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1、K任务型阅读K[2016·江苏卷]请阅读下面短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词.注意：每个空格只填一个单词.AnextensionofthehumanbrainOtherpeoplecanhelpuscompensateforourmentalandemotionaldeficiencies(欠缺),muchasawoodenlegcancompensateforaphysicaldeficiency.Tobeexact,otherpeoplecanextendourintelligenceandhelpusunderstandandadjustouremo
2、tions.Whenanotherpersonhelpsusinsuchways,heorsheisparticipatinginwhatI'vecalleda“socialprosthetic(义肢的)system”.Suchsystemsdonotneedtooperatefacetoface,andit'scleartomethattheInternetisexpandingtherangeofmyownsocialprostheticsystems.It'salreadyabigbankofmanyminds.Eveninitscurrentstate,theInterneth
3、asextendedmymemoryandjudgement.Regardingmemory:OnceIlookupsomethingontheInternet,Idon'tneedtokeepallthedetailsforfutureuse—Iknowwheretofindthatinformationagainandcanquicklyandeasilydoso.Moregenerally,theInternetfunctionsasifitweremymemory.ThisfunctionoftheInternetisparticularlystrikingwhenI'mwri
4、ting;I'mnolongercomfortablewritingifI'mnotconnectedtotheInternet.It'sbecomenaturaltocheckfactsasIwrite,takingaminuteortwotodipintoPubMed,Wikipedia,orotherwebsites.Regardingjudgement:TheInternethasmademesmarterinmatterssmallandlarge.Forexample,whenI'mwritingatextbook,ithasbecomesecondnaturetochec
5、kadozendefinitionsofakeyterm,whichhelpsmedigintothecoreandunderstanditsmeaning.Butmorethanthat,Inowregularlycomparemyviewswiththoseofmanyothers.IfIhavea“newidea”,Inowquicklylooktoseewhethersomebodyelsehasalreadythoughtofit,orsomethingsimilar—andIthencomparewhatIthinkwithwhatothershavethought.Thi
6、scertainlymakesmyownviewsclearer.Moreover,IcanfindoutwhethermyreactionstoaneventarereasonableenoughbyreadingaboutthoseofothersontheInternet.TheseeffectsoftheInternethavebecomeevenmorestrikingsinceI'vebegunusingasmartphone.Inowregularlypulloutmyphonetocheckafact,watchavideo,readweibo.Suchactiviti
7、esfillthespacesthatusedtobedeadtime(suchaswaitingforsomebodytoarriveforalunchmeeting)．Butthat'stheupside(好处).ThedownsideisthatinthosedeadperiodsIoftenwouldletmythoughtsflowandsometimeswouldhaveanunexpectedinsightoridea.Those
