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17 Texting Makes You Stupid

The good news is that today's teenagers are 1 readers and prolific(多产的)writers. The bad news is that what they are reading and writing are text messages.

According to a survey done last year by Nielsen, Americans between the ages of 13 and 17 send and receive an 2 of 3,339 texts per month. Teenage girls send and receive more than 4,000. It's an unmissable trend. Even if you don't have teenage kids, you'll see other people's 3 slouching(无精打采地站立或行动)around, eyes averted, tapping away, 4 of their surroundings.

Half of today's teenagers 5 don't read books—except when they're made to. According to the most recent survey by the National Endowment for the Arts, the 6 of Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 who read a book not required at school or at work is now 50.7 percent, the lowest for any adult age group younger than 75, and down from 59 percent 20 years ago.

Why does this 7 ? For two reasons: First, we are 8 behind more-literate societies. According to the results of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's most recent Program for International Student Assessment, the 9 in reading ability between the 15-year-olds in the Shanghai district of China and those in the United States is now as big as the gap between the U.S. and Serbia or Chile. But the more important reason is that children who don't read are 10 from the civilization of their ancestors.

So, welcome to book camp, kids.

A)absolutely E)fall I)lagging M)proportion

B)average F)gap J)matter N)separated

C)derive G)hardly K)normally O)unaware

D)enthusiastic H)ignorant L)offspring

选项分析

[名词]average平均 gap间隔;差距 offspring后代,子孙 proportion比例

[动词]derive源自;得到 fall落下,掉下 lagging落后 matter关系重大 separated分开,隔开

[形容词]enthusiastic热情的 ignorant无知的 unaware未察觉的

[副词]absolutely绝对地 hardly几乎不 normally通常地

长难句点睛

According to the results of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's most recent Program for International Student Assessment, the gap in reading ability between the 15-year-olds in the Shanghai district of China and those in the United States is now as big as the gap between the U.S. and Serbia or Chile. (Line 2, Para. 4)

[解析]本句的主干是the gap in reading ability...is as big as the gap。between the 15-year-olds in the Shanghai district of China and those in the United States是 the gap in reading ability的定语。句中存在一个比较级as big as,意为“与……一样大”,between the U.S. and Serbia or Chile是对后一个gap进行修饰限定的内容。

[译文]据经济合作与发展组织最新开展的国际学生评估项目显示,中国上海与美国的15岁青少年之间阅读能力的差距就像美国与塞尔维亚或智利之间的差距那样大。

答案精解

1.D enthusiastic

[快速解题]形容词辨义题。根据空格前的系动词are和空格后的readers and prolific writers可以判断,此处需要填入一个表示褒义的形容词,以修饰readers,与prolific“多产的”相照应。备选词汇中enthusiastic意为“热情的”,用在此处符合语义,故选D。

2.B average

[快速解题]名词辨义题。根据空格前的冠词an可判断此处应填入一个名词的单数形式,且该名词以元音开头,备选词汇中offspring意为“后代,子孙”,用在此处语义不通,可排除。average“平均”符合此处语境,an average of为常用搭配,意为“平均……”,故选B。

3.L offspring

[快速解题]名词辨义题。根据空格前的people's和空格后的slouching around可以判断,此处需要填入一个名词,且表示人物。备选词汇中只有offspring“后代,子孙”符合此处语境,故选L。

4.O unaware

[快速解题]形容词辨义题。空格所在的分句前用了逗号与前文隔开,空格后为of their surroundings,由此可以判断,此处需要填入一个形容词,与of搭配使用。该句中提到,即使你没有十几岁的孩子,你也会看到别人家的孩子没精打采地四处乱转,眼神飘忽不定,手指敲击着键盘,由此可见,该句描述的是十几岁孩子过度沉浸于发送信息,而对其周围的环境全然没有意识。因而,备选词汇中unaware“未察觉的”符合此处语境,故选O。ignorant意为“无知的”,不符合此处语义,可排除。

5.K normally

[快速解题]副词辨义题。空格所在的句子结构完整,不缺少任何句子成分,由空格前后的内容可以判断,此处应填入一个副词,对don't read books这一动作进行修饰。由该句破折号后面的内容可知,现今半数的青少年只是在逼迫之下才会阅读。由此可知,备选词汇中,absolutely“绝对地”不符合此处语境。hardly意为“几乎不”,与空格后的don't语义重复,故排除。normally意为“通常地”,用在此处语义通顺,故选K。

6.M proportion

[快速解题]名词辨义题。根据空格前的the和空格后的介词of可以判断,此处应填入一个名词。该句的主干为the _____...is now 50.7 percent,可见50.7 percent为表语,主语是空格处需要填入的内容。备选名词中,能够与50.7 percent对应的只有proportion“比例”一词,故选M。

7.J matter

[快速解题]动词辨义题。空格所在的句子缺少动词,此处需要填入一个动词的原形。从上下文来看,此处为一个设问句,该句后面的内容对该问句给出了答复,说明了儿童和青少年需要进行阅读的原因,由此可以判断,空格处填入matter“关系重大”最符合语境,故选J。derive意为“源自;得到”,用在此处语义不通顺,可排除。

8.I lagging

[快速解题]动词辨义题。根据空格前的系动词are和空格后的behind可以判断,此处应填入一个动词的现在分词。备选词汇中lagging意为“落后”,且常与behind搭配在一起使用,符合此处语境,故选I。

9.F gap

[快速解题]名词辨义题。根据空格前的定冠词the和空格后的介词短语in reading ability可以判断,此处需要填入一个名词,且该名词后须能接介词in。备选词汇中只有gap“间隔;差距”符合此处语境,故选F。gap in reading ability意为“在阅读能力方面的差异”。

10.N separated

[快速解题]动词辨义题。根据空格所在前的系动词are和空格后的介词from可以判断,此处应填入一个形容词或者表被动语态的动词的过去分词,且该词须能和from搭配使用。备选词汇中只有separated“分开,隔开”符合此处语境,故选N。

重难点词汇

unmissable[ʌnˈmɪsəbl] a. 不容错过的

avert[əˈvɜːt] v. 转移(目光)

literate[ˈlɪtərət] a. 博学的

ancestor[ˈænsestə(r)] n. 祖先,祖宗

全文译文

发短信会使人变蠢

好消息是,现在的青少年既是热心的读者,又是多产的作家。可坏消息是,他们所读所写的全部都是短信。

据美国尼尔森市场调研公司去年展开的一项调查显示,13~17岁之间的美国人平均每月会收发3339条短信。其中女孩们的短信收发量超过4000条。这是一个随处可见的趋势。即使你没有十几岁的孩子,也能看到别人家的孩子没精打采地四处乱转,眼神飘忽不定,手指敲击着键盘,全然不顾周围的环境。

现在的青少年有半数通常都不读书——除非是在被强迫的情况下。据美国国家艺术基金会的一项最新调查显示,在18~24岁间的美国人中,目前不在学校要求或工作需要下读书的人数为50.7%,是75岁以下各年龄段的成年人中阅读人数最少的,从20年前的59%下降到今天这个比例。

为什么这个情况事关紧要?原因有两个。首先,我们正在落后于文化水平更高的社会。据经济合作与发展组织最新开展的国际学生评估项目结果显示,中国上海与美国的15岁青少年之间阅读能力的差距就像美国与塞尔维亚或智利之间的差距那样大。但更重要的原因在于,那些不读书的孩子与其祖先所创造的文明之间的联系会被切断。

因此,欢迎参加读书训练营,孩子们。