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完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
It’s 10:30 p.m., and 11-year-old Brandon Blanco is sound asleep at home. Suddenly, a loud noise (1)____ him up. Naturally, Brandon (2) ____ his cell phone. He blinks twice, and the message on the screen becomes clear: “R U awake?”
The (3) ____ text does not annoy Brandon since he gets frequent (4) ____ and calls, even after bedtime. And he can’t imagine life without them. “If I didn’t have a cell phone, I wouldn’t be able to talk to my friends or family as often,” he told the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Brandon’s use of (5) ____ doesn’t stop there. He also has a computer, a TV and three video-game consoles(控制台)in his room. With so many (6) ____, it is no surprise that when he is not at school, he spends nearly every (7) ____ minute using one or more of these devices. Brandon is hardly (8) ____. According to a recent study by TFK, kids aged 8 to 18 are spending more time than ever before using (9) ____ devices. How much time? More than seven and a half hours a day (10) ____, the study found. That’s about an hour more than just five years ago.
The jump is the result of a huge explosion in mobile devices, says Victoria Rideout, the lead author of the study. “These devices have opened up many more (11) ____ for young people to use media, whether it’s on the bus, on the way to school or waiting in line before the cashier,” says Rideout.
Often, kids (12) ____, or use more than one device at a time. “If you’ve got a chance to do something on your (13) ____ and take a phone call and have the TV on at the same time, why not?” Media expert Cheryl Olson says. Most experts agree technology has much to (34) ____ kids. But some worry the kids could be (15) ____ other (16) ____ like playing outside or (17) ____ with friends. “It’s a matter of balance,” says Olson.
Multitasking while (18) ____ is another concern. Some kids listen to music, watch TV or use the phone while doing their homework. “It’s important to make sure that you should (19) ____ one thing deeply,” says Rideout.
With new and exciting devices hitting stores every year, keeping technology use (20) ____ is more important than ever. “Kids should try,” adds Rideout. “But parents might have to step in sometimes.”
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【小题1】A
【小题2】A
【小题3】D
【小题4】B
【小题5】C
【小题6】C
【小题7】D
【小题8】B
【小题9】C
【小题10】A
【小题11】D
【小题12】D
【小题13】A
【小题14】B
【小题15】B
【小题16】D
【小题17】C
【小题18】D
【小题19】B
【小题20】A
解析试题分析:本文叙述了以11岁的Brandon Blanco 为代表的一些青少年,他们在使用新的设备如电脑,手机,电视机视频游戏机等方面,花费的时间很长,因而他们有些活动就不能参加了,因此短文最后提出,要在这方面要加强控制,家长也应给予足够的重视。
【小题1】考查动词及上下文的呼应。 wakes 醒来; takes 花费; makes制造; gets到达。根据上文Brandon Blanco当时在睡觉,手机短信把他惊醒了,故选A。
【小题2】考查动词短语及上下文的呼应。 reaches for伸手去拿; takes out取出; puts out伸出; turn off关掉。根据语境他去拿手机,故选A。
【小题3】考查副词及上下文的呼应。 early早; afternoon下午; morning早晨; night晚上。根据It’s 10:30 p.m. 可知这是晚上,故选D。
【小题4】考查名词及上下文的呼应。 books 书; messages 信息; letters 信; passage走廊,一段;根据上文the message on the screen becomes clear: 这里是短信,故选B。
【小题5】考查名词及上下文的呼应。 cell phones手机; papers 文件;technology技术; words单词。根据He also has a computer, a TV and three video-game consoles(控制台)in his room. 可知这里指的是技术,故选C。
【小题6】考查名词及上下文的呼应。Friends朋友; assignments作业; devices装置; interrupts中断。根据上文或下文using one or more of these devices.可知有电脑等设备,故选C。
【小题7】考查动词及上下文的呼应。 working 工作; speaking讲话; sleeping睡觉; waking醒。根据常识他花费大约醒着的时间去用这些设备,故选D。
【小题8】考查形容词及上下文的呼应。 happy高兴的; alone孤独的,独自; tired累的; worried担心的。根据kids aged 8 to 18 are spending more time than ever before using…可知Brandon并非孤独,还有很多和他一样的人,故选B。
【小题9】考查形容词及上下文的呼应。electric电的; useful 有用的; electronic电子的; fashionable流行的,时髦的。electric的基本意思是“电动的”“电的”,指以电作动力、由电产生、产生电的、使用电的或用于导电的,作此解时,只用作定语。electrical指“与电学有关的”。如an electrical engineer电机〔气〕工程师; an electrical fault电力故障。故选C。
·<拉丁语 electrum (琥珀)
【小题10】考查固定短语及上下文的呼应。on average平均; in total总计; for fun开玩笑; without stop不停地。研究发现大约一天平均花费7个半小时,故选A。
【小题11】考查名词及上下文的呼应。 jobs工作; machines机器; rooms房间; opportunities机会。这些设备对于年轻人来说打开了方便之门,也就是有更多的机会去使用它们,故选D。
【小题12】考查动词及上下文的呼应。like喜欢; enjoy 喜欢; hate 恨; multitask任务多。孩子们的任务多,有时同时用好几个设备,故选D。
【小题13】考查名词及上下文的呼应。computer 电脑; desk桌子; own自己的; time时间。如果你能在你的电脑上做一些事情,同时也能打电话,同时也开着电视,故选A。
【小题14】考查动词及上下文的呼应。 employ雇佣; offer 提供; attract吸引; tell告诉。大多数专家都同意科技给孩子们提供很多东西,故选B。
【小题15】考查动词及上下文的呼应。 setting up设立,装置; missing out遗漏; working with共事; relying on依赖。有些人担心孩子可能会漏掉一些活动,故选B。
【小题16】考查名词及上下文的呼应。 methods方法; ways 方法; chances机会; activities活动。根据like playing outside 这是对活动的举例,所以选D。
【小题17】考查动词短语及上下文的呼应。helping out 帮助摆脱困难; fighting with与……斗争;hanging out常去; looking after照顾。经常和朋友出去,故选C。
【小题18】考查动词短语及上下文的呼应。 listening to music听音乐; watching TV 看电视;
using phone call 用手机; doing homework做作业。可以一边做作业一边做很多事情,故选D。
【小题19】考查动词短语及上下文的呼应。looking for寻找; concentrate on 全神贯注;
staring at盯着; writing down写下。那是很重要的你要全身贯注一件事,故选B。
【小题20】考查固定短语及上下文的呼应。 in check受控制的; at the same time同时; more often 更经常; less often偶尔。保持技术的使用受控制的是比以前更重要的,故选A。
考点:社会现象类短文。
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