2018届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解推理判断题专练三观点态度类

阅读理解推理判断题专练(三) 观点态度类

A

(2017·河南、河北七所名校联考)

When it comes to writing work emails, there are many rules to follow. In the past, people always wanted to come across as someone who's calm and professional, which workplace manners experts say means they wanted to hold back their love for emoticons (表情符号) while on the job.

But language is always changing, and a recent national survey in the US found that 76 percent of Americans said that they had used emoticons in digital communication at work. The most popular emoticon is the happy face.

Lindsey Pollak, a US career coach who works with Millennials (千禧一代), has also noticed that emoticons have gone from being inappropriate for the workplace to being accepted. The reason behind this, according to her, is largely due to the changing of people in a particular age group of the workforce. Millennials are now the biggest generation in the American workforce. “A few years ago, emoticons were absolutely seen as very young and very personal，”Pollak said. “Over the past few years... I've seen emoticons become more acceptable. I see them more frequently not just from Millennials but from all generations at the workplace.”

“People tend to use emoticons to just add that little bit of extra change in the tone when there's something awkward or potentially offensive, or when they might take in things in the wrong way，”explains Lauren Collister, a sociolinguist. In life and work, many of us have used emoticons to send positive atmosphere or soften statements.

Pollak, however, warns against being too casual at work. Her advice is to be aware of who the audience is. “Frankly, I wouldn't use a happy face with any CEO in the US. I wouldn't use a happy face with the people of a certain level no matter how commonplace and acceptable it has become，” she said. “You can make or break a relationship with one email these days.”

【解题导语】本文是一篇说明文，向我们介绍了表情符号在工作邮件中的使用越来越流行的原因以及人们对此要注意的方面。

1．What does the author say about past working people?

A．They were calm and professional.

B．They used more serious emoticons.

C．They were not fond of emoticons.

D．They avoided using emoticons at the workplace.

解析：D 考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“they wanted to hold back their love for emoticons (表情符号) while on the job”可知，以前的职员在工作中抑制自己对表情符号的喜爱，即避免使用表情符号。故选D。根据第一段中的“people always wanted to come across as someone who's calm and professional”可排除A项。

2．What can people use emoticons to do at the workplace?

A．Make it personal to communicate.

B．Keep up with the trend of the times.

C．Show a positive attitude to the receiver.

D．Help them share their ideas and feelings.

解析：C 考查推理判断。根据第四段的内容可知，当尴尬或者可能冒犯别人的事情发生时，或者可能误解了某事时，人们往往会使用表情符号来稍微改变一下语气，传达积极的交流氛围或者让表达变得缓和。也就是说，在工作场合，人们可以通过表情符号来向接收者表达自己积极的态度。故选C。

3．What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．Emoticons should be used with caution.

B．There are strict limitations on emoticon using.

C．All the US CEOs are against the use of emoticons.

D．Emoticons can greatly help bring people close.

解析：A 考查推理判断。根据最后一段中的“Pollak, however, warns against being too casual at work”“I wouldn't use a happy face with any CEO in the US. I wouldn't use a happy face with the people of a certain level”“You can make or break a relationship with one email these days”可知，人们在使用表情符号时要谨慎，要分场合分人，不能随意使用表情符号。

4．What's the writer's attitude towards the use of emoticons at work?

A．Subjective. B．Objective.

C．Doubtful. D．Opposing.

解析：B 考查作者态度。纵观全文可知，作者既谈到了表情符号的流行及作用，也谈到了人们在使用表情符号时需要注意的地方。因此作者的态度是客观的，故选B。

B

(2017·河南省第二次统一检测)

Half of primary schools will adopt the traditional Chinese method of maths teaching in a Government drive to stop British youngsters from falling behind their_Asian_counterparts.

Youngsters in the UK are way behind those in China, Singapore and Japan in numeracy (计算能力). In the latest PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) tests for 15­year­olds, Shanghai ca me top in maths while the UK came 26th.

The school will give up “child­centre d” styles and instead return to repetition, drills and “chalk and talk”whole­class learning. Primary school children will be taught“Shanghai maths”as British schools copy Chinese teaching methods to improve standards. So far 140 teachers have been trained in the approach.

Currently, classes are often divided into groups based on ability. Critics blame the British teaching styles that focused on applying maths to real­life situat ions in an effort to make the