Question

The Turning Point

A handsome, middle aged man walked quietly into the cafe and sat down. Before he  1 , he couldn't help but  2  a group of younger men at the table next to him. It was  3  they were making fun of something about him, and it wasn't until he remembered he was  4  a small pink ribbon on the lapel (翻領) of his suit that he became aware of what the  5 was all about.

The man  6  the reaction as ignorance, but the smirks (嬉笑) began to get to him. He looked one of the  7  men square in the eye, placed his hand beneath the ribbon and asked, "This?"

With that the men all began to laugh out loud. The man he  8  said, as he fought back  9 , "Hey, sorry man, but we were just commenting on how  10  your little ribbon looks against your blue jacket!"

The middle aged man  11  motioned for the joker to come over to his table, and invited him to sit down. As  12  as he was, the guy obliged, not really sure why. In a  13  voice, the middle aged man said, "I wear this ribbon to bring  14  about breast cancer. I wear it in my mother's  15 ."

"Oh, sorry. She died of breast cancer?"

"No, she didn't. She's alive and 16. But her breasts nourished (養育) me as an infant, and were a soft  17  place for my  18 when I was scared or  19  as a little boy. I'm very grateful for my mother's breasts, and her  20 ."

 A. ordered                  B. settled                   C. realized                    D. left

A. notice                       B. meet                      C. glance                       D. catch

A. common                   B. strange                   C. natural                      D. obvious

A. showing                    B. wearing                  C. hanging                     D. fixing

 A. fun                         B. talk                        C. joke                          D. story

A. shut off                     B. took off                 C. put off                      D. brushed off

A. happy                       B. rude                       C. dishonest                   D. selfish

A. addressed B. interrupted                              C. scolded                     D. questioned

A. anger                        B. laughter                 C. tears                         D. words

 A. ugly                        B. small                     C. funny                        D. pretty

A. quickly                     B. calmly                   C. cleverly                     D. carefully

 A. unfortunate             B. uncertain                C. unfair                       D. uncomfortable

 A. high                        B. sharp                     C. soft                           D. loud

A. awareness                 B. promotion              C. changes                     D. lessons

A. name                        B. honor                     C. request                      D. sense

A. suffering                   B. wealthy                  C. lucky                        D. well

A. hiding                       B. healing                   C. resting                      D. sleeping

A. hand                         B. arm                       C. head                         D. mind

A. hungry                      B. lonely                    C. proud                        D. nervous

 A. strength                   B. accompany             C. fame                         D. health

Answer 1

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

解析:

1. B。根據前一句“invented a term”可知，該“字眼，詞語”是"networked individualism"。

2. C。根據下一句“How can we be individuals and be networked  3  ?”可知，該詞語不“容易”理解，理解上有難度。

3. A。根據文章最后一句可知。我們怎么可以是個體，而“同時”又是聯網的呢？

4. D。要做到這點，你需要其他人在“網絡”上。

5. A 。what引導主語從句，并在從句中充當means的賓語。how和when為副詞，不能充當賓語，which也為代詞，但其表示指定范圍中選擇。

6. C。在因特網和email發明之前，我們的社會網絡主要包括親戚、鄰居、同事等的真實交往。

7. A。見上句。

8. B。其中有些“交往、互動”是通過電話進行的。

9. D。這些聲音對聲音、個人與個人的互動，是在“真實的”時間進行的。

10. B。根據13空一句中的study可知，指的是由the Pew Internet and American Life Project進行的最近的一項“研究”。

11. A。該項研究“表明”……

12. C。對于許多人來說，通過電腦進行的電子互動“取代”了那種特定的個人對個人的互動。

13. A。然而，許多接受the Pew網采訪的人“說”這是好事情。

14. D。為什么呢？在過去，許多人“擔心”網絡會使我們與世隔絕。

15. B。并導致我們“花費”太多的時間在電腦的虛擬世界中。

16. A。但是，the Pew網的研究發現，事實正相反。根據but表轉折可推知。

17. A。網絡將我們與更多的真實的人的“連接”起來。

18. C。根據下文的who引導的定語從句的內容可知，這些人是可以為我們“提供幫助的”人。

19. B。 play an important role in在……中擔任重要角色，此為固定詞組。

20. D。根據3空一句可知，網絡個體化實現了個人獨立和與人共處的同時存在。