The world has never been more closely and intricately connected. Our behavior (1)_____ the environment we all share， and we are tied into a global economy and global communication system： (2)_____ choosing to buy one garment rather than another we help determine whether someone on the other side of the world retains or (3)_____ their job； we can (4)_____ with others anywhere via satellites，the Internet and the mobile phone. This interdependency, (5)_____"connexity"，is the defining characteristic of the world today. (6)_____，despite convexity，human beings have also never been more separate. Belief in individual rights and freedoms is at the heart of the West.s world view. People nowadays insist their freedom to choose (7)_____ to live， who to love， what to consume and what to believe. In economics， the power of the consumer and the shareholder is huge. In politics， the power of nations remains a (8)_____ concern. In his book Geoff Mulgan argues that our freedom and our connectedness are set on a collision course and argues that the (9)_____ way out of our current impasse(僵局)is to go beyond our sense of ourselves as (10)_____ units， and recognize the webs of mutual responsibility in which we live. 1. A. harms B. influences C. beautifies D. dominates 2. A. At B. In C. By D. Of 3. A. keeps B. gets C. loses D. gains 4. A. link B. connect C. combine D. communicate 5. A. an B. or C. else D. also 6. A. Thus B. once C. But D. Since 7. A. when B. what C. how D. while 8. A. crucial B. social C. curious D. serious 9. A. just B. another C. only D. one 10. A. isolated B. isolation C. isolating D. isolate
