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Thetelephoneusedtoconnectyoutotheabsent.Nowitmakespeoplesittingnexttoyoufeelabsent.RecentlyIwasinacarwiththreefriends.Thedriverhushedtherestofusbecausehecouldnothearthepersonontheotherendofhiscellphone.Therewewere,fourfriendszoomingdownthehighway,unabletotalktooneanotherbecauseofagadgetdesignedtomakecommunicationeasier.

Everyadvanceincommunicationstechnologyisasetbacktotheintimacyofhumaninteraction.WithemailandinstantmessagingovertheInternet,wecannowcommunicatewithoutseeingortalkingtooneanother.Withvoice-mail,youcanconductentireconversationswithouteverreachinganyone.Ifmymomhasaquestion,Ijustleavetheansweronhermachine.

Asalmosteveryconceivablecontactbetweenhumanbeingsgetsautomated,thealienationindexgoesup.Youcan'tevencallapersontogetthephonenumberofanotherpersonanymore.Directoryassistanceisalmostalwaysfullyautomated.

6.Whydoestheauthorbecomeinvisibleandabsentfromhisconversationwithhisfriend?

A.Theauthorwasinacar,sohisfriendcouldn’tseehim.

B.Hisfriendwasfocusinghisattentiononansweringthephone.

C.Hisfriendwasdrivinghiscar.

D.Hisfriendwasbusywithhiswork.

7.Accordingtothispassage,whichstatementisnottrue?

A.Thetelephonemakespeoplesittingnexttoyoufeelabsent.

B.EmailandinstantmessagingovertheInternetaresetbackstotheintimacyofhuman.

C.ifmymomhasaquestion,shejustleavetheansweronherphone.

D.Ifwewanttogetthephonenumberofanotherperson,wecanusedirectoryassistance.

8.Whatdoes“agadget”referto?

A.acarB.acellphoneC.anemailD.aperson

9.Whydidthedriverhushhisfriend?

A.becausehedidn’tlikenoises.

Bbecausehecan’thearthepersononthephone.

C.becausehe’dliketobequiet.

D.becauseconversationisforbiddenwhenadrivingisdriving.

10.What’stheauthor’sattitudetowardsthecommunicationsrevolution?

A.Thecommunicationsrevolutionisbadforus.

B.Thecommunicationsrevolutionisgoodforus.