2022届高考英语阅读理解专项训练（三）

2022届高考英语阅读理解专项训练（三） 2022届高考英语阅读理解专项训练 （三） A 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案. Whenever a new technology begins to affect society, we hear arguments about the “soulless (没有灵魂的) modern way” and the “good old days”, when things were slower. ? Often the older generation complains about the younger one. This debate heated up again recently when The Beijing News reported that nearly 70 percent of young people in China speed-watch videos and shows online. It can be concluded that today’s youth are so caught up in the fast pace of modern life that they can no longer give something their full attention. There may be some truth to this, but is it the only truth? I am one of these so-called speed-watchers. I tend to play South Korean soap operas – the 2014 sensation (大热剧) Man From the Stars (《来自星星的你》), for example – at 1.5x or 2x speed. The reason is simple. I want to know what the fuss is about and I don’t want to be left out of conversations online and with friends. I also speed-listen to informative audio, like TED talks and lectures, with the sole purpose of taking in as much information as possible. But there are films and podcasts that deserve my full attention – and they will have it. When watching the likes of Downton Abbey (《唐顿庄园》) or Game of Thrones (《权利的游戏》), to name two, I won’t skim past even a second of the action. Every long pause and change of emotion carry meaning that would be lost by speed-watching. So perhaps the debate shouldn’t be about which one is better – the fast life or the slow one. Instead, it’s about understanding what’s really important to you and taking control of the time you want to spend on it. “This is the future of how we will appreciate television and movies,” wrote reporter Jeff Guo on The Washington Post. “We will watch videos in new ways using our powers of time manipulation (控制). We will be watching on our own terms.” Indeed, there is no fast or slow － there is only your own terms, and your own pace. 1. What can we conclude from wha