Question

【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.

The Internet E-commerce and globalization are making a new economic age possible. In the future, capitalist markets will largely be replaced by a new kind of economic system based on 【1】 relationships, contractual arrangements and access rights.

Has the quality of our lives at work, at home and in our communities increased in direct proportion to all the new Internet and business-to-business Internet services being introduced into our lives? I have asked this question of hundreds of CEOs and corporate executives in Europe and the United States. Surprisingly, virtually everyone has said, “No, quiet 【2】.” They say they are working longer hours, feel more stressed, are more impatient, and are even less civil in their dealings with colleagues and friends-not to mention strangers. And what’s more revealing, they place much of the blame on the very same technologies they are so 【3】 supporting.

The technological leader promised us that access would make life more convenient. Instead, the very technological wonders that were supposed to 【4】 us have begun to enslave us in a web of connections from which there seems to be no easy 【5】.

If an earlier generation was preoccupied with the quest to enclose a vast 【6】 land, the .com generation, it seems, is more caught up in the colonization of time. Every spare moment of our time is being filled with some form of commercial connection, making time itself the 【7】 of all resources.

And while we have created every kind of labor-and time-saving device to service our needs, we are beginning to feel like we have less time available to us than any other humans in history. Maybe we need to ask what kinds of connections really 【8】 in the e-economy age. If this new technology 【9】 is only about super efficiency, then we risk losing something even precious than time-our sense of what it means to be a(n) 【10】 human being.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】I

【2】K

【3】E

【4】G

【5】J

【6】H

【7】D

【8】A

【9】F

【10】C

【解析】

這是一篇說(shuō)明文�；ヂ�(lián)網(wǎng)電子商務(wù)和全球化正在使一個(gè)新的經(jīng)濟(jì)時(shí)代成為可能。在未來(lái)，資本主義市場(chǎng)將在很大程度上被一種基于網(wǎng)絡(luò)關(guān)系、合同安排和使用權(quán)的新型經(jīng)濟(jì)體系所取代。相反，那些本應(yīng)解放我們的技術(shù)奇跡，已開(kāi)始奴役我們，使我們置身于一個(gè)似乎無(wú)法輕易逃脫的關(guān)系網(wǎng)之中。雖然我們創(chuàng)造了各種省時(shí)省力的設(shè)備來(lái)滿足我們的需求，但我們開(kāi)始覺(jué)得自己比歷史上任何其他人類擁有的時(shí)間都要少。

【1】考查形容詞。句意：在未來(lái)，資本主義市場(chǎng)將在很大程度上被一種基于網(wǎng)絡(luò)關(guān)系、合同安排和使用權(quán)的新型經(jīng)濟(jì)體系所取代。relationship為名詞需要形容詞修飾，故填networked，“網(wǎng)絡(luò)的”。故選I。

【2】考查形容詞。句意：令人驚訝的是，幾乎所有人都說(shuō):“不，完全相反。”根據(jù)上文Surprisingly可知情況是“完全相反”的，故填contrary。故選K。

【3】考查副詞。句意：更有啟發(fā)性的是，他們把大部分責(zé)任都?xì)w咎于他們大力支持的技術(shù)。support為動(dòng)詞需要副詞修飾，故填aggressively“侵略地；攻擊地；大力地”。故選E。

【4】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：相反，那些本應(yīng)解放我們的技術(shù)奇跡，已開(kāi)始奴役我們，使我們置身于一個(gè)似乎無(wú)法輕易逃脫的關(guān)系網(wǎng)之中。根據(jù)句意可知應(yīng)填liberate“解放；釋放”，故選G。

【5】考查名詞。短語(yǔ)no easy escape“不容易逃脫；無(wú)法輕易逃脫”，故填名詞escape。故選J。

【6】考查形容詞。句意：如果早期的一代人專注于包圍廣闊的地理區(qū)域，那么.com一代似乎更專注于時(shí)間的殖民。根據(jù)句意可知表示“地理的”應(yīng)填geographic。故選H。

【7】考查形容詞。句意：我們的每一個(gè)空閑時(shí)間都被某種形式的商業(yè)聯(lián)系所占據(jù)，這使得時(shí)間本身成為所有資源中最稀缺的。根據(jù)上文the以及下文of all resources可知應(yīng)填形容詞最高級(jí)scarcest，“最稀缺的”。故選D。

【8】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：也許我們需要問(wèn)一下，在電子經(jīng)濟(jì)時(shí)代，什么樣的聯(lián)系才是真正重要的。根據(jù)句意可知表示“重要”應(yīng)為count，故選A。

【9】考查名詞。句意：如果這項(xiàng)新技術(shù)革命只是為了提高效率，那么我們可能會(huì)失去一些甚至比時(shí)間更寶貴的東西——我們對(duì)作為一個(gè)有愛(ài)心的人意味著什么的意識(shí)。短語(yǔ)technology revolution“技術(shù)革命”，故填revolution選F。

【10】考查形容詞。句意：如果這項(xiàng)新技術(shù)革命只是為了提高效率，那么我們可能會(huì)失去一些甚至比時(shí)間更寶貴的東西——我們對(duì)作為一個(gè)有愛(ài)心的人意味著什么的意識(shí)。human being為名詞詞組需要形容詞修飾，故填caring，表示“有愛(ài)心的”。故選C。