完形填空（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）
It’s 10:30 p.m., and 11-year-old Brandon Blanco is sound asleep at home. Suddenly, a loud noise (1)____ him up. Naturally, Brandon (2) ____ his cell phone. He blinks twice, and the message on the screen becomes clear: “R U awake?”
The (3) ____ text does not annoy Brandon since he gets frequent (4) ____ and calls, even after bedtime. And he can’t imagine life without them. “If I didn’t have a cell phone, I wouldn’t be able to talk to my friends or family as often,” he told the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Brandon’s use of (5) ____ doesn’t stop there. He also has a computer, a TV and three video-game consoles（控制臺(tái)）in his room. With so many (6) ____, it is no surprise that when he is not at school, he spends nearly every (7) ____ minute using one or more of these devices. Brandon is hardly (8) ____. According to a recent study by TFK, kids aged 8 to 18 are spending more time than ever before using (9) ____ devices. How much time? More than seven and a half hours a day (10) ____, the study found. That’s about an hour more than just five years ago.
The jump is the result of a huge explosion in mobile devices, says Victoria Rideout, the lead author of the study. “These devices have opened up many more (11) ____ for young people to use media, whether it’s on the bus, on the way to school or waiting in line before the cashier,” says Rideout.
Often, kids (12) ____, or use more than one device at a time. “If you’ve got a chance to do something on your (13) ____ and take a phone call and have the TV on at the same time, why not?” Media expert Cheryl Olson says. Most experts agree technology has much to (34) ____ kids. But some worry the kids could be (15) ____ other (16) ____ like playing outside or (17) ____ with friends. “It’s a matter of balance,” says Olson.
Multitasking while (18) ____ is another concern. Some kids listen to music, watch TV or use the phone while doing their homework. “It’s important to make sure that you should (19) ____ one thing deeply,” says Rideout.
With new and exciting devices hitting stores every year, keeping technology use (20) ____ is more important than ever. “Kids should try,” adds Rideout. “But parents might have to step in sometimes.”
小題1:
A．wakes B．takes C．makes D．gets
小題2:
A．reaches forB．takes out C．puts out D．turn off
小題3:
A．early B．a(chǎn)fternoon C．morning D．night
小題4:
A．books B．messages C．letters D．passages
小題5:
A．cell phonesB．papers C．technology D．words
小題6:
A．friends B．a(chǎn)ssignments C．devices D．interrupts
小題7:
A．working B．speaking C．sleeping D．waking
小題8:
A．happy B．a(chǎn)loneC．tired D．worried
小題9:
A．electric B．useful C．electronicD．fashionable
小題10:
A．on averageB．in total C．for fun D．without stop
小題11:
A．jobs B．machines C．rooms D．opportunities
小題12:
A．like B．enjoy C．hate D．multitask
小題13:
A．computer B．desk C．own D．time
小題14:
A．employ B．offer C．a(chǎn)ttract D．tell
小題15:
A．setting upB．missing out C．working with D．relying on
小題16:
A．methods B．ways C．chances D．a(chǎn)ctivities
小題17:
A．helping out B．fighting with
C．hanging out D．looking after
小題18:
A．listening to music B．watching TV
C．using phone call D．doing homework
小題19:
A．looking for B．concentrate on
C．staring atD．writing down
小題20:
A．in checkB．a(chǎn)t the same time C．more often D．less often

小題1:A
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:B
小題5:C
小題6:C
小題7:D
小題8:B
小題9:C
小題10:A
小題11:D
小題12:D
小題13:A
小題14:B
小題15:B
小題16:D
小題17:C
小題18:D
小題19:B
小題20:A

