Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and mark A，B，C or D onANSWER SHEET.(10 points)
Though not biologically related, friends are as “related” as fourth cousins,sharing about 1% of genes. That is 1 a study, published from the Universityof California and Yale University in the Proceedings of the NationalAcademy Sciences, has 2 . The study is a genome-wide analysis conducted 3 1,932 unique subjectswhich 4 pairs of unrelated friends and unrelated strangers. The same people were used in both 5 . While 1% may seem 6 , it is not so to a geneticist. As James Fowler,professor of medical genetics at UC San Diego, says, “most people do noteven 7 their fourth cousins but somehow manage to select as friends the 8 our kin.”
The study 9 found that the genes for small were something shared infriends but not genes for immunity. Why this similarity exists in smell genesis difficult to explain, for now, 10 , as the team suggests, it draws us tosimilar environments but there is more 11 it. There could be manymechanisms working together that 12 us in choosing genetically similar friends 13 “functional Kinship” of being friends with 14 !One of the remarkable findings of the study was the similar genes to beevolution 15 than other genes. Studying this could help 16 why humanevolution picked pace in the last 30,000 years, with social environment beinga major 17 factor.The findings do not simply explain people’s 18 to be friend those ofsimilar 19 backgrounds, say the researchers. Though all the subjects weredrawn from a population of European extraction, care taken to 20 that allsubjects, friends and strangers, were taken from the same population.
1、 [A]what [B]why [C]how [D]when
2、 [A]defended [B]concluded [C]withdrawn [D] advised3、 [A]for [B]with [C]by [D]on
4、 [A]separated [B]sought [C]compared [D] connected 5 、[A]tests [B] objects [C]samples [D]examples
6、 [A]Insignificant [B]unexpected [C] unreliable [D]incredible7、 [A]visit [B]miss [C] know [D] seek
8、 [A]surpass [B] influence [C] favor [D]resemble
9、 [A]again [B] also [C]instead [D]thus
10、[A] Meanwhile [ B]Furthermore [C] Likewise [D]Perhaps11、[A] about [ B] to [C] from [D]like12、[A] limit [ B] observe [C] confuse [D]drive
13、[A] according to [ B] rather than [C] regardless of [D]along with14、[A]chances [ B]responses [C]benefits [D]missions15、[A] faster [ B]slower [C] later [D]earlier
16、[A] forecast [ B] remember [C] express [D]disruptive
17、[A] unpredictable [ B] contributory [C] controllable [D]disruptive18、[A] tendency [ B] decision [C]arrangement [D]endeavor19、[A] political [ B]religious [C] ethnic [D]economic20、[A] see [ B]show [C] prove [D]tell
Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension
Part A
Directions：
Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text bychoosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40points)
Text 1
King Juan Carlos of Spain once insisted “kings don’t abdicate, they darein their sleep.” But embarrassing scandals and the popularity of therepublican left in the recent Euro-elections have forced him to eat his wordsand stand down. So, dies the Spanish crisis suggest that monarchy is seeingits last days? Does that mean the writing is on the wall for all Europeanroyals, with their magnificent uniforms and majestic lifestyle?
The Spanish case provides arguments both for and against monarchy.When public opinion is particularly polarized, as it was following the end ofthe Franco regime, monarchs can rise above “mere” politics and “embody” a
spirit of national unity.
It is this apparent transcendence of politics that explains monarchs’continuing popularity polarized. And so, the Middle East expected, Europe isthe most monarch-infested region in the world, with 10 kingdoms (notcounting Vatican City and Andorra). But unlike their absolutist counterpartsin the Gulf and Asia, most royal families have survived because they allowvoters to avoid the difficult search for a non-controversial but respectedpublic figure.
Even so, kings and queens undoubtedly have a downside, symbolic ofnational unity as they claimed to be, their very history—and sometimes theway they behave today - embodies outdated and indefensible privileges andinequalities. At a time when Thomas Piketty and other economists arewarning of rising inequality and the increasing power of inherited wealth, it isbizarre that wealthy aristocratic families should still be the symbolic heart ofmodern democratic families should still be the symbolic heart of moderndemocratic states.
The most successful monarchies strive to abandon or hide their oldaristocratic ways. Princes and princesses have day-jobs and ride bicycles, nothorses (or helicopters). Even so, these are wealthy families who party withthe international 1%, and media intrusiveness makes it increasingly difficultto maintain the right image.
