专业英语四级题库_大学英语题库

填空题

A. assess B. constrained C. contains D. explore
E. influence F. interacting G. interpretation H. magnified
I. mirrors J. philosophy K. potential L. sneaking
M. sticking N. undermines O. violent
"That which does not kill us makes us stronger." But parents can"t handle it when teenagers put this 1 into practice. Now technology has become the new field for the age-old battle between adults and their freedom-seeking kids.
Locked indoors, unable to get on their bicycles and hang out with their friends, teens have turned to social media and their mobile phones to socialize with their peers. What they do online often 2 what they might otherwise do if their mobility weren"t so heavily 3 in the age of helicopter parenting. Social media and smart-phone apps have become so popular in recent years because teens need a place to call their own. They want the freedom to 4 their identity and the world around them. Instead of 5 out, they jump online.
As teens have moved online, parents have projected their fears onto the Internet, imagining all the 6 dangers that youth might face—from 7 strangers to cruel peers to pictures or words that could haunt them on Google for the rest of their lives.
Rather than helping teens develop strategies for negotiating public life and the risks of 8 with others, fearful parents have focused on tracking, monitoring and blocking. These tactics don"t help teens develop the skills they need to manage complex social situations, 9 risks and get help when they"re in trouble. "Protecting" kids may feel like the right thing to do, but it 10 the learning that teens need to do as they come of age in a technology-soaked world.

答案： J。[解析] 空格位于代词this之后，据此推断应填入名词。本段的首句“那些没有击垮我们的东西会使我们更加强大”是一句俗...

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A. accountable B. capacity C. controlled D. entail
E. forged F. incentives G. occasionally H. overstated
I. persisting J. pessimistic K. professionals L. slash
M. specializing N. spectators O. subsequently
Travel websites have been around since the 1990s, when Expedia, Travelocity, and other holiday booking sites were launched, allowing travelers to compare flight and hotel prices with the click of a mouse. With information no longer 11 by travel agents or hidden in business networks, the travel industry was revolutionized, as greater transparency helped 12 prices.
Today, the industry is going through a new revolution—this time transforming service quality. Online rating platforms 13 in hotels, restaurants, apartments and taxis—allow travelers to exchange reviews and experiences for all to see.
Hospitality businesses are now ranked, analyzed and compared not by industry 14 , but by the very people for whom the service is intended—the customer. This has 15 a new relationship between buyer and seller. Customers have always voted with their feet; they can now explain their decision to anyone who is interested. As a result, businesses are much more 16 , often in very specific ways, which creates powerful 17 to improve service.
Although some readers might not care for gossipy reports of unfriendly bellboys (行李员) in Berlin or malfunctioning hotel hairdryers in Houston, the true power of online reviews lies not just in the individual stories, but in the websites 18 to aggregate a large volume of ratings.
The impact cannot be 19 Businesses that attract top ratings can enjoy rapid growth, as new customers are attracted by good reviews and 20 provide yet more positive feedback. So great is the influence of online ratings that many companies now hire digital reputation managers to ensure a favorable online identity.

答案： C。[解析] 该空格位于With引导的介词短语中，由短语中的or和hidden可推知，所填词应是hidden的并列结构，...

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A. assume B. confidential C. disagree D. formula
E. forthcoming F. illustrating G. mysteriously H. observe
I. optimistic J. package K. radically L. reality
M. separately N. spoiling O. underestimate
Millions of Americans are entering their 60s and are more concerned than ever about retirement. They know they need to save, but how much And what exactly are they saving for-to spend more time 21 the grandkids, go traveling, or start another career It turns out that husbands and wives may have 22 different ideas about the subject.
The deepest divide is in the way spouses envisage their lifestyle in their later years. Fidelity Investments Inc. found 41 percent of the 500 couples it surveyed 23 on whether both or at least one spouse will work in retirement. Wives are generally right regarding their husbands" retirement age, but men 24 the age their wives will be when they stop working. And husbands are slightly more 25 about their standard of living than wives are.
Busy juggling (穷于应付) and families, most couples don"t take time to sit down, 26 or together, and think about what they would like to do 5, 10 or 20 years from now. They 27 they are on the same page, but the 28 is they have avoided even talking about it.
If you are self-employed or in a job that doesn"t have a standard retirement age, you may be more apt to delay thinking about these issues. It is often a 29 retirement date that provides the catalyst to start planning. Getting laid off or accepting an early-retirement . 30 can force your hand. But don"t wait until you get a severance (遣散费) check to begin planning.

答案： N。[解析] 由空格前的spend more time结构可知空格处所填单词为动名词，构成spend...doing s...

填空题

A. assess B. constrained C. contains D. explore
E. influence F. interacting G. interpretation H. magnified
I. mirrors J. philosophy K. potential L. sneaking
M. sticking N. undermines O. violent
"That which does not kill us makes us stronger." But parents can"t handle it when teenagers put this 1 into practice. Now technology has become the new field for the age-old battle between adults and their freedom-seeking kids.
Locked indoors, unable to get on their bicycles and hang out with their friends, teens have turned to social media and their mobile phones to socialize with their peers. What they do online often 2 what they might otherwise do if their mobility weren"t so heavily 3 in the age of helicopter parenting. Social media and smart-phone apps have become so popular in recent years because teens need a place to call their own. They want the freedom to 4 their identity and the world around them. Instead of 5 out, they jump online.
As teens have moved online, parents have projected their fears onto the Internet, imagining all the 6 dangers that youth might face—from 7 strangers to cruel peers to pictures or words that could haunt them on Google for the rest of their lives.
Rather than helping teens develop strategies for negotiating public life and the risks of 8 with others, fearful parents have focused on tracking, monitoring and blocking. These tactics don"t help teens develop the skills they need to manage complex social situations, 9 risks and get help when they"re in trouble. "Protecting" kids may feel like the right thing to do, but it 10 the learning that teens need to do as they come of age in a technology-soaked world.

答案： I。[解析] 空格前是What引导的主语从句，空格后是What引导的宾语从句。据此推断空格处应填入谓语动词，且为第三人称...

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A. benefits B. displaced C. employed D. eventually
E. impact F. jobless G. primarily H. productive
I. prosperity J. responsive K. rhythm L. sentiments
M. shrunk N. swept O. withdrawn
Innovation, the elixir (灵丹妙药) of progress, has always cost people their jobs. In the Industrial Revolution hand weavers were 31 aside by the mechanical loom. Over the past 30 years the digital revolution has 32 many of the mid-skill jobs that supported 20th-century middle-class life. Typists, ticket agents, bank tellers and many production-line jobs have been dispensed with, just as the weavers were.
For those who believe that technological progress has made the world a better place, such disruption is a natural part of rising 33 . Although innovation kills some jobs, it creates new and better ones, as a more 34 society becomes richer and its wealthier inhabitants demand more goods and services. A hundred years ago one in three American workers was 35 on a farm. Today less than 2% of them produce far more food. The millions freed from the land were not rendered 36 , but found better-paid work as the economy grew more sophisticated. Today the pool of secretaries has 37 , but there are ever more computer programmers and web designers.
Optimism remains the right starting-point, but for workers the dislocating effects of technology may make themselves evident faster than its 38 . Even if new jobs and wonderful products emerge, in the short term income gaps will widen, causing huge social dislocation and perhaps even changing politics.
Technology"s 39 will feel like a tornado (旋风), hitting the rich world first, but 40 sweeping through poorer countries too. No government is prepared for it.

答案： N。[解析] 空格位于系动词were之后，副词aside之前，据此推断应填入动词的过去分词，且该动词可与aside构成固...

