VI. Reading Comprehension
Smartphone now present a whole new set of etiquette issues
as entire tables disappear into the Internet via small glowing
screens. The modern smartphone has morphed into instant
messenger, mailbox, camera, flashlight, computer, map,
dictionary, newspaper, personal assistant, and social media portal.
As such its use at the table has become so prevalent that
restaurants are now forced to incorporate how to deal with them
into the sequence of service and table maintenance. Restaurants
have begun offering diners small plates to hold their phones in
order to shield them from potential spills and dinner debris.
Some fine dining restaurants frown upon cellphone use. And a
few places for as far as to post “no cellphone signs.” But most
restaurants are finding ways to address what many consider the
new reality of our fast-paced digital era while at the same time
working to encourage diners to say involved with their dining
companions.
【題組】45. Based on the second paragraph, what does the author
probably imply?
(A) Once one person at the table takes out their phone,
everyone else sort of do it.
(B) The cellphone in the restaurant is a seamless thing.
(C) When people sit down in a restaurant, they put their
phone down somewhere, too.
(D) People you’re having dinner with are more important
than those on the other end of the phone line.