1、Week 7FridayTask 1：请阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。(2012江苏)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
2、given up.In this respect, new technologies have _3_ our culture.The desire to be connected has brought solitude to a(n) _4_as weve known it.People have become so _5_ in the world of networks and connections that one can often be contacted _6_ theyd rather not be.Today we can talk, text, email, chat
3、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 theyve 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
4、 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 phone
5、s 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 towa
6、rds our connectedness as a society _19_ across generations.Some find todays technology a gift.Others consider it a curse.Regardless of anyones view on the subject, its hard to imagine what life would be like _20_ daily advancements in technology.【语篇解读】文章主要讲述数字化技术对人们的影响以及人们对它的态度。人们依赖新技术，新技术改变了文化，人们分享
7、信息，联系密切，很难找到独处的空间。新技术给人们带来便利的同时也带来一些弊端，人们对它持有不同的态度。1A.updated BreceivedCshared Dcollected答案C在数字化世界中，信息用以share“分享”。A项表示“更新”，B项表示“接收”，D项表示“收集”。2A.though BuntilConce Dbefore答案Conce意为“一旦就”。此句意为：独处一旦被放弃就难以再找到。A项表示“尽管”，B项表示“直到才”，D项表示“在之前”。3A.respected BshapedCignored Dpreserved答案B在这一方面，新技术塑造了我们的文化。A项表示“尊重
8、”，B项表示“塑造”，C项表示“忽视”，D项表示“保存，保护”。4A.edge BstageCend Dbalance答案Cbring sth to an end为固定短语，意为“使结束”。5A.sensitive BintelligentCconsiderate Dreachable答案D根据上下文确定是reachable，12题前可以找到相关信息。6A.even if Bonly ifCas if Dif only答案AA项表示“即使”，B项表示“只要”，C项表示“好像”，D项表示“要是就好了”。句意：即使他们自己并不愿意如此，也会经常被联系。7A.media BcomputersCdat
9、abases Dmonitors答案B根据常识，数字化技术中，可以使用电脑和手机交谈、发短信、发电子邮件、聊天、写博客等。8A.bent BhardCkeen Ddependent答案Dbe dependent on为固定短语，意为“依赖于”，根据下文grown accustomed to(习惯于)可以确定答案。9A.finding BusingCprotecting Dchanging答案B根据上下文可知不使用电脑会使他们成为门外汉。10A.Also BInsteadCOtherwise DSomehow答案A此外，很多工作和职业需要人们彼此联系。A项表示“此外，并且”，B项表示“相反”，C
10、项表示“否则，在其他方面”，D项表示“不知怎么地”。11A.connected BtrainedCrecommended Dinterested答案A文中多处提及connected，根据上下文确定选A。12A.pleasure BbenefitCburden Ddisappointment答案C对于那些可能不想一直和人接触的人来说，被联系是一种负担。13A.slightly BhardlyCmerely Dreally答案DA项表示“稍微地，轻微地”，B项表示“几乎不”，C项表示“仅仅，只不过”，D项表示“真正地”。14A.out BdownCup Din答案Bshut out 表示“关在外面
11、”；shut down 表示“关闭”；shut up表示“闭嘴”；shut in表示“关进”。15A.aspects BweaknessesCadvantages Dexceptions答案C根据后文的as well as disadvantages确定此处应该使用advantages。16A.hidden BlostCrelaxed Ddeserted答案B此处介绍新科技的好处：旅行者不再在山上迷路，移动电话已拯救了无数人的生命。17A.trapped BexcitedCconfused Damused答案Aand前后是并列关系，forced与trapped并列。句意：它们也使人们感觉被困住
12、并被迫去回复一些不想回复的电话或短信。18A.turn BsubmitCobject Dreply答案Dreply to为固定短语，意为“回答，答复”，相当于 answer。turn to 表示“转向，求助于”，submit to表示“服从，屈服于”，object to表示“反对”。19A.vary BariseCspread Dexist答案AA项表示“变化”，B项表示“产生，出现”，C项表示“传播，扩散”，D项表示“存在”。20A.beyond BwithinCdespite Dwithout答案DA项表示“在那边，在之上”，B项表示“在之内”，C项表示“尽管”，D项表示“没有”。句意：很
13、难想像没有日常的科技进步生活将会是什么样子。Task 2：词汇积累1digital adj.数字的2(be) accustomed to习惯于3career n职业4positive adj.积极的，肯定的5disadvantage n缺点，不利条件6generation n一代7regardless of 不顾8advancement n前进，进步Task 3：经典句式1Travelers have ended up lost on mountains，and mobile phones have saved countless lives.旅行者不再在山上迷路，移动电话已拯救了无数人的生命
14、。解读end up 表示结束某种动作或状态，end up doing 表示结束做某事；ended up lost on mountains表示“结束在山上迷路”的状态。仿写最初他拒不承认有任何责任，到头来还是道了歉。At first he refused to accept any responsibility but he ended_up_apologizing2Regardless of anyones view on the subject, its hard to imagine what life would be like without daily advancements in technology.不管任何人对于新科技的观点如何，如果没有日常的科技进步，很难想像生活将会是什么样子。解读it作形式主语，不定式短语作真正的主语。仿写对于大学生来说，独立思考、独立生活是很重要的。Its very important for college students to think and live independently.