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Many of us have become so dependent on our smartphones that we use them to carry out 221 tasks every day.
A study of 2,000 smartphone owners reveals (显示) that the average user reaches for their phones at 7:31 a.m. each morning, to check personal e-mails and Facebook. And before they’ve even got out of bed, the majority of people check the weather, read the news, and send a text or two to friends. It also emerges (出现) that people will check the train times, do their banking and update Instagram early on in the day.
In an average week, the research discovers that users pick up their phones more than 1,500 times to complete various tasks from e-mails to playing games and posting to social media. And the average smartphone user is on their phones for three hours and sixteen minutes a day. This amounts to almost one full day a week using their phones, so it’s no wonder almost four in ten users admit feeling lost without their phones.
Many owners also admit finding themselves using their phones without realizing they’re doing so, with two thirds saying they have managed to log in and browse Facebook without thinking. And surprisingly, four in ten said they have, at one time or another, checked their e-mails automatically without thinking.
The study has also revealed that our smartphones are now becoming more of a “go-to-gadget”, replacing desktops and laptops, which people only turn to for, on average, 140 tasks in a typical day.
21．Tasks carried out on smartphones are about ______more than those on desktops and laptops.
A. 221. B. 140. C. 1,500. D. 80
22．What can be learned from the fourth paragraph?
A. People often use their phones unconsciously (无意识地).
B. One third manage to browse Facebook without thinking.
C. Half of people check their e-mails automatically.
D. Six in ten people don’t check their e-mails.
23. What’s the best title of the passage?
A. Are We Addicted to Our Smartphones?
B. The Functions of Smartphones
C. The Disadvantages of Smartphones
D. Smartphones Will Take the Place of Desktops and Laptops
