C
Whiletheywerealmostunknowntwentyyearsagoitseemsthatmobilephonesthesedaysarepartofeveryone’slife.Howeveraswithotherinventionssuchasthetelevisionandthecomputertheyareadouble-edgedswordinvitingbothsupportersandopponentsespeciallyinregardtotheiruseinpublicplaceslikerestaurantsandcinemas.
Oneofthestrongestargumentsinfavorofforbiddingmobilesinpublicplacesisthetroubletheycausetootherpeople.Forexamplealthoughweareoftenaskedtoturnoffourphoneswheninacinemathefilmthatwearewatchingisofteninterruptedbythesoundofatleastfiverings.Tomakeitevenworsesomepeopleinsistoncontinuingtheirconversationeventhoughhundredsofpeoplecanhearwhattheysaywhichoftendrownsoutthevoicefromthefilm.Asaresultmanypeoplewouldwelcomeabanonmobilephonesinplaceswheretheymightdisturbotherpeople.
Ontheotherhandthereareanumberofargumentsagainstsuchaban.Itisdifficulttostoppeoplebringingwiththemtheirmobilephonesinpublicplacesmakingitalmostimpossibletocallforaban.Somepeoplewouldseethisasaninfringement(侵犯)oftheirrightswhileotherpeoplewouldsaytheyneedthemincaseofanemergency.Despitebeingaskedtosilencetheirphonessomepeopleinsistonleavingthemon.
Itseemstomethatabanonmobilephoneswouldnothaveanyresultintheend.Peoplewillfindawaytoescapeaban.Neverthelesspeopleshouldbediscouragedfromusingtheminpublicplacesunlessitishighlynecessary.Theyshouldbemadetoknowthatitisbadmannerstousethemincertainplacesoratcertaintimes.Ofcoursetherewillalwaysbesomeonewhothinkstheircallismoreimportantthanothers’peaceandquiet!
53.Whyaremanypeopleforabanontheuseofmobilesinpublicplaces?
A.Becausehundredsofpeoplecanhearthemtalk.
B.Becausetheyareaskedtoturnofftheirmobiles.
C.Becauseotherpeople’speaceandquietismoreimportant.
D.Becausemanypeoplefindawaytoescapeaban.
54.Amongthosewhoareagainstabansomebelievethat__________.
A.theycanturnofftheirmobileswhenitisnecessary
B.itistheirrighttousetheirmobilesinpublicplaces
C.abanonmobileswouldnothave