In this section, there is a passage with 10 blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in the word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Recently, the right of privacy seems to be frequently under 1. Many companies and organizations use different ways to 2 into people's private life. I feel 3 about these intrusions and people's 4 for our privacy. One day, a picture in my room made me wonder if people needed or wanted privacy. I noticed the differences in privacy behavior of different generations. I looked back on the history, and found that in the beginning, people had no privacy and could not hide 5 in the closet. Then, the families that were quite 6 might have the possibility to have separate bedrooms. Privacy is based on private property. Those who own no property own no privacy. If a society wants to 7 privacy, it should do away with class structure and demand that ever-larger areas of life should be public. In this way, there is no need for informers, for 8 spy systems, for bugging. My visit to an Israel agricultural settlement choked me for lack of privacy. But I could not blind myself to the 9 successful control of anti-social behavior there. To solve one of the modern city problems, 10 fear in our streets, we need to return to much smaller, more self-contained communities where a great deal of what is now private can become public; where we would share more and know much more about each other. I value privacy and we must strive for the right balance between private life and pubic life.Word BankA. disregard B. prevalent C. probe D. abolish E. realizingF. radically G. assault H. reassure I. medieval J. wealthyK. skeletons L. functioning M. incredibly N. resented O. elaborate答案1.G 2.C 3.N 4.A 5.K 6.J 7.D 8.O 9.M 10.B
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本题考查对文章内容的理解以及词汇的运用。解题的关键在于根据上下文的语境和句子结构,从给定的词汇库中选择合适的单词填入空白处。
第1题
“the right of privacy seems to be frequently under...” 表达隐私权利经常受到某种行为的影响。“assault” 有“攻击”的意思,“under assault” 表示“受到攻击”,符合语境,所以此处应选 G。
第2题
“use different ways to...into people's private life” 描述公司和组织用不同方式对人们的私生活进行某种动作。“probe” 意为“探查”,“probe into” 是固定搭配,表示“探查、探究”,符合文意,故填 C。
第3题
作者对于这些侵犯隐私的行为应该持有负面态度。“resented” 是“resent” 的过去式,意为“不满、怨恨”,能体现作者的感受,所以选 N。
第4题
“people's...for our privacy” 表示人们对隐私的一种态度。“disregard” 是“忽视”的意思,说明人们忽视了隐私权,符合语境,因此填 A。
第5题
“could not hide...in the closet” 这里需要一个能表示人们不想被他人知晓的事物的词汇。“skeletons” 有“秘密”的含义,“hide one's skeletons in the closet” 是固定表达,意为“掩盖自己的丑事”,所以选 K。
第6题
“families that were quite...” 描述家庭的某种特征,这种特征使得家庭有可能拥有独立的卧室。“wealthy” 表示“富裕的”,富裕的家庭才有条件拥有独立卧室,符合逻辑,故填 J。
第7题
“If a society wants to...privacy” 结合后文提到要消除阶级结构等内容,可知这里是说社会想要对隐私采取某种行动。“abolish” 意为“废除”,符合语境,所以选 D。
第8题
“no need for...spy systems” 这里需要一个形容词来修饰“spy systems”。“elaborate” 有“复杂的、精心制作的”意思,“elaborate spy systems” 表示“复杂的间谍系统”,符合文意,因此填 O。
第9题
“...successful control” 这里需要一个副词来修饰形容词“successful”。“incredibly” 意为“极其、非常”,能强调控制的成功程度,所以选 M。
第10题
“...fear in our streets” 描述街道上恐惧的某种状态。“prevalent” 表示“普遍的”,“prevalent fear” 表示“普遍的恐惧”,符合语境,故填 B。