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The round-the-clock( 24小时不断的 ) availability that cell
phone have brought to people's lives may be taking a toll on
family life, a new study suggests. The study, which followed
more than 1,300 adults over 2 years, found that those who
consistently used a mobile phone throughout the study period
were more likely to report negative "spillover" between work
and home life-and,in turn, less satisfaction with their family
life.
Spillover essentially(本质上) means that the line between
work and home begins to become unclear. Work life may invade
home life when a parent is taking job-related calls at home,for
instance-or family issues may start to take up work time. For
example,a child may call mom at work,telling her "microwave
exploded" explained Noelle Chesley,an assistant professor of
sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the
author of the study. The problem with cell phones seems to be
that they are allowing for ever more spillover between work
and home.
This may be especially true for working women,the study
found. Among men,consistent use of mobile phones seemed to
allow more work issues to creep (潜入)into family time. But
for women,the spillover tended to go in both directions being
"connected" meant that work cut into home time,and family
issues came into work life.
Cell phones seem to be opening more lines for stressful
exchanges among family members. But there may be ways to
control the spillover, according to Chesley. Employers, she
said,could look at their policies on contacting employees after
hours to make sure their expectations are "reasonable". For
their part,employees could decide that cell phones go off during
family time, Chesley said.
1. What does the underlined phrase "taking a toll on" probably mean in Paragraph 1?
A. Explaining.
B. Protecting.
C. Extending
D. Damaging.
2. What is the purpose of offering the example "microwave exploded" in Paragraph 2?
A. To show the microwave is of poor quality.
B. To indicate how dependent the child is.
C. To indicate family issues affect work hours.
D. To show work time creeps into family life
3. As, a result of negative " spillover ", people will feel ____ .
A. less satisfied with their family life
B. less satisfied with their work
C. angry with their troublesome children
D. unwilling to get married at an early age
4. According to Chesley, what is the best solution to the problem caused by cell phones?
A. Refuse to use cell phones.
B. Separate work hours from family time.
C. Ignore coming calls during family time.
D. Encourage women to stay at home.
5. We can learn from the passage that____.
A. spillover makes the line between work and home unclear
B. cell phones seem to be convenient to families
C. cell phones affect men as much as women
D. we can do nothing to solve the problem
