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 landline 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（含义）. 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 (Short Message Service) 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（侵入）on people’s privacy. So, it is understandable if your mobile makes you nervous. But perhaps you needn’t worry so much. After all, it is good to talk.
小题1:The “meeting” influence of a mobile phone refers to the fact that ________.
A．people can arrange their meeting place and time more flexibly
B．people have to make a firm plan about when and where to meet
C．people are able to meet someone at any place and any time
D．people have to attend phone meetings than ever before
小题2:According to the two British researchers, the Social and Psychological Effects are most likely to be seen on ________.
A．talkers
B．the “speakeasy”
C．the “space maker”
D．texters
小题3:According to the passage, who is afraid of being heard while talking on the mobile?
A．talkers
B．the “speakeasy”
C．the “spacemaker”
D．texters
小题4:Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
A．the Influence of Short Message Service
B．Changes Caused by Mobile Phone Use
C．Changes in the Use of the Mobile
D．Body Language and the Mobile Phone
答案
小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:B
解析
试题解析：本文讲述是人们使用手机给我们的文化和身体带来的变化。
小题1:细节理解题.根据后句：People no longer need to make firm plans about when and where to meet.人们不再需要制定关于在什么时候、在哪里见面的固定的计划。A. people can arrange their meeting place and time more flexibly人们可以灵活的安排见面的时间和地点。所以A正确
小题2:细节理解题。根据第四段第一句话： Texting changes people as well. In their paper, “Insights into the Social and Psychological Effects of SMS (Short Message Service) Text Messaging"短信也改变了人们，在他们的论文中; “洞察SMS（短消息服务）对社会和心理的影响，所以他们的研究成果很可能通过手机短信呈现，所以D正确
小题3:细节理解题。根据倒数第二段最后一句话：And there is the “spacemaker”: these people focus on themselves and keep out other people.这些人关注自己而且防止别人进入，根据这句话说明. the “spacemaker”在用电话交流的时候是怕被别人听到的，所以Ｃ正确。
小题4:主旨大意题，本文开篇点题，根据第一段：在移动电话的情况下，一切都变了。最近的研究表明，手机不仅改变了我们的文化，而且也改变了我们的身体。下面分别从文化和身体方面进行了介绍A. the Influence of Short Message Service短信服务的影响B. Changes Caused by Mobile Phone Use使用手机带来的变化C. Changes in the Use of the Mobile使用手机的变化D. Body Language and the Mobile Phone肢体语言和手机，所以Ｂ正确。