1、专练十一 一阅读理解 ABad news sells. If it bleeds, it leads. No news is good news, and good news is no news. Those are the classic rules for the evening broadcasts and the morning papers. But now that information is being spread and monitored(监控) in different ways, researchers are discovering new rules. By t
2、racking peoples e-mails and online posts, scientists have found that good news can spread faster and farther than disasters and sob stories. “The if it bleeds rule works for mass media, ”says Jonah Berger, a scholar at the University of Pennsylvania.” They want your eyeballs and dont care how youre
3、feeling. But when you share a story with your friends, you care a lot more how they react. You dont want them to think of you as a Debbie Downer.” Researchers analyzing word-of-mouth communication e-mails, Web posts and reviews, face-to-face conversations found that it tended to be more positive tha
4、n negative(消极的), but that didnt necessarily mean people preferred positive news. Was positive news shared more often simply because people experienced more good things than bad things? To test for that possibility, Dr. Berger looked at how people spread a particular set of news stories: thousands of
5、 articles on The New York Times website. He and a Penn colleague analyzed the “most e-mailed” list for six months. One of his first findings was that articles in the science section were much more likely to make the list than non-science articles. He found that science amazed Times readers and made
6、them want to share this positive feeling with others. Readers also tended to share articles that were exciting or funny, or that inspired negative feelings like anger or anxiety, but not articles that left them merely sad. They needed to be aroused(激发) one way or the other, and they preferred good n
7、ews to bad. The more positive an article, the more likely it was to be shared, as Dr. Berger explains in his new book, “Contagious: Why Things Catch On.”1.What do the classic rules mentioned in the text apply to?A. News reports B. Research papersC. Private e-mails D. Daily conversations2.What can we
8、 infer about people like Debbie Downer?A. Theyre socially inactiveB. Theyre good at telling storiesC. Theyre inconsiderate of othersD. Theyre careful with their words3. Which tended to be the most e-mailed according to Dr. Bergers research?A. Sports news B. Science articlesC. Personal accounts D. Fi
9、nancial reviews4.What can be a suitable title for the text?A. Sad Stories Travel Far and WideB. Online News Attracts More PeopleC. Reading Habits Change with the TimesD. Good News Beats Bad on Social NetworksBThe human population of Sri Lanka is now believed to be over 20millionAs a result，large are
10、as of trees are being turned into farmland，highways are being built over centuries-old elephant migration routes，and elephants are being driven out of their habitats. This change causes turmoil，resulting in an increased number of uncontrollable events between elephants and humansThe good news is tha
11、t there is one place called the Elephant Transit Home （ETH） in Udawalawe National Park，the main purpose of which is to protect and care for baby elephants that are found injured or living without their mothers in the wildA day at the ETH begins early in the morning when the baby elephants are given
12、their first feeding of milkDuring the course of the day，each baby will drink an average of 13gallons of milkOlder elephants are fed mostly coconut leaves as well as other native plantsThen the elephants are set free to wander in the park，eating growing grass and forming a herdThe ETH spends almost $
13、125，000each year on powered milk for these baby animalsTo help pay for food and medical supplies，the ETH has a foster（领养）parent programAnyone，even schoolchildren，can help a lot by giving money to care for a baby elephantWhile some foster parents are too far away to visit the baby elephant being care
14、d for at the ETH，local schoolchildren play an important part in the programFoster parents can name their elephants，take photographs of them，and even help send them back into the wildNow visitors are not encouraged to get close to the elephantsThe goal of the ETH is for the elephants to return to the
15、 wild in the endIt usually takes three years for a baby elephant to be sent back into its natural habitatThe elephants are often set free together with other animals with whom they have close relationships. This program helps them return to the wild as members of a herd that will communicate with ea
16、ch other and take care of each other5What does the underlined word “turmoil”in Paragraph 1 most probably mean？AA condition of harmonyBA phenomenon of pollutionCA state of disorderDA feeling of confusion6According to the passage，the elephants at the ETH_Aare taken care of by different meansBdont get
17、along well with other animalsCmainly live on coconut leavesDare fed separately all the time7As a foster parent at the ETH，you can_Atake photos with the elephantBgive the elephant you care for a nameCtake the elephant home for better careDvisit Udawalawe National Park free of charge8The last paragrap
18、h mainly deals with_ at the ETHAthe process of raising a young elephantBthe life of the baby elephantsCthe future of the elephantsDthe requirements for being a foster parent完形填空(2017江苏)For a long time Gabriel didnt want to be involved in music at all. In his first years of high school,Gabriel would
19、look pityingly at music students,_41_across the campus with their heavy instrument cases. _42_ at school for practice hours _43_ anyone else had to be there.He swore to himself to _44_ music,as he hated getting to school extra early._45_，one day，in the music class that was _46_of his schools standar
20、d curriculurn，he was playing idly (随意地)on the piano and found it _47_to pick out tunes.With a sinking feeling,he realized that he actually _48_doing it.Hetried ti hide his _49_ pleasure from the music teather, who had _50_over to listen.Hemight not have this particularly well, _51_the teacher told G
21、abriel that he had a good_52_ and suggested that Gabriel go into the musin store-room ti see if any of the instruments there _53_ him.There he decided to give the cello(大提琴)a _54_. When he began practicing,he took it very _55_.But he quickly found that he loved playing this instrurnent,and was _56_t
22、o practicing it so that within a couple of months he was playing reasonably well.This _57_,of course,that he arrived at school early in the morning,_58_his heavy instrument case across the campus to the _59_looks of the non-musicians he had left_60_.41.A.travelling B.marching C.pacing D.struggling42
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24、ansparent B.obvious C.false D.similar50. A.run B.jogged C.jumped D.wandered51. A.because B.butC.though D.so52. A.ear B.taste C.heart D.voice53. A.occurred B.took to C.appealed D.held to54. A.change B.chance C.mission D.function55. A.seriously B.proudly C.casually D.admitted56. A.committed B.used C.l
25、imited D.admitted57. A.proved B.showed C.stressed D.meant58. A.pushing B.dragging C.lifting D.rushing59. A.admiring B.pitying C.annoying D.teasing60. A.over B.aside C.behind D.out短文改错 Hello, boys and girls! Today, I am going to talk with what you should do when a fire alarm go off. If you hear the a
26、larm, stand in line at the door and wait your teacher to lead you outside. Stay close to your teacher and classmate. Dont panic or get out of line, and trying to remain quiet and calmly. Soon the firefighters will come and put out a fire. If its a false alarm and there is nofire, your teacher will lead us back to the classroom. If you notice that when someone is missing and hurt, tell your teacher immediately.