填空题

A. assume B. confidential C. disagree D. formula
E. forthcoming F. illustrating G. mysteriously H. observe
I. optimistic J. package K. radically L. reality
M. separately N. spoiling O. underestimate
Millions of Americans are entering their 60s and are more concerned than ever about retirement. They know they need to save, but how much And what exactly are they saving for-to spend more time 21 the grandkids, go traveling, or start another career It turns out that husbands and wives may have 22 different ideas about the subject.
The deepest divide is in the way spouses envisage their lifestyle in their later years. Fidelity Investments Inc. found 41 percent of the 500 couples it surveyed 23 on whether both or at least one spouse will work in retirement. Wives are generally right regarding their husbands" retirement age, but men 24 the age their wives will be when they stop working. And husbands are slightly more 25 about their standard of living than wives are.
Busy juggling (穷于应付) and families, most couples don"t take time to sit down, 26 or together, and think about what they would like to do 5, 10 or 20 years from now. They 27 they are on the same page, but the 28 is they have avoided even talking about it.
If you are self-employed or in a job that doesn"t have a standard retirement age, you may be more apt to delay thinking about these issues. It is often a 29 retirement date that provides the catalyst to start planning. Getting laid off or accepting an early-retirement . 30 can force your hand. But don"t wait until you get a severance (遣散费) check to begin planning.

答案： K。[解析] 空格所在的结构为“have+空格单词+different ideas”由此可知，应填入副词。备选项为：G．...

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A. accountable B. capacity C. controlled D. entail
E. forged F. incentives G. occasionally H. overstated
I. persisting J. pessimistic K. professionals L. slash
M. specializing N. spectators O. subsequently
Travel websites have been around since the 1990s, when Expedia, Travelocity, and other holiday booking sites were launched, allowing travelers to compare flight and hotel prices with the click of a mouse. With information no longer 11 by travel agents or hidden in business networks, the travel industry was revolutionized, as greater transparency helped 12 prices.
Today, the industry is going through a new revolution—this time transforming service quality. Online rating platforms 13 in hotels, restaurants, apartments and taxis—allow travelers to exchange reviews and experiences for all to see.
Hospitality businesses are now ranked, analyzed and compared not by industry 14 , but by the very people for whom the service is intended—the customer. This has 15 a new relationship between buyer and seller. Customers have always voted with their feet; they can now explain their decision to anyone who is interested. As a result, businesses are much more 16 , often in very specific ways, which creates powerful 17 to improve service.
Although some readers might not care for gossipy reports of unfriendly bellboys (行李员) in Berlin or malfunctioning hotel hairdryers in Houston, the true power of online reviews lies not just in the individual stories, but in the websites 18 to aggregate a large volume of ratings.
The impact cannot be 19 Businesses that attract top ratings can enjoy rapid growth, as new customers are attracted by good reviews and 20 provide yet more positive feedback. So great is the influence of online ratings that many companies now hire digital reputation managers to ensure a favorable online identity.

答案： L。[解析] 该空格位于动词helped之后，名词prices之前，据此判断应填入动词原形，构成help do sth....

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A. benefits B. displaced C. employed D. eventually
E. impact F. jobless G. primarily H. productive
I. prosperity J. responsive K. rhythm L. sentiments
M. shrunk N. swept O. withdrawn
Innovation, the elixir (灵丹妙药) of progress, has always cost people their jobs. In the Industrial Revolution hand weavers were 31 aside by the mechanical loom. Over the past 30 years the digital revolution has 32 many of the mid-skill jobs that supported 20th-century middle-class life. Typists, ticket agents, bank tellers and many production-line jobs have been dispensed with, just as the weavers were.
For those who believe that technological progress has made the world a better place, such disruption is a natural part of rising 33 . Although innovation kills some jobs, it creates new and better ones, as a more 34 society becomes richer and its wealthier inhabitants demand more goods and services. A hundred years ago one in three American workers was 35 on a farm. Today less than 2% of them produce far more food. The millions freed from the land were not rendered 36 , but found better-paid work as the economy grew more sophisticated. Today the pool of secretaries has 37 , but there are ever more computer programmers and web designers.
Optimism remains the right starting-point, but for workers the dislocating effects of technology may make themselves evident faster than its 38 . Even if new jobs and wonderful products emerge, in the short term income gaps will widen, causing huge social dislocation and perhaps even changing politics.
Technology"s 39 will feel like a tornado (旋风), hitting the rich world first, but 40 sweeping through poorer countries too. No government is prepared for it.

答案： B。[解析] 空格位于has之后，故应填入动词过去分词，构成现在完成时。语境为：在过去的三十年里，数字革命______了...

填空题

A. assess B. constrained C. contains D. explore
E. influence F. interacting G. interpretation H. magnified
I. mirrors J. philosophy K. potential L. sneaking
M. sticking N. undermines O. violent
"That which does not kill us makes us stronger." But parents can"t handle it when teenagers put this 1 into practice. Now technology has become the new field for the age-old battle between adults and their freedom-seeking kids.
Locked indoors, unable to get on their bicycles and hang out with their friends, teens have turned to social media and their mobile phones to socialize with their peers. What they do online often 2 what they might otherwise do if their mobility weren"t so heavily 3 in the age of helicopter parenting. Social media and smart-phone apps have become so popular in recent years because teens need a place to call their own. They want the freedom to 4 their identity and the world around them. Instead of 5 out, they jump online.
As teens have moved online, parents have projected their fears onto the Internet, imagining all the 6 dangers that youth might face—from 7 strangers to cruel peers to pictures or words that could haunt them on Google for the rest of their lives.
Rather than helping teens develop strategies for negotiating public life and the risks of 8 with others, fearful parents have focused on tracking, monitoring and blocking. These tactics don"t help teens develop the skills they need to manage complex social situations, 9 risks and get help when they"re in trouble. "Protecting" kids may feel like the right thing to do, but it 10 the learning that teens need to do as they come of age in a technology-soaked world.

答案： B。[解析] 空格位于weren"t之后，据此推断可填入过去分词，构成被动语态。结合段首的“青少年被锁在房间里”可知，青...

填空题

A. assume B. confidential C. disagree D. formula
E. forthcoming F. illustrating G. mysteriously H. observe
I. optimistic J. package K. radically L. reality
M. separately N. spoiling O. underestimate
Millions of Americans are entering their 60s and are more concerned than ever about retirement. They know they need to save, but how much And what exactly are they saving for-to spend more time 21 the grandkids, go traveling, or start another career It turns out that husbands and wives may have 22 different ideas about the subject.
The deepest divide is in the way spouses envisage their lifestyle in their later years. Fidelity Investments Inc. found 41 percent of the 500 couples it surveyed 23 on whether both or at least one spouse will work in retirement. Wives are generally right regarding their husbands" retirement age, but men 24 the age their wives will be when they stop working. And husbands are slightly more 25 about their standard of living than wives are.
Busy juggling (穷于应付) and families, most couples don"t take time to sit down, 26 or together, and think about what they would like to do 5, 10 or 20 years from now. They 27 they are on the same page, but the 28 is they have avoided even talking about it.
If you are self-employed or in a job that doesn"t have a standard retirement age, you may be more apt to delay thinking about these issues. It is often a 29 retirement date that provides the catalyst to start planning. Getting laid off or accepting an early-retirement . 30 can force your hand. But don"t wait until you get a severance (遣散费) check to begin planning.

答案： C。[解析] 空格前的句子Fidelity Investments Inc. found 41 percent of t...

