1、专题检测卷(二十八)阅读理解(建议用时:25分钟)A(2013北京模拟)体裁说明文题材消息的传播词数387Bad news travels fastwhen you watch the evening news or read the morning papers, it seems that things that get the most coverage are all tragedies like wars, earthquakes, floods, fires and murders. This is the classic rule for mass media. “They wa
2、nt your eyeballs and dont care how youre feeling, ”Jonah Berger, a psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania, the US, told The New York Times. But with social media getting increasingly popular, information is now being spread in different ways, and researchers are discovering new rules - good
3、news can actually spread faster and farther than disasters and other sad stories. Berger and his colleague Katherine Milkman looked at thousands of articles on The New York Times website and analyzed the “most e-mailed” list for six months. One of his findings was that articles in the science sectio
4、n were much more likely to make the list. Those stories aroused feelings of awe and made the readers want to share this positive emotion with others. Besides science stories, readers were also found to be likely to share articles that were exciting or funny. “The more positive an article, the more l
5、ikely it was to be shared, ”Berger wrote in his new book, Contagious: Why Things Catch On. For example, “stories about newcomers falling in love with New York City”, he writes, tend to be shared more than“the death of a popular zookeeper”. The difference between the two is due to the fact that the m
6、ass media prefers news that gets attention, while when you share a story with your friends“you care a lot more about how they react”, Berger explained. But does all this good news actually make the audience feel better? Not necessarily. According to a study by researchers at Harvard University, peop
7、le tend to say more positive things about themselves when theyre talking to a bigger audience, rather than just one person, which helps explain all the perfect vacations that keep showing up on micro blogs. This, researchers found, makes people think that life is unfair and that theyre less happy th
8、an their “friends”. But no worries. Theres a quick and easy way to relieve the depression you get from viewing other peoples seemingly perfect lives - turn on the television and watch the news. There is always someone doing worse than you are. 1. Why do mass media like to report bad news according t
9、o the article? A. They want to attract the attention of readers. B. They care a lot about how readers react. C. They think bad news spreads faster than good news. D. They want to show concern for people in disaster-hit areas. 2. Which of the following is TRUE about Bergers and his colleagues study?
10、A. They found that articles on science are more likely to be shared. B. Sad news tended to arouse the audiences feelings of awe and sympathy. C. It was aimed at finding out whether mass media should cover more tragedies. D. Good news usually helps the audience relieve their negative emotions. 3. We
11、can conclude from the last three paragraphs that. A. watching news is good for peoples healthB. people shouldnt be jealous of their friendsC. sharing good news with friends will double your happinessD. people might not be as happy as they suggest on their micro blogs4. Whats the article mainly about
12、? A. Why bad news is covered most often. B. Why good news spreads faster than bad news. C. How people react differently to bad and good news. D. Which kind of news makes the audience feel better. B(2013濮阳模拟)体裁说明文题材电影艺术词数280From Avatar to Lord of the Rings, plants are no strangers to playing big movi
13、e roles. However, no one has ever shot a film that plants themselves can watch until now. In a New York art gallery, seven house plants have spent the last seven weeks watching Strange Skies, the first travel documentary for a vegetable audience. All the plants sat in the cinema in rows, enjoying th
14、emselves in Italian sunshine. The movie was made by American artist Jonathon Keats. It consists of Italian skies recorded over two months and made into a six-minute-long movie. The film shows the clear dawn(黎明), high clouds, amazing dusk and then beautiful night. The movie has no sound and the plant
15、s, of course, do not applaud. But Stephen Squibb, a professor from Harvard University, said these plants could benefit from itthe light of the movie keeps them alive because they can continue the process of turning light into energy. “I realized there was a much larger audienceplantsthat were not be
16、ing serviced, ”Keats said. “I wanted to provide plants with entertainment that companies such as Disney provide for humans. ”Meanwhile, Keats also wants to explore plants sensibilities(敏感性)further. He plans to open a “restaurant for plants” at a Californian museum. One visitor, photographer Abbas Eb
17、rahimi, admired(羡慕)the green audience, “Plants are better than us. We die and go, while in spring they come back each time. ”But when talking about the movie, he said after thinking for a few minutes, “It doesnt mean anything to me at all. Its just about light. For some people, it might mean somethi
18、ng. ”5. What can we learn about Keats according to the passage? A. He is an artist from Harvard University. B. He opened a restaurant for plants. C. He made the film Strange Skies. D. He liked recording Italian skies. 6. It can be learned that Strange Skies. A. has already created beautiful soundB.
