2014届三英语二轮精品卷 专题5 交际、用语(大题训练3).docVIP

Ⅰ.完形填空 I am a journalist in America.When reporting a story，I sometimes need to find a __1__ kind of person—someone who has recently switched banks，or who is __2__ cancer，or who owns both a Chevy pickup and Toyota sedan. At such moments，I __3__ my brother Keith，a telecommunication worker in eastern Kansas.Usually he says，“I know just the guy.” His contacts are so diverse in large part __4__ he is offline.At age 52，he’s __5__ sent an e-mail，surfed the Web or bought anything online.Without any mobile e-mail system to __6__ his attention when he is shopping，he is __7__ to make a friend or two before __8__.Without Web pages to instruct him on his latest project—how to build a cow fence or how to fix a wood-burning stove—he seeks out the help of neighbours who have done it and follows their __9__，and during beer-drinking time afterwards he listens carefully to their __10__ of health problems，banking habits and new-car __11__. “I like talking to people，” he says.“I do not __12__ nowadays people send each other e-mails instead of talking while they’re in the __13__ room.” My older brother __14__ considers himself as an old-fashioned man and the Internet __15__ are making him more so，too.As a(n) __16__ to the Web，my brother belongs to one of the nation’s fastest-decreasing __17__. During the first half decade of the 21st century，the proportion of Internet users __18__ slowly，to 59% of adult Americans from just over 50%，according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project.__19__ in the second half of the decade，that growth skyrocketed(猛升) and now nearly 80% of adult Americans use the Internet.At that pace，the offline Americans will no longer __20__ in the coming decade. 1．A.rich B．friendly C．brave D．particular 答案　D 解析　根据上文“I am a journalist in America.”及下一句“...someone who has recently switched banks，or who is ____ cancer，or who owns both a Chevy pickup and Toyota sedan.”可知，作为记者，作者要经常采访报道某些特别的人，故选particular。 2．A.battling B．avoiding C．curing