填空题

A. accountable B. capacity C. controlled D. entail
E. forged F. incentives G. occasionally H. overstated
I. persisting J. pessimistic K. professionals L. slash
M. specializing N. spectators O. subsequently
Travel websites have been around since the 1990s, when Expedia, Travelocity, and other holiday booking sites were launched, allowing travelers to compare flight and hotel prices with the click of a mouse. With information no longer 11 by travel agents or hidden in business networks, the travel industry was revolutionized, as greater transparency helped 12 prices.
Today, the industry is going through a new revolution—this time transforming service quality. Online rating platforms 13 in hotels, restaurants, apartments and taxis—allow travelers to exchange reviews and experiences for all to see.
Hospitality businesses are now ranked, analyzed and compared not by industry 14 , but by the very people for whom the service is intended—the customer. This has 15 a new relationship between buyer and seller. Customers have always voted with their feet; they can now explain their decision to anyone who is interested. As a result, businesses are much more 16 , often in very specific ways, which creates powerful 17 to improve service.
Although some readers might not care for gossipy reports of unfriendly bellboys (行李员) in Berlin or malfunctioning hotel hairdryers in Houston, the true power of online reviews lies not just in the individual stories, but in the websites 18 to aggregate a large volume of ratings.
The impact cannot be 19 Businesses that attract top ratings can enjoy rapid growth, as new customers are attracted by good reviews and 20 provide yet more positive feedback. So great is the influence of online ratings that many companies now hire digital reputation managers to ensure a favorable online identity.

答案： M。[解析] 空格位于后置定语中，用来补充说明在线评价平台涉及的领域，故应填入现在分词，且能与in构成固定搭配。备选动词...

填空题

A. assess B. constrained C. contains D. explore
E. influence F. interacting G. interpretation H. magnified
I. mirrors J. philosophy K. potential L. sneaking
M. sticking N. undermines O. violent
"That which does not kill us makes us stronger." But parents can"t handle it when teenagers put this 1 into practice. Now technology has become the new field for the age-old battle between adults and their freedom-seeking kids.
Locked indoors, unable to get on their bicycles and hang out with their friends, teens have turned to social media and their mobile phones to socialize with their peers. What they do online often 2 what they might otherwise do if their mobility weren"t so heavily 3 in the age of helicopter parenting. Social media and smart-phone apps have become so popular in recent years because teens need a place to call their own. They want the freedom to 4 their identity and the world around them. Instead of 5 out, they jump online.
As teens have moved online, parents have projected their fears onto the Internet, imagining all the 6 dangers that youth might face—from 7 strangers to cruel peers to pictures or words that could haunt them on Google for the rest of their lives.
Rather than helping teens develop strategies for negotiating public life and the risks of 8 with others, fearful parents have focused on tracking, monitoring and blocking. These tactics don"t help teens develop the skills they need to manage complex social situations, 9 risks and get help when they"re in trouble. "Protecting" kids may feel like the right thing to do, but it 10 the learning that teens need to do as they come of age in a technology-soaked world.

答案： D。[解析] 空格位于to之后，此处应填入动词原形，构成动词不定式结构修饰名词freedom。备选词有：assess“评...

填空题

A. benefits B. displaced C. employed D. eventually
E. impact F. jobless G. primarily H. productive
I. prosperity J. responsive K. rhythm L. sentiments
M. shrunk N. swept O. withdrawn
Innovation, the elixir (灵丹妙药) of progress, has always cost people their jobs. In the Industrial Revolution hand weavers were 31 aside by the mechanical loom. Over the past 30 years the digital revolution has 32 many of the mid-skill jobs that supported 20th-century middle-class life. Typists, ticket agents, bank tellers and many production-line jobs have been dispensed with, just as the weavers were.
For those who believe that technological progress has made the world a better place, such disruption is a natural part of rising 33 . Although innovation kills some jobs, it creates new and better ones, as a more 34 society becomes richer and its wealthier inhabitants demand more goods and services. A hundred years ago one in three American workers was 35 on a farm. Today less than 2% of them produce far more food. The millions freed from the land were not rendered 36 , but found better-paid work as the economy grew more sophisticated. Today the pool of secretaries has 37 , but there are ever more computer programmers and web designers.
Optimism remains the right starting-point, but for workers the dislocating effects of technology may make themselves evident faster than its 38 . Even if new jobs and wonderful products emerge, in the short term income gaps will widen, causing huge social dislocation and perhaps even changing politics.
Technology"s 39 will feel like a tornado (旋风), hitting the rich world first, but 40 sweeping through poorer countries too. No government is prepared for it.

答案： I。[解析] 空格位于形容词rising之后，应填入名词。主语disruption“破坏”指的是前文提及的数字革命取代中...

填空题

A. assume B. confidential C. disagree D. formula
E. forthcoming F. illustrating G. mysteriously H. observe
I. optimistic J. package K. radically L. reality
M. separately N. spoiling O. underestimate
Millions of Americans are entering their 60s and are more concerned than ever about retirement. They know they need to save, but how much And what exactly are they saving for-to spend more time 21 the grandkids, go traveling, or start another career It turns out that husbands and wives may have 22 different ideas about the subject.
The deepest divide is in the way spouses envisage their lifestyle in their later years. Fidelity Investments Inc. found 41 percent of the 500 couples it surveyed 23 on whether both or at least one spouse will work in retirement. Wives are generally right regarding their husbands" retirement age, but men 24 the age their wives will be when they stop working. And husbands are slightly more 25 about their standard of living than wives are.
Busy juggling (穷于应付) and families, most couples don"t take time to sit down, 26 or together, and think about what they would like to do 5, 10 or 20 years from now. They 27 they are on the same page, but the 28 is they have avoided even talking about it.
If you are self-employed or in a job that doesn"t have a standard retirement age, you may be more apt to delay thinking about these issues. It is often a 29 retirement date that provides the catalyst to start planning. Getting laid off or accepting an early-retirement . 30 can force your hand. But don"t wait until you get a severance (遣散费) check to begin planning.

答案： O。[解析] 空格连接两个名词men和the age，故应填入动词。前一分句提及妻子通常能够准确判断出丈夫的退休年龄，由...

填空题

A. accountable B. capacity C. controlled D. entail
E. forged F. incentives G. occasionally H. overstated
I. persisting J. pessimistic K. professionals L. slash
M. specializing N. spectators O. subsequently
Travel websites have been around since the 1990s, when Expedia, Travelocity, and other holiday booking sites were launched, allowing travelers to compare flight and hotel prices with the click of a mouse. With information no longer 11 by travel agents or hidden in business networks, the travel industry was revolutionized, as greater transparency helped 12 prices.
Today, the industry is going through a new revolution—this time transforming service quality. Online rating platforms 13 in hotels, restaurants, apartments and taxis—allow travelers to exchange reviews and experiences for all to see.
Hospitality businesses are now ranked, analyzed and compared not by industry 14 , but by the very people for whom the service is intended—the customer. This has 15 a new relationship between buyer and seller. Customers have always voted with their feet; they can now explain their decision to anyone who is interested. As a result, businesses are much more 16 , often in very specific ways, which creates powerful 17 to improve service.
Although some readers might not care for gossipy reports of unfriendly bellboys (行李员) in Berlin or malfunctioning hotel hairdryers in Houston, the true power of online reviews lies not just in the individual stories, but in the websites 18 to aggregate a large volume of ratings.
The impact cannot be 19 Businesses that attract top ratings can enjoy rapid growth, as new customers are attracted by good reviews and 20 provide yet more positive feedback. So great is the influence of online ratings that many companies now hire digital reputation managers to ensure a favorable online identity.

答案： K。[解析] 空格位于by引导的介词短语里，表示动作的实施者，由此推断应填入表示人或机构的名词。备选名词为profess...

