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 e?mail，surfed the Web or bought anything online.Without any mobile e?mail 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 wood?burning stove—he seeks out the help of neighbours who have done it and follows their ____，and during beer?drinking time afterwards he listens carefully to their ____ of health problems，banking habits and new?car ____.

“I like talking to people，” he says.“I do not ____ nowadays people send each other e?mails instead of talking while they’re in the ___ room.”

My older brother ____ considers himself as an old?fashioned 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 fastest?decreasing ____.

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.

1.A.rich? B．friendly

C．brave D．particular

2.A.battling B．avoiding

C．curing? D．developing

3.A.appoint? B．call

C．miss? D．search

4.A.when? B．until

C．unless? D．because

5.A.ever? B．frequently

C．never? D．seldom

6.A.divide? B．receive

C．pay D．gain

7.A.willing? B．likely

C．anxious? D．clever

8.A.settling down? B．using up

C．setting off? D．checking out

9.A.advice? B．plan

C．example? D．gesture

10.A.lesson? B．speech

C．talk? D．lecture

11.A.displays? B．purchases

C．exchanges? D．repairs

12.A.imagine? B．predict

C．understand? D．recommend

13.A.big? B．new

C．same? D．special

14.A.sometimes? B．recently

C．once? D．always

15.A.values? B．trends

C．techniques? D．benefits

16.A.stranger B．user

C．owner? D．beginner

17.A.workers? B．races

C．minorities? D．teams

18.A.increased B．developed

C．varied? D．moved

19.A.And? B．So

C．Or? D．But

20.A.change? B．exist

C．last? D．work

 

【答案】

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　根據(jù)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，作為記者，作者要經(jīng)常采訪報(bào)道某些特別的人，故選particular。

2.2】　A

解析　根據(jù)句意及上下文可知，作者會(huì)采訪某個(gè)正在與癌癥病魔斗爭(zhēng)的人，故選battle表示“搏斗，斗爭(zhēng)”。其余三項(xiàng)與語(yǔ)境不符。

3.3】　B

解析　根據(jù)語(yǔ)境，作為記者，作者要經(jīng)常采訪某些特別的人，當(dāng)遇到困難時(shí)，肯定會(huì)打電話向哥哥求助，故選call。

4.4】　D

解析　根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知，正是由于哥哥從不上網(wǎng)，才同周圍的人接觸頻繁，從而認(rèn)識(shí)了各種各樣的人。

5.5】　C

解析　由上文的“...he is offline.”可知，哥哥從不上網(wǎng)而非不常上網(wǎng)，never符合語(yǔ)境。

6.6】　A

解析　根據(jù)語(yǔ)境及句意可知，既然哥哥不上網(wǎng)，自然沒(méi)有電子郵件系統(tǒng)來(lái)分散他購(gòu)物時(shí)的注意力，故選divide分散，分開(kāi)。

7.7】　B

解析　根據(jù)上下文及語(yǔ)境可知，既然沒(méi)有電子郵件系統(tǒng)來(lái)分散他購(gòu)物時(shí)的注意力，那自然有可能結(jié)識(shí)一兩個(gè)朋友，likely符合語(yǔ)境。

8.8】　D

解析　根據(jù)常識(shí)可知，購(gòu)物后要結(jié)賬離開(kāi)，故用check out結(jié)賬離開(kāi)。settle down安下心來(lái)，定居；use up消耗掉，用完；set off動(dòng)身，啟程，出發(fā)，均不符合語(yǔ)境。

9.9】　A

解析　結(jié)合上下文可知此處表示哥哥遇到困難時(shí)常尋求鄰居的幫助和建議。advice最符合語(yǔ)境。

10.0】　C

解析　由后文的“...health problems，banking habits and new?car ____.”可知，在喝過(guò)酒后，哥哥會(huì)仔細(xì)聽(tīng)鄰居們談?wù)撨@些話題。talk最合文意。

11.1】　B

解析　根據(jù)語(yǔ)境，鄰居們酒后談?wù)摰母赡苁琴?gòu)買新車，故選purchase。

12.2】　C

解析　由作者哥哥的話可知，他不理解人們不是相互交談而是發(fā)電子郵件這種現(xiàn)象。imagine想象；predict預(yù)測(cè)；recommend建議，均不符合語(yǔ)境。

13.3】　C

解析　四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中只有same能表現(xiàn)出哥哥對(duì)使用因特網(wǎng)的這些人的不理解。

14.4】　D

解析　根據(jù)后半句“...the Internet ____ are making him more so，too.”可知此處意為：我哥哥總是認(rèn)為自己是個(gè)過(guò)時(shí)守舊的人。always最符合語(yǔ)境。

15.5】　B

解析　根據(jù)上下文可知，互聯(lián)網(wǎng)用戶迅猛增加的這一趨勢(shì)使作者的哥哥更落伍了，故選trend。

16.6】　A

解析　根據(jù)第三段前兩句“...he is offline.At age 52，he’s ____ sent an e?mail，surfed the Web or bought anything online.”可知，作者的哥哥從不上網(wǎng)，故stranger局外人，外行，符合語(yǔ)境。

17.7】　C

解析　結(jié)合全文可知，作者的哥哥屬于全國(guó)正在迅速減少的少數(shù)人中的一員，故選minority少數(shù)。

18.8】　A

解析　結(jié)合下文“...to 59% of adult Americans from just over 50%...”可知，互聯(lián)網(wǎng)用戶比例緩慢增加。

19.9】　D

解析　空格前后內(nèi)容是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，but符合語(yǔ)境。

20.20】　B

解析　根據(jù)句意“以那樣的速度，不使用互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的美國(guó)人在十年后將不會(huì)存在了。”可知，exist符合語(yǔ)境。

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