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2012考研英语一 · 新题型
本页为 2012考研英语一 新题型的完整原文、正确答案与逐题解析（原文约 396 词，共 5 题）。建议先自己作答，再逐题核对解析里的原文定位与干扰项说明。
2012考研英语一新题型原文
Think of those fleeting moments when you look out of an aeroplane window and realise that you are flying, higher than a bird. Now think of your laptop, thinner than a brown-paper envelope, or your cellphone in the palm of your hand. Take a moment or two to wonder at those marvels. You are the lucky inheritor of a dream come true.
The second half of the 20th century saw a collection of geniuses, warriors, entrepreneurs and visionaries labour to create a fabulous machine that could function as a typewriter and printing press, studio and theatre, paintbrush and gallery, piano and radio, the mail as well as the mail carrier. (41)
The networked computer is an amazing device, the first media machine that serves as the mode of production, means of distribution, site of reception, and place of praise and critique. The computer is the 21st century's culture machine.
But for all the reasons there are to celebrate the computer, we must also act with caution. (42) I call it a secret war for two reasons. First, most people do not realise that there are strong commercial agendas at work to keep them in passive consumption mode. Second, the majority of people who use networked computers to upload are not even aware of the significance of what they are doing.
All animals download, but only a few upload. Beavers build dams and birds make nests. Yet for the most part, the animal kingdom moves through the world downloading. Humans are unique in their capacity to not only make tools but then turn around and use them to create superfluous material goods – paintings, sculpture and architecture – and superfluous experiences – music, literature, religion and philosophy. (43)
For all the possibilities of our new culture machines, most people are still stuck in download mode. Even after the advent 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 content to just consume. (44)
Television is a one-way tap flowing into our homes. The hardest task that television asks of anyone is to turn the power off after he has turned it on. (45)
What counts as meaningful uploading? My definition revolves around the concept of “stickiness” – creations and experiences to which others adhere.
答案与逐题解析
答案速查
41C
42D
43A
44F
45G
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41第 41 题:根据上方材料选择最合适的选项。
答案C
解析前文写天才们打造出“fabulous machine”，空后直指“The networked computer is an amazing device”。C项“Not only did they develop such a device but…embed it in a worldwide system”用they、such a device承接上文，并用全球联网把“机器”落到“网络计算机”，衔接最顺。D提前抛出secret war，与空后定义计算机功能脱节；A谈superfluous things，指代尚无着落。
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42第 42 题:根据上方材料选择最合适的选项。
答案D
解析空前提到celebrate之余“must also act with caution”，空后立刻说“I call it a secret war for two reasons”。D项“This is because the networked computer has sparked a secret war between downloading and uploading”既解释须谨慎的原因，又用secret war与后文两点理由咬合。C仍在讲设备普及，话题未转；F谈金字塔与电视，出现过晚。
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43第 43 题:根据上方材料选择最合适的选项。
答案A
解析空前强调人类不仅会造工具，还会创造“superfluous material goods”和“superfluous experiences”。A项“precisely these superfluous things that define human culture”用these superfluous things回指，并升到人性与文化，再落到“failing to move beyond downloading”。C讲设备联网，指代错位；F谈生产金字塔，与动物对比段无关。
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44第 44 题:根据上方材料选择最合适的选项。
答案F
解析空前刚出现“a pyramid of production remains…huge percentage remaining content to just consume”，空后转入“Television is a one-way tap”。F项“the persistence of this pyramid…defined by…television…television is defined by downloading”用this pyramid回指，并用电视的单向下载解释金字塔为何难破，自然引出下段电视。G谈reverse the flow，应放在电视段落后；A的superfluous已用过。
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45第 45 题:根据上方材料选择最合适的选项。
答案G
解析空前写电视是“one-way tap”，最难的是关掉电源，强调单向下载。G项“reverse the flow, to encourage thoughtful downloading and…meaningful uploading”针对单向流动提出逆转，并与段末“What counts as meaningful uploading”相接。E把电脑对电视的挑战比成唱片换CD，原文并无此喻；F解释金字塔成因，应在电视段之前。
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