（1）科技类—2022届新高考英语二轮复习完形填空话题集训.docxVIP

优点英语 （1）科技类—2022届新高考英语二轮复习完形填空话题集训 1. 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???? 1???? (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).???? 2???? , the computer is the 21st century's culture machine. But for all the reasons there are to???? 3???? 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???? 4???? —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???? 5???? 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).???? 6???? , 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???? 7???? 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???? 8???? download mode, brought about by television watching. Even after the???? 9???? 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???? 10???? . The networked computer offers the first chance in 50 years to???? 11???? the flow caused by TV viewing, to encourage thoughtful downloading and, even more importantly, meaningful uploading. Th