Owning a smartphone may not be as smart as you think. They may let you surf the

Owning a smartphone may not be as smart as you think.They may let you surf the Internet, listen to music and take photos whereveryou are, but they also turn you into a workaholic（工作狂）.

A study suggests that, by giving you access to emailsat all times, the smartphone adds as much as two hours to your working day.Researchers found that Britons work an additional 460 hours a year on averageas they are able to respond to emails on their mobiles. The study shows theaverage UK working day is between 9 and 10 hours, but a further 2 hours isspent responding to or sending work emails, or making work calls.

Almost one in ten admits spending up to three hoursoutside their normal working day checking work emails. Some workers say theyare on call almost 24 hours a day. Nearly two-thirds say they often check workemails just before they go to bed and as soon as they wake up, while over athird have replied to one in the middle of the night. The average time forfirst checking emails is between 6 am and 7 am, with more than a third checkingtheir first email in this period, and a quarter checking them between 11pm andmidnight.

Ghadi Hobeika, marketing director of Pixmania, said:“The ability to access millions of applications has made smartphones invaluablefor many people. However, there are disadvantages. Many companies expect theiremployees to be on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and smartphones meanthat people cannot get away from work. The more constantly in touch we become,the more is expected of us in work . ”

1.With a smartphone the average UK working day is_______.

A．2 hours           B．9 to 10 hours       C．11 to 12hours      D．24 hours

2.It could be inferred from the text that the Britishpeople _______.

A．prefer tocheck emails in the morning

B．are crazyabout different smartphones

C．shorten theirnormal working hours

D．work extrahours with smartphones

3.What does Ghadi Hobeika feel about smartphones?

A．They areunimportant for most of people.

B．They havedisadvantages for some companies.

C．They make itimpossible for people to rest.

D．They are usefulto improve a work ability.

4.Where can we most probably read this text?

A．In a sciencefiction.                      B．In anewspaper.

C．In a travelmagazine.                     D．In astorybook.

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【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.C

4.B

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