Question

    Millions of Chinese have been playing a mobile game called Travel Frog recently. You play __________________ the “mother” of a frog who lives alone and enjoys traveling. You need to prepare food and tools for his trips. The frog will send you postcards while he is__________________.

The game’s popularity may have__________________ to do with how lonely people are these days, according to the Xinhua News Agency. Many players have said that the__________________ frog is just like them. But playing with the frog helps them_________________ their loneliness for a short time.

Loneliness seems to be a__________________ problem today. According to The Guardian, about 40 percent of American adults say they’re lonely. And in the UK, about one in five people in the country are “always or often lonely”, The Telegraph reported.

This might be why the UK government declared (宣布) the country’s very first "Minister of Loneliness (孤独大臣)" in January. The minister’s job is to find ways to help UK citizens feel__________________lonely. The minister’s office will provide more money for activities that connect people together.

This loneliness problem may be partly due to social media. In public places, we would rather look at our smartphones than__________________with people in front of us. And when we see pictures of friends having fun or posting selfies (自拍) without us, we may compare their “perfect” lives with our own and feel__________________ and lonely.

___________________ we should remember that no one is destined (注定) to be lonely. As UK poet John Donne once wrote, "No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent (陆地), a part of the main."

1.A.as B.with C.off

2.A.back B.home C.away

3.A.anything B.nothing C.something

4.A.lonely B.happy C.angry

5.A.strengthen B.forget C.remember

6.A.unusual B.common C.strange

7.A.even B.more C.less

8.A.communicate B.compete C.connect

9.A.sad B.excited C.strange

10.A.So B.But C.And

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.A

5.B

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.A

10.B

【解析】

这篇短文通过“旅行蛙”游戏介绍了现在很多人感到孤独这一社会现象的普遍性及出现原因。

1.句意：你可以扮作一只单独生活喜欢旅行的青蛙的“妈妈”。

考查介词辨析及语境理解。A. as作为；B. with和；C. off离开。根据后文“You need to prepare food and tools for his trips. The frog will send you postcards while he is___2_____.”可知此处指扮成青蛙的妈妈，故选A。

2.句意：青蛙将会在它不在时给你邮寄明信片。

考查副词辨析。A. back后面；B. home家，在家；C. away离开，不在。根据“The frog will send you postcards”可知此处指青蛙在旅行的时候给妈妈邮寄明信片，及当青蛙不在时，故选C。

3. 句意：这个游戏的普及可能和现在人们感到多么孤独有关。

考查不定代词辨析及语境理解。A. anything任何事情；B. nothing没有事情；C. something某事。anything用于否定句或者疑问句中；something用于肯定句中。have something to do with与……有关。结合句意，故选C。

4.句意：许多人说那只孤独的青蛙就像他们。

考查形容词辨析及语境理解。A. lonely孤独的；B. happy高兴的；C. angry生气的。根据上文“a frog who lives alone and enjoys traveling.”及现在人们感到孤独可知此处指孤独的青蛙，故选A。

5.句意：但是和这只青蛙玩耍帮助他们短时间忘记他们的孤独感。

考查动词辨析及语境理解。A. strengthen加强；B. forget忘记；C. remember记得。根据上介绍人们感到孤独可知和青蛙玩耍可以帮助短时间忘记孤独，故选B。

6.句意：现在孤独似乎是个普遍问题。

考查形容词辨析及语境理解。A. unusual不一般的；B. common普通的；C. strange奇怪的。根据“about 40 percent of American adults say they’re lonely”及“And in the UK, about one in five people in the country are “always or often lonely””可知孤独是个普遍问题，故选B。

7.句意：这个大臣的工作就是想办法帮助英国公民感到较少的孤独。

考查比较级及语境理解。A. even甚至；B. more更多；C. less较少。根据上文“This might be why the UK government declared (宣布) the country’s very first "Minister of Loneliness (孤独大臣)" in January.”可知孤独大臣的工作是想办法帮助人们感到更少的孤独，故选C。

8.句意：在公共场所我们宁愿看着我们的手机也不愿意和我们面前的人交流。

考查动词辨析及语境理解。A. communicate交流；B. compete竞争；C. connect联系。根据“This loneliness problem may be partly due to social media.”可知人们宁愿玩手机也不愿意和人交流，故选A。

9.句意：我们可能会把他们的完美生活和我们自己的进行比较而感到悲伤和孤独。

考查形容词辨析及语境理解。A. sad悲伤的；B. excited感到兴奋的；C. strange奇怪的；根据“their “perfect” lives”可以推测我们可能会感到悲伤，故选A。

10.句意：但是我们应该记住没有人注定是孤独的。

考查连词辨析及语境理解。A. So所以；B. But但是；C. And并且。根据上文介绍很多人感到孤独及感到孤独的原因而后文的诗句“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent (陆地), a part of the main.”可知此处发生转折，故选B。