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【題目】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】

本文是一篇說明文，介紹了科技正在讓年輕一代變得與眾不同。

【1】考查固定短語。句意：對(duì)于研究他們的心理學(xué)家、社會(huì)學(xué)家和媒體專家來說，他們的數(shù)字設(shè)備使這個(gè)新群體與眾不同，甚至與他們熟悉技術(shù)的千禧一代哥哥姐姐也不例外。set sb apart from表示“使某人與眾不同”，故填J。

【2】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：這些差異看似微不足道，但卻標(biāo)志著新一代的出現(xiàn)。此處缺少動(dòng)詞做謂語，根據(jù)“the appearance of a new generation”可知此處表示“標(biāo)志”，故填E。

【3】考查名詞。句意：心理學(xué)家拉里·羅森認(rèn)為千禧一代和年輕一代之間的反差如此明顯，以至于他在一本新書中宣布新一代的誕生。此處用名詞做主語，根據(jù)“between Millennialelders and this younger group”可知此處表示“反差”，故填H。

【4】考查動(dòng)詞。句意同上。此處缺少動(dòng)詞做謂語，根據(jù)“the birth of a new generation”可知此處表示“宣布”，故填A。

【5】考查非謂語動(dòng)詞。句意：羅森說，從20世紀(jì)90年代初出生的人技術(shù)占主導(dǎo)地位的生活經(jīng)歷與他在2007年的書中所寫的千禧一代大不相同。此處做定語修飾名詞life experience，根據(jù)“technically”可知此處表示“占主導(dǎo)地位的”，life experience與dominate是邏輯上的動(dòng)賓關(guān)系，表示被動(dòng)，用過去分詞做定語，故填G。

【6】考查固定短語。句意：它們與無線設(shè)備密不可分，無線設(shè)備不僅允許他們打電話，還允許他們發(fā)短信。be inseparable from表示“不可與……分開”，故填K。

【7】考查副詞。句意：即使在可能禁止使用手機(jī)的課堂上，他們也可以一直保持聯(lián)系。修飾動(dòng)詞banned用副詞，根據(jù)“even in class, where cell phones”可知此處表示“可能”，故填I。

【8】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：但研究結(jié)果表明，青少年比我們根據(jù)他們的年齡和大腦發(fā)育預(yù)測(cè)的更能抵御干擾。此處缺少動(dòng)詞做謂語，根據(jù)“distractions much better than we would predict by their age and their brain development.”可知此處表示“幸免于、抵御”，故填B。

【9】考查副詞。句意：羅森說，因?yàn)檫@些孩子在較小的時(shí)候更熱衷于科技，教育體系必須進(jìn)行重大改革。修飾動(dòng)詞change用副詞，根據(jù)“Because these kids are more devoted to technology at younger ages”可知此處表示“顯著地”，故填F。

【10】考查形容詞。句意：我們必須給他們選擇，因?yàn)樗麄兿Ｍ�自己的世界變得更有個(gè)性。此處用形容詞做賓補(bǔ)，根據(jù)“We have to give them options”可知此處表示“個(gè)性化的”，故填C。