填空题

A. benefits B. displaced C. employed D. eventually
E. impact F. jobless G. primarily H. productive
I. prosperity J. responsive K. rhythm L. sentiments
M. shrunk N. swept O. withdrawn
Innovation, the elixir (灵丹妙药) of progress, has always cost people their jobs. In the Industrial Revolution hand weavers were 31 aside by the mechanical loom. Over the past 30 years the digital revolution has 32 many of the mid-skill jobs that supported 20th-century middle-class life. Typists, ticket agents, bank tellers and many production-line jobs have been dispensed with, just as the weavers were.
For those who believe that technological progress has made the world a better place, such disruption is a natural part of rising 33 . Although innovation kills some jobs, it creates new and better ones, as a more 34 society becomes richer and its wealthier inhabitants demand more goods and services. A hundred years ago one in three American workers was 35 on a farm. Today less than 2% of them produce far more food. The millions freed from the land were not rendered 36 , but found better-paid work as the economy grew more sophisticated. Today the pool of secretaries has 37 , but there are ever more computer programmers and web designers.
Optimism remains the right starting-point, but for workers the dislocating effects of technology may make themselves evident faster than its 38 . Even if new jobs and wonderful products emerge, in the short term income gaps will widen, causing huge social dislocation and perhaps even changing politics.
Technology"s 39 will feel like a tornado (旋风), hitting the rich world first, but 40 sweeping through poorer countries too. No government is prepared for it.

答案： H。[解析] 空格位于a more和society之间，故应填入形容词构成形容词比较级结构。语境为：尽管创新消灭了一些工...

填空题

A. assess B. constrained C. contains D. explore
E. influence F. interacting G. interpretation H. magnified
I. mirrors J. philosophy K. potential L. sneaking
M. sticking N. undermines O. violent
"That which does not kill us makes us stronger." But parents can"t handle it when teenagers put this 1 into practice. Now technology has become the new field for the age-old battle between adults and their freedom-seeking kids.
Locked indoors, unable to get on their bicycles and hang out with their friends, teens have turned to social media and their mobile phones to socialize with their peers. What they do online often 2 what they might otherwise do if their mobility weren"t so heavily 3 in the age of helicopter parenting. Social media and smart-phone apps have become so popular in recent years because teens need a place to call their own. They want the freedom to 4 their identity and the world around them. Instead of 5 out, they jump online.
As teens have moved online, parents have projected their fears onto the Internet, imagining all the 6 dangers that youth might face—from 7 strangers to cruel peers to pictures or words that could haunt them on Google for the rest of their lives.
Rather than helping teens develop strategies for negotiating public life and the risks of 8 with others, fearful parents have focused on tracking, monitoring and blocking. These tactics don"t help teens develop the skills they need to manage complex social situations, 9 risks and get help when they"re in trouble. "Protecting" kids may feel like the right thing to do, but it 10 the learning that teens need to do as they come of age in a technology-soaked world.

答案： s．L。[解析] 空格位于instead of之后，据此推断填入动名词，与后面的out搭配。选项中符合要求的有stick...

填空题

A. accountable B. capacity C. controlled D. entail
E. forged F. incentives G. occasionally H. overstated
I. persisting J. pessimistic K. professionals L. slash
M. specializing N. spectators O. subsequently
Travel websites have been around since the 1990s, when Expedia, Travelocity, and other holiday booking sites were launched, allowing travelers to compare flight and hotel prices with the click of a mouse. With information no longer 11 by travel agents or hidden in business networks, the travel industry was revolutionized, as greater transparency helped 12 prices.
Today, the industry is going through a new revolution—this time transforming service quality. Online rating platforms 13 in hotels, restaurants, apartments and taxis—allow travelers to exchange reviews and experiences for all to see.
Hospitality businesses are now ranked, analyzed and compared not by industry 14 , but by the very people for whom the service is intended—the customer. This has 15 a new relationship between buyer and seller. Customers have always voted with their feet; they can now explain their decision to anyone who is interested. As a result, businesses are much more 16 , often in very specific ways, which creates powerful 17 to improve service.
Although some readers might not care for gossipy reports of unfriendly bellboys (行李员) in Berlin or malfunctioning hotel hairdryers in Houston, the true power of online reviews lies not just in the individual stories, but in the websites 18 to aggregate a large volume of ratings.
The impact cannot be 19 Businesses that attract top ratings can enjoy rapid growth, as new customers are attracted by good reviews and 20 provide yet more positive feedback. So great is the influence of online ratings that many companies now hire digital reputation managers to ensure a favorable online identity.

答案： E。[解析] 空格位于has之后，宾语a new relationship之前，据此判断应填入过去分词。由宾语a new...

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A. assume B. confidential C. disagree D. formula
E. forthcoming F. illustrating G. mysteriously H. observe
I. optimistic J. package K. radically L. reality
M. separately N. spoiling O. underestimate
Millions of Americans are entering their 60s and are more concerned than ever about retirement. They know they need to save, but how much And what exactly are they saving for-to spend more time 21 the grandkids, go traveling, or start another career It turns out that husbands and wives may have 22 different ideas about the subject.
The deepest divide is in the way spouses envisage their lifestyle in their later years. Fidelity Investments Inc. found 41 percent of the 500 couples it surveyed 23 on whether both or at least one spouse will work in retirement. Wives are generally right regarding their husbands" retirement age, but men 24 the age their wives will be when they stop working. And husbands are slightly more 25 about their standard of living than wives are.
Busy juggling (穷于应付) and families, most couples don"t take time to sit down, 26 or together, and think about what they would like to do 5, 10 or 20 years from now. They 27 they are on the same page, but the 28 is they have avoided even talking about it.
If you are self-employed or in a job that doesn"t have a standard retirement age, you may be more apt to delay thinking about these issues. It is often a 29 retirement date that provides the catalyst to start planning. Getting laid off or accepting an early-retirement . 30 can force your hand. But don"t wait until you get a severance (遣散费) check to begin planning.

答案： I。[解析] 由空格前的are slightly more可知，空格处应填入形容词，且与about搭配。结合语境，opt...

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A. assess B. constrained C. contains D. explore
E. influence F. interacting G. interpretation H. magnified
I. mirrors J. philosophy K. potential L. sneaking
M. sticking N. undermines O. violent
"That which does not kill us makes us stronger." But parents can"t handle it when teenagers put this 1 into practice. Now technology has become the new field for the age-old battle between adults and their freedom-seeking kids.
Locked indoors, unable to get on their bicycles and hang out with their friends, teens have turned to social media and their mobile phones to socialize with their peers. What they do online often 2 what they might otherwise do if their mobility weren"t so heavily 3 in the age of helicopter parenting. Social media and smart-phone apps have become so popular in recent years because teens need a place to call their own. They want the freedom to 4 their identity and the world around them. Instead of 5 out, they jump online.
As teens have moved online, parents have projected their fears onto the Internet, imagining all the 6 dangers that youth might face—from 7 strangers to cruel peers to pictures or words that could haunt them on Google for the rest of their lives.
Rather than helping teens develop strategies for negotiating public life and the risks of 8 with others, fearful parents have focused on tracking, monitoring and blocking. These tactics don"t help teens develop the skills they need to manage complex social situations, 9 risks and get help when they"re in trouble. "Protecting" kids may feel like the right thing to do, but it 10 the learning that teens need to do as they come of age in a technology-soaked world.

答案： K。[解析] 空格位于定冠词the和名词dangers之间，据此推断应填入形容词。由本句中的“残忍的同龄人”和“谷歌上那...