While Europe’s monarchies will no doubt be smart enough to survivefor some time to come, it is the British royals who have most to fear from theSpanish example.
It is only the Queen who has preserved the monarchy’s reputation withher rather ordinary (if well-heeled) granny style. The danger will come withCharles, who has both an expensive taste of lifestyle and a pretty hierarchicalview of the world. He has failed to understand that monarchies have largelysurvived because they provide a service - as non-controversial and non-political heads of state. Charles ought to know that as English history shows,it is kings, not republicans, who are the monarchy’s worst enemies. 21. According to the first two paragraph, King Juan Carl of Spain [A] used to enjoy high public support
[B] was unpopular among European royals [C] cased his relationship with his rivals [D] ended his reign in embarrassment
22. Monarchs are kept as head of state in Europe mostly
[A] owing to their undoubted and respectable status [B] to achieve a balance between tradition and reality [C] to give voters more public figures to look up to [D] due to their everlasting political embodiment
23. Which of the following is shown to be odd, according to Paragraph4?
[A] Aristocrats’ excessive reliance on inherited wealth. [B] The role of the nobility in modern democracies. [C] The simple lifestyle of the aristocratic families. [D] The nobility’s adherence to their privileges.
24. The British royals “have most to fear” because Charles [A] takes a tough line on political issues. [B] fails to change his lifestyle as advised. [C] takes republicans as his potential allies. [D] fails to adapt himself to his future role.
25. Which of the following is the best title of the text? [A] Carlos, Glory and Disgrace Combined [B] Charles, Anxious to Succeed to the Throne [C] Carlos, a Lesson for All European Monarchs[D] Charles, Slow to React to the Coming Threats
Text 2
Just how much does the Constitution protect your digital data? TheSupreme Court will now consider whether police can search the contents of amobile phone without a warrant if the phone is on or around a person duringan arrest.
California has asked the justices to refrain from a sweeping ruling,particularly one that upsets the old assumptions that authorities may searchthrough the possessions of suspects at the time of their arrest. It is hard, thestate argues, for judges to assess the implications of new and rapidlychanging technologies.
The court would be recklessly modest if it followed California’s advice.Enough of the implications are discernable, even obvious, so that the justicecan and should provide updated guidelines to police, lawyers and defendants.They should start by discarding California’s lame argument that exploringthe contents of a smart phone- a vast storehouse of digital information is
similar to say, going through a suspect’s purse .The court has ruled thatpolice don't violate the Fourth Amendment when they go through the walletor pocket book, of an arrestee without a warrant. But exploring one’s smartphone is more like entering his or her home. A smart phone may contain anarrestee’s reading history, financial history, medical history andcomprehensive records of recent correspondence. The development of “cloudcomputing.” meanwhile, has made that exploration so much the easier.
But the justices should not swallow California’s argument whole. New,disruptive technology sometimes demands novel applications of theConstitution’s protections. Orin Kerr, a law professor, compares theexplosion and accessibility of digital information in the 21st century with theestablishment of automobile use as a digital necessity of life in the 20th: Thejustices had to specify novel rules for the new personal domain of thepassenger car then; they must sort out how the Fourth Amendment applies todigital information now.
26. The Supreme Court, will work out whether, during an arrest, it islegitimate to
[A] search for suspects’ mobile phones without a warrant.[B] check suspects’ phone contents without being authorized.[C] prevent suspects from deleting their phone contents.[D] prohibit suspects from using their mobile phones.
27. The author’s attitude toward California’s argument is one of[A] tolerance.[B] indifference.[C] disapproval.[D] cautiousness.
28. The author believes that exploring one’s phone content is comparable to[A] getting into one’s residence.[B] handing one’s historical records.[C] scanning one’s correspondences.[D] going through one’s wallet.
29. In Paragraph 5 and 6, the author shows his concern that[A] principles are hard to be clearly expressed.[B] the court is giving police less room for action.[C] phones are used to store sensitive information.[D] citizens’ privacy is not effective protected.30.Orin Kerr’s comparison is quoted to indicate that
[A]the Constitution should be implemented flexibly.
[B]New technology requires reinterpretation of the Constitution.[C]California’s argument violates principles of the Constitution.[D]Principles of the Constitution should never be altered.
Text 3
The journal Science is adding an extra round of statistical checks to itspeer-review process, editor-in-chief Marcia McNutt announced today. Thepolicy follows similar efforts from other journals, after widespread concernthat basic mistakes in data analysis are contributing to the irreproducibility ofmany published research findings.
