transportation, but frequently my tech use was not so benign. when i faced difficult work, like thinking through an article idea or editing the same draft for the hundredth time, for example, a more sinister screen would draw me in. i could easily escape discomfort. temporarly. by answering email or browsing ing the web under the pretense of so-called\to admit that my bad habits had less to do with new-age.technology and more to do with old-fashioned procrastination(拖延) 解析：信息匹配点 admits=admit using technology as an escape=use technology as an escape
I 38.Checking phones at dinners is now accepted as normal but not belching
I. Now imagine the same dinner,but instead of checking their phone, the person belches(打嗝) -loudly.Everyone notices. unless the meal takes place in a beer house, this is considered bad manners. The impolite act violates the basic rules of etiquette. one has to wonder why don’t we apply the same social norms to checking phones during meals, meetings and conversations as we do to other antisocial behaviors somehow, we accept it and say nothing when someone offends. 解析：信息匹配点 dinners=dinner checking phones=checking their phones accepted as normal=accept it belching=belches O 39.To make proper use of technology, we should not only increase our awareness of how it is changing but also how it is impacting us.
O.These improvements don't mean we shouldn't attempt to control our use of technology. In order to make sure it doesn't control us, we should come to terms with the fact that it's more than the technology itself that’s responsible for our habits. our workplace culture, social norms and individual behaviors all play a part to put technology in its place, we must be conscious not only of how technology is changing, but also of how it is changing us. 解析：信息匹配点 use of technology=use of technology ..
we should not only increase our awareness of how it is changing but also how it is impacting us=we must be conscious not only of how technology is changing, but also of how it is changing us
B 40.Most of us find it hard to focus on our immediate tasks because of internet distractions
B.There's little doubt that nearly everyone who comes in contact with the net has difficulty concentration than it takes to post a status update. as one person ironically put it in the comments section of Schwartz's online article, \email.
解析：信息匹配点 most of us=nearly everyone because of internet distractions=who comes in contact with the net find it hard to focus on our immediate tasks=has difficulty concentration J 41.when one person starts checking their phone, the others will follow suit.
J.The reality is taking one's phone out at the wrong time is worse than belching because, unlike other minor offense, checking tech is contagious. once one person looks at their phone,other people feel compelled to do the same, starting a chain reaction. the more people are on their phones, the fewer people are talking until finally you are the only one left not reading email or checking twitter. from a societal perspective, phone checking is less like belching in public and more like another bad habit. our phones are like cigarettes-something to do when were bored or when our fingers need something to toy with seeing others enjoy a smoke,or sneak a quick glance, is too tempting to resist and soon everyone is doing it. 解析：信息匹配点 when one person starts checking their phone=once one person looks at their phone the others will follow suit=other people feel compelled to do the same
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F 42.The great majority of smart phone users don' t take the trouble to adjust their settings to suit their own purposes.
F.However, as good as these services are, there are simple steps we can take to keep them at bay.For example, we can change how often we receive the distracting notifications that trigger our urge to
check.According to adam marchick, ceo of mobile marketing company kahuna, less than 15 percent of smart phone users ever bother to adjust their notification settlings--meaning the remaining 85 percent of us default to the app makers' every preset trigger.Google and Apple have made it far too difficult to adjust these settings so it's up to us to take steps ensure we set these triggers to suit our own needs, not the needs of the app makers. 解析：信息匹配点 The great majority of smart phone users=less than 15 percent of smart phone users don' t take the trouble to adjust their settings=ever bother to adjust their notification settlings to suit their own purposes=suit our own needs D 43.The internet is regarded by some as designed to distract our attention.
D.The technologies themselves and their makers, are the easiest suspects to blame for our diminishing attention spans. Nicholas Carr,author of The Shallows: what the internet is doing Our brains, wrote, The net is designed to be an interruption system, a machine geared to dividing attention. 解析：信息匹配点 The internet is regarded by some as designed=The net is designed to be an interruption system to distract our attention=a machine geared to dividing attention
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L 44.The author attributes his tech addiction chiefly to his habit of putting off doing what he should. L.I have a confession. even though i study habit-forming technology for a living, disconnecting is not easy for me.I'm online far more than I'd like like Schwartz and so many others, I often find myself distracted and off tack.I wanted to know why so i began self-monitoring to try to understand my behavior. that's when i discovered an uncomfortable truth. i use technology as an escape. when I'm doing something I'd rather not do, or when I'm someplace I'd rather not attention was often a good thing, like when passing time on public transportation, but frequently my tech use was not so benign. when i faced difficult work, like thinking through an article idea or editing the same draft for the hundredth time, for example, a more sinister screen would draw me in. i could easily escape discomfort. temporarly. by answering email or browsing ing the web under the pretense of so-called\\to admit that my bad habits had less to do with new-age.technology and more to do with old-fashioned procrastination(拖延) 解析：信息匹配点 The author attributes his tech addiction chiefly to=\finally had to admit that his habit of putting off doing what he should=my bad habits had less to do with new-age.technology and more to do with old-fashioned procrastination(拖延) G 45.White-collar workers check email round the clock because it is required by their employers
G.While companies like Facebook harvest attention to generate revenue from advertisers, other technologies have no such agenda. take email, for example. this system couldn't care less how often you use it. Yet to many, email is the most habit-forming medium of all.We check email at all hours of the day--we're obsessed, but why? Because that's what the boss wants.For almost all white-collar jobs, A slow Response to a message could hurt not only your reputation but also your livelihood. 解析：信息匹配点 White-collar workers check email round the clock=We check email at all hours of the day--we're obsessed, but why? White-collar workers=white-collar jobs because it is required by their employers=Because that's what the boss wants ..
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