19、was shot from dawn to duskC. made plants play roles in itD. is the first travel film for plants7. What did Stephen Squibb think of Strange Skies? A. He thought it had explored plants sensibilities. B. He thought it meant nothing to him. C. He thought it could keep plants growing. D. He thought it of
20、fered entertainment to plants. 8. Why did Abbas Ebrahimi admire the green audience? A. Because they die and re-grow in spring. B. Because they mean something to him. C. Because there are more plants than people. D. Because they can enjoy the movie. C(2013洛阳模拟)体裁记叙文题材世界上最年轻的CEO词数315For the past two y
21、ears, 8-year-old Harli Jordean from Stoke Newington, London, has been selling marbles(弹珠). His successful marble company, Marble King, sells all things marble-relatedfrom affordable tubs of the glass playthings to significantly expensive items like Duke of York solitaire tables-sourced, purchased an
22、d processed by the mini-CEO himself. “I like having my own company. I like being the boss, ”Harli told The Mirror. With profits now in the thousands, “the worlds youngest CEO” has had to get his mother and older brothers to help him meet the growing demand. Harli launched Marble King after swapping
23、marbles at school led to schoolchildren consuming his marble collection. Yes, he literally “lost his marbles”. Harli and his mother, Tina, turned to the Internet to find replacements. Harli saw an empty space online: the marbles he wanted were hard to find. Within months, Harli had his own marble-se
24、lling website-and orders started pouring in. Tina says her sons attachment to marbles started when he was just 6. “His attachment became so passionate that we started calling him the Marble King -so when he wanted to set up a website it was the natural name for it, ”she told The Sun. “I never though
25、t it would become so popular- we are struggling to cope with the number of orders at times. ”The 8-year-old boy has his sights set on expanding his business and launching his own brand of marbles. “Sometimes his ideas are so grand we have to scale them back a bit. But his dream is still to own Brita
26、ins biggest marble shop and open stores around the world, ”Tina told The Daily Mail. “At the moment he is annoying me by creating his own Marble King marbles- so that could well be the next step for him. ”9. Harlis Marble Company became popular as soon as he launched it because. A. it was run by “th
27、e worlds youngest CEO”B. it filled the gap of online marble tradeC. Harli was fascinated with marble collectionD. Harli met the growing demand of the customers10. How many mass media are mentioned in the passage? A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four. 11. The underlined expression “scale them back” is c
28、losest in meaning to“”. A. hold them downB. carry them outC. set them asideD. clear them away12. What message do the last two paragraphs carry? A. Conflicts often occur between Harli Jordean and his family. B. Harlis mother and brothers are worried about Marble Kings future. C. Marble King marbles w
29、ill surely attract more fans around the world. D. The “Marble King” has great ambition for his Marble King company. 【拓展训练】1. 阅读A篇文章, 回答下列问题。(1)According to the passage, why do readers prefer science articles? (no more than 15 words)_(2)What does Paragraph 9 mainly tell about? (no more than 8 words)_
30、2. 阅读C篇文章, 回答下列问题。(1)Whats the main idea of Paragraphs 3 and 4? _ (2)What does the boy plan to do in the future? (no more than 10 words)_答案解析【文章大意】介绍新的研究发现人们乐于传播好的正面的消息, 并分析了其中的原因。1. 【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据第二段的“They want your eyeballs”和第七段的“the mass media prefers news that gets attention”可以得知答案。2. 【解析】选A。细节
31、理解题。由第五段可以得此答案。B、C、D文中都没有提到。3. 【解析】选D。推理判断题。最后三段的大意是: 面对更多人的时候, 人们倾向于分享自己更积极正面的东西, 所以在微博上展现的一般都是假期过得多么完美等, 但是分享这种快乐可能会让他们的朋友们觉得生活不公平或者感觉自己不快乐。4. 【解析】选B。主旨大意题。这篇文章的中心内容是介绍新的研究发现人们乐于传播好的正面的消息, 并分析了其中的原因, 故选B。【文章大意】自从电影问世以来, 植物历来是电影中不可或缺的一部分, 但是从来没有一部电影是拍给植物观看的, 近来在纽约的艺术展览馆, 植物成了观众。5. 【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据第一
32、段第三句和第二段第一句可知Jonathon Keats拍摄了电影Strange Skies。6. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第一段第三句可知Strange Skies是第一部拍摄给植物看的电影。7. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据第二段第五句可知他认为电影Strange Skies有利于植物的生长。8. 【解析】选A。推理判断题。根据最后一段内容可知本题选A项。【文章大意】这是一篇记叙文。英国一个8岁的小男孩在玩弹珠的同时, 开办了自己的网站, 在网上销售弹珠, 收益可观。这个世界上最年轻的CEO梦想着自己的事业能更大、更强。9. 【解析】选B。推理判断题。第三、四段说, 在学校交换弹珠,
33、 这把他收藏的弹珠都用完了, 于是他就和妈妈一起转向网络寻找替代品, 在网上他看到一个缺口, 于是在几个月之内, 他建立了自己的销售弹珠的网站, 订单纷至沓来。由此推断, 他销售弹珠的网站受欢迎的原因是B项, 它填补了网上弹珠交易的空白。注意, D项是他开办网站的原因而不是网站受欢迎的原因。10. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。文章提到The Mirror(英国镜报)、The Sun(太阳报)、The Daily Mail(每日邮报), 因此选C项。11. 【解析】选A。词义猜测题。倒数第二段提到, 有时候他的想法太宏伟了, 我们只好把这些宏伟的想法缩减(scale back), 但他的梦想仍是拥
34、有英国最大的弹珠商店, 在世界各地开店。由此判断, 该短语的含义是A项, hold down“限制, 压制”。12. 【解析】选D。推理判断题。最后两段谈到哈里宏伟的梦想: 要拥有英国最大的弹珠商店, 在世界各地开店, 当前的想法是要创立自己的“弹珠王”这个品牌。由此推断选D项, 对于他的弹珠公司, 他有着极大的雄心。【拓展训练】1. (1) Because they aroused feelings of awe and made readers share this positive emotion. (2) Good news may make others worse. 2. (1) The reason why Harli set up his marble-selling website. (2) To expand his business and launch his brand of marbles.