“Readers must have confidence in the conclusions published in ourjournal,” writes McNutt in an editorial. Working with the AmericanStatistical Association, the journal has appointed seven experts to a statisticsboard of reviewing editors (SBoRE). Manuscript will be flagged up foradditional scrutiny by the journal’s internal editors, or by its existing Boardof Reviewing Editors or by outside peer reviewers. The SBoRE panel willthen find external statisticians to review these manuscripts.
Asked whether any particular papers had impelled the change, McNuttsaid: “The creation of the ‘statistics board’ was motivated by concernsbroadly with the application of statistics and data analysis in scientificresearch and is part of Science’s overall drive to increase reproducibility inthe research we publish.”
Giovanni Parmigiani, a biostatistician at the Harvard School of PublicHealth, a member of the SBoRE group, says he expects the board to “playprimarily an advisory role.” He agreed to join because he “found the foresightbehind the establishment of the SBoRE to be novel, unique and likely to havea lasting impact. This impact will not only be through the publications inScience itself, but hopefully through a larger group of publishing places thatmay want to model their approach after Science.”
John Ioannidis, a physician who studies research methodology, says thatthe policy is “a most welcome step forward” and “long overdue.” “Mostjournals are weak in statistical review, and this damages the quality of whatthey publish. I think that, for the majority of scientific papers nowadays,statist review is more essential than expert review,” he says. But he noted thatbiomedical journals such as Annals of Internal Medicine, the Journal of the
American Medical Association and The Lancet pay strong attention tostatistical review.
Professional scientists are expected to know how to analyze data, butstatistical errors are alarmingly common in published research, according toDavid Vaux, a cell biologist. Researchers should improve their standards, hewrote in 2012, but journals should also take a tougher line, “engagingreviewers who are statistically literature and editors who can verify theprocess”. Vaux says that Science’s idea to pass some papers to statisticians“has some merit, but a weaknes is that it relies on the board of reviewingeditors to identify ‘the papers that need scrutiny’ in the first place”.31. It can be learned from Paragraph I that
[A] Science intends to simplify its peer-review process.[B]journals are strengthening their statistical checks.[C]few journals are blamed for mistakes in data analysis.[D]lack of data analysis is common in research projects.32. The phrase “flagged up ”(Para.2)is the closest in meaning to[A]found.[B]revised.[C]marked[D]stored
33、Giovanni Parmigiani believes that the establishment of the SBoRE may[A]pose a threat to all its peers[B]meet with strong opposition[C]increase Science’s circulation.[D]set an example for other journals
34. David Vaux holds that what Science is doing nowA. adds to researchers’ workload.B. diminishes the role of reviewers.C. has room for further improvement.D. is to fail in the foreseeable future.
35. Which of the following is the best title of the text?A. Science Joins Push to Screen Statistics in PapersB. Professional Statisticians Deserve More RespectC. Data Analysis Finds Its Way onto Editors’ DesksD. Statisticians Are Coming Back with Science
Text 4
Two years ago, Rupert Murdoch’s daughter, Elisabeth, spoke of the“unsettling dearth of integrity across so many of our institutions”. Integrityhad collapsed, she argued, because of a collective acceptance that the only“sorting mechanism” in society should be profit and the market. But “it’s us,human beings, we the people who create the society we want, not profit”.Driving her point home, she continued: “It’s increasingly apparent that theabsence of purpose, of a moral language within government, media orbusiness could become one of the most dangerous foals for capitalism andfreedom.” This same absence of moral purpose was wounding companiessuch as News International, shield thought, making it more likely that itwould lose its way as it had with widespread illegal telephone hacking.
As the hacking trial concludes—finding guilty one ex-editor of the Newsof the World, Andy Coulson, for conspiring to hack phones, and finding hispredecessor, Rebekah Brooks, innocent of the same charge—the wider issueof dearth of integrity still standstill. Journalists are known to have hacked thephones of up to 5,500 people. This is hacking on an industrial scale, as wasacknowledged by Glenn Mulcaire, the man hired by the News of the Worldin 2001 to be the point person for phone hacking. Others await trial. Thislong story still unfolds.
In many respects, the dearth of moral purpose frames not only the fact ofsuch widespread phone hacking but the terms on which the trial took place.One of the astonishing revelations was how little Rebekah Brooks knew ofwhat went on in her newsroom, how little she thought to ask and the fact thatshe never inquired how the stories arrived. The core of her successful defencewas that she knew nothing.