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A. benefits B. displaced C. employed D. eventually
E. impact F. jobless G. primarily H. productive
I. prosperity J. responsive K. rhythm L. sentiments
M. shrunk N. swept O. withdrawn
Innovation, the elixir (灵丹妙药) of progress, has always cost people their jobs. In the Industrial Revolution hand weavers were 31 aside by the mechanical loom. Over the past 30 years the digital revolution has 32 many of the mid-skill jobs that supported 20th-century middle-class life. Typists, ticket agents, bank tellers and many production-line jobs have been dispensed with, just as the weavers were.
For those who believe that technological progress has made the world a better place, such disruption is a natural part of rising 33 . Although innovation kills some jobs, it creates new and better ones, as a more 34 society becomes richer and its wealthier inhabitants demand more goods and services. A hundred years ago one in three American workers was 35 on a farm. Today less than 2% of them produce far more food. The millions freed from the land were not rendered 36 , but found better-paid work as the economy grew more sophisticated. Today the pool of secretaries has 37 , but there are ever more computer programmers and web designers.
Optimism remains the right starting-point, but for workers the dislocating effects of technology may make themselves evident faster than its 38 . Even if new jobs and wonderful products emerge, in the short term income gaps will widen, causing huge social dislocation and perhaps even changing politics.
Technology"s 39 will feel like a tornado (旋风), hitting the rich world first, but 40 sweeping through poorer countries too. No government is prepared for it.

答案： C。[解析] 空格位于系动词was之后，介词短语on a farm之前，应填入及物动词的过去分词构成被动语态。语境为：三...

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A. assume B. confidential C. disagree D. formula
E. forthcoming F. illustrating G. mysteriously H. observe
I. optimistic J. package K. radically L. reality
M. separately N. spoiling O. underestimate
Millions of Americans are entering their 60s and are more concerned than ever about retirement. They know they need to save, but how much And what exactly are they saving for-to spend more time 21 the grandkids, go traveling, or start another career It turns out that husbands and wives may have 22 different ideas about the subject.
The deepest divide is in the way spouses envisage their lifestyle in their later years. Fidelity Investments Inc. found 41 percent of the 500 couples it surveyed 23 on whether both or at least one spouse will work in retirement. Wives are generally right regarding their husbands" retirement age, but men 24 the age their wives will be when they stop working. And husbands are slightly more 25 about their standard of living than wives are.
Busy juggling (穷于应付) and families, most couples don"t take time to sit down, 26 or together, and think about what they would like to do 5, 10 or 20 years from now. They 27 they are on the same page, but the 28 is they have avoided even talking about it.
If you are self-employed or in a job that doesn"t have a standard retirement age, you may be more apt to delay thinking about these issues. It is often a 29 retirement date that provides the catalyst to start planning. Getting laid off or accepting an early-retirement . 30 can force your hand. But don"t wait until you get a severance (遣散费) check to begin planning.

答案： M。[解析] 由空格后or together结构可知，空格处单词应为副词，修饰sit down。结合语境，与togeth...

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A. accountable B. capacity C. controlled D. entail
E. forged F. incentives G. occasionally H. overstated
I. persisting J. pessimistic K. professionals L. slash
M. specializing N. spectators O. subsequently
Travel websites have been around since the 1990s, when Expedia, Travelocity, and other holiday booking sites were launched, allowing travelers to compare flight and hotel prices with the click of a mouse. With information no longer 11 by travel agents or hidden in business networks, the travel industry was revolutionized, as greater transparency helped 12 prices.
Today, the industry is going through a new revolution—this time transforming service quality. Online rating platforms 13 in hotels, restaurants, apartments and taxis—allow travelers to exchange reviews and experiences for all to see.
Hospitality businesses are now ranked, analyzed and compared not by industry 14 , but by the very people for whom the service is intended—the customer. This has 15 a new relationship between buyer and seller. Customers have always voted with their feet; they can now explain their decision to anyone who is interested. As a result, businesses are much more 16 , often in very specific ways, which creates powerful 17 to improve service.
Although some readers might not care for gossipy reports of unfriendly bellboys (行李员) in Berlin or malfunctioning hotel hairdryers in Houston, the true power of online reviews lies not just in the individual stories, but in the websites 18 to aggregate a large volume of ratings.
The impact cannot be 19 Businesses that attract top ratings can enjoy rapid growth, as new customers are attracted by good reviews and 20 provide yet more positive feedback. So great is the influence of online ratings that many companies now hire digital reputation managers to ensure a favorable online identity.

答案： A。[解析] 由空格前的are much more可以推断应填入形容词。结合后半句中的powerful和improve ...

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A. assume B. confidential C. disagree D. formula
E. forthcoming F. illustrating G. mysteriously H. observe
I. optimistic J. package K. radically L. reality
M. separately N. spoiling O. underestimate
Millions of Americans are entering their 60s and are more concerned than ever about retirement. They know they need to save, but how much And what exactly are they saving for-to spend more time 21 the grandkids, go traveling, or start another career It turns out that husbands and wives may have 22 different ideas about the subject.
The deepest divide is in the way spouses envisage their lifestyle in their later years. Fidelity Investments Inc. found 41 percent of the 500 couples it surveyed 23 on whether both or at least one spouse will work in retirement. Wives are generally right regarding their husbands" retirement age, but men 24 the age their wives will be when they stop working. And husbands are slightly more 25 about their standard of living than wives are.
Busy juggling (穷于应付) and families, most couples don"t take time to sit down, 26 or together, and think about what they would like to do 5, 10 or 20 years from now. They 27 they are on the same page, but the 28 is they have avoided even talking about it.
If you are self-employed or in a job that doesn"t have a standard retirement age, you may be more apt to delay thinking about these issues. It is often a 29 retirement date that provides the catalyst to start planning. Getting laid off or accepting an early-retirement . 30 can force your hand. But don"t wait until you get a severance (遣散费) check to begin planning.

答案： A。[解析] 空格前主语为they，空格后为完整的句子，由此判断，空格处应填入谓语动词，且根据上下文时态判断，应为动词原...

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A. assess B. constrained C. contains D. explore
E. influence F. interacting G. interpretation H. magnified
I. mirrors J. philosophy K. potential L. sneaking
M. sticking N. undermines O. violent
"That which does not kill us makes us stronger." But parents can"t handle it when teenagers put this 1 into practice. Now technology has become the new field for the age-old battle between adults and their freedom-seeking kids.
Locked indoors, unable to get on their bicycles and hang out with their friends, teens have turned to social media and their mobile phones to socialize with their peers. What they do online often 2 what they might otherwise do if their mobility weren"t so heavily 3 in the age of helicopter parenting. Social media and smart-phone apps have become so popular in recent years because teens need a place to call their own. They want the freedom to 4 their identity and the world around them. Instead of 5 out, they jump online.
As teens have moved online, parents have projected their fears onto the Internet, imagining all the 6 dangers that youth might face—from 7 strangers to cruel peers to pictures or words that could haunt them on Google for the rest of their lives.
Rather than helping teens develop strategies for negotiating public life and the risks of 8 with others, fearful parents have focused on tracking, monitoring and blocking. These tactics don"t help teens develop the skills they need to manage complex social situations, 9 risks and get help when they"re in trouble. "Protecting" kids may feel like the right thing to do, but it 10 the learning that teens need to do as they come of age in a technology-soaked world.

答案： O。[解析] 该空格位于strangers之前，据此推断可填入形容词。根据后文中提及的cruel peers可知，空格处...

