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I am a journalist in America.When reporting a storyI sometimes need to find a ____ kind of person—someone who has recently switched banksor who is ____ canceror who owns both a Chevy pickup and Toyota sedan.

At such momentsI ____ my brother Keitha 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 52he’s ____ sent an e­mailsurfed the Web or bought anything online.Without any mobile e­mail system to ____ his attention when he is shoppinghe 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 problemsbanking 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 sotoo.As a(n) ____ to the Webmy brother belongs to one of the nation’s fastest­decreasing ____.

During the first half decade of the 21st centurythe proportion of Internet users ____ slowlyto 59% of adult Americans from just over 50%according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project.____ in the second half of the decadethat growth skyrocketed(猛升) and now nearly 80% of adult Americans use the Internet.At that pacethe offline Americans will no longer ____ in the coming decade.

1.A.rich  Bfriendly

Cbrave Dparticular

2.A.battling Bavoiding

Ccuring  Ddeveloping

3.A.appoint  Bcall

Cmiss  Dsearch

4.A.when  Buntil

Cunless  Dbecause

5.A.ever  Bfrequently

Cnever  Dseldom

6.A.divide  Breceive

Cpay Dgain

7.A.willing  Blikely

Canxious  Dclever

8.A.settling down  Busing up

Csetting off  Dchecking out

9.A.advice  Bplan

Cexample  Dgesture

10.A.lesson  Bspeech

Ctalk  Dlecture

11.A.displays  Bpurchases

Cexchanges  Drepairs

12.A.imagine  Bpredict

Cunderstand  Drecommend

13.A.big  Bnew

Csame  Dspecial

14.A.sometimes  Brecently

Conce  Dalways

15.A.values  Btrends

Ctechniques  Dbenefits

16.A.stranger Buser

Cowner  Dbeginner

17.A.workers  Braces

Cminorities  Dteams

18.A.increased Bdeveloped

Cvaried  Dmoved

19.A.And  BSo

COr  DBut

20.A.change  Bexist

Clast  Dwork

 

1.D 2.A 3.B 4.D 5.C 6.A 7.B 8.D 9.A 10.C 11.B 12.C 13.C 14.D 15.B 16.A 17.C 18.A 19.D 20.B 【解析】 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。 2.2】 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。 3.3】 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。 4.4】 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。 5.5】 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。 6.6】 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。 7.7】 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。 8.8】 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。 9.9】 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。 10.0】 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。 11.1】 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。 12.2】 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。 13.3】 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。 14.4】 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。 15.5】 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。 16.6】 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。 17.7】 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。 18.8】 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。 19.9】 D 解析 空格前后内容是转折关系,but符合语境。 20.20】 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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