英语阅读提升训练 前沿科学（完型填空）
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前沿科学
维A 完形填空(每题1.5分，满分30分)
(2012·江苏卷)The concept of solitude (独处) in the digital world is almost nonexistent.In the world of digital technology，email，social networking and online video games，information is meant to be __1__.Solitude can be hard to discover __2__ it has been given up.In this respect，new technologies have __3__ our culture.
The desire to be connected has brought solitude to a(n) __4__ as we've known it.People have become so __5__ in the world of networks and connections that one can often be contacted __6__ they'd rather not be.Today we can talk，text，email，chat and blog (写博客)，not only from our __7__，but from our mobile phones as well.
Most developed nations have become __8__ on digital technology simply because they've grown accustomed to it，and at this point not __9__ it would make them an outsider.__10__，many jobs and careers require people to be __11__.From this point of view，technology has changed the culture of work.Being reachable might feel like a __12__ to those who may not want to be able to be contacted at all times.
I suppose the positive side is that solitude is still possible for anyone who __13__ wants it.Computers can be shut __14__ and mobile phones can be turned off.The ability to be “connected” and “on” has many __15__，as well as disadvantages.Travelers have ended up __16__ on mountains，and mobile phones have saved countless lives.They can also make people feel __17__ and forced to answer unwanted calls or __18__ to unwanted texts.
Attitudes towards our connectedness as a society __19__ across generations.Some find today's technology a gift.Others consider it a curse.Regardless of anyone's view on the subject，it's hard to imagine what life would be like __20__ daily advancements in technology.
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇说明文。主要讲述了在这个科技迅猛发展的时代，随着各种各样电子产品和通讯工具的出现，人与人之间的联系已经越来越依靠这些高科技产品，独处似乎已经成为不可能的事情。不管你喜不喜欢，如果没有科技的进步，很难想象未来的生活会是什么样子。
1.A.updated B.received C.shared D.collected
答案 C [本段第一句话句意：在这个数字世界，独处几乎是不存在的。所以本句表达的意思是有了电子邮件、社会网络等这些通讯工具，信息意味着被互相分享(share)。update更新;receive得到收到;collect 收集。]
2.A.though B.until C.once D.before
答案 C [一旦你放弃了独处，那么就很难再找回来。此处用连词once引导条件状语从句，符合语境。though尽管，引导让步状语从句; until直到，引导时间状语从句;before在……之前，引导时间状语从句。]
3.A.respected B.shaped C.ignored D.preserved
答案 B [新技术应是塑造(shape)而不是尊重(respect)、忽视(ignore)或保护(preserve)我们的文化。 ]
4.A.edge B.stage C.end D.balance
答案 C [既然想与他人有联系，那自然就会结束独处的境地。bring sth to an end使……结束，为固定表达。]
5.A.sensitive B.intelligent C.considerate D.reachable
答案 D [在这个网络相连的世界，找到一个人是如此容易。此处用reachable(可获得的，可达到的)来表达人很容易被找到。sensitive敏感的;intelligent聪明的，有才智的;considerate体贴的，体谅的。]
6.A.even if B.only if C.as if D.if only
答案 A [由空格前的one can often be contacted(一个人经常会被联系到)与空格后的they'd rather not be可知，空格处表示“即使”(even if)。]
7.A.media B.computers C.databases D.monitors
答案 B [我们能交谈、发短信、发电子邮件、聊天和写博客，除了后面提到的能用手机做到之外，当然就是电脑(computer)了。]
8.A.bent B.hard C.keen D.dependent
答案 D [既然大多数发达国家习惯了这种数字技术，所以人们就变得依赖它们。become dependent on为固定搭配，意为“变得依赖/依靠”。]
9.A.finding B.using C.protecting D.changing
答案 B [在这种情况下，不使用(using)数字技术则使他们显得像旁观者、局外人。本处为动名词短语作主语。]
10.A.Also B.Instead C.Otherwise D.Somehow
答案 A [除了上文提到的人们已经习惯了数字技术外，许多工作和职业也(also)需要人们互相联系。]
11.A.connected B.trained C.recommended D.interested
答案 A [许多工作和职业也需要人们互相联系(to be connected)。其他选项用在此处的话句意不通顺。]
12.A.pleasure B.benefit C.burden D.disappointment
答案 C [下文提到的是那些不想被联系到的人，所以能够被reachable对他们来说自然就是一种负担(burden)。]
13.A.slightly B.hardly C.merely D.really
答案 D [solitude is still possible(独处仍然是可能的)自然是对那些真正(really)想要独处的人来说的，而不是slightly(稍微地)，hardly(几乎不)，merely(仅仅)。]