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A. benefits B. displaced C. employed D. eventually
E. impact F. jobless G. primarily H. productive
I. prosperity J. responsive K. rhythm L. sentiments
M. shrunk N. swept O. withdrawn
Innovation, the elixir (灵丹妙药) of progress, has always cost people their jobs. In the Industrial Revolution hand weavers were 31 aside by the mechanical loom. Over the past 30 years the digital revolution has 32 many of the mid-skill jobs that supported 20th-century middle-class life. Typists, ticket agents, bank tellers and many production-line jobs have been dispensed with, just as the weavers were.
For those who believe that technological progress has made the world a better place, such disruption is a natural part of rising 33 . Although innovation kills some jobs, it creates new and better ones, as a more 34 society becomes richer and its wealthier inhabitants demand more goods and services. A hundred years ago one in three American workers was 35 on a farm. Today less than 2% of them produce far more food. The millions freed from the land were not rendered 36 , but found better-paid work as the economy grew more sophisticated. Today the pool of secretaries has 37 , but there are ever more computer programmers and web designers.
Optimism remains the right starting-point, but for workers the dislocating effects of technology may make themselves evident faster than its 38 . Even if new jobs and wonderful products emerge, in the short term income gaps will widen, causing huge social dislocation and perhaps even changing politics.
Technology"s 39 will feel like a tornado (旋风), hitting the rich world first, but 40 sweeping through poorer countries too. No government is prepared for it.

答案： F。[解析] 空格位于动词rendered之后，render sth. /sb. +形容词，表示“使某人/某物变得……”...

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A. accountable B. capacity C. controlled D. entail
E. forged F. incentives G. occasionally H. overstated
I. persisting J. pessimistic K. professionals L. slash
M. specializing N. spectators O. subsequently
Travel websites have been around since the 1990s, when Expedia, Travelocity, and other holiday booking sites were launched, allowing travelers to compare flight and hotel prices with the click of a mouse. With information no longer 11 by travel agents or hidden in business networks, the travel industry was revolutionized, as greater transparency helped 12 prices.
Today, the industry is going through a new revolution—this time transforming service quality. Online rating platforms 13 in hotels, restaurants, apartments and taxis—allow travelers to exchange reviews and experiences for all to see.
Hospitality businesses are now ranked, analyzed and compared not by industry 14 , but by the very people for whom the service is intended—the customer. This has 15 a new relationship between buyer and seller. Customers have always voted with their feet; they can now explain their decision to anyone who is interested. As a result, businesses are much more 16 , often in very specific ways, which creates powerful 17 to improve service.
Although some readers might not care for gossipy reports of unfriendly bellboys (行李员) in Berlin or malfunctioning hotel hairdryers in Houston, the true power of online reviews lies not just in the individual stories, but in the websites 18 to aggregate a large volume of ratings.
The impact cannot be 19 Businesses that attract top ratings can enjoy rapid growth, as new customers are attracted by good reviews and 20 provide yet more positive feedback. So great is the influence of online ratings that many companies now hire digital reputation managers to ensure a favorable online identity.

答案： F。[解析] 该空格位于形容词powerful之后，动词不定式to improve之前，据此判断应填入名词。根据上下文推...

填空题

A. assess B. constrained C. contains D. explore
E. influence F. interacting G. interpretation H. magnified
I. mirrors J. philosophy K. potential L. sneaking
M. sticking N. undermines O. violent
"That which does not kill us makes us stronger." But parents can"t handle it when teenagers put this 1 into practice. Now technology has become the new field for the age-old battle between adults and their freedom-seeking kids.
Locked indoors, unable to get on their bicycles and hang out with their friends, teens have turned to social media and their mobile phones to socialize with their peers. What they do online often 2 what they might otherwise do if their mobility weren"t so heavily 3 in the age of helicopter parenting. Social media and smart-phone apps have become so popular in recent years because teens need a place to call their own. They want the freedom to 4 their identity and the world around them. Instead of 5 out, they jump online.
As teens have moved online, parents have projected their fears onto the Internet, imagining all the 6 dangers that youth might face—from 7 strangers to cruel peers to pictures or words that could haunt them on Google for the rest of their lives.
Rather than helping teens develop strategies for negotiating public life and the risks of 8 with others, fearful parents have focused on tracking, monitoring and blocking. These tactics don"t help teens develop the skills they need to manage complex social situations, 9 risks and get help when they"re in trouble. "Protecting" kids may feel like the right thing to do, but it 10 the learning that teens need to do as they come of age in a technology-soaked world.

答案： F。[解析] 该空格位于介词of之后，据此推断可填入名词或动名词。空格后为介词with，备选项中能与with搭配的只有i...

填空题

A. assume B. confidential C. disagree D. formula
E. forthcoming F. illustrating G. mysteriously H. observe
I. optimistic J. package K. radically L. reality
M. separately N. spoiling O. underestimate
Millions of Americans are entering their 60s and are more concerned than ever about retirement. They know they need to save, but how much And what exactly are they saving for-to spend more time 21 the grandkids, go traveling, or start another career It turns out that husbands and wives may have 22 different ideas about the subject.
The deepest divide is in the way spouses envisage their lifestyle in their later years. Fidelity Investments Inc. found 41 percent of the 500 couples it surveyed 23 on whether both or at least one spouse will work in retirement. Wives are generally right regarding their husbands" retirement age, but men 24 the age their wives will be when they stop working. And husbands are slightly more 25 about their standard of living than wives are.
Busy juggling (穷于应付) and families, most couples don"t take time to sit down, 26 or together, and think about what they would like to do 5, 10 or 20 years from now. They 27 they are on the same page, but the 28 is they have avoided even talking about it.
If you are self-employed or in a job that doesn"t have a standard retirement age, you may be more apt to delay thinking about these issues. It is often a 29 retirement date that provides the catalyst to start planning. Getting laid off or accepting an early-retirement . 30 can force your hand. But don"t wait until you get a severance (遣散费) check to begin planning.

答案： L。[解析] 由空格前的定冠词the可知，此处应填入名词。空格前句是假设的情况，由but可知，此处是与假设相反的事实，故...

填空题

A. benefits B. displaced C. employed D. eventually
E. impact F. jobless G. primarily H. productive
I. prosperity J. responsive K. rhythm L. sentiments
M. shrunk N. swept O. withdrawn
Innovation, the elixir (灵丹妙药) of progress, has always cost people their jobs. In the Industrial Revolution hand weavers were 31 aside by the mechanical loom. Over the past 30 years the digital revolution has 32 many of the mid-skill jobs that supported 20th-century middle-class life. Typists, ticket agents, bank tellers and many production-line jobs have been dispensed with, just as the weavers were.
For those who believe that technological progress has made the world a better place, such disruption is a natural part of rising 33 . Although innovation kills some jobs, it creates new and better ones, as a more 34 society becomes richer and its wealthier inhabitants demand more goods and services. A hundred years ago one in three American workers was 35 on a farm. Today less than 2% of them produce far more food. The millions freed from the land were not rendered 36 , but found better-paid work as the economy grew more sophisticated. Today the pool of secretaries has 37 , but there are ever more computer programmers and web designers.
Optimism remains the right starting-point, but for workers the dislocating effects of technology may make themselves evident faster than its 38 . Even if new jobs and wonderful products emerge, in the short term income gaps will widen, causing huge social dislocation and perhaps even changing politics.
Technology"s 39 will feel like a tornado (旋风), hitting the rich world first, but 40 sweeping through poorer countries too. No government is prepared for it.

答案： M。[解析] 空格位于助动词has之后，据此判断应填入动词过去分词，构成现在完成时。由转折词but可知，前后两个分句是转...

