Question

【題目】Complete the following passage with the words or expression in the box. Each word can only be used once.

A. think about B. experiments C. results D. worry about E. lead

Talking to human-like devices (設(shè)備) can be great fun—just ask Siri to tell you a joke. But it may also 【1】 to problems.

A recent study by scientists in the US found that human-like devices keep people from finding out normal human interaction when they feel lonely.

During a series of 【2】, participants (參與者) were asked to write about a time when they felt lonely. Participants were then introduced to human-like products. They were also asked to 【3】 their phone in human-like terms.

The 【4】 showed that the participants were happy with the comfort they got from the machines and didn’t need to find out normal human interaction.

A. companies B. important C. talking D. developing E. impossible

But the team also found that there were limits to how far this effect would enlarge (擴(kuò)大).

Researchers believe the study is 【5】 for people to realize how these types of products could affect their social interaction with real people.

“If someone notices they are 【6】 more to Siri lately, maybe that has something to do with feeling lonely,” Olson said. “From that point of view, it 's necessary to be aware of it.”

The study could also help 【7】 design products that can increase the well-being of people who feel lonely, without losing normal social interaction.

“Maybe it is more about improving our relationships,” Olson said, “such as taking a break from screens and focusing on 【8】 your real personal connections.”

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【5】B

【6】C

【7】A

【8】D

【解析】

本文是說(shuō)明文，短文介紹了蘋(píng)果公司的語(yǔ)音助手對(duì)于我們的生活產(chǎn)生的影響。它影響我們?nèi)穗H交流。

【1】句意：但是它可能導(dǎo)致問(wèn)題。

短語(yǔ)lead to 意為“導(dǎo)致，造成”，情態(tài)動(dòng)詞may后用動(dòng)詞原形，故選E。

【2】句意：在一系列實(shí)驗(yàn)期間，參與者被要求寫(xiě)關(guān)于他們感覺(jué)孤單的時(shí)間。

根據(jù)上一段內(nèi)容可知科學(xué)家作了一系列實(shí)驗(yàn)，故選B。

【3】句意：他們還被要求用人類(lèi)的術(shù)語(yǔ)來(lái)考慮他們的電話。

根據(jù)句意可知，這些要更多考慮他們的電話，故選A。

【4】句意：實(shí)驗(yàn)結(jié)果表明，他們對(duì)于從機(jī)器獲得的舒服感感到高興，不需要找到正常的人類(lèi)互動(dòng)。

上一段介紹了實(shí)驗(yàn)過(guò)程，所以這里是結(jié)果，故選C。

【5】句意：研究人員相信，該研究對(duì)于人們了解到這些類(lèi)型產(chǎn)品如何影響它們與真人的社會(huì)互動(dòng)是重要的。

固定句型“It is+adj. for sb. to do sth.”意為“對(duì)某人來(lái)說(shuō)做某事是……的”，根據(jù)句意可知這項(xiàng)研究是重要的，故選B。

【6】句意：如果有人注意到他們最近在更多地談?wù)撽P(guān)于Siri，也許這跟孤獨(dú)感有關(guān)。

本句中are和現(xiàn)在分詞talking構(gòu)成現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)態(tài)，作句子的賓語(yǔ)從句，所以用現(xiàn)在分詞talking，故選C。

【7】句意：這項(xiàng)研究還可以幫助公司設(shè)計(jì)出能夠增加孤獨(dú)者幸福感的產(chǎn)品。

根據(jù)常識(shí)可知，設(shè)計(jì)產(chǎn)品的是電子產(chǎn)品的公司，故選A。

【8】句意：比如暫時(shí)離開(kāi)屏幕，專(zhuān)注于發(fā)展你真正的人際關(guān)系。

上一句提到improving our relationships改善我們的關(guān)系，此處是發(fā)展我們的真正的人際聯(lián)系，和improving相近的是developing發(fā)展，故選D。

這篇短文介紹了蘋(píng)果公司的語(yǔ)音助手對(duì)于我們的生活產(chǎn)生的影響。它影響我們?nèi)穗H交流。

在做題時(shí)，應(yīng)先通讀短文，掌握其大意；然后根據(jù)所給單詞在句中的作用以及句中使用的句型等，填寫(xiě)每個(gè)單詞的正確形式。例如第7小題，這句話說(shuō)的該研究可以幫助公司設(shè)計(jì)產(chǎn)品來(lái)增加孤獨(dú)者的幸福感的產(chǎn)品，針對(duì)的不是一家公司，應(yīng)用可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)，故這里應(yīng)填companies。