What is the hottest English word of 2013? It’s “selfie”, according to Oxford dic

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What is the hottest English word of 2013? It’s “selfie”, according to Oxford dictionaries. Selfie is a photo that one takes of oneself, according to the Oxford online dictionary. People usually take selfies with a smartphone(智能手机) and send them to a social media website.
The word was first used in 2002. In the past 12 months, its frequency (出现频率) in the English language has increased by 17,000 percent, said Oxford dictionaries. Now, almost everybody knows it.
“Almost every day, I take a photo of myself at school, and save it in my Qzone (QQ空间),” said Huang Xu, 13, from Hunan. These photos record her happy and sad moments.
Pop stars also take a lot of selfies. Li Chunping, 14, from Harbin, is a big fan of Yang Mi. “She has used many selfies to tell us what’s going on in her personal life,” said Li.
What makes people love selfies? Some people say it’s narcissism (自恋). “The rise of the selfie is a perfect symbol for our narcissistic culture. We’re crying out: Look at me!” said US psychiatrist(精神科医生) Carole Lieberman.
Young people are using selfies to make friends online, Jonathan Freedland wrote in The Guardian. “The usual purpose of taking a selfie is to share online. They express a human need to connect with others,” wrote Freedland.
Huang Xu agrees with that. “During summer vacation, my classmates and I shared many selfies online. Hair or clothes were not our interests. Through these photos, we got to know each other’s holidays and feelings,” said Huang Xu.
小题1:According to the story, a “selfie” is _____.

A．a person with a smartphone

B．a smartphone which can take photos

C．a photo taken by oneself

D．an English dictionary

小题2:When was the word “selfie” first used?

A．More than ten years ago	B．In 2013
C．When smartphones appeared	D．Nobody knows

小题3:We can tell from the story that _____.

A．only famous people enjoy taking selfies

B．all people love selfies because of narcissism

C．people love to share selfies online

D．US psychiatrist Carole Lieberman hates selfies

小题4:We put the sentence “But some people don’t see it that way” at the beginning of _______.

A．Paragraph 4

B．Paragraph 5

C．Paragraph 6

D．Paragraph 7

小题5:What is the best title of this passage ?

A．Selfies and narcissism	B．Selfies and sharing
C．Selfies and smartphones	D．Selfies, the hottest word in 2013

答案

小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:C

解析

试题分析：这篇文章主要介绍了自拍的由来，以及利与弊，这个词是2002年首次使用的，自拍的目的是在线分享，年轻人用自拍来交朋友。

小题1:细节理解题。根据第一段，Selfie is a photo that one takes of oneself, Selfie是某人自己拍自己。可知选C。

小题2:细节理解题。根据第一段，The word was first used in 2002，这个词是2002年首次使用的。可知应选B。

小题3:细节理解题。根据第三段，The usual purpose of taking a selfie is to share online”自拍的目的是在线分享。故选C。

小题4:细节理解题。第六段中Some people say it’s narcissism一些人说那是自恋。本段介绍了自拍的反面观点。故选A。

小题5:归纳推理题。根据全文介绍了Selfie的由来，以及利与弊。故选C。
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You’re on the school bus. But as soon as you turn the corner, you find yourself at the end of a very long queue. It’s another traffic jam! It is stop-start for the rest of your journey. Meanwhile, at the same time in Antarctica(南极洲), snow covers the land. A group of emperor penguins crowd together to keep warm, using stop-and-go movements to protect themselves from the winds. Can you see the connection?
Emperor penguins move like cars in traffic jams to keep warm, that’s according to new research by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marina Research in Germany. A penguin only needs to move 2cm in any direction for its neighbor to do the same thing. These movements then flow(流动) through the whole group of penguins like a “traveling wave”.
These waves also help smaller crowds join bigger groups, keeping more and more of their friends warm. A single Antarctic “traffic jam” has thousands of penguins. Interestingly, the technology used for studying road traffic jams was used to study the penguins. This included studying time-lapse(延时) videos. Scientists also discovered that unlike on the road, these waves can be made by any penguin and in any direction.
With temperatures usually dropping below –50℃, and winds reaching speeds of up to 200km/h, these traveling waves are very important for penguins to keep warm.
These penguins can also teach us a lesson. In big groups, they learn to be orderly and patient, and to never crash into each other. These are skills we should all learn from them when we are on the road!
小题1:Emperor penguins get together to _____.

A．keep warm

B．play games

C．learn from each other

D．cross the road

小题2:In a traffic jam on the road, __________.

A．drivers can drive fast	B．drivers can drive carelessly
C．cars are not moving fast	D．cars will stop working

小题3:From the passage, we learn that a “traveling wave” _____.

A．is caused by a traffic jam on the road

B．is caused by the strong wind in Antarctica

C．is formed by the movement of the penguins

D．is made by just one or two penguins

小题4:If a penguin is in a group, it _____.

A．needs to move orderly	B．can move as fast as it likes
C．will not leave others behind	D．should move as slowly as it can

小题5:The last paragraph wants to tell us that _____.

A．penguins won’t move together if it is not very cold

B．traffic jams happen probably because people are impatient

C．penguins learn their skills from human beings

D．penguins are likely to crash into each other in a group

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Mr. Green owned a few shops and was busy with his work. Once his wife had a fall and broke her leg. She was sent to the hospital and needed someone to look after her. They had several servants, but none of them could do the job. One of his friends brought a girl to Mr. Green. She looked beautiful and strong. Mr. Green liked her at the first sight, and wanted to hire (聘用) her.
When the girl went out of the room, the friend said, “I hear she’s a little foolish. You’d better ask her some questions. If she answers them well, you can hire her.”
Mr. Green agreed and called the girl in again. He asked, “What would you be a servant for?”
“My mother is often ill,” the girl said, crying, “I have to stop studying and find work. I want to get some money to buy some medicine for her.”
“Where’s your father, then?”
“He died last year.” answered the girl.
“Oh, I’m sorry to hear that,” said Mr. Green, “And how did he die?”
“He went to London on business and had a high fever. The doctor couldn’t save him and he died in the capital.”
“How many times had your father been to London?”
“Three times.”
Mr. Green was happy. He thought that the girl was not foolish at all, but he wanted to have a last try. So he asked, “Which of the three times did your father die in London?”
The girl thought for a while and said, “I’m sorry I don’t know. When he died there, I was at school.”
小题1:Mr. Green owned some shops in .

A．Canada

B．America

C．England

D．Australia

小题2:The girl cried because .

A．she had a hard life

B．she hoped Mr. Green could hire her

C．her mother had broken her leg

D．she wanted to get some money from Mr. Green

小题3:Mr. Green"s friend wanted him .

A．to find out why she wanted to be a servant

B．to test her to see if she was foolish

C．to ask her some difficult questions

D．to know where her father had gone

小题4:The girl before she came to see Mr. Green.

A．had done some housework

B．had taken care of sick people in hospital

C．had been to London three times

D．had studied in a school

小题5:From the passage we can see that the girl .

A．was very clever

B．could understand all the questions well

C．finally worked for Mr. Green

D．was a bit silly

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George worked in London. