2021高考英语七选五+完形填空+语法填空每日一练56

2021高考英语七选五+完形填空+语法填空每日一练56

一、七选五

Mind Your"Q's”

Both IQ and EQ are considered important to our career success. 36 Enter adaptability quotient(AQ),a subjective set of qualities loosely defined as the ability to thrive(提高）in an environment of fast and frequent change.

Every profession will require adaptability and flexibility.Say you are an accountant.Your IQ gets you through the examinations to become qualified.Your EQ helps your connect with an interviewer,land a job,and develop relationships with clients and colleagues. 37

All three quotients are somewhat complementary,since they all help you solve problems and therefore adapt.An ideal candidate possesses all three,but not everyone does. 38 While there is no definite method of measuring adaptability like an IQ test,companies are changing their recruitment(招聘）processes to help identify people who may be high in it.

Natalie Fratto,a vice-president at Goldman Sachs,suggests three ways AQ might show in potential candidates:if they can picture possible versions of the future by asking"what if questions;

if they can unlearn information to challenge presumptions;and if they enjoy exploration or seeking out new experiences.

39 First,limit distractions and learn to focus so that you can determine what adaptations to make.Second,ask uncomfortable questions to develop courage and normalize fear. Third,be curious about things that fascinate you by having more conversations rather than Googling the answer,something that reduces your ability to solve difficult challenges.

Over the next three years,120 million people in the world's largest economies may need to be reskilled because of automation,according to a 2019 IBM study.

40 The ability to learn, change,grow,experiment will become far more important than subject expertise.

A.AQ is now increasingly being sought at the hiring level.

B.One good thing about AQ is that experts say you can work to develop it.

C.We may not all be comfortable with the pace of change-but we can prepare.

D.This is because an algorithm(算法）can do these tasks faster and more accurately than a human.

E.But today,as technology redefines how we work,the skills we need to thrive in the job market

are developing too.

F.Having IQ but no EQ would leave you struggling to embrace new ways of working using your

existing skills.

G.Then,when systems change or aspects of work are automated,you will need AQ to accommodate this innovation and adapt to new ways of performing your role.

二、完形填空

The networked computer is an amazing device. It is the first media machine that serves as the mode of production (you can make stuff), means of distribution (you can upload stuff to the network), site of ____41____ (you can download stuff and interact with it), and place of praise and criticism (you can comment on the stuff you have downloaded or uploaded). ____42____, the computer is the 21st century’s culture machine.

But for all the reasons there are to ____43____ the computer, we must also act with caution. This is because the networked computer has started a secret war between downloading and uploading—between passive consumption and active ____44____ —whose outcome will shape our collective future in ways we can only begin to imagine.

All animals download, but only a few upload anything besides faces and their own bodies. Humans are ____45____ in their capacity to not only make tools but then turn around and use them to create superfluous(过剩的) material goods (paintings, sculpture and architecture) and superfluous experiences (music, literature, religion and philosophy). ____46____, it is precisely these superfluous things that define human culture and ultimately what it is to be human. Downloading and consuming culture requires great skills, but ____47____ to move beyond downloading is to rob oneself of a defining ingredient of humanity.

Despite the possibilities of our new culture machines, most people are still ____48____ download mode, brought about by television watching. Even after the ____49____ of widespread social media, a pyramid of production remains, with a small number of people uploading material, a slightly larger group commenting on or modifying that content, and a huge percentage remaining satisfied to just ____50____.

The networked computer offers the first chance in 50 years to ____51____ the flow caused by TV viewing, to encourage thoughtful downloading and, even more importantly, meaningful uploading. The computer offers the opportunity to bring about a complete ____52____ from the culture of television and a shift from a consumption model to a production model. This is a historic opportunity. Fifty years of television dominance has given birth to an unhealthy culture. The ____53____ is now in our collective grasp. It involves controlling our intake, or downloading, and ____54____ our levels of activity—uploading.

Of course people will still download. Nobody uploads more than a tiny percentage of the culture they consume. But using the networked computer as a download-only device, or even a download-mainly device, is a ____55____ opportunity that history affords us. Therefore, the goal must be to establish a balance between consumption and production.

41. A. celebration B. conversations C. reception D. ceremonies

42. A. Without doubt B. In return C. In particular D. By contrast

43. A. liberate B. celebrate C. concern D. reject

44. A. request B. support C. defense D. creation

45. A. unique B. familiar C. efficient D. loyal

46. A. In addition B. In fact C. For instance D. By the way

47. A. striving B. comparing C. failing D. attempting

48. A. optimistic about B. unfamiliar with C. stuck in D. ashamed of

49. A. transformation B. emergence C. encounter D. maintenance

50. A. consume B. neglect C. combine D. innovate

51. A. enhance B. quicken C. reverse D. extend

52. A. outcome B. exposure C. break D. evolution

53. A. puzzle B. cure C. regret D. favor

54. A. analysing B. maintaining C. featuring D. increasing

55. A. wasted B. treasured C. multiplied D. revised