Welcometotheworldofmultitasking---aplacewherethemeasure...

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Welcome to the world of multitasking---a place where the measure of a person is how many jobs they can perform at the same time. In fact, if experts are to be believed multitasking is a disastrous idea.

One of the opponents(反对者) of multitasking is Dr. Clifford Nass, a professor at Stanford University. “People who multitask frequently are less able to pay attention; they are worse at managing their memory,” he said. In his opinion, the loss that we get with multitasking is harmless in some situations, for example, part of doing business in the digital world; but you can’t do serious work like writing, thinking or solving an important problem this way. You do worse even as you think you’re doing better. All the time the research points to a simple fact: the brain cannot cope. When you stop midway through composing a report to check an email, you force your brain to stop and regroup. It is like pressing the pause button during a movie, meaning the film takes longer to watch.

And according to Dr. Nass, the problems extend beyond the brain. Young people who frequently multitask are not as socially and emotionally healthy as those who don’t. They just feel more emotionally satisfied and the feeling is so good and they are bound to desire it again. Todd Oppenheimer, a writer said, “We’ve become a very short-term society and don’t reward people for taking a lot of time on something.” He fears we may end up losing the next generation of great thinkers. “It’s really unfortunate because the long-term challenges of our world---environmental issues, financial issues---require people to think wisely about the long-term consequences of what they do. And it’s no coincidence that the kind of people who do think long-term don’t multitask.

24. According to Dr. Nass, multitasking ________.

A. contributes to memorizing various things

B. may result in losing the next generation of great thinkers

C. can be performed using digital tools

D. makes the performance emotionally affected only

25. From the passage, we can tell ________.

A. we mistakenly believe that we’re doing better by switching between tasks

B. multitasking does harm to us in every area

C. for every task you add to your multitasking, you can finish your goal more quickly

D. the loss that we get with multitasking is harmless

26. Which of the following is a multitasking addict?

   A. You watch from start to finish without distraction when playing a DVD.

   B. You have your office desk covered with paperwork from various unfinished projects.

   C. You feel that when you try to do too much at once, the result always suffers.

   D. You turn your cell phone to silence when you are out to dine with friends.

27. The author mainly wants to tell us _________.

   A. it is more efficient to do things all in a mixed way

   B. it takes longer for us to become a great thinker

   C. we shouldn’t be lazy if we want to accomplish many tasks

   D. the less you switch, the better you do

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