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[研究生入学考试题库]考研英语(一)模拟143 Section Ⅰ Use of EnglishDirections: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.  Never have we had greater access to knowledge than we do right now. Limitless information is just a few 1 away on the computer, the line between man and machine increasingly 2 . But what are we sacrificing when we 3 our brains to our mobile phones, relying on them to tell us when were hungry, where we should go for cocktails, what driving 4 we should take, and what we should buy our significant others for their birthdays? Is all of this 5 helping us to evolve into a more intelligent species, as some futurists 6 , or is this actually hurting us?  An even bigger question: As we 7 our cognitive independence to our 8 in an effort to make our lives easier, what is happening to our humanity? Is it a tradeoff between greater 9 and loss of humanity?  We have this amazing and wondrous thing called a brain, and 10 as we make increasingly greater strides in technological innovation, we are 11 to use this masterful tool less and less. If you use technology at every opportunity as a 12 for critical thinking or problem solving, 13 , those skills will begin to lose their 14 .  Your brain is like a muscle. If you stop using your cognitive skills and 15 depend on technology to do all of your thinking for you, those skills will start to weaken. Use GPS to 16 you everywhere you go? Your spatial skills will gradually start to 17 . Depend on autocorrect and spell-check for every bit of 18 communication? Your spelling skills will start to suffer. A New York Times article 19 that with the invention of cell phones and computer technology, the ability of young Japanese to read and write kanji has seen a drastic drop; technology 20 the characters fo