I am a journalist in America.When reporting a story,I sometimes need to find a ____ kind of person—someone who has recently switched banks,or who is ____ cancer,or who owns both a Chevy pickup and Toyota sedan.
At such moments,I ____ my brother Keith,a telecommunication worker in eastern Kansas.Usually he says,“I know just the guy.”
His contacts are so diverse in large part ____ he is offline.At age 52,he’s ____ sent an email,surfed the Web or bought anything online.Without any mobile email system to ____ his attention when he is shopping,he is ____ to make a friend or two before ____.Without Web pages to instruct him on his latest project—how to build a cow fence or how to fix a woodburning stove—he seeks out the help of neighbours who have done it and follows their ____,and during beerdrinking time afterwards he listens carefully to their ____ of health problems,banking habits and newcar ____.
“I like talking to people,” he says.“I do not ____ nowadays people send each other emails instead of talking while they’re in the ___ room.”
My older brother ____ considers himself as an oldfashioned man and the Internet ____ are making him more so,too.As a(n) ____ to the Web,my brother belongs to one of the nation’s fastestdecreasing ____.
During the first half decade of the 21st century,the proportion of Internet users ____ slowly,to 59% of adult Americans from just over 50%,according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project.____ in the second half of the decade,that growth skyrocketed(猛升) and now nearly 80% of adult Americans use the Internet.At that pace,the offline Americans will no longer ____ in the coming decade.
小题1: | A.rich | B.friendly | C.brave | D.particular |
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小题2: | A.battling | B.avoiding | C.curing | D.developing |
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小题3: | A.appoint | B.call | C.miss | D.search |
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小题4: | A.when | B.until | C.unless | D.because |
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小题5: | A.ever | B.frequently | C.never | D.seldom |
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小题6: | A.divide | B.receive | C.pay | D.gain |
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小题7: | A.willing | B.likely | C.anxious | D.clever |
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小题8: | A.settling down | B.using up | C.setting off | D.checking out |
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小题9: | A.advice | B.plan | C.example | D.gesture |
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小题10: | A.lesson | B.speech | C.talk | D.lecture |
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小题11: | A.displays | B.purchases | C.exchanges | D.repairs |
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小题12: | A.imagine | B.predict | C.understand | D.recommend |
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小题13: | A.big | B.new | C.same | D.special |
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小题14: | A.sometimes | B.recently | C.once | D.always |
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小题15: | A.values | B.trends | C.techniques | D.benefits |
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小题16: | A.stranger | B.user | C.owner | D.beginner |
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小题17: | A.workers | B.races | C.minorities | D.teams |
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小题18: | A.increased | B.developed | C.varied | D.moved |
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小题20: | A.change | B.exist | C.last | D.work |
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