Question

Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

We are familiar with pop culture, but what is peep culture? In pop culture, we turn on the TV and watch our favorite celebrities entertain us 1.their performance. In peep culture, we turn on the computer, we move through people’s lives on reality TV, blogs. Facebook and YouTube.  2.getting our entertainment from scripted performances, we get our entertainment from peeping into other people’s lives. It can be friends and family.

3.it’s just likely to be people we have never met from around the world.

Suddenly, we consume all of our time4. (track) other people. And we also invite them to watch us!   People reveal themselves to get attention and to feel like they are part   of a community. In peep culture, ordinary people are turned into celebrities. This has never happened 5., turning the spotlight on random regular people. There aren’t secrets anymore. The notion of private life 6.(change).

7.society has become extremely fast-paced, most of us are really unaware of these changes in our lives.   We are moving into a time 8.our virtual personality is going to be more important than our actually physical presence. What we have online is going to be more important than what we do offline. We are now socially judged by our virtual profiles.

In the age of “peep culture,,” a tell-all, show-all, know-all digital phenomenon is dramatically changing notions of privacy, individuality, security,  and  even  humanity.  Susan Boyle became a(n) overnight  celebrity 9.peep culture. The entire world was staring  at her 10.her transformation from a resident of a small Scottish town to a global celebrity. We like the story because she’s like a movie, only she’s real.

Answer

1.with

2.Instead of

3.But

4..tracking

5.before

6.has changed

7.As

8..where

9.because of

10.after

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文，介绍了现代社会，在窥探文化之下，人们总是把所有的时间都花在追踪别人身上。

1.考查介词。句意：在流行文化中，我们打开电视，观看我们喜爱的名人用他们的表演娱乐我们。entertain sb with sth表示“用……娱乐某人”，故填with。

2.考查介词短语。句意：我们不是从戏剧表演中获得娱乐，而是从窥探别人的生活中获得娱乐。

根据“we get our entertainment from peeping into other people’s lives.”可知此处表示“而不是”，故填Instead of。

3.考查连词。句意：可能是朋友和家人，但也可能是我们从未见过的来自世界各地的人。根据句意可知前后是转折关系，故填But。

4.考查非谓语动词。句意：突然之间，我们把所有的时间都花在了追踪别人身上。consume time(in) doing表示“花时间做某事”，故填tracking。

5.考查副词。句意：这在以前从来没有发生过，把焦点转移到随机的普通人身上。此处是过去与现在的对比，表示“以前”，故填before。

6.考查时态语态。句意：私生活的观念已经改变了。notion与change之间是主动关系，此处强调的是过去的动作对现在的影响，应该用现在完成时，故填has changed。

7.考查时间状语从句。句意：随着社会的发展速度越来越快，我们中的大多数人都没有意识到生活中的这些变化。根据句意可知此处表示“随着”，应该用as引导这个时间状语从句，故填As。

8.考查定语从句。句意：我们正进入一个虚拟人格将比实际存在更重要的时代。此处为定语从句，先行词为a time，表示“时代”，指抽象地点，从句中缺少地点状语，故填where。

9.考查介词短语。句意：苏珊·博伊尔因为窥探文化一夜成名。根据句意可知此处表示“由于、因为”，空后是名词peep culture，故填介词短语because of。

10.考查介词。句意：她从一个苏格兰小镇的居民转变为全球名人后，全世界都在关注着她。根据句意可知此处表示“在……之后”，故填after。