Question

Professor Barry Wellman of the University of Toronto in Canada has invented a term to describe the way many North Americans interact(交流，溝通) these days. The term is “networked individualism”. This concept is not easy to understand because the words seem to have opposite meanings. How can we be individuals(個人，個體) and be networked at the same time? You need other people for networks.
Here is what Professor Wellman means. Before the invention of the Internet and e-mail, our social networks included live interactions with relatives, neighbors, and friends. Some of the interaction was by phone, but it was still voice to voice, person to person, in real time.
A recent research study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project showed that for a lot of people, electronic interaction through the computer has replaced this person-to-person interaction. However, a lot of people interviewed for the Pew study say that’s a good thing. Why?
In the past, many people were worried that the Internet isolated (孤立)us and caused us to spend too much time in the imaginary world of the computer. But the Pew study discovered that the opposite is true. The Internet connects us with more real people than expected—helpful people who can give advice on careers, medical problems, raising children, and choosing a school or college. About 60 million Americans told Pew that the Internet plays an important role in helping them make major life decisions.
Thanks to the computer, we are able to be alone and together with other people — at the same time!
小題1:The underlined phrase “networked individualism” probably means that by using computers people ________.

A．stick to their own ways no matter what other people say

B．have the rights and freedom to do things of their own interest

C．do things in their own ways and express opinions different from other people

D．a(chǎn)re able to keep to themselves but at the same time reach out to other people

小題2:According to the Pew study, what do many people rely on to make major life decisions?

A．Networks

B．Friends

C．Phones

D．Parents.

小題3:It can be inferred from the Pew study that _______.

A．people have been separated from each other by using computers

B．the Internet makes people waste a lot of time and feel very lonely

C．the Internet has become a tool for a new kind of social communication

D．a(chǎn) lot of people regard the person-to-person communication as a good thing

小題4:Which would be the best title for this passage?

A．We’re Alone on the Internet.

B．We’re Communicating on the Internet.

C．We’re Alone Together on the Internet.

D．We’re in the Imaginary World of the Internet

Answer 1

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:C

試題分析：本文主要講述的是一種新的概念networked individualism，即在網(wǎng)絡(luò)上我們雖然是個體，但是我們?nèi)匀皇蔷o密聯(lián)系在一起的。
小題1:D 推理題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可以在網(wǎng)絡(luò)世界里我們可以保持自我的獨(dú)立性也可以與別人取得聯(lián)系，故D項(xiàng)正確。
小題2:A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第四段最后2行Americans told Pew that the Internet plays an important role in helping them make major life decisions.說明網(wǎng)絡(luò)在人們做出決定中起了很巨大的作用。故A正確。
小題3:C 推理題。根據(jù)文章第三段2,3行electronic interaction through the computer has replaced this person-to-person interaction.說明網(wǎng)絡(luò)已經(jīng)成為了人于人之間交往的重要的工具，故C正確。
小題4:C 主旨大意題。本文主要講述的是一種新的概念networked individualism，即在網(wǎng)絡(luò)上我們雖然是個體，但是我們?nèi)匀皇蔷o密聯(lián)系在一起的。故C項(xiàng)正確。
點(diǎn)評：本文主要講述的是一種新的概念networked individualism，即在網(wǎng)絡(luò)上我們雖然是個體，但是我們?nèi)匀皇蔷o密聯(lián)系在一起的。要求考生讀懂文章中的每個句子的意思還要推理它們之間的關(guān)系，結(jié)合自己的生活常識和經(jīng)驗(yàn)，再通過邏輯推理和判斷，理解文章的言外之意，從而揭示文章的深層涵義。任何一篇文章都有其特定的寫作目的，讀者應(yīng)當(dāng)知道如何去做或按照某種方式傳遞思考問題。推理判斷題的答案不可能在文章中直接找到，因此推理時(shí)我們務(wù)必要忠于原文，在文章中尋找并確定可推論的依據(jù)。