In today’s world, title has become normal that well-paid executives shouldnot be accountable for what happens in the organizations that they runperhaps we should not be so surprised. For a generation, the collectivedoctrine has been that the sorting mechanism of society should be profit. Thewords that have mattered are efficiency, flexibility, shareholder value,business-friendly, wealth generation, sales, impact and, in newspapers,circulation. Words degraded to the margin have been justice fairness,tolerance, proportionality and accountability.
The purpose of editing the News of the World was not to promote readerunderstanding to be fair in what was written or to betray any commonhumanity. It was to ruin lives in the quest for circulation and impact. Ms
Brooks may or may not have had suspicions about how her journalists gottheir stories, but she asked no questions, gave no instructions—nor receivedtraceable, recorded answers.
36. According to the first two paragraphs, Elisabeth was upset by[A]the consequences of the current sorting mechanism.[B)]companies’ financial loss due to immoral practices[C)]governmental ineffectiveness on moral issues.[D] the wide misuse of integrity among institutions.37. It can be inferred from Paragraph 3 that
[A)]Glenn Mulcaire may deny phone hacking as a crime.[B]more journalists may be found guilty of phone hacking.[C)]Andy Coulson should be held innocent of the charge.[D]phone hacking will be accepted on certain occasions.38. The author believes that Rebekah Brooks’s deference[A]revealed a cunning personality.[B]centered on trivial issues.[C]was hardly convincing.[D]was part of a conspiracy.
39. The author holds that the current collective doctrine shows[A]generally distorted values.[B] unfair wealth distribution.[C] a marginalized lifestyle.[D] a rigid moral code.
40. Which of the following is suggested in the last paragraph?[A]The quality of writing is of primary importance.[B]Common humanity is central news reporting.[C]Moral awareness matters in exciting a newspaper.[D] Journalists need stricter industrial regulations. Part BDirections:
In the following text, some sentences have been removed. For Questions41-45, choose the most suitable one from the fist A-G to fit into each of thenumbered blanks. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)
How does your reading proceed? Clearly you try to comprehend, in thesense of identifying meanings for individual words and working outrelationships between them, drawing on your explicit knowledge of English
grammar (41) ______you begin to infer a context for the text, for instance, bymaking decisions about what kind of speech event is involved: who ismaking the utterance, to whom, when and where.
The ways of reading indicated here are without doubt kinds of ofcomprehension. But they show comprehension to consist not just passiveassimilation but of active engagement inference and problem-solving. Youinfer information you feel the writer has invited you to grasp by presentingyou with specific evidence and cues (42) _______
Conceived in this way, comprehension will not follow exactly the sametrack for each reader. What is in question is not the retrieval of an absolute,fixed or “true” meaning that can be read off and clocked for accuracy, orsome timeless relation of the text to the world. (43) _______
Such background material inevitably reflects who we are, (44)_______This doesn’t, however, make interpretation merely relative or evenpointless. Precisely because readers from different historical periods, placesand social experiences produce different but overlapping readings of thesame words on the page-including for texts that engage with fundamentalhuman concerns-debates about texts can play an important role in socialdiscussion of beliefs and values.
How we read a given text also depends to some extent on our particularinterest in reading it. (45)_______such dimensions of read suggest-as othersintroduced later in the book will also do-that we bring an implicit (oftenunacknowledged) agenda to any act of reading. It doesn’t then necessarilyfollow that one kind of reading is fuller, more advanced or more worthwhilethan another. Ideally, different kinds of reading inform each other, and act asuseful reference points for and counterbalances to one another. Together, theymake up the reading component of your overall literacy or relationship toyour surrounding textual environment.
[A] Are we studying that text and trying to respond in a way that fulfils therequirement of a given course? Reading it simply for pleasure? Skimming itfor information? Ways of reading on a train or in bed are likely to differconsiderably from reading in a seminar room.
[B] Factors such as the place and period in which we are reading, our genderethnicity, age and social class will encourage us towards certain interpretationbut at the same time obscure or even close off others.
[C]If you are unfamiliar with words or idioms, you guess at their meaning,using clues presented in the context. On the assumption that they will becomerelevant later, you make a mental note of discourse entities as well as possiblelinks between them.
[D]In effect, you try to reconstruct the likely meanings or effects that anygiven sentence, image or reference might have had: These might be the onesthe author intended.
[E] You make further inferences, for instance, about how the text may besignificant to you, or about its validity-inferences that from the basis of apersonal response for which the author will inevitably be far less responsible.