試題分析：本文敘述了以11歲的Brandon Blanco 為代表的一些青少年，他們?cè)谑褂眯碌脑O(shè)備如電腦，手機(jī)，電視機(jī)視頻游戲機(jī)等方面，花費(fèi)的時(shí)間很長，因而他們有些活動(dòng)就不能參加了，因此短文最后提出，要在這方面要加強(qiáng)控制，家長也應(yīng)給予足夠的重視。
小題1:考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 wakes 醒來； takes 花費(fèi)； makes制造； gets到達(dá)。根據(jù)上文Brandon Blanco當(dāng)時(shí)在睡覺，手機(jī)短信把他驚醒了，故選A。
小題2:考查動(dòng)詞短語及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 reaches for伸手去拿； takes out取出； puts out伸出； turn off關(guān)掉。根據(jù)語境他去拿手機(jī)，故選A。
小題3:考查副詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 early早； afternoon下午； morning早晨； night晚上。根據(jù)It’s 10:30 p.m. 可知這是晚上，故選D。
小題4:考查名詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 books 書； messages 信息； letters 信； passage走廊，一段；根據(jù)上文the message on the screen becomes clear: 這里是短信，故選B。
小題5:考查名詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 cell phones手機(jī)； papers 文件；technology技術(shù)；  words單詞。根據(jù)He also has a computer, a TV and three video-game consoles（控制臺(tái)）in his room. 可知這里指的是技術(shù)，故選C。
小題6:考查名詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。Friends朋友； assignments作業(yè)； devices裝置； interrupts中斷。根據(jù)上文或下文using one or more of these devices.可知有電腦等設(shè)備，故選C。
小題7:考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 working 工作； speaking講話； sleeping睡覺； waking醒。根據(jù)常識(shí)他花費(fèi)大約醒著的時(shí)間去用這些設(shè)備，故選D。
小題8:考查形容詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 happy高興的； alone孤獨(dú)的，獨(dú)自； tired累的； worried擔(dān)心的。根據(jù)kids aged 8 to 18 are spending more time than ever before using…可知Brandon并非孤獨(dú)，還有很多和他一樣的人，故選B。
小題9:考查形容詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。electric電的； useful 有用的； electronic電子的； fashionable流行的，時(shí)髦的。electric的基本意思是“電動(dòng)的”“電的”,指以電作動(dòng)力、由電產(chǎn)生、產(chǎn)生電的、使用電的或用于導(dǎo)電的,作此解時(shí),只用作定語。electrical指“與電學(xué)有關(guān)的”。如an electrical engineer電機(jī)〔氣〕工程師; an electrical fault電力故障。故選C。
·＜拉丁語 electrum (琥珀)
小題10:考查固定短語及上下文的呼應(yīng)。on average平均； in total總計(jì)； for fun開玩笑； without stop不停地。研究發(fā)現(xiàn)大約一天平均花費(fèi)7個(gè)半小時(shí)，故選A。
小題11:考查名詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 jobs工作； machines機(jī)器； rooms房間； opportunities機(jī)會(huì)。這些設(shè)備對(duì)于年輕人來說打開了方便之門，也就是有更多的機(jī)會(huì)去使用它們，故選D。
小題12:考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。like喜歡； enjoy 喜歡； hate 恨； multitask任務(wù)多。孩子們的任務(wù)多，有時(shí)同時(shí)用好幾個(gè)設(shè)備，故選D。
小題13:考查名詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。computer 電腦； desk桌子； own自己的； time時(shí)間。如果你能在你的電腦上做一些事情，同時(shí)也能打電話，同時(shí)也開著電視，故選A。
小題14:考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 employ雇傭； offer 提供； attract吸引； tell告訴。大多數(shù)專家都同意科技給孩子們提供很多東西，故選B。
小題15:考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 setting up設(shè)立，裝置； missing out遺漏； working with共事； relying on依賴。有些人擔(dān)心孩子可能會(huì)漏掉一些活動(dòng)，故選B。
小題16:考查名詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 methods方法； ways 方法； chances機(jī)會(huì)； activities活動(dòng)。根據(jù)like playing outside 這是對(duì)活動(dòng)的舉例，所以選D。
小題17:考查動(dòng)詞短語及上下文的呼應(yīng)。helping out 幫助擺脫困難； fighting with與……斗爭；hanging out常去； looking after照顧。經(jīng)常和朋友出去，故選C。
小題18:考查動(dòng)詞短語及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 listening to music聽音樂； watching TV 看電視；
using phone call 用手機(jī)； doing homework做作業(yè)�？梢砸贿呑鲎鳂I(yè)一邊做很多事情，故選D。
小題19:考查動(dòng)詞短語及上下文的呼應(yīng)。looking for尋找； concentrate on 全神貫注；
staring at盯著； writing down寫下。那是很重要的你要全身貫注一件事，故選B。
小題20:考查固定短語及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 in check受控制的； at the same time同時(shí)； more often 更經(jīng)常； less often偶爾。保持技術(shù)的使用受控制的是比以前更重要的，故選A。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：首句提供的啟示，快速閱讀文章，從整體感知全文，掌握大意。這是第一遍閱讀，讀時(shí)要跳過空格，不看選項(xiàng)，困難肯定是有的，不懂之處不要停留，力求把注意力集中在文章的主線上。要注意文中的暗示，努力找出關(guān)鍵詞。如果是故事性文章，關(guān)鍵詞就是時(shí)間、地點(diǎn)和人物。抓住了關(guān)鍵詞就抓住了故事的線索，進(jìn)而理解全文。然后根據(jù)文章的大意進(jìn)行第二遍閱讀，此時(shí)可邊閱讀邊粗選答案，這是為了盡量減少空格，幫助更透徹地理解全文。
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The evidence for harmony （ 和諧）may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly-held image(形象) of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.
An important new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly shows that their family life is more harmonious than it has ever been in the past. "We were surprised by just how positive today's young people seem to be about their families," said one member of the research team. "They're expected to be rebellious(叛逆的) and selfish but actually they have other things on their minds; they want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well. There's more negotiation(商議) and discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision-making process. They don't want to rock the boat."
So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends. "My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me," says 17-years-old Daniel Lazall. " I always tell them when I'm going out clubbing. As long as they know what I'm doing, they're fine with it." Susan Crome, who is now 21, agrees. "Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could call negotiation. For example, as long as I'd done all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night. But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that."
Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected. It is possible that the idea of teenage rebellion is not rooted in real facts. A researcher comments, "Our surprise that teenagers say they get along well with their parents comes because of a brief period in our social history when teenagers were regarded as different beings. But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled. The normal situation throughout history has been a smooth change from helping out with the family business to taking it over."
小題1:According to the author, teenage rebellion ________.
A．resulted from changes in families
B．is common nowadays
C．may be a false belief
D．existed only in the 1960s
小題2:What is the passage mainly about?
A．Education in family
B．Harmony in family
C．Teenage trouble in family
D．Negotiation in family
小題3:The study shows that teenagers don't want to ________.
A．go boating with their family
B．share family responsibility
C．make family decisions
D．cause trouble in their families
小題4:Compared with parents of 30 years ago, today's parents ________.
A．care less about their children's life
B．go to clubs more often with their children
C．give their children more freedom
D．a(chǎn)re much stricter with their children

