Question

【题目】Directions: Complete the following paragraphs by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.

Note that there is one word more than you need.

A Bad Idea

Think you can walk, dive, take phone calls, e-mail and listen to music at the same time? Well, New York's new law says you can't. And you'll be 【1】 $S100 if you do it on a New York City street.

The law went into force last month, following research and a(n) 【2】number of accidents that involved people using electronic gadgets when crossing the street.

Who's to【3】 ? Scientists say that our multitasking abilities are limited.

"We are under the impression that our brain can do more than it often can," says Rene Marois, a neuroscientist in Tennessee. “But a major limitation is the inability to【4】on two things at once".

The young people are often considered the great multitaskers. However, an Oxford University research suggests this idea is open to question. A group of 18-to 21-year-olds and a group of 35-to 39-year-olds were given 90 seconds to translate【5】into numbers, using a simple code. The younger group did 10 percent better when not interrupted. But when both groups were interrupted by a phone call or a(n) 【6】message, the older group matched the younger group in speed and 【7】.

It is difficult to measure the productivity【8】by multitaskers. But it is probably a lot. Jonathan Spire, chief analyst at Basex. a business-research firm, estimates the cost of interruptions to the American economy at nearly $650 billion a year.

The【9】is based on surveys with office workers. The surveys conclude that 28 percent of the workers' time was spent on interruptions and【10】time before they returned to their main tasks.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】I

【2】E

【3】D

【4】G

【5】B

【6】C

【7】F

【8】J

【9】K

【10】A

【解析】

本文为说明文。文章用纽约新的法律禁止人们在步行、开车的同时接电话或听音乐，来说明人们一般不能同时专心做好两件事。否则会付出相应的代价。

【1】考查被动语态。句意：好吧，纽约的新法律规定你不能这样做。如果你在纽约的街道上这样做，你将被罚款1000美元。根据上文“你根据新法律规定你不能这样做，如果这样做了”，那么你一定会“被罚款”的。因此要填罚款（fine）的被动形式，填fined。故选I。

【2】考查形容词做定语。句意：这项法律于上月生效，此前有研究表明，（交通）事故数量让人触目惊心，这与人们在过马路时使用这些电子玩意儿有关。分析句子可知，有那么多的事故与过马路时用电子设备有关，可知（交通）事故数量让人触目惊心，填shocking。故选E。

【3】考查语境及固定搭配。句意：这是谁的责任?分析上下文可知，此处是说这些事故的发生是谁的责任？“be to blame ”为固定搭配，意为“应负责任”，填blame，故选D。

【4】考查固定搭配。句意：但一个主要的限制是不能同时专注于两件事。根据上文“科学家说我们的多任务处理能力是有限的。”以及“我们的大脑能做的比平时更多。”结合转折连词but，可知，是指我们不能同时专注于两件事。可知，此处是指固定搭配“concentrate on…”意思为“专注于……”，填concentrate，故选G。

【5】考查名词作宾语。句意：一组18到21岁的年轻人和一组35到39岁的年轻人被给予90秒的时间，用一个简单的代码将图像转换成数字。根据语境可知，此处是指把图像转化为数字，填images，故选B。

【6】考查语境及形容词做定语。句意：但当两组人都被电话或即时消息打断时，年长的一组在速度和准确度上与年轻一组相当。根据语境可知，此处是指被电话或即时消息（instant message）所打断，填instant，故选C。

【7】考查名词。句意：但当两组人都被电话或即时消息打断时，年长的一组在速度和准确度上与年轻一组相当。根据语境可知，此处是指在速度和准确度（accuracy）上是一致的，填accuracy，故选F。

【8】考查过去分词做后置定语。句意：很难衡量多任务处理者因为错误而导致的生产力损失。分析句子可知，空格处在句中做名词the productivity的后置定语，根据下文“一家商业研究公司估计，中断美国经济的代价每年接近6500亿美元。”，可知，此处是指损失的生产力，the productivity与动词lost是被动关系，填lost，故选J。

【9】考查语境及名词做主语。句意：这一估计是根据对上班族的调查得出的。分析句子可知，空格处在句中做主语，要用名词。上一段最后一句“a business-research firm, estimates the cost of interruptions to the American economy at nearly $650 billion a year. ”这是一家商业研究公司估计得出的结论，此处是承接上文的，因此可知，本空格说的是上文的估计，填名词估计，即“estimate”，故选K。

【10】考查名词做介词宾语。句意：调查得出的结论是，28%的员工时间都花在了中断和恢复上，然后才回到他们的主要工作上。分析句子可知，空格处在句中作介词on的宾语。根据后文“before they returned to their main tasks.”在他们重返主要的工作岗位前，可知，此处是指重返岗位的恢复，即recovery，故选A。