[F]In plays, novels and narrative poems, characters speak as constructscreated by the author, not necessarily as mouthpieces for the author’s ownthoughts.
[G] Rather, we ascribe meanings to text on the basis of interaction betweenwhat we might call textual and contextual material: between kinds oforganization or patterning we perceive in a text’s formal structures (soespecially its language structures) and various kinds of background, socialknowledge, belief and attitude that we bring to the text.
Section III Translation
Directions:
Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlinedsegments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly onANSWER SHEET. (10 points)
Within the span of a hundred years, in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, a tide of emigration-one of the great folk wanderings of history-swept from Europe to America. 46) This movement, driven by powerful anddiverse motivation, built a nation out of a wilderness and, by its nature,shaped the character and destiny of an uncharted continent.47) The United States is the product of two principal forces-theimmigration of European peoples with their varied ideas, customs, andnational characteristics and the impact of a new country which modified thesetraits. Of necessity, colonial America was a projection of Europe. Across theAtlantic came successive groups of Englishmen, Frenchmen, Germans, Scots,Irishmen, Dutchmen, Swedes, and many others who attempted to transplanttheir habits and traditions to the new world.
48) But, the force of geographic conditions peculiar to America, theinterplay of the varied national groups upon one another, and the sheerdifficulty of maintaining old-world ways in a raw, new continent causedsignificant changes. These changes were gradual and at first scarcely visible. But the result was a new social pattern which, although it resembled European society in many ways, had a character that was distinctly American.
49）The first shiploads of immigrants bound for the territory which is nowthe United States crossed the Atlantic more than a hundred years after the15th-and-16th-century explorations of North America. In the meantime,thriving Spanish colonies had been established in Mexico, the West Indies,and South America. These travelers to North America came in small,unmercifully overcrowded craft. During their six-to twelve-week voyage,they subsisted on barely enough food allotted to them. Many of the shipswere lost in storms, many passengers died of disease, and infants rarelysurvived the journey. Sometimes storms blew the vessels far off their course,and often calm brought unbearably long delay.
“To the anxious travelers the sight of the American shore brought almost inexpressible relief,” said one recorder of events, “The air at twelve leagues’distance smelt as sweet as a new-blown garden.” The colonists’ first glimpseof the new land was a sight of dense woods. 50) The virgin forest with itsrichness and variety of trees was a veritable real treasure-house whichextended from Maine all the way down to Georgia. Here was abundant fueland lumber. Here was the raw material of houses and furniture, ships andpotash, dyes and naval stores.
51.Directions:
You are going to host a club reading session. Write an email of about 100words recommending a book to the club members.You should state reasons for your recommendation.You should write neatly on the ANSWER SHEET.
Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use “Li Ming”instead.Do not write the address.(10 points)52. Directions:
Write an essay of 160-200 words on the following picture. In your essay,you should
1) Describe the picture briefly,
2) Interpret its intended meaning, and3) Give your comments.
You should write neatly on the ANSWER SHEET. (20 points)
2015考研英语一真题参考答案
完形填空参考答案 1、What
2、Concluded 3、On
4、Compared 5、Samples 6、Insignificant 7、know 8、resemble 9、also
10、Perhaps 11、to 12、drive
13、rather than 14、benefits 15、faster
16、understand 17、contributory 18、tendency 19、Ethnic 20、see
II Reading comprehension Part A
21.D ended his reign in embarrassment.
22. C to give voters more public figures to look up to 23. A the role of the nobility in modern democracy 24. D fails to adapt himself to his future role. 25. D Carlos, a lesson for all Monarchies
26. C check suspect's phone contents without being authorized. 27.A disapproval
28.A getting into one's residence
29. C citizens' privacy is not effectively protected
30.B new technology requires reinterpretation of the constitution
31.B journals are strengthening their statistical checks 32.B marked
33. D set an example for other journals 34. C has room for further improvement
35.A science joins Push to screen statistics in papers 36. D the consequences of the current sorting mechanism 37. A more journalists may be found guilty of phone hacking 38. C was hardly convincing 39. B generally distorted values
40. D moral awareness matters in editing a newspaper Part B
41.C If you are unfamiliar with words or idioms, you guess at theirmeaning, using…
42.E You make further inferences... 43.G Rather ,we ascribe meanings to... 44.B factors such as...
