Question

【题目】任务型阅读

请阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

注意：请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。每个空格只填一个单词。

An Extension of the Human Brain

Other people can help us compensate for our mental and emotional deficiencies (欠缺)，much as a wooden leg can compensate for a physical deficiency. To be exact, other people can extend our intelligence and help us understand and adjust our emotions. When another person helps us in such ways, he or she is participating in what I’ve called a ＂social prosthetic (义肢的）system.＂ Such systems do not need to operate face-to-face, and it’s clear to me that the Internet is expanding the range of my own social prosthetic systems. It’s already a big bank of many minds. Even in its current state, the Internet has extended my memory and judgment.

Regarding memory: Once I look up something on the Internet, I don’t need to keep all the details for future use—I know where to find that information again and can quickly and easily do so. More generally, the Internet functions as if it were my memory. This function of the Internet is particularly striking when I’m writing; I’m no longer comfortable writing if I’m not connected to the Internet. It’s become natural to check facts as I write, taking a minute or two to dip into PubMed, Wikipedia, or other websites.

Regarding judgment: The Internet has made me smarter in matters small and large. For example, when I’m writing a textbook, it has become second nature to check a dozen definitions of a key term, which helps me dig into the core and understand its meaning. But more than that, I now regularly compare my views with those of many others. If I have a ＂new idea,＂ I now quickly look to see whether somebody else has already thought of it, or something similar—and I then compare what I think with what others have thought. This certainly makes my own views clearer. Moreover, I can find out whether my reactions to an event are reasonable enough by reading about those of others on the Internet.

These effects of the Internet have become even more striking since I’ve begun using a smartphone. I now regularly pull out my phone to check a fact, watch a video, read weibo. Such activities fill the spaces that used to be dead time (such as waiting for somebody to arrive for a lunch meeting).

But that’s the upside (好处). The downside is that in those dead periods I often would let my thoughts flow and sometimes would have an unexpected insight or idea. Those opportunities are now fewer and farther between.

An Extension of the Human Brain
A prosthetic nature	●The【1】can help make up for our mental and emotional deficiencies as a wooden leg can compensate for a bodily deficiency. ●It【2】in our daily events, extending our intelligence, comprehending our feelings, and expanding the range of social activities.
Wonderful aspects: memory and judgment	●On the Internet, we could quickly and easily locate the details, and check facts, without【3】them in mind.
	●The Internet makes us smarter over【4】kinds of things. It provides a dozen definitions of a key term for us to find the【5】of the matter. ●The Internet enables us to exchange ideas with many others to【6】our claims, and to【7】our actions.
The【8】sidesof smartphones	●Smartphones make it easier and more【9】to check reality, watch video clips, read weibo.
	●Smartphones【10】the possibility for new and insightful minds, and steal away our dead time.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Internet

【2】participates/joins

【3】keeping

【4】all/different/various

【5】heart/core

【6】check

【7】judge

【8】mixed/two

【9】convenient

【10】reduce

【解析】

【1】Internet 原词再现。根据第一段第四句Such systems do not need to operate face-to-face, and it’s clear to me that the Internet is expanding the range of my own social prosthetic systems.可知因特网可以拓宽社会义肢系统的范围，也就是说网络可以弥补我们精神和情感上的缺陷。

【2】participates/joins 同义句转换。根据第一段最后两句It’s already a big bank of many minds. Even in its current state, the Internet has extended my memory and judgment.可知动词短语＂participate/join in＂符合句意。

【3】keeping 词形转换。根据第二段第一句＂Once I look up something on the Internet, I don’t need to keep all the details.....＂可知动词短语＂keep...in mind记住＂，在表格中放在介词without的后面，要使用动名词keeping的形式。

【4】all/different/various 同义词转换。根据第三段第一句The Internet has made me smarter in matters small and large.可知原文中＂matters small and large＂就是＂all/different/various＂的事情。

【5】heart/core 同义句转换。根据第三段第二句＂.....which helps me dig into the core and understand its meaning＂可知网络能让我们找到事物的核心并理解其真正含义。故短语＂the core/heart of the matter＂和原文中＂dig into the core＂语义一致。

【6】check 同义词转换。根据第三段第四句＂If I have a ＂ new idea,＂ I now quickly look to see whether somebody else has already thought of it, or something similar—and I then compare what I think with what others have thought.＂可知当我们有了新的观点以后，我们会上网检查核对别人是否已经有了同样的观点，并对自己的行动做出判断。表格中check与原文语义一致。

【7】judge 归纳总结。根据第三段最后一句＂Moreover, I can find out whether my reactions to an event are reasonable enough by reading about those of others on the Internet.＂可知在网络上阅读其他人的信息，让我判断我的行为是否合理，所以表格里使用动词judge。

【8】mixed/two 归纳总结。在文章最后两段中既提到了智能手机的优点也提到了其缺点。所以这是智能手机的正反两方面内容，所以使用形容词＂mixed/two＂。

【9】convenient 同义句转换。根据第四段后两句I now regularly pull out my phone to check a fact, watch a video, read weibo. Such activities fill the spaces that used to be dead time (such as waiting for somebody to arrive for a lunch meeting).可知我们可以使用智能手机随时查信息，看视频，读微博，使用起来非常方便。所以使用形容词＂convenient＂。

【10】reduce 句意转换。根据文章最后两句＂The downside is that in those dead periods I often would let my thoughts flow and sometimes would have an unexpected insight or idea. Those opportunities are now fewer and farther between.＂在过去那些＂dead periods＂时，我总会有一些灵光一现的神来之念，但是现在这些时间都被智能手机占用了。无疑就减少了这些神来之念的可能性。所以表格中使用＂reduce the possibility＂。