Question

Professor Barry Wellman of the University of Toronto in Canada has invented a term to describe the way many North Americans interact these days. The  1  is "networked individualism". This concept is not  2  to understand because the words seem to have opposite meanings. How can we be individuals and be networked  3  ? You need other people for  4 .

Here is  5  Professor Wellman means.  6  the invention of the Internet and email, our social networks  7  live interactions with relatives, neighbors and colleagues at work. Some of the  _8  was by phone, but it was still voice to voice, person to person, in  9  time.

A recent  10  by the Pew Internet and American Life Project  11  that for a lot of people, electronic interaction through the computer has  12  the person-to-person interaction. However, a lot of people interviewed for the Pew's study  13  that's a good thing. Why?

In the past , many people were  14  that the Internet isolated (孤立) us and caused us to _15  too much time in the imaginary world of the computer. But the Pew's study discovered that the _16  is true. The Internet  17  us with more real people than expected --  18  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  19  an important role in helping them make major life decisions.

Thanks to the computer, "networked individuals" are able to be  20  and together with other people -- at the same time!

1. A. saying           B. term               C. concept           D. meaning

2. A. difficult          B. different            C. easy                 D. surprising

3. A. at the same time   B. at once                     C. all the time           D. once in a while

4. A. job            B. food                C. help                D. networks

5. A. what             B. how               C. where              D. which

6. A. After            B. With               C. Before             D. As

7. A. included          B. contained           C. formed           D. affected

8. A. appointment       B. interaction          C. invitations          D. doings

9. A. true             B. right             C. wrong            D. real

10. A. experiment      B. study              C. interview           D. work

11. A. showed        B. suggested           C. learned             D. added

12. A. ensured               B. removed            C. replaced            D. exchanged

13. A. say           B. discuss             C. talk              D. speak

14. A. excited        B. surprised           C. shocked            D. worried

15. A. take            B. spend              C. cost              D. stay

16. A. opposite          B. thing               C. outcome            D. effect

17. A. connects       B. offers              C. shares              D. informs

18. A. thankful       B. considerate          C. helpful             D. friendly

19. A. finds           B. plays               C. catches             D. possesses

20. A. united           B. social              C. separated           D. alone

Answer 1

1-5 BCADA  6-10 CABDB  11-15 ACADB  16-20  AACBD

解析:

1. B。根据前一句“invented a term”可知，该“字眼，词语”是"networked individualism"。

2. C。根据下一句“How can we be individuals and be networked  3  ?”可知，该词语不“容易”理解，理解上有难度。

3. A。根据文章最后一句可知。我们怎么可以是个体，而“同时”又是联网的呢？

4. D。要做到这点，你需要其他人在“网络”上。

5. A 。what引导主语从句，并在从句中充当means的宾语。how和when为副词，不能充当宾语，which也为代词，但其表示指定范围中选择。

6. C。在因特网和email发明之前，我们的社会网络主要包括亲戚、邻居、同事等的真实交往。

7. A。见上句。

8. B。其中有些“交往、互动”是通过电话进行的。

9. D。这些声音对声音、个人与个人的互动，是在“真实的”时间进行的。

10. B。根据13空一句中的study可知，指的是由the Pew Internet and American Life Project进行的最近的一项“研究”。

11. A。该项研究“表明”……

12. C。对于许多人来说，通过电脑进行的电子互动“取代”了那种特定的个人对个人的互动。

13. A。然而，许多接受the Pew网采访的人“说”这是好事情。

14. D。为什么呢？在过去，许多人“担心”网络会使我们与世隔绝。

15. B。并导致我们“花费”太多的时间在电脑的虚拟世界中。

16. A。但是，the Pew网的研究发现，事实正相反。根据but表转折可推知。

17. A。网络将我们与更多的真实的人的“连接”起来。

18. C。根据下文的who引导的定语从句的内容可知，这些人是可以为我们“提供帮助的”人。

19. B。 play an important role in在……中担任重要角色，此为固定词组。

20. D。根据3空一句可知，网络个体化实现了个人独立和与人共处的同时存在。