Question

【題目】 Millions of Chinese have been playing a mobile game called Travel Frog recently. You play __________________ the “mother” of a frog who lives alone and enjoys traveling. You need to prepare food and tools for his trips. The frog will send you postcards while he is__________________.

The game’s popularity may have__________________ to do with how lonely people are these days, according to the Xinhua News Agency. Many players have said that the__________________ frog is just like them. But playing with the frog helps them_________________ their loneliness for a short time.

Loneliness seems to be a__________________ problem today. According to The Guardian, about 40 percent of American adults say they’re lonely. And in the UK, about one in five people in the country are “always or often lonely”, The Telegraph reported.

This might be why the UK government declared (宣布) the country’s very first "Minister of Loneliness (孤獨(dú)大臣)" in January. The minister’s job is to find ways to help UK citizens feel__________________lonely. The minister’s office will provide more money for activities that connect people together.

This loneliness problem may be partly due to social media. In public places, we would rather look at our smartphones than__________________with people in front of us. And when we see pictures of friends having fun or posting selfies (自拍) without us, we may compare their “perfect” lives with our own and feel__________________ and lonely.

___________________ we should remember that no one is destined (注定) to be lonely. As UK poet John Donne once wrote, "No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent (陸地), a part of the main."

【1】A.asB.withC.off

【2】A.backB.homeC.away

【3】A.anythingB.nothingC.something

【4】A.lonelyB.happyC.angry

【5】A.strengthenB.forgetC.remember

【6】A.unusualB.commonC.strange

【7】A.evenB.moreC.less

【8】A.communicateB.competeC.connect

【9】A.sadB.excitedC.strange

【10】A.SoB.ButC.And

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】C

【4】A

【5】B

【6】B

【7】C

【8】A

【9】A

【10】B

【解析】

這篇短文通過“旅行蛙”游戲介紹了現(xiàn)在很多人感到孤獨(dú)這一社會現(xiàn)象的普遍性及出現(xiàn)原因。

【1】句意：你可以扮作一只單獨(dú)生活喜歡旅行的青蛙的“媽媽”。

考查介詞辨析及語境理解。A. as作為；B. with和；C. off離開。根據(jù)后文“You need to prepare food and tools for his trips. The frog will send you postcards while he is___2_____.”可知此處指扮成青蛙的媽媽，故選A。

【2】句意：青蛙將會在它不在時給你郵寄明信片。

考查副詞辨析。A. back后面；B. home家，在家；C. away離開，不在。根據(jù)“The frog will send you postcards”可知此處指青蛙在旅行的時候給媽媽郵寄明信片，及當(dāng)青蛙不在時，故選C。

【3】 句意：這個游戲的普及可能和現(xiàn)在人們感到多么孤獨(dú)有關(guān)。

考查不定代詞辨析及語境理解。A. anything任何事情；B. nothing沒有事情；C. something某事。anything用于否定句或者疑問句中；something用于肯定句中。have something to do with與……有關(guān)。結(jié)合句意，故選C。

【4】句意：許多人說那只孤獨(dú)的青蛙就像他們。

考查形容詞辨析及語境理解。A. lonely孤獨(dú)的；B. happy高興的；C. angry生氣的。根據(jù)上文“a frog who lives alone and enjoys traveling.”及現(xiàn)在人們感到孤獨(dú)可知此處指孤獨(dú)的青蛙，故選A。

【5】句意：但是和這只青蛙玩耍幫助他們短時間忘記他們的孤獨(dú)感。

考查動詞辨析及語境理解。A. strengthen加強(qiáng)；B. forget忘記；C. remember記得。根據(jù)上介紹人們感到孤獨(dú)可知和青蛙玩�？梢詭椭�短時間忘記孤獨(dú)，故選B。

【6】句意：現(xiàn)在孤獨(dú)似乎是個普遍問題。

考查形容詞辨析及語境理解。A. unusual不一般的；B. common普通的；C. strange奇怪的。根據(jù)“about 40 percent of American adults say they’re lonely”及“And in the UK, about one in five people in the country are “always or often lonely””可知孤獨(dú)是個普遍問題，故選B。

【7】句意：這個大臣的工作就是想辦法幫助英國公民感到較少的孤獨(dú)。

考查比較級及語境理解。A. even甚至；B. more更多；C. less較少。根據(jù)上文“This might be why the UK government declared (宣布) the country’s very first "Minister of Loneliness (孤獨(dú)大臣)" in January.”可知孤獨(dú)大臣的工作是想辦法幫助人們感到更少的孤獨(dú)，故選C。

【8】句意：在公共場所我們寧愿看著我們的手機(jī)也不愿意和我們面前的人交流。

考查動詞辨析及語境理解。A. communicate交流；B. compete競爭；C. connect聯(lián)系。根據(jù)“This loneliness problem may be partly due to social media.”可知人們寧愿玩手機(jī)也不愿意和人交流，故選A。

【9】句意：我們可能會把他們的完美生活和我們自己的進(jìn)行比較而感到悲傷和孤獨(dú)。

考查形容詞辨析及語境理解。A. sad悲傷的；B. excited感到興奮的；C. strange奇怪的；根據(jù)“their “perfect” lives”可以推測我們可能會感到悲傷，故選A。

【10】句意：但是我們應(yīng)該記住沒有人注定是孤獨(dú)的。

考查連詞辨析及語境理解。A. So所以；B. But但是；C. And并且。根據(jù)上文介紹很多人感到孤獨(dú)及感到孤獨(dú)的原因而后文的詩句“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent (陸地), a part of the main.”可知此處發(fā)生轉(zhuǎn)折，故選B。