阅读理解 In the case of mobile phones, change is everything. Recent research indicates that the mobile phone is changing not only our culture, but our very bodies as well.
First, let's talk about culture. The difference between the mobile phone and its parent, the fixed-line phone, is that a mobile number corresponds to a person, while a land-line goes to a place. If you call my mobile, you get me. If you call my fixed-line phone, you get whoever answers it.
This has several implications. The most common one, however, and perhaps the thing that has changed our culture forever, is the "meeting" influence. People no longer need to make firm plans about when and where to meet. Twenty years ago, a Friday night would need to be arranged in advance. You needed enough time to allow everyone to get from their place of work to the first meeting place. Now, however, a night out can be arranged on the run. It is no longer "see you there at 8", but "text me around 8 and we'll see where we all are" .
Texting changes people as well. In their paper, "Insights into the Social and Psychological Effects of SMS Text Messaging", two British researchers distinguished between two types of mobile phone users: the "talkers" and the "texters" —those who prefer voice to text messages and those who prefer text to voice.
They found that the mobile phone's individuality and privacy gave texters the ability to express a whole new outer personality. Texters were likely to report that their family would be surprised if they were to read their texts. This suggests that texting allowed texters to present a self-image that differed from the one familiar to those who knew them well.
Another scientist wrote of the changes that mobiles have brought to body language. There are two kinds that people use while speaking on the phone. There is the "speakeasy": the head is held high, in a self-confident way, chatting away. And there is the "spacemaker": these people focus on themselves and keep out other people.
Who can blame them? Phone meetings get cancelled or reformed and camera-phones intrude on people's privacy. So, it is understandable if your mobile makes you nervous. Perhaps you needn't worry so much. After all, it is good to talk.
单选题 41.When people plan to meet nowadays, they______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】根据文章第三段最后句“Now，however，a night out can be arranged on the run．It is no longer‘see you there at 8’，but‘text me around 8 and we’ll see where we all are’”可知，过去约会要有确切的时间和地点，而现在可以在奔走忙碌中安排次晚上约会，只需大概约定个时间，到时候找个地方见，以至于见面地点可以拖到最后分钟才能确定。据此判断，答案是B。
单选题 42.According to the two British researcher, social and psychological effects are mostly likely to be seen on______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】根据文章第四段第二句“In their paper，‘Insights into the Social and Psychological Effects of SMS Text Messaging’”可知，通过短信内容，可以洞察到短讯服务的社会作用和心理作用。显然这里所说的社会和心理作用是针对发短信的人而言的。据此判断，答案是D。
单选题 43.We can infer from this passage that the texts are______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】根据文章第五段第二、三句“Texters were likely to report that their family would be surprised if they were to read their texts．This suggests that texting allowed texters to present a self image that differed from tile one familiar to those who knew them well”可知，般家人浏览了他们的短信，会感到吃惊，是因为这些短信内容流露出他们的真实情感，短信内容展示了发信息者的内心世界，让看信息的人对其有个不同的认识，从支离破碎的印象到全面的了解。据此判断，答案是A。
单选题 44.According to this passage, who is afraid of being heard while talking on the mobile?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】根据文章第六段最后句“And there is the‘spacemaker’：these people focus on themselves and keep out other people．”可知，“空间占有型交谈者”般全神贯注，打电话时远离他人，或者是将其他人拒之门外。据此判断，答案是C。
单选题 45.An appropriate title for the passage might be, ______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】纵观全文：第一段综述手机从文化和身体两个方面影响着我们；第二段从文化的角度阐述了固话和移动电话的区别；第三段阐述了手机对约会产生的影响；第四、五段阐述短信对人们生活的影响；第六段阐述了手机对身体语言产生的影响。综合各段内容来看，本文是在阐述手机使用过程中所产生的文化内涵。据此判断，答案是B。