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An Extension of the Human Brain

  Other people can help us compensate for our mental and emotional deficiencies (欠缺),much as a wooden leg can compensate for a physical deficiency. To be exact, other people can extend our intelligence and help us understand and adjust our emotions. When another person helps us in such ways, he or she is participating in what I’ve called a “social prosthetic (义肢的)system.” Such systems do not need to operate face-to-face, and it’s clear to me that the Internet is expanding the range of my own social prosthetic systems. It’s already a big bank of many minds. Even in its current state, the Internet has extended my memory and judgment.

Regarding memory: Once I look up something on the Internet, I don’t need to keep all the details for future use—I know where to find that information again and can quickly and easily do so. More generally, the Internet functions as if it were my memory. This function of the Internet is particularly striking when I’m writing; I’m no longer comfortable writing if I’m not connected to the Internet. It’s become natural to check facts as I write, taking a minute or two to dip into PubMed, Wikipedia, or other websites.

Regarding judgment: The Internet has made me smarter in matters small and large. For example, when I’m writing a textbook, it has become second nature to check a dozen definitions of a key term, which helps me dig into the core and understand its meaning. But more than that, I now regularly compare my views with those of many others. If I have a “ new idea,” I now quickly look to see whether somebody else has already thought of it, or something similar—and I then compare what I think with what others have thought. This certainly makes my own views clearer. Moreover, I can find out whether my reactions to an event are reasonable enough by reading about those of others on the Internet.

These effects of the Internet have become even more striking since I’ve begun using a smartphone. I now regularly pull out my phone to check a fact, watch a video, read weibo. Such activities fill the spaces that used to be dead time (such as waiting for somebody to arrive for a lunch meeting).

But that’s the upside (好处).The downside is that in those dead periods I often would let my thoughts flow and sometimes would have an unexpected insight or idea. Those opportunities are now fewer and farther between.

An Extension of the Human Brain

A prosthetic nature

The 1.  can help make up for our mental and emotional deficiencies as a wooden leg can compensate for a bodily deficiency.

  It 2.  in our daily events, extending our intelligence, comprehending our feelings, and expanding the range of social activities.

Wonderful aspects: memory and judgment

On the Internet, we could quickly and easily locate the details, and check facts, without 3.  them in mind.

   The Internet makes us smarter over 4.  kinds of things. It provides a dozen definitions of a key term for us to find the 5.  of the matter.

The Internet enables us to exchange ideas with many others to 6. our claims, and to 7.  our actions.

The 8.  sides

of smartphones

Smartphones make it easier and more 9.  to check reality, watch video clips, read weibo.

Smartphones 10.  the possibility for new and insightful minds, and steal away our dead time.

 

 

1. Internet 2. participates/joins 3. keeping 4.all/different/various 5. heart/core 6. check 7. judge 8. mixed/two 9. convenient 10. reduce 【解析】 1.Such systems do not need to operate face-to-face, and it’s clear to me that the Internet is expanding the range of my own social prosthetic systems.可知因特网可以拓宽社会义肢系统的范围,也就是说网络可以弥补我们精神和情感上的缺陷。 2.It’s already a big bank of many minds. Even in its current state, the Internet has extended my memory and judgment.可知动词短语“participate/join in”符合句意。 3.Once I look up something on the Internet, I don’t need to keep all the details.....”可知动词短语“keep...in mind记住”,在表格中放在介词without的后面,要使用动名词keeping的形式。 4.The Internet has made me smarter in matters small and large.可知原文中“matters small and large”就是“all/different/various”的事情。 5.which helps me dig into the core and understand its meaning”可知网络能让我们找的事物的核心并理解其真正含义。故短语“the core/heart of the matter”和原文中“dig into the core”语义一致。 6.check 同义词转换。根据第三段第四句“If I have a “ new idea,” I now quickly look to see whether somebody else has already thought of it, or something similar—and I then compare what I think with what others have thought.”当我们有了新的观点以后,我们会上网检查核对别人是否已经有了同样的观点,并对自己的行动做出判断。表格中check与原文语义一致。 7.Moreover, I can find out whether my reactions to an event are reasonable enough by reading about those of others on the Internet.”而且在网络上阅读其他人的信息,让我判断我的行为是否合理,所以表格里使用动词judge。 8. 9.I now regularly pull out my phone to check a fact, watch a video, read weibo. Such activities fill the spaces that used to be dead time (such as waiting for somebody to arrive for a lunch meeting).可知我们可以使用智能手机随时查信息,看视频,读微博,使用起来非常方便。所以使用形容词“convenient”。 10. reduce 句意转换。根据文章最后两句“The downside is that in those dead periods I often would let my thoughts flow and sometimes would have an unexpected insight or idea. Those opportunities are now fewer and farther between.”在过去那些“dead periods”时,我总会有一些灵光一现的神来之念,但是现在这些时间都被智能手机占用了。无疑就减少了这些神来之念的可能性。所以表格中使用“reduce the possibility”。 考点:考查任务型阅读
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D

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Shelly-Ann is a little woman with a big smile. She has a mental toughness that did not come about by chance. Her journey to becoming the fastest woman on earth has been anything but smooth and effortless. She grew up in one of Jamaica’s toughest inner-city communities known as Waterhouse, where she lived in a one-room apartment, sleeping four in a bed with her mother and two brothers. Waterhouse, one of the poorest communities in Jamaica, is a really violent and overpopulated place. Several of Shelly-Ann's friends and family were caught up in the killings; one of her cousins was shot dead only a few streets away from where she lived. Sometimes her family didn’t have enough to eat. She ran at the school championships barefooted because she couldn’t afford shoes. Her mother Maxime, one of a family of fourteen, had been an athlete herself as a young girl but, like so many other girls in Waterhouse, had to stop after she had her first baby. Maximes early entry into the adult world with its responsibilities gave her the determination to ensure that her kids would not end up in Waterhouse's roundabout of poverty. One of the first things Maxime used to do with Shelly-Ann was taking her to the track, and she was ready to sacrifice everything.

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C. She had big problems maintaining her performance.

D. She suffered a lot of defeats at the previous track meets.

2. What did the sprinting world think of Shelly-Ann before the 2008 Olympic Games?

A. She would become a promising star.

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C. Her sprinting career would not last long.

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C. She became an athletic star in her country.

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5. By mentioning Muhammad Alis words, the author intends to tell us that .

A. players should be highly inspired by coaches

B. great athletes need to concentrate on patience

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D. motivation allows great athletes to be on the top

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C

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B. It takes place almost every year all over the world.

C. It forces fishermen to stop catching fish around Christmas.

D. It sees the changes of water flow direction in the ocean.

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A. Agricultural harvests in rich countries fall.

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C. Rich countries’ gains are greater than their losses.

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C. victims of El Nino deserve more compensation

D. recovery and reconstruction should come first

4. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?

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D. Chimps naturally share food with each other.

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B. know how to offer help to adults

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