Section A: Banked Cloze

Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

Ninety-five percent of Americans have a smartphone. Nearly half report using the internet almost (26) ______. Many teens find that time unsatisfyingly spent. Continuous (27) ______ shouldn't be mistaken for enjoyment. A new (28) ______ survey indicates teens are worryingly (29) ______ from their phones.

Fifty-four percent said they spend too much time (30) ______ in their phones. This is hardly (31) ______ to teenagers. They are living in the (32) ______ of a tech environment designed to suck time. The way parents interact with technology can (33) ______ the way they interact with kids.

Parents should model good (34) ______. Kids take note if parents put phones away at dinner. Witnessing habits like that can help kids realize they can (35) ______ some more control over their devices.

Word Bank

A) absorbed

B) addicted

C) behavior

D) constantly

E) context

F) exercise

G) inseparable

H) nationally

I) recruited

J) shape

K) solution

L) specific

M) summary

N) usage

O) vaguely

Answers & Explanations

26. D (constantly)。解析：位于副词 almost 之后，修饰动名词 using，需填副词。almost constantly 意为“几乎从不间断地”使用网络。

27. N (usage)。解析：位于形容词 continuous 之后，作句子的主语，需填名词单数或不可数名词。意为持续的“使用 (usage)”不应被误认为是享受。

28. H (nationally)。解析：位于冠词 a new 和名词 survey 之间，由于句意是在讲美国全国的数据，修饰隐藏的 representative 或泛指调查范围，填入副词 nationally，意为“全国范围的/全国性的 (nationally)”调查。

29. G (inseparable)。解析：位于系动词 are 和副词 worryingly 之后，且后接介词 from，需填形容词。be inseparable from 意为与手机“形影不离/不可分割 (inseparable)”。

30. A (absorbed)。解析：句型结构为 spend time doing sth. 或 spend time + 形容词/过去分词表示状态。搭配介词 in，be absorbed in 意为“全神贯注于/沉浸在 (absorbed)”。

31. L (specific)。解析：位于系动词 is hardly 之后，搭配介词 to，需填形容词。be specific to 意为“为...所特有的 (specific)”，句意指这不仅是青少年特有的现象。

32. E (context)。解析：位于 the 和 of 之间，需填名词。living in the context of 意为生活在某种“语境/背景/环境 (context)”下。

33. J (shape)。解析：位于情态动词 can 之后，需填动词原形。意为父母与科技互动的方式会“塑造/影响 (shape)”他们与孩子互动的方式。

34. C (behavior)。解析：位于动词 model 和形容词 good 之后，作宾语，需填名词。model good behavior 意为“树立良好行为 (behavior) 的榜样”。

35. F (exercise)。解析：位于情态动词 can 之后，需填动词原形。搭配宾语 control over，exercise control over 意为“行使/运用 (exercise) 对...的控制权”。

核心搭配与高分句型

【核心搭配与高频短语】

• almost constantly：几乎不断地，经常地
• be mistaken for：被误认为是...（Continuous usage shouldn't be mistaken for enjoyment.）
• be inseparable from：与...形影不离，不可分割
• be absorbed in：沉浸在...中，全神贯注于（spend too much time absorbed in their phones）
• be specific to：对...来说是特有的
• suck time：吸取/消耗时间
• model good behavior：树立良好行为的榜样
• take note：注意，留意（Kids take note if parents put phones away）
• exercise control over：行使/运用对...的控制权

【亮点句型解析】

• The way... can shape the way... (同位语从句与排比结构)：
  "The way parents interact with technology can shape the way they interact with kids."
  （父母与科技互动的方式可以塑造他们与孩子互动的方式。）`The way` 后省略了 `in which` 或 `that` 引导定语从句，结构极其精炼对称，是四级写作中论述“榜样作用”或“因果关系”的高分句型。
• V-ing 形式作主语：
  "Witnessing habits like that can help kids realize they can exercise some more control over their devices."
  （目睹这样的习惯可以帮助孩子意识到他们可以对自己的设备行使更多的控制权。）使用动名词 `Witnessing` 作主语，使得句子客观而具有普遍指导意义。