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【題目】請(qǐng)認(rèn)真閱讀下列短文，并根據(jù)所讀內(nèi)容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一個(gè)最恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~。注意：每個(gè)空格只填1個(gè)單詞。請(qǐng)將答案寫在答題紙上相應(yīng)題號(hào)的橫線上。

If there is one word to describe the progress made in the last 100 years, it’s connectedness. From the telephone to the radio to the TV to the Internet, we have found ways to bring us all closer together, enabling，constant worldly access..

I don’t think I need to highlight the benefits of all this. But the downsides are also beginning to show. Beyond the current talk about privacy and data collection, there is perhaps an even more detrimental side-effect here: We now live in a world where we’re connected to everything except ourselves. According to Pascal, we fear

the silence of existence, and we dread boredom and instead choose aimless distraction and use the noise of the world to block out the discomfort of dealing with ourselves.

However, we ignore the fact that never facing ourselves is why we feel lonely an anxious in spite of being

so intimately connected to everything else around us.

Fortunately, there is a solution. The only way to avoid being ruined by this is to face it. It’s to let the boredom take you where it wants so you can deal with whatever it is that is really going on with your sense of self. That’s when you’ll hear yourself think, and learn to engage the parts of you that are masked by distraction.

The beauty of this is that, once you cross that initial barrier, you realize that being alone isn’t so bad. Boredom can provide its own stimulation.

When you surround yourself with moments of solitude and stillness, you become intimately familiar with your environment in a way that forced stimulation doesn’t allow. The world becomes richer, the layers start to peel back, and you see things for what they really are, in all their wholeness, in all their contradictions, and in all their unfamiliarity.

You learn that there are things you are capable of paying attention to than just what makes the most noise on the surface. Just because a quiet room doesn’t scream with excitement like the idea of immersing yourself in a movie or a TV show doesn’t mean there isn’t depth to explore there.

Sometimes, the direction that this solitude leads you in can be unpleasant, especially when it comes to introspection (內(nèi)省）---your thoughts and your feelings, your doubts and your hopes—but in the long term, it’s far more pleasant than running away from it all without even realizing what you are.

Being alone and connecting inwardly is a skill nobody ever teaches us. That’s ironic because it’s more important than most of the ones they do.

Solitude may not be the solution to everything, but it certainly is a start.

The Cost of Connectedness
Introduction	●【1】 the development of IT has brought us all closer together than ever before, we 【2】to connect ourselves while connected to everything.
The disadvantages of connectedness	● We are afraid of a【3】 state of existence and the boredom it brings. ●We feel so uncomfortable when dealing with ourselves that we 【4】 from it all and choose to be aimlessly distracted by the noise of the world. ●We often ignore the fact that never facing ourselves is to 【5】 for our feeling lonely and anxious.
The 【6】 to the problem	●You can deal with whatever is going on with your sense of self. ●You’ll hear yourself, think, and learn to engage what is masked by distraction. ●Being alone isn’t so bad. 【7】 , you'll be stimulated by boredom. ●The world becoming richer and ,the layers starting to peel back, you'll have 【8】 views about what you see. ●You'll find yourself capable of being attentive to some things and 【9】 in depth beyond noise and scream.
Conclusion	●Solitude is the first step you should take to save yourself from being ruined by 【10】 and anxiety.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Although/Though/While

【2】fail

【3】silent/quiet

【4】escape/ hide/ shrink/ withdraw

【5】blame

【6】solution(s)

【7】Instead/Rather/Actually

【8】comprehensive/thorough/ overall

【9】exploring

【10】loneliness

【解析】

這是一篇議論文。信息技術(shù)的發(fā)展讓我們可以和除了自己以外的一切事物保持聯(lián)系，也讓我們害怕孤獨(dú)和無聊。事實(shí)上，獨(dú)處不僅能讓我們克服這種恐懼，也能讓我們認(rèn)清自己和更全面的看清問題。孤獨(dú)也許不是解決一切問題的辦法，但它確實(shí)是一個(gè)開始。

【1】考查連接詞。根據(jù)文章第二段的But the downsides are also beginning to show. Beyond the current talk about privacy and data collection, there is perhaps an even more detrimental side-effect here: We now live in a world where we’re connected to everything except ourselves.可知，讓人們變得更近的科技最近展示出了缺點(diǎn)，那就是我們生活在一個(gè)除了和自己，我們和一切都有聯(lián)系的世界。故可推出“科技的發(fā)展”和“我們和一切都有聯(lián)系，除了自己”之間是轉(zhuǎn)折意義。故填Although/Though/While。

