Everyonelooksforwardtoprogress，whetherinone&rsquospersonallifeorinthegeneralsociety.Progressindicatesaperson&rsquosabilitytochangethewayheislivingatthemoment.Progressmustleadabetterwayofdoingthings.Allthese，however，remainstrueonlyinsofaraspeoplewanttoaccepttechnologyandmoveforwardbyfindingnewandmoreefficientwaysofdoingthings.

However，atthebackofthemindsofmanypeople，especiallythosewhomissedthegoodolddays，efficiencycomeswithaprice.Whencommunicationbecomesefficient，peopleareabletocontactoneanothernomatterwheretheyareandatwhatevertimetheywishto.Theclickofabuttonallowspeoplemilesaparttotalkortoseeeachotherwithoutevenleavingtheirhomes.Withthecommunicationgadgets，suchasmobilephonesandipads，peopleoftendonottaketheeffecttovisitoneanotherpersonally.Apersonalvisitcarrieswithittheadditionalfeatureofhavingtobeintheperson&rsquospresenceforaslongasthevisitlasts.Wecannotunnecessarilyexcuseourselvesorturntheotherpersonoff.

Withefficiencyalsocomesmassproduction.Suchisthenatureoffactoriesandthesuccessofindustrializationtoday.Factorieshaveimprovedefficiency.Unskillfultasksarelefttomachinesandproductsarebettermadeandproducedwithgreateraccuracythananyhumanhandcouldeverhavedone.However，withtheimprovementsinefficiencyalsocomesthelossofthepersonaltouchwhenmakingtheseproducts.Forexample，manyhandcrafts（手工艺品）arenowproducedinafactory.Althoughthismeansthatsupplyisbetterabletoincreasedemand，nowthatthesupplyisquickandefficient，thedemandmightfallbecausemassproductionlowersthequalityofthehandicraftanditisdifficulttofinduniquedesignsoneachitem.

Nevertheless，wemustnotcommitthemistakeofanalyzingprogressonlyfromonepointofview.Infact，progresshasallowedtraditiontokeepup.Itisonlywithprogressandtheinventionofnewtechnologythatmanyoldproductscanbebroughtbacktotheiroldstate.Newtechnologyisrequiredforoldproductstostayold.

Itispeople&rsquosattitudetowardsprogressthatcausesthetypeofinfluencethattechnologyhasonsociety.Technologyisflexible.Thereisnofixedwayofmakinguseofit.Everythingdependsonpeople&rsquosattitude.Theworsteffectsofprogresswillfallonthosewhoareunabletorethinktheirattitudesandviewsofsociety.Whenweacceptprogressandadaptittosuitourneeds，anewpastiscreated.

小题1:AccordingtoParagraph1，progresscanbenefitpeoplewhentheyarewillingto（）（）.

A.liveabetterlife

B.lookforbettermethods

C.changewaysofliving

D.accepttechnologyandadvancesteadily

小题2:Theunderlinedwordgadgetsisclosestinmeaningto（）（）.

A.tools B.messages C.barriers D.skills

小题3:Theauthorexplainsefficiencycomeswithapriceby（）（）.

A.describingaprocess

B.usingexamples

C.followingtimeorder

D.makingclassification

小题4:Comparedwithhome-madehandicrafts，machinemadeproducts（）（）.

A.lackgreataccuracy

B.lackthepersonaltouch

C.areofhighvalue

D.arequitewelcome

小题5:WhatcanbelearnedabouttechnologyfromParagraph4?

A.Itcandestroyoldtraditions.

B.Itcanleadtosocialprogress.

C.Itcanbeusedtocorrectmistakes.

D.Itcanbeusedtopreserveoldproducts.

小题6:Whatcanbeconcludedfromthelastparagraph?

A.Progresscansuittheneedsofdailylife.

B.Peoplereviewthepastwithgreatregret.

C.Technologyshouldbeintroducedinafixedway.

D.People&rsquosattitudedecidestheuseoftechnology.

正确答案：

小题1:D

小题2:A

小题3:B

小题4:B

小题5:D

小题6:D

答案解析：

【文章简介】这是一篇议论文。众所周知，发展可以为人类和社会带来各种便利，但新技术的使用对社会产生何种影响取决于人们的态度。因为发展的同时，会付出一定的代价。如，大批量生产使手工产品质量的降低，产品个性的缺失，产品人文性的丧失等。呼吁先进性与传统性要协调同步发展。

小题1:D答案解析：细节理解题文章第一段告诉我们，不论个人还是社会都需要发展，发展为的是改善现状，求得更有效的行事方法。但是，所有的这些只有在人们接受这些技术和改进（Allthese，however，remainstrueonlyinsofaraspeoplewanttoaccepttechnologyandmoveforward......），这样发展才能起更大作用。因此D选项符合此意。

小题2:A答案解析：词义猜测题原文说有了交际......，比如手机，ipads等，人们就不会经常登门拜访（Withthecommunicationgadgets，suchasmobilephonesandipads，peopleoftendonottaketheeffecttovisitoneanotherpersonally.），根据所划线部分词举的例子，我们可以猜出是指手机等交往工具。因此A选项正确。

小题3:B答案解析：写作手法理解题该段首句提出，怀旧的人们认为：高效率带来的发展要有代价的。接着作者以人们手机，平板电脑等的使用为例加以说明。由此得知，B选项与此意吻合。

小题4:B答案解析：细节理解题第三段告诉我们高效率带来产品的大批量的生产。但比起手工制作，因没有个性造成与人类联系的缺失（However，withtheimprovementsinefficiencyalsocomesthelossofthepersonaltouchwhenmakingtheseproducts.）。.所以B选项正确。

小题5:D答案解析：段意理解题第四段从发展的另一角度告诉我们，新技术可以用来保持传统。就是因为发展和新技术的运用使许多古老的东西风韵犹存（Itisonlywithprogressandtheinventionofnewtechnologythatmanyoldproductscanbebroughtbacktotheiroldstate.），所以D选项正确。

小题6:D答案解析：主旨要义题最后一段首句告诉我们，人们对发展的态度是技术给社会产生相应影响的根源（Itispeople&rsquosattitudetowardsprogressthatcausesthetypeofinfluencethattechnologyhasonsociety.）然后作者从正反两方面论证这一中心。所以D选项正确。