Questions56to60arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
ThecontrastbetweenMillennialsandthisyoungergroupwassoevidenttopsychologistLarryRosenofCaliforniaStateUniversitythathehasdeclaredthebirthofanewgenerationinanewbook,Rewired:UnderstandingtheingenerationandtheWayTheyLearn,outnextmonth.Rosensaysthetech-dominatedlifeexperienceofthosebornsincetheearly1990sissodifferentfromtheMillennialshewroteaboutinhis2007book,Me,MySpaceandI:ParentingtheNetGeneration,thattheywarrantthedistinctionofanewgeneration,whichhehasdubbedthe"ingeneration".
RosensaystheiGenerationbelievesanythingispossible."Iftheycanthinkofit,somebodyprobablyhasorwillinventit,"hesays."Theyexpectinnovation."
Theyhavehighexpectationsthatwhatevertheywantorcanuse"willbeabletobetailoredtotheirownneedsandwishesanddesires."
Rosensaysportabilityiskey.Theyareinseparablefromtheirwirelessdevices,whichallowthemtotextaswellastalk,sotheycanbeconstantlyconnected-eveninclass,wherecellphonesaresupposedlybanned.
Manyresearchersaretryingt6determinewhethertechnologysomehowcausesthebrainsofyoungpeopletobewireddifferently."Theyshouldbedistractedandshouldperformmorepoorlythantheydo,"Rosensays."Butfindingsshowteenssurvivedistractionsmuchbetterthanwewouldpredictbytheirageandtheirbraindevelopment."
Becausethesekidsaremoreimmersedandatyoungerages,Rosensays,theeducationalsystemhastochangesignificantly.
"Thegrowthcurveontheuseoftechnologywithchildrenisexponential(指数的),andweruntheriskofbeingoutofstepwiththisgenerationasfarashowtheylearnandhowtheythink,"Rosensays.
"Wehavetogivethemoptionsbecausetheywanttheirworldindividualized."
56.ComparedwiththeirMillennialelders,theiGenerationkids
A.communicatewithothersbyhigh-techmethodscontinually
B.prefertoliveavirtuallifethanarealone
C.areequippedwithmoremodemdigitaltechniques
D.knowmoreontechnologythantheirelders
57.WhydidLarryRosennamethenewgenerationasiGeneration
A.Becausethisgenerationisfeaturedbytheuseofpersonalhigh-techdevices.
B.Becausethisgenerationstressesonanindividualizedstyleoflife.
C.Becauseitistheauthorhimselfwhohasdiscoveredthenewgeneration.
58.WhichofthefollowingistrueabouttheiGenerationaccordingtoRosen
A.Thisgenerationiscrazyaboutinventingandcreatingnewthings.
B.Everythingmustbeadaptedtothepeculiarneedofthegeneration.
C.Thisgenerationcatchesupwiththedevelopmentoftechnology.
D.High-techsuchaswirelessdevicesgoeswiththegeneration.
D.hascauseddistractionproblemsoniGenerationwhichaffecttheirdailyperformance
60.Accordingtothepassage,educationhasto__
A.adaptitssystemtotheneedofthenewgeneration
B.usemoretechnologiestocaterfortheiGeneration
C.riskitssystemtocertainextentfortheiGeneration
参考答案
56.A)。本题考查“自我的一代”“千禧年一代”的区别。由定位句可知，“自我的一代”与他们的千禧年一代的哥哥姐姐们相比，更愿意持续不断地与他人保持联系，也希望随时能让别人找得到他们。由此可推断，他们愿意通过高科技手段与他人随时保持联系，因此A)是本题答案。
57.B)。本题考查罗森将新的一代命名为“自我的一代”的原因。该段前两句引述拉里罗森介绍“自我的一代”的话，点明了这代人的特点，即高科技是这代人的典型特征，它也是种心态，这种心态随“小我”而变化，即“个性化”也是鲜明特点，表现为每件事都为“我”而定制，或每件事都被赋予个性化特征。由此可见，这代人强调个性化的生活，因此B)是本题答案。
58.D)。本题考查关于“自我的一代”的论述哪项是正确的。由该段可知，对这代人而言，便携是关键。他们离不开无线装备，那些东西可使他们发短信或聊天，可以时刻与他人保持联系。由此可见。这一代人离不开无线高科技产品，因此D)是本题答案。
59.C)。本题考查科技对“自我的一代”的影响。由定位句可知，他们本来应该受到干扰，表现应该糟糕.但研究结果表明这些十来岁的孩子比我们通过年龄和大脑发育而做出的预测要有更强的抗干扰能力。由此可推断，科技并没有对他们的心智发展产生明显的负面影响，因此C)是本题答案。
60.A)。由该段可知，由于这代孩子在年幼时便深浸于科技之中，那么教育制度也要随之进行显著改变。由此可推断，教育制度也应适应这代人，因此A)是本题答案。