【2】考查動(dòng)詞。根據(jù)文章第二段的We now live in a world where we’re connected to everything except ourselves可知我們生活在這樣的一個(gè)世界，除了自己我們和一切都有聯(lián)系，即我們沒能與自己聯(lián)系，“沒能做某事”fail to do sth，空格處是主句謂語動(dòng)詞，一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，主語是we，故用動(dòng)詞原形。故填fail。

【3】考查形容詞。根據(jù)文章第二段的we fear the silence of existence可知我們害怕獨(dú)處。此處考查用a_____3_____ state of existence替換silence of existence，通過分析可知空格處應(yīng)填形容詞，a silent/quiet state of existence=silence of existence(獨(dú)處)。故填silent/quiet。

【4】考查動(dòng)詞。根據(jù)文章第二段的we dread boredom and instead choose aimless distraction and use the noise of the world to block out the discomfort of dealing with ourselves.可知我們害怕無聊，取而代之，我們選擇漫無目的的分散注意力，用世界的噪音來阻止我們面對(duì)自己時(shí)的不舒適感覺。故第4空處可譯為We feel so uncomfortable when dealing with ourselves that we _____4_____ from it all我們?cè)诿鎸?duì)自己時(shí)感到如此不舒適以至于我們想要躲避/逃離/退縮，此處是句子謂語動(dòng)詞，根據(jù)feel判斷為一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，主語是we，故用動(dòng)詞原形。故填escape/ hide/ shrink/ withdraw。

【5】考查動(dòng)詞。根據(jù)文章第三段的However, we ignore the fact that never facing ourselves is why we feel lonely an anxious可知，我們卻忽略了事實(shí)，那就是從未面對(duì)過自己是我們感到孤獨(dú)和焦慮的原因。never facing ourselves is to ____5____ for our feeling lonely and anxious.從未面對(duì)過自己應(yīng)為我們的孤獨(dú)感和焦慮感負(fù)責(zé)。此處用be to blame for（對(duì)……負(fù)責(zé)）符合文意，由to判斷此處用動(dòng)詞原形。故填blame。

【6】考查名詞。根據(jù)此空后面列舉的內(nèi)容可知，它們都是解決孤獨(dú)的方法，且原文中Fortunately, there is a solution.也有提示，根據(jù)the判斷此處填名詞。故填solution(s)

【7】考查副詞。根據(jù)文章第五段的you realize that being alone isn’t so bad. Boredom can provide its own stimulation.可知你會(huì)意識(shí)到孤獨(dú)并沒有那么糟糕，無聊會(huì)提供它自己的刺激。Being alone isn’t so bad. _____7_____ , you'll be stimulated by boredom.獨(dú)處并沒有那么糟糕，相反/事實(shí)上，無聊會(huì)刺激你，符合文意，又此處是修飾句子，應(yīng)填副詞。故 Instead/Rather/Actually。

【8】考查形容詞。根據(jù)文章第六段的The world becomes richer, the layers start to peel back, and you see things for what they really are, in all their wholeness, in all their contradictions, and in all their unfamiliarity.可知獨(dú)處時(shí)世界變得豐富，層次開始剝落，你看到事物的本質(zhì)，它們的全部，它們的矛盾處，和它們的陌生處，即你對(duì)看到的事物有更全透徹的理解。再結(jié)合名詞views判斷此處應(yīng)填形容詞，故填comprehensive/thorough/ overall。

【9】考查動(dòng)名詞。根據(jù)文章第七段的Just because a quiet room doesn’t scream with excitement like the idea of immersing yourself in a movie or a TV show doesn’t mean there isn’t depth to explore there.可知，僅僅因?yàn)橐粋�(gè)安靜的房間不會(huì)讓你興奮的尖叫，就像你沉浸在一場精彩的電影或電視節(jié)目一樣，這并不意味著沒有深度去探索，即安靜的環(huán)境可以讓人集中精力去深度探索。故此處用“探索”符合文意，在結(jié)合前面的of判斷此處應(yīng)用動(dòng)名詞形式。故填exploring。

【10】考查名詞。本文主要講害怕孤獨(dú)對(duì)我們的危害，以及獨(dú)處和無聊的好處，再結(jié)合Solitude is the first step you should take to save yourself from being ruined by ____10____ and anxiety.可知獨(dú)處是你避免被孤獨(dú)和焦慮毀掉所采取的第一步，可以總結(jié)本文，又根據(jù)and anxiety可知空格處應(yīng)填名詞。故填loneliness。