45.A Are we studying that ... Part C
46)受到各种强大的动机所驱使，这场运动在荒野中开创了一个国家;本质使然，它也塑造了这片未知大陆的性格和命运。
47)有两股主要力量形成了美国：一是欧洲移民带来的各式思想、风俗和民族特征，二是这个新国家本身在融合上述特征之后带来的影响。
48)但是，美国特有的地理条件、不同种族间的相互影响、以及在这片原始的新大陆上维持旧秩序的艰难，带来了巨大的变化。
49)十五世纪和十六世纪的探索发现了北美洲，又过了一百多年，第一艘满载移民的航船跨过大西洋驶向这片土地，即现在的美国。 50)原始的森林，有着种类繁多的林木，从缅因州往南一直绵延到乔治亚州，的确是一座宝库。写作部分
小作文参考范文 Dear Friends,
As the host of the upcoming reading session, I am writing the email torecommend my favorite book to you, Tao Te Ching, which is written by LaoTzu.
The primary causes of my recommendation are as follows. To beginwith, it is the best-loved of all the classical books of China and the most
universally popular. In addition, the book encapsulates the main tenets ofTaoism, and upholds a way of being as well as a philosophy and a religion.More importantly, the dominant image is of the Way, the mysterious paththrough the whole cosmos modeled on the Milky Way that traverses theheavens.
I hope the above information will help you to know the book. If youneed any further information about it, please do not hesitate to contact me.(133 words)
Yours sincerely, Li Ming 参考译文
亲爱的朋友们：
作为即将来临的读书会的主持人，我写这封邮件是为了推荐我最喜欢的一本书给大家，那就是老子写的《道德经》。
我推荐本书的主要原因如下。首先，这本书是中国经典古籍中最受热爱的，也是最广泛流行的。其次，这本书概述了道家的基本宗旨，并崇尚一种生存之道，同时也是一种哲学和一种宗教。更为重要的是，其主要精神是道，以横贯天际的银河为模型的贯穿整个宇宙的神秘之道。 希望上述信息能够帮助大家了解这本书。如果需要更多信息，请毫不犹豫和我联系。 您真诚的， 李明
大作文参考范文
As is shown in the portrayal, four youngsters are sitting at a table, beingready to have dinner. Unfortunately, instead of drinking and eating in front ofa variety of delicious and nutritious dishes, each of them is holding a mobilephone and staring at the screen, with no thought of chatting or eating at all.We are informed: Gathering in an era of mobile phone.
Like the Internet, mobile phones benefit people hugely. With mobilephones, the home will become a library, a school, an office and anentertainment center. All transactions, from banking to shopping, will beperformed electronically and all information, from train schedules todiscount-price goods, will be as close as the press of a key. On the contrary,despite the increase in efficiency and convenience generated by digitalproducts, the changes it brings could very well lead to potentially adverseconsequence. For example, as nearly all activities could be conducted on
mobile phones, we could all become hermit-like, never feeling any need toleave the screen. This would be unfortunate because we will become soaddicted to virtual world that we might never be exposed to social interaction. From the preceding discussion, it is readily apparent that mobile phone,as an increasingly popular form of communication among people, has both itsupsides and downsides. To be sure, the mobile phone can be used by youngpeople in productive and useful ways. However, the adolescents must be sureto limit the time they spend on digital products, or their academic work andsocial life will eventually pay the price. (262 words) 参考译文
如图所示，四个年轻人坐在桌旁准备吃饭。不幸的是，面对很多美味营养的饭菜，他们并未吃喝，而是每人拿着一只手机盯着屏幕，丝毫不想聊天或吃饭。我们得知：“手机时代的聚会”。
和网络一样，手机给人们带来了巨大的好处。有了手机，家里就成了图书馆、学校、办公室，甚至是游乐中心。所有交易，从跑银行到买东西，都可以通过手机来完成;所有信息，从火车时刻表到折价商品目录，只需轻按键盘就能看到。然而，尽管数码产品带来这么高的效率和这么多的方便，它带来的变化也很有可能造成潜在的不良后果。例如，由于几乎所有的活动都可以在手机上进行，我们就可能像隐士那样，感到没有必要离开家。这将是不幸的，因为我们将完全沉溺于手机，以至于可能再也不会进行社会交际。
在上述讨论中显而易见的是：手机作为人们之间愈加流行的交流方式，既有优点也存在不足。诚然，年轻人使用手机能做很多有益的事情，但人们必须要控制使用数码产品的时间，否则他们会耽误学业和社交，最终为此付出代价。
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