单选题 Is technology changing our brains? A new study adds to a growing body of research that says it is. According to the study, a     27    shift in how we gather information and communicate with one another has touched off an era of rapid evolution that may     28    change the human brain as we know it.
    The impact of technology on our brain should not come as a     29    . Professional musicians have more gray matter in brain regions     30    for planning finger movements. And athletes' brains are bulkier in areas that     31    hand-eye coordination. That's because the more time you devote to a specific activity, the stronger the neural (神经系统的) pathways responsible for executing that activity become. So it makes     32    that people who process a constant stream of digital information would have more neurons dedicated to filtering (过滤) that information.
    To see how the Internet might be rewiring us, the brains of 24 adults were     33    as they performed a simulated Web search, and again as they read a page of text. During the Web search, those who reported using the Internet     34    in their everyday lives showed twice as much signaling in brain regions responsible for decision-making and complex reasoning, compared with those who had     35    Internet exposure. The findings suggest that Internet use enhances the brain's     36    to be stimulated, and that Internet reading activates more brain regions than printed words.
    A. abundant                        F. limited                        K. scarcely
    B. capacity                        G. monitored                      L. sense
    C. control                          H. regularly                      M. stability
    D. dramatic                        I. responsible                      N. surprise
    E. immediately                      J. restrain                        O. ultimately
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【正确答案】D
【答案解析】形容词辨析题。由空格前的a和空格后的名词shift判断,此处应填形容词。根据本段内容可知,我们收集信息以及与他人交流方式的转变开创了一个快速发展的时代。由此得出,这个转变“巨大且深远”,故dramatic“巨大的,急剧的”符合题意。
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【正确答案】O
【答案解析】副词辨析题。空格所在的定语从句中,主谓宾成分齐全,由此判断空格处应填入副词来修饰change。由文章前两句可知,科技正在改变我们的大脑(changing our brains)。由前两句中的“正在改变”可知,ultimately“最终,最后”最为贴切。
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【正确答案】N
【答案解析】名词辨析题。由空格前的as a可知,此处应填名词。根据前面的should not和后文中的已知结论(重复活动影响神经通路)可知,这种影响不足为奇,因此填surprise。
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【正确答案】I
【答案解析】形容词辨析题。由空格所在句的句式结构判断,空格处所填单词作定语,修饰regions,并且所填词能够与介词for搭配。结合所给选项,只有responsible符合题意,本段第四句中的responsible for也有提示作用。
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【正确答案】C
【答案解析】动词辨析题。由句式结构和先行词that判断,that引导的定语从句中缺少谓语动词,且为动词原形。由宾语hand-eye coordination“手眼协调”推断,空格处应填动词control“控制”。
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【正确答案】L
【答案解析】固定搭配题。空格所在句中,it为形式主语,真正的主语是空格后面that引导的主语从句。由句意判断,makes与空格所填单词搭配构成主句的谓语动词,结合所给选项,只有sense符合句意,makes sense“合乎情理”。
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【正确答案】G
【答案解析】动词辨析题。结合句意及空格前面的were判断,此处应为被动语态,空格处需要填入动词的过去分词。为了了解网络如何重塑我们,需要对人的大脑进行监测,因此,空格处填入monitored。
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【正确答案】H
【答案解析】副词辨析题。空格所在从句主谓宾成分完整,此处应填副词。根据本文主旨,此处应当是对经常使用网络和不经常使用网络的人群进行的对比研究,由后文的“大脑中负责决策制定和复杂推理部分的信号传递量是两倍……”可推知,regularly用在此处最为贴切。
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【正确答案】F
【答案解析】形容词辨析题。空格前为动词had,后面为名词,此处应填形容词修饰Internet exposure。前面提到了经常上网的人,作为对比,此处应为“偶尔或上网次数很有限的人”,故选limited。
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【正确答案】B
【答案解析】名词辨析题。由the brain's名词所有格判断,此处应填名词。根据空格前自,enhances“提高”及空格后自,to be stimulated“接受刺激的”推断,空格处应填入capacity“能力”。