填空题

A. accountable B. capacity C. controlled D. entail
E. forged F. incentives G. occasionally H. overstated
I. persisting J. pessimistic K. professionals L. slash
M. specializing N. spectators O. subsequently
Travel websites have been around since the 1990s, when Expedia, Travelocity, and other holiday booking sites were launched, allowing travelers to compare flight and hotel prices with the click of a mouse. With information no longer 11 by travel agents or hidden in business networks, the travel industry was revolutionized, as greater transparency helped 12 prices.
Today, the industry is going through a new revolution—this time transforming service quality. Online rating platforms 13 in hotels, restaurants, apartments and taxis—allow travelers to exchange reviews and experiences for all to see.
Hospitality businesses are now ranked, analyzed and compared not by industry 14 , but by the very people for whom the service is intended—the customer. This has 15 a new relationship between buyer and seller. Customers have always voted with their feet; they can now explain their decision to anyone who is interested. As a result, businesses are much more 16 , often in very specific ways, which creates powerful 17 to improve service.
Although some readers might not care for gossipy reports of unfriendly bellboys (行李员) in Berlin or malfunctioning hotel hairdryers in Houston, the true power of online reviews lies not just in the individual stories, but in the websites 18 to aggregate a large volume of ratings.
The impact cannot be 19 Businesses that attract top ratings can enjoy rapid growth, as new customers are attracted by good reviews and 20 provide yet more positive feedback. So great is the influence of online ratings that many companies now hire digital reputation managers to ensure a favorable online identity.

答案： B。[解析] 该空格位于名词所有格之后，据此判断应填入名词。备选名词中，符合语境的是capacity“能力”，表示“网站...

填空题

A. assess B. constrained C. contains D. explore
E. influence F. interacting G. interpretation H. magnified
I. mirrors J. philosophy K. potential L. sneaking
M. sticking N. undermines O. violent
"That which does not kill us makes us stronger." But parents can"t handle it when teenagers put this 1 into practice. Now technology has become the new field for the age-old battle between adults and their freedom-seeking kids.
Locked indoors, unable to get on their bicycles and hang out with their friends, teens have turned to social media and their mobile phones to socialize with their peers. What they do online often 2 what they might otherwise do if their mobility weren"t so heavily 3 in the age of helicopter parenting. Social media and smart-phone apps have become so popular in recent years because teens need a place to call their own. They want the freedom to 4 their identity and the world around them. Instead of 5 out, they jump online.
As teens have moved online, parents have projected their fears onto the Internet, imagining all the 6 dangers that youth might face—from 7 strangers to cruel peers to pictures or words that could haunt them on Google for the rest of their lives.
Rather than helping teens develop strategies for negotiating public life and the risks of 8 with others, fearful parents have focused on tracking, monitoring and blocking. These tactics don"t help teens develop the skills they need to manage complex social situations, 9 risks and get help when they"re in trouble. "Protecting" kids may feel like the right thing to do, but it 10 the learning that teens need to do as they come of age in a technology-soaked world.

答案： A。[解析] 该空格位于名词risks之前，据此推断此处应填入动词原形，与manage和get构成并列关系。备选项中的动...

填空题

A. benefits B. displaced C. employed D. eventually
E. impact F. jobless G. primarily H. productive
I. prosperity J. responsive K. rhythm L. sentiments
M. shrunk N. swept O. withdrawn
Innovation, the elixir (灵丹妙药) of progress, has always cost people their jobs. In the Industrial Revolution hand weavers were 31 aside by the mechanical loom. Over the past 30 years the digital revolution has 32 many of the mid-skill jobs that supported 20th-century middle-class life. Typists, ticket agents, bank tellers and many production-line jobs have been dispensed with, just as the weavers were.
For those who believe that technological progress has made the world a better place, such disruption is a natural part of rising 33 . Although innovation kills some jobs, it creates new and better ones, as a more 34 society becomes richer and its wealthier inhabitants demand more goods and services. A hundred years ago one in three American workers was 35 on a farm. Today less than 2% of them produce far more food. The millions freed from the land were not rendered 36 , but found better-paid work as the economy grew more sophisticated. Today the pool of secretaries has 37 , but there are ever more computer programmers and web designers.
Optimism remains the right starting-point, but for workers the dislocating effects of technology may make themselves evident faster than its 38 . Even if new jobs and wonderful products emerge, in the short term income gaps will widen, causing huge social dislocation and perhaps even changing politics.
Technology"s 39 will feel like a tornado (旋风), hitting the rich world first, but 40 sweeping through poorer countries too. No government is prepared for it.

答案： A。[解析] 该空格位于形容词性物主代词its之后，应填入名词。由句中的than结构可知，句中the dislocati...

填空题

A. assume B. confidential C. disagree D. formula
E. forthcoming F. illustrating G. mysteriously H. observe
I. optimistic J. package K. radically L. reality
M. separately N. spoiling O. underestimate
Millions of Americans are entering their 60s and are more concerned than ever about retirement. They know they need to save, but how much And what exactly are they saving for-to spend more time 21 the grandkids, go traveling, or start another career It turns out that husbands and wives may have 22 different ideas about the subject.
The deepest divide is in the way spouses envisage their lifestyle in their later years. Fidelity Investments Inc. found 41 percent of the 500 couples it surveyed 23 on whether both or at least one spouse will work in retirement. Wives are generally right regarding their husbands" retirement age, but men 24 the age their wives will be when they stop working. And husbands are slightly more 25 about their standard of living than wives are.
Busy juggling (穷于应付) and families, most couples don"t take time to sit down, 26 or together, and think about what they would like to do 5, 10 or 20 years from now. They 27 they are on the same page, but the 28 is they have avoided even talking about it.
If you are self-employed or in a job that doesn"t have a standard retirement age, you may be more apt to delay thinking about these issues. It is often a 29 retirement date that provides the catalyst to start planning. Getting laid off or accepting an early-retirement . 30 can force your hand. But don"t wait until you get a severance (遣散费) check to begin planning.

答案： E。[解析] 由“a+空格单词+retirement”可知，此处应填入形容词。本句后半句提及促使人们开始规划，由此可推知...

填空题

A. accountable B. capacity C. controlled D. entail
E. forged F. incentives G. occasionally H. overstated
I. persisting J. pessimistic K. professionals L. slash
M. specializing N. spectators O. subsequently
Travel websites have been around since the 1990s, when Expedia, Travelocity, and other holiday booking sites were launched, allowing travelers to compare flight and hotel prices with the click of a mouse. With information no longer 11 by travel agents or hidden in business networks, the travel industry was revolutionized, as greater transparency helped 12 prices.
Today, the industry is going through a new revolution—this time transforming service quality. Online rating platforms 13 in hotels, restaurants, apartments and taxis—allow travelers to exchange reviews and experiences for all to see.
Hospitality businesses are now ranked, analyzed and compared not by industry 14 , but by the very people for whom the service is intended—the customer. This has 15 a new relationship between buyer and seller. Customers have always voted with their feet; they can now explain their decision to anyone who is interested. As a result, businesses are much more 16 , often in very specific ways, which creates powerful 17 to improve service.
Although some readers might not care for gossipy reports of unfriendly bellboys (行李员) in Berlin or malfunctioning hotel hairdryers in Houston, the true power of online reviews lies not just in the individual stories, but in the websites 18 to aggregate a large volume of ratings.
The impact cannot be 19 Businesses that attract top ratings can enjoy rapid growth, as new customers are attracted by good reviews and 20 provide yet more positive feedback. So great is the influence of online ratings that many companies now hire digital reputation managers to ensure a favorable online identity.

答案： H。[解析] 该空格位于be动词之后，可填入形容词或者动词的过去分词。文章末段第二、三句主要讲述好的评论的重要作用，故空...

