Professor Barry Wellman of the University of Toronto in Canada has invented a term to describe the way many North Americans interact these days. The  1  is "networked individualism". This concept is not  2  to understand because the words seem to have opposite meanings. How can we be individuals and be networked  3  ? You need other people for  4 .

Here is  5  Professor Wellman means.  6  the invention of the Internet and email, our social networks  7  live interactions with relatives, neighbors and colleagues at work. Some of the  _8  was by phone, but it was still voice to voice, person to person, in  9  time.

A recent  10  by the Pew Internet and American Life Project  11  that for a lot of people, electronic interaction through the computer has  12  the person-to-person interaction. However, a lot of people interviewed for the Pew's study  13  that's a good thing. Why?

In the past , many people were  14  that the Internet isolated (孤立) us and caused us to _15  too much time in the imaginary world of the computer. But the Pew's study discovered that the _16  is true. The Internet  17  us with more real people than expected --  18  people who can give advice on careers, medical problems, raising children, and choosing a school or college. About 60 million Americans told Pew that the Internet  19  an important role in helping them make major life decisions.

Thanks to the computer, "networked individuals" are able to be  20  and together with other people -- at the same time!

1. A. saying           B. term               C. concept           D. meaning

2. A. difficult          B. different            C. easy                 D. surprising

3. A. at the same time   B. at once                     C. all the time           D. once in a while

4. A. job            B. food                C. help                D. networks

5. A. what             B. how               C. where              D. which

6. A. After            B. With               C. Before             D. As

7. A. included          B. contained           C. formed           D. affected

8. A. appointment       B. interaction          C. invitations          D. doings

9. A. true             B. right             C. wrong            D. real

10. A. experiment      B. study              C. interview           D. work

11. A. showed        B. suggested           C. learned             D. added

12. A. ensured               B. removed            C. replaced            D. exchanged

13. A. say           B. discuss             C. talk              D. speak

14. A. excited        B. surprised           C. shocked            D. worried

15. A. take            B. spend              C. cost              D. stay

16. A. opposite          B. thing               C. outcome            D. effect

17. A. connects       B. offers              C. shares              D. informs

18. A. thankful       B. considerate          C. helpful             D. friendly

19. A. finds           B. plays               C. catches             D. possesses

20. A. united           B. social              C. separated           D. alone

---I wish I would see you again.  ---_____.

         A.So would I    B.So do I     C.So did I     D.So had I

--How do you find your partner?

   ---_________.

   A. Quite by chanced                     B. On the Internet     

C. Creative and easy-going                D. Well and good

—The former president of Iraq was caught at last.

—Really? Where      himself?

A．has he hidden             B．had he hidden      C．was he hidden      D．has he been hidden

Dry weather______the peasants’harvest this year.

A. has influenced   B. has affected  C. have effected   D. have efforted

When the government office building was under       fire, the crowd got into       panic.

A．不填；a   B．the；不填 C．a；the      D．the；a

--Did you telephone the manager’s office?

        ---Yes.He ____ back before 9 this morning.

        A.expects     B.is expected    C.expected   D.was expected

He had made a mistake， but when he realized it，he took measures against the possible loss_____it was too late.

    A．until    B．When    C．before   D．as

We’d better hurry up．      of the time     used up.

  A Two-thirds：are       B Two-thirds；has been

  C．Two-third：is       D．Two-thirds；have been

Large quantities ofinformafion，as well as methnely help，       since the organization was built．

    A has offered          B．had been omred

    C．have been offered   D．is offered