机上”均属于原文没有提到的内容，因此选D。
45. 全文依次介绍了作者自身对电话交流态度的转变、电话交流相比短信的独特情感价值、年轻一代对电话交流的回避态度，整体围绕不同阶段人们的通讯交流习惯的变化展开。A选项“拿起手机之前三思”完全偏离文章核心；B选项“如果你回避电话，你就错过了很多”只对应最后一段的局部内容，无法覆盖全文；D选项“我们打电话时大脑里发生了什么”只对应第二段的局部内容，过于片面。只有C选项“通讯是如何随时间变化的”能够完整覆盖全文核心内容，因此选C。
【答案】
42.C 43.C 44.D 45.C
【知识点】
细节信息定位，推理判断，主旨归纳
【点评】
本篇阅读话题贴近当代人的日常交流场景，考点覆盖了中小学英语阅读最常见的三类题型，学生解题时要注意严格依托原文内容判断选项，不要把自己的主观想法当成原文表述，尤其是主旨类题目要注意排除只对应局部段落的干扰项，选出能覆盖全文核心的标题。
【难度系数】
0.7
