单选题 Alex Pang's amusing new book The Distraction Addiction addresses those of us who feel panic without a cellphone or computer. And that, he claims, is pretty much all of us. When we're not online, where we spend four months annually, we're engaged in the stressful work of trying to get online.
The Distraction Addiction is not framed as a self-help book. It's a thoughtful examination of the danger of our computing overdose and a historical overview of how technological advances change consciousness. A 'professional futurist', Pang urges an approach which he calls 'contemplative (沉思的) computing'. He asks that you pay full attention to 'how your mind and body interact with computers and how your attention and creativity arc influenced by technology'.
Pang's first job is to free you from common misconception that doing two things at once allows you to get more done. What is commonly called multitasking is, in fact, switch-tasking, and its harmful effects on productivity are well documented. Pang doesn't advocate returning to a preinternet world. Instead, he asks you to 'take a more ecological (生态的) view of your relationships with technologies and look for ways devices or media may be making specific tasks easier or faster but at the same time making your work and life harder'.
The Distraction Addiction is particularly fascinating on how technologies have changed certain field of labor—often for the worse. For architects, computer-aided design has become essential but in some ways has cheapened the design process. As one architect puts it, 'Architecture is first and foremost about thinking.., and drawing is a more productive way of thinking' than computer-aided design. Somewhat less amusing are Pang's solutions for kicking the Internet habit. He recommends the usual behavior-modification approaches, familiar to anyone who has completed a quit-smoking program. Keep logs to study your online profile and decide what you can knock out, download a program like Freedom that locks you out of your browser, or take a 'digital Sabbath (安息日)'; 'Unless you're a reporter or emergency-department doctor, you'll discover that your world doesn't fall apart when you go offline'.

单选题 Alex Pang's new book is aimed for readers who ______.

单选题 What does Alex Pang try to do in his new book? ______

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】细节题。文章第二段提到“它是对我们用电脑过度的危险的深刻检测，以及对科技进步如何改变意识的历史性概述”以及“他要求你全身心地注意你的大脑和身体是如何与计算机互动的以及你的注意力和创造力是如何受科技影响的”。由此可以看出，作者在他的新书中试图检查科技对人类思想的影响。故选D。

单选题 What is the common view on multitasking? ______

单选题 What does the author think of computer-aided design? ______

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】推理题。根据题干的关键词computer-aided design可定位至第四段。文中提到：对建筑师来说，电脑辅助的设计变得必不可少，但在某种程度上使设计过程变得廉价。就像一位建筑师说的那样：“建筑学首要的就是思考……而绘图是一种比电脑辅助设计更有创造性的思维方式。”由此可以推断出，作者认为计算机辅助设计在某程度上限制了建筑师的创造性思维。故选B。