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.
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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。