Question

【题目】Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

They’re still kids, and although there’s a lot that the experts don’t yet know about them, one thing they do agree on is that what the kids use and expect from their world has changed rapidly. And it’s all because of technology.

To the psychologists, sociologists, and media experts who study them, their digital devices set this new group 【1】 , even from their Millennial (千禧年的) elders, who are quite familiar with technology. They want to be constantly connected and available in a way even their older brothers and sisters don’t quite get. These differences may seem slight, but they【2】 the appearance of a new generation.

The 【3】 between Millennialelders and this younger group was so evident to psychologist Larry Rosen that he has 【4】 the birth of a new generation in a new book, Rewired: Understanding the ingeneration and the Way They Learn, out next month. Rosen says the technically 【5】 life experience of those born since the early 1990s is so different from the Millennial elders he wrote about in his 2007 book, Me, MySpace and I: Parenting the Net Generation, that they distinguishthemselves as a new generation, which he hasgiven them the nickname of “ingeneration”.

Rosen says portability is the key. They are【6】from their wireless devices, which allow them to text as well as talk, so they can be constantly connected—even in class, where cell phones are 【7】 banned.

Many researchers are trying to determine whether technology somehow causes the brains of young people to be wired differently. “They should be distracted and should perform more poorly than they do,” Rosen says. “But findings show teens 【8】 distractions much better than we would predict by their age and their brain development.”

Because these kids are more devoted to technology at younger ages, Rosen says, the educational system has to change 【9】 .

“The growth on the use of technology with children is very rapid, and we run the risk of being out of step with this generation as far as how they learn and how they think. We have to give them options because they want their world 【10】 ,” Rosen says.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】J

【2】E

【3】H

【4】A

【5】G

【6】K

【7】I

【8】B

【9】F

【10】C

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文，介绍了科技正在让年轻一代变得与众不同。

【1】考查固定短语。句意：对于研究他们的心理学家、社会学家和媒体专家来说，他们的数字设备使这个新群体与众不同，甚至与他们熟悉技术的千禧一代哥哥姐姐也不例外。set sb apart from表示“使某人与众不同”，故填J。

【2】考查动词。句意：这些差异看似微不足道，但却标志着新一代的出现。此处缺少动词做谓语，根据“the appearance of a new generation”可知此处表示“标志”，故填E。

【3】考查名词。句意：心理学家拉里·罗森认为千禧一代和年轻一代之间的反差如此明显，以至于他在一本新书中宣布新一代的诞生。此处用名词做主语，根据“between Millennialelders and this younger group”可知此处表示“反差”，故填H。

【4】考查动词。句意同上。此处缺少动词做谓语，根据“the birth of a new generation”可知此处表示“宣布”，故填A。

【5】考查非谓语动词。句意：罗森说，从20世纪90年代初出生的人技术占主导地位的生活经历与他在2007年的书中所写的千禧一代大不相同。此处做定语修饰名词life experience，根据“technically”可知此处表示“占主导地位的”，life experience与dominate是逻辑上的动宾关系，表示被动，用过去分词做定语，故填G。

【6】考查固定短语。句意：它们与无线设备密不可分，无线设备不仅允许他们打电话，还允许他们发短信。be inseparable from表示“不可与……分开”，故填K。

【7】考查副词。句意：即使在可能禁止使用手机的课堂上，他们也可以一直保持联系。修饰动词banned用副词，根据“even in class, where cell phones”可知此处表示“可能”，故填I。

【8】考查动词。句意：但研究结果表明，青少年比我们根据他们的年龄和大脑发育预测的更能抵御干扰。此处缺少动词做谓语，根据“distractions much better than we would predict by their age and their brain development.”可知此处表示“幸免于、抵御”，故填B。

【9】考查副词。句意：罗森说，因为这些孩子在较小的时候更热衷于科技，教育体系必须进行重大改革。修饰动词change用副词，根据“Because these kids are more devoted to technology at younger ages”可知此处表示“显著地”，故填F。

【10】考查形容词。句意：我们必须给他们选择，因为他们希望自己的世界变得更有个性。此处用形容词做宾补，根据“We have to give them options”可知此处表示“个性化的”，故填C。