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Earlier, in the old days, women used to sit at home separated from the outside world. They used to manage the home and look after children. They were free of the responsibility of earning money to support the family, which was left to men.
With the coming of industrialization (工業(yè)化) and technological development, the lifestyles of human beings started to change. The needs of human beings started to grow. In this process, women slowly started to move outside the home. Women received the same education as men. Gradually, women slowly started to think independently and participated equally with men in all fields of life, including politics, sports and even military.
With changing environments, the role of women has become more important in society. To match today’s standard of living, it is necessary for both men and women to support the family.
Today, women have been given bigger roles to play in society. They are even taking more responsibility than men. At first, men disagreed with women pursuing (追求) their careers outside the home. However, with growing needs and a shortage of money, they had no other way but to accept the reality.
The financial contributions from women to their families have increased, but in some places, the home is still managed only by women as in the past. It is a challenging task for women to manage both. Women are bearing the stress and suffering mental difficulties with both managing the home and pursuing their careers.
小題1:The best title for the passage would be _________.
A．Women's Responsibility in SocietyB．The Changing Social Environments
C．The Changing Role of Women in SocietyD．Women's Financial Contributions
小題2:Earlier in the old days, women used to do the following EXCEPT _________.
A．wash clothesB．prepare dinners
C．look after childrenD．make money for the family
小題3:We can infer from the last paragraph that ______.
A．women don't need to manage the home today
B．women are taking more responsibility than before
C．men still disagree with women pursuing their careers
D．men have begun to do more housework than women

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

My own experiment with culture shock came to a fruitless end when I returned with homesick from a year’s study in Italy. I had never heard of culture shock. All I knew was that I was unhappy and wanted to go home.
That was twenty years ago, and since then culture shock has become a real field of study. It is now understood that any normal person, finding him or herself for an extended time in a new culture, is in for trouble.
The process of “culture shock” is now recognized as so predictable that its four stages have been noticeable. The first is the honeymoon stage, familiar to those of us who love to travel, but never stay in one place long enough to find out what follows. In this stage, the new country and its people seem delightful. Everything is better than home. Everything is so different and charming.
Then the bloom comes off the rose. Now the people start to look shallow, selfish and stupid. The different ways of doing things don’t seem interesting any more. You start to feel tired all the time. Culture shock has set in. You feel at sea.
The emotional response to culture shock in stage two can be extreme. Confusion, depression and anxiety, and resentment can all enter to varying degrees. You may become physically ill. Little things seem terribly annoying.
The happier resolution is to move on to stage three. Adjusting. Rather than itemizing（列舉） what’s “wrong” with Americans, you remind yourself that “right” and “wrong” are not meaningful terms in cultural matters.
Instead, you try to understand what motivates Americans, perhaps realizing that many of the things you don’t like are related to the things you do like.
As time goes on, you should be moving into stage four. Acceptance. At this point, you simply don’t think any more about the specialties of Americans. You accept them as individuals. You have started to feel at home; you know how to do things. You have not rejected your old culture; but the American ways have settled upon you. You feel optimistic about your future here. You have truly arrived.
小題1:Why do people not suffer from culture shock when they first arrive in a foreign country?
A．They love to travel.
B．They don’t stay in one place long enough.
C．The new country and its people are delightful.
D．Everything is so different and charming.
小題2:What do you understand by the underlined sentence “Then the bloom comes off the rose”?.
A．The rose comes up.B．The rose blooms.
C．Something good comes about.D．Something good goes away.
小題3:Which one is the possible psychological effect of culture shock on the second stage?
A．Anxiety.B．Excitement.C．Shock.D．Delight.
小題4:Which of the following statements will the writer agree with?
A．Any normal person facing a new culture will be in trouble.
B．Culture shock is now recognized as unpredictable.
C．There is no “right” and “wrong” in terms of cultural matters.
D．When you reject your old culture, you can accept the new one.
小題5:The passage is mainly about __________.
A．the study of culture shock
B．how to get rid of culture shock
C．the writer’s own experiment with culture shock
D．the four stages of culture shock and their features

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