完形填空急!I am a journalist in America.When reporting a story,I

完形填空急!I am a journalist in America.When reporting a story,I sometimes need to.find a _ kind of person .

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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 D．developing
答案 A
解析 根据句意及上下文可知,作者会采访某个正在与癌症病魔斗争的人,故选battle表示“搏斗,斗争”.其余三项与语境不符. 3．A.appoint
B．call C．miss D．search
答案 B
解析 根据语境,作为记者,作者要经常采访某些特别的人,当遇到困难时,肯定会打电话向哥哥求助,故选call. 4．A.when
B．until C．unless D．because
答案 D
解析 根据文章内容可知,正是由于哥哥从不上网,才同周围的人接触频繁,从而认识了各种各样的人. 5．A.ever
B．frequently C．never D．seldom
答案 C
解析 由上文的“...he is offline.”可知,哥哥从不上网而非不常上网,never符合语境. 6．A.divide
B．receive C．pay D．gain
答案 A
解析 根据语境及句意可知,既然哥哥不上网,自然没有电子邮件系统来分散他购物时的注意力,故选divide分散,分开. 7．A.willing
B．likely C．anxious D．clever
答案 B
解析 根据上下文及语境可知,既然没有电子邮件系统来分散他购物时的注意力,那自然有可能结识一两个朋友,likely符合语境. 8．A.settling down
B．using up C．setting off D．checking out
答案 D
解析 根据常识可知,购物后要结账离开,故用check out结账离开.settle down安下心来,定居；use up消耗掉,用完；set off动身,启程,出发,均不符合语境. 9．A.advice
B．plan C．exampleD．gesture
答案 A
解析 结合上下文可知此处表示哥哥遇到困难时常寻求邻居的帮助和建议.advice最符合语境. 10．A.lesson
B．speech C．talk D．lecture
答案 C
解析 由后文的“...health problems,banking habits and new-car ____.”可知,在喝过酒后,哥哥会仔细听邻居们谈论这些话题.talk最合文意. 11．A.displays
B．purchases C．exchanges D．repairs
答案 B
解析 根据语境,邻居们酒后谈论的更可能是购买新车,故选purchase. 12．A.imagine
B．predict C．understand D．recommend
答案 C
解析 由作者哥哥的话可知,他不理解人们不是相互交谈而是发电子邮件这种现象.imagine想象；predict预测；recommend建议,均不符合语境. 13．A.big
B．new C．same D．special
答案 C
解析 四个选项中只有same能表现出哥哥对使用因特网的这些人的不理解. 14．A.sometimes
B．recently C．once D．always
答案 D
解析 根据后半句“...the Internet ____ are making him more so,too.”可知此处意为：我哥哥总是认为自己是个过时守旧的人.always最符合语境. 15．A.values
B．trends C．techniques D．benefits
答案 B
解析 根据上下文可知,互联网用户迅猛增加的这一趋势使作者的哥哥更落伍了,故选trend. 16．A.stranger
B．user C．owner D．beginner
答案 A
解析 根据第三段前两句“...he is offline.At age 52,he’s ____ sent an e-mail,surfed the Web or bought anything online.”可知,作者的哥哥从不上网,故stranger局外人,外行,符合语境. 17．A.workers
B．races C．minorities D．teams
答案 C
解析 结合全文可知,作者的哥哥属于全国正在迅速减少的少数人中的一员,故选minority少数. 18．A.increased
B．developed C．varied D．moved
答案 A
解析 结合下文“...to 59% of adult Americans from just over 50%...”可知,互联网用户比例缓慢增加. 19．A.And
B．So C．Or D．But
答案 D
解析 空格前后内容是转折关系,but符合语境. 20．A.change
B．exist C．last D．work[来源:]
答案 B
解析 根据句意“以那样的速度,不使用互联网的美国人在十年后将不会存在了.”可知,exist符合语境.
一点点复制的,答案有保证!望采纳!抱歉,之前忘记看时间了……2013的原谅我挖坟了