单选题
My friend Mike was shaking his head in disbelief. " That young woman who just waited on me, " he said, pointing to an employee of the fast food restaurant where we were eating, " had to call someone over to help her count the change. The cash register(出纳机)showed her I need 99 cents, but she couldn't figure out how to count out the coins. " I understood Mike's concern. What we have done in this country, although unintentionally, is to create several generations of individuals most of whom have no idea how to reason, how to do simple math, how to do research, or finally how to be creative. The reason for this is our overuse of information technology: video games, television, digital watches, calculators, and computers. Information technology feeds us information without requiring us to think about it and let us perform operations without understanding them.
It is time for us to take a hard look at an educational system that only teaches our children how to push buttons. Our kids can't tell time if the clock has hands. They can use calculators, but cannot add, subtract, divide or multiply. Video games have taken the place of active, imaginative play. Although most of them are technically literate, they choose not to read. They are so used to television and movies that they cannot use their imagination to stay interested in a book.
It is not enough to recognize the problem. What we need is solution. The one I offer is simple to suggest, but may be impossible to carry out. We must
unplug our children
. If we don't, they will never learn how to solve problems. They will never learn basic reasoning skills and will certainly not develop creativity. Instead of filling classrooms with electronics, let's concentrate on good old - fashioned literacy—reading books. Students must be taught not only to perform computer operations, but to figure and reason for themselves. They must see how things work and how process leads to results, they must also stretch their imagination.
单选题
What seems to be the problem of the employee of the fast food restaurant?
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析：细节题。本题问那家快餐店的那个雇员似乎出的是什么问题。根据文章第一节第三行后半句：．．．but she couldn't figure out how to count out the coins．可她不会算，不知道怎么样才能把这找零的硬币一个个数出来。由此可知答案应该是B。这里考生应该知道，美分硬币币值并不相同，故要数出九十九美分来确实是需要进行简单的加法运算的。
单选题
What is the author's and his friend Mike's concern?