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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.richB.friendly
C.brave D.particular
小题2:
A.battling B.avoiding
C.curingD.developing
小题3:
A.appointB.call
C.missD.search
小题4:
A.whenB.until
C.unlessD.because
小题5:
A.everB.frequently
C.neverD.seldom
小题6:
A.divideB.receive
C.pay D.gain
小题7:
A.willingB.likely
C.anxiousD.clever
小题8:
A.settling downB.using up
C.setting offD.checking out
小题9:
A.adviceB.plan
C.exampleD.gesture
小题10:
A.lessonB.speech
C.talkD.lecture
小题11:
A.displaysB.purchases
C.exchangesD.repairs
小题12:
A.imagineB.predict
C.understandD.recommend
小题13:
A.bigB.new
C.sameD.special
小题14:
A.sometimesB.recently
C.onceD.always
小题15:
A.valuesB.trends
C.techniquesD.benefits
小题16:
A.stranger B.user
C.ownerD.beginner
小题17:
A.workersB.races
C.minoritiesD.teams
小题18:
A.increased B.developed
C.variedD.moved
小题19:
A.AndB.So
C.OrD.But
小题20:
A.changeB.exist
C.lastD.work
答案

小题1:D

小题2:A

小题3:B

小题4:D

小题5:C

小题6:A

小题7:B

小题8:D

小题9:A

小题10:C

小题11:B

小题12:C

小题13:C

小题14:D

小题15:B

小题16:A

小题17:C

小题18:A

小题19:D

小题20:B

小题1: D

解析 根据上文“I am a journalist in America.”及下一句“...someone who has recently switched banks,or who is ____ cancer,or who owns both a Chevy pickup and Toyota sedan.”可知,作为记者,作者要经常采访报道某些特别的人,故选particular。

小题2: A

解析 根据句意及上下文可知,作者会采访某个正在与癌症病魔斗争的人,故选battle表示“搏斗,斗争”。其余三项与语境不符。

小题3: B

解析 根据语境,作为记者,作者要经常采访某些特别的人,当遇到困难时,肯定会打电话向哥哥求助,故选call。

小题4: D

解析 根据文章内容可知,正是由于哥哥从不上网,才同周围的人接触频繁,从而认识了各种各样的人。

小题5: C

解析 由上文的“...he is offline.”可知,哥哥从不上网而非不常上网,never符合语境。

小题6: A

解析 根据语境及句意可知,既然哥哥不上网,自然没有电子邮件系统来分散他购物时的注意力,故选divide分散,分开。

小题7: B

解析 根据上下文及语境可知,既然没有电子邮件系统来分散他购物时的注意力,那自然有可能结识一两个朋友,likely符合语境。

小题8: D

解析 根据常识可知,购物后要结账离开,故用check out结账离开。settle down安下心来,定居;use up消耗掉,用完;set off动身,启程,出发,均不符合语境。

小题9: A

解析 结合上下文可知此处表示哥哥遇到困难时常寻求邻居的帮助和建议。advice最符合语境。

小题10: C

解析 由后文的“...health problems,banking habits and new­car ____.”可知,在喝过酒后,哥哥会仔细听邻居们谈论这些话题。talk最合文意。

小题11: B

解析 根据语境,邻居们酒后谈论的更可能是购买新车,故选purchase。

小题12: C

解析 由作者哥哥的话可知,他不理解人们不是相互交谈而是发电子邮件这种现象。imagine想象;predict预测;recommend建议,均不符合语境。

小题13: C

解析 四个选项中只有same能表现出哥哥对使用因特网的这些人的不理解。

小题14: D

解析 根据后半句“...the Internet ____ are making him more so,too.”可知此处意为:我哥哥总是认为自己是个过时守旧的人。always最符合语境。

小题15: B

解析 根据上下文可知,互联网用户迅猛增加的这一趋势使作者的哥哥更落伍了,故选trend。

小题16: A

解析 根据第三段前两句“...he is offline.At age 52,he’s ____ sent an e­mail,surfed the Web or bought anything online.”可知,作者的哥哥从不上网,故stranger局外人,外行,符合语境。

小题17: C

解析 结合全文可知,作者的哥哥属于全国正在迅速减少的少数人中的一员,故选minority少数。

小题18: A

解析 结合下文“...to 59% of adult Americans from just over 50%...”可知,互联网用户比例缓慢增加。

小题19: D

解析 空格前后内容是转折关系,but符合语境。

小题20: B

解析 根据句意“以那样的速度,不使用互联网的美国人在十年后将不会存在了。”可知,exist符合语境。

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