填空题

A. assess B. constrained C. contains D. explore
E. influence F. interacting G. interpretation H. magnified
I. mirrors J. philosophy K. potential L. sneaking
M. sticking N. undermines O. violent
"That which does not kill us makes us stronger." But parents can"t handle it when teenagers put this 1 into practice. Now technology has become the new field for the age-old battle between adults and their freedom-seeking kids.
Locked indoors, unable to get on their bicycles and hang out with their friends, teens have turned to social media and their mobile phones to socialize with their peers. What they do online often 2 what they might otherwise do if their mobility weren"t so heavily 3 in the age of helicopter parenting. Social media and smart-phone apps have become so popular in recent years because teens need a place to call their own. They want the freedom to 4 their identity and the world around them. Instead of 5 out, they jump online.
As teens have moved online, parents have projected their fears onto the Internet, imagining all the 6 dangers that youth might face—from 7 strangers to cruel peers to pictures or words that could haunt them on Google for the rest of their lives.
Rather than helping teens develop strategies for negotiating public life and the risks of 8 with others, fearful parents have focused on tracking, monitoring and blocking. These tactics don"t help teens develop the skills they need to manage complex social situations, 9 risks and get help when they"re in trouble. "Protecting" kids may feel like the right thing to do, but it 10 the learning that teens need to do as they come of age in a technology-soaked world.

答案： N。[解析] 该空格位于it与the learning that之间，据此推断应填入动词做谓语，且为动词的第三人称单数形...

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A. benefits B. displaced C. employed D. eventually
E. impact F. jobless G. primarily H. productive
I. prosperity J. responsive K. rhythm L. sentiments
M. shrunk N. swept O. withdrawn
Innovation, the elixir (灵丹妙药) of progress, has always cost people their jobs. In the Industrial Revolution hand weavers were 31 aside by the mechanical loom. Over the past 30 years the digital revolution has 32 many of the mid-skill jobs that supported 20th-century middle-class life. Typists, ticket agents, bank tellers and many production-line jobs have been dispensed with, just as the weavers were.
For those who believe that technological progress has made the world a better place, such disruption is a natural part of rising 33 . Although innovation kills some jobs, it creates new and better ones, as a more 34 society becomes richer and its wealthier inhabitants demand more goods and services. A hundred years ago one in three American workers was 35 on a farm. Today less than 2% of them produce far more food. The millions freed from the land were not rendered 36 , but found better-paid work as the economy grew more sophisticated. Today the pool of secretaries has 37 , but there are ever more computer programmers and web designers.
Optimism remains the right starting-point, but for workers the dislocating effects of technology may make themselves evident faster than its 38 . Even if new jobs and wonderful products emerge, in the short term income gaps will widen, causing huge social dislocation and perhaps even changing politics.
Technology"s 39 will feel like a tornado (旋风), hitting the rich world first, but 40 sweeping through poorer countries too. No government is prepared for it.

答案： E。[解析] 该空格位于名词所有格之后，谓语动词之前，因此应填入名词做句子主语。由后文中提及的hitting the r...

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A. assume B. confidential C. disagree D. formula
E. forthcoming F. illustrating G. mysteriously H. observe
I. optimistic J. package K. radically L. reality
M. separately N. spoiling O. underestimate
Millions of Americans are entering their 60s and are more concerned than ever about retirement. They know they need to save, but how much And what exactly are they saving for-to spend more time 21 the grandkids, go traveling, or start another career It turns out that husbands and wives may have 22 different ideas about the subject.
The deepest divide is in the way spouses envisage their lifestyle in their later years. Fidelity Investments Inc. found 41 percent of the 500 couples it surveyed 23 on whether both or at least one spouse will work in retirement. Wives are generally right regarding their husbands" retirement age, but men 24 the age their wives will be when they stop working. And husbands are slightly more 25 about their standard of living than wives are.
Busy juggling (穷于应付) and families, most couples don"t take time to sit down, 26 or together, and think about what they would like to do 5, 10 or 20 years from now. They 27 they are on the same page, but the 28 is they have avoided even talking about it.
If you are self-employed or in a job that doesn"t have a standard retirement age, you may be more apt to delay thinking about these issues. It is often a 29 retirement date that provides the catalyst to start planning. Getting laid off or accepting an early-retirement . 30 can force your hand. But don"t wait until you get a severance (遣散费) check to begin planning.

答案： D。[解析] 由an early retirement可知，空格处应填入名词，且为单数形式。前文中提及start pla...

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A. accountable B. capacity C. controlled D. entail
E. forged F. incentives G. occasionally H. overstated
I. persisting J. pessimistic K. professionals L. slash
M. specializing N. spectators O. subsequently
Travel websites have been around since the 1990s, when Expedia, Travelocity, and other holiday booking sites were launched, allowing travelers to compare flight and hotel prices with the click of a mouse. With information no longer 11 by travel agents or hidden in business networks, the travel industry was revolutionized, as greater transparency helped 12 prices.
Today, the industry is going through a new revolution—this time transforming service quality. Online rating platforms 13 in hotels, restaurants, apartments and taxis—allow travelers to exchange reviews and experiences for all to see.
Hospitality businesses are now ranked, analyzed and compared not by industry 14 , but by the very people for whom the service is intended—the customer. This has 15 a new relationship between buyer and seller. Customers have always voted with their feet; they can now explain their decision to anyone who is interested. As a result, businesses are much more 16 , often in very specific ways, which creates powerful 17 to improve service.
Although some readers might not care for gossipy reports of unfriendly bellboys (行李员) in Berlin or malfunctioning hotel hairdryers in Houston, the true power of online reviews lies not just in the individual stories, but in the websites 18 to aggregate a large volume of ratings.
The impact cannot be 19 Businesses that attract top ratings can enjoy rapid growth, as new customers are attracted by good reviews and 20 provide yet more positive feedback. So great is the influence of online ratings that many companies now hire digital reputation managers to ensure a favorable online identity.

答案： O。[解析] 该空格位于动词provide之前，而且空格所在句子并不缺少主要成分，因此推断此处应填入副词。由空格所在句中...

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A. benefits B. displaced C. employed D. eventually
E. impact F. jobless G. primarily H. productive
I. prosperity J. responsive K. rhythm L. sentiments
M. shrunk N. swept O. withdrawn
Innovation, the elixir (灵丹妙药) of progress, has always cost people their jobs. In the Industrial Revolution hand weavers were 31 aside by the mechanical loom. Over the past 30 years the digital revolution has 32 many of the mid-skill jobs that supported 20th-century middle-class life. Typists, ticket agents, bank tellers and many production-line jobs have been dispensed with, just as the weavers were.
For those who believe that technological progress has made the world a better place, such disruption is a natural part of rising 33 . Although innovation kills some jobs, it creates new and better ones, as a more 34 society becomes richer and its wealthier inhabitants demand more goods and services. A hundred years ago one in three American workers was 35 on a farm. Today less than 2% of them produce far more food. The millions freed from the land were not rendered 36 , but found better-paid work as the economy grew more sophisticated. Today the pool of secretaries has 37 , but there are ever more computer programmers and web designers.
Optimism remains the right starting-point, but for workers the dislocating effects of technology may make themselves evident faster than its 38 . Even if new jobs and wonderful products emerge, in the short term income gaps will widen, causing huge social dislocation and perhaps even changing politics.
Technology"s 39 will feel like a tornado (旋风), hitting the rich world first, but 40 sweeping through poorer countries too. No government is prepared for it.

答案： D。[解析] 该空格位于转折连词but之后，现在分词sweeping之前，应填入副词。根据句意，此处是指技术的影响力就像...

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