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单选题   What can NOT communications technology do according to the passage?

A.To help people communicate without seeing each other.
B.To help conduct the conversation without talking with each other directly.
C.To help people get other's phone numbers.
D.To help shorten the distance between people.

参考答案:D进入在线模考
本题考查文章细节。第五段作者举例说,有了电子邮件和即时通讯软件,人们利用互联网交流时可彼此不看对方,故排除A;有了语音信箱,人们可以在不直接打电话给任何人的情况下与人交谈,故排除B;第六段提到人们甚至不用再通过打电话询问别人的电话号码,因为姓名地址查找系统几乎是完全自动的,故排除C。第五段开头作者指出,通讯技术让人与人之间的联系越来越密切,却感到越来越
有隔膜。可见,通讯技术并不能真正缩短人们之间的距离,故选D。

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