The western world has always
been divided into two types of people-the
cool and the uncool.It is a
1 that starts in
school.The cool kids are good at sports.They are 2
with the opposite sex.They are good-looking and people want to 3
their style.They can do their homework but they don’t 4
a big effort.That would not be cool.
The uncool kids are in 5
corner of the playground.They are very bright,but they don’t have
great 6 skills and they are 7
at sports.When they are not programming computers or doing calculus
(微积分)in their heads,they are
reading comic books and watching shows
8 the “X Files”.They
are 9 as the geeks.
Here’s the geeks.The geeks
are taking over (占上风).Make friends with them now 10
they will put virus(病毒)in your computer and 11 your maths homework to ruin.Geeks
might not be popular at school,yet they do pass their examinations,and they
might not be too popular at university,but 12
good degrees.
The most important 13
of the 21st century,computers and IT,has been at least partly
created by geeks.Geek heroes like Bill Gates 14
others to follow their examples.Being a good is a way of earning
good money.And the creation of the Internet gave them a 15
of their own to work and play in,making them a global force. 16
,the effect of the geeks
17 popular culture has
started a new trend(趋势).It is now cool to be 18
.Geek culture is becoming an important part of general popular
culture,in which what you know is more important than 19
you look like.
But there are also 20
.Geeks were often bullied(欺侮)or
laughed at in school.Now a geek may be your boss.Perhaps it is time for
punishment.
1.A.division
B.part
C.group
D.habit
答案:A
提示:文章的第一句把西方人分为两种,从starts来看,这里指的是分类产生于学校时代。从下文分别谈论两种类别的人来看,这里指的是“分类”。
2.A.pleasant
B.popular
C.crazy
D.particular
答案:B
提示:be popular with的意思是“受某人的欢迎”;其他三个选项均不和with搭配使用。
3.A.take
B.act
C.copy
D.advance
答案:C
提示:copy one’s style的意思是“照搬某人的模式”即模仿某人。其他三个选项和style搭配时意思不对。
4.A.have
B.suffer
C.support
D.make
答案:D
提示:make an effort为固定短语,意思是“努力”。
5.A.the
other
B.any
C.other
D.another
答案:A
提示:这里指和the cool相对应的另一个uncool阵营。本文没有提到第三类型,因此首先要排除的就是B、D两项。
6.A.operating
B.speaking
C.social
D.experimental
答案:C
提示:从上下文中可以看出,the cool之所以受大家的喜爱,除他们的外貌外,他们的言谈举止大方潇洒,善于交际等都是the uncool所缺乏的。因此说,the
uncool没有太多的社交技巧。
7.A.good
B.active
C.hopeless
D.sharp
答案:C
提示:与the cool擅长体育相比,the
uncool体育比较糟糕。hopeless的意思是“无望的,无能力的”。
8.A.like
B.for
C.such
D.as
答案:A
提示:like在这里是介词,意思是“例如”。
9.A.admired
B.thought
C.known
D.recognized
答案:C
提示:从文章意思及搭配上看,只能选择known。be known as的意思是“以……而著名”;B项应加of,构成think
of sb.as短语;be recognized as...的意思是“被作为……而?承认”。
10.A.and
B.so
C.or
D.that
答案:C
提示:or在此说明的是不照上述的要求去做可能产生的后果。
11.A.put
B.cause
C.bring
D.take
答案:C
提示:bring something to ruin是固定短语,意为“使……毁灭,使……没落”。其他三项不构成固定搭配。
12.A.win
B.take
C.wish
D.finish
答案:B
提示:得到学位可用take/get/obtain a degree来表达。
13.A.industry
B.progress
C.discovery
D.improvement
答案:A
提示:后面的computers和IT是此空白处的词的解释,可看作同位语。computers和IT(电子计算机和信息技术)是一个行业,所以用industry。
14.A.excite
B.discourage
C.demand
D.promise
答案:A
提示:geeks的创造使人类社会进入到一个新时代--信息时代。他们的杰出表现令人钦佩、叹服。所以像比尔·盖茨这样的geeks成了人们效仿的榜样。excite“激发,刺激”;discourage“使泄气,阻止”;demand“要求”;promise“保证(去做)”。
15.A.space
B.world ce
D.heaven
答案:B
提示:互联网的创造给了geeks属于自己工作和游戏的天地。space作“空间”讲时是不可数名词,根据该空前的不定冠词可排除。
16.A.Therefore
B.However
C.Though
D.Besides
答案:D
提示:上文说道geeks成为全球范围内的主力军,下文说到他们的影响使文化产生了新的趋势,这里是一个附加的关系。
17.A.in
B.of
C.on
D.for
答案:C
提示:effect和介词on搭配使用,意思是“对……的影响”。
18.A.rich
B.uncool
C.attractive
D.handsome
答案:B
提示:geeks对大众文化的影响有了新的趋势。和过去的观点完全相反,以前人们认为的uncool现在成了cool。过去人们看重外表,现在人们更看重内涵。
19.A.how
B.that
C.how much
D.what
答案:D
提示:分析句子可知,这里考查一个比较结构,相对比的两项必须是同类的东西。what you know和what you look like相对比。what充当like的宾语。
20.A.dangers
B.questions
C.possibility ces
答案:A
提示:最后一段含有幽默的语气。geeks在上学时往往是大家欺负和嘲笑的对象。现在某个geeks可能是你的老板,过去如果你欺负过他的话,现在该是你受惩罚的时候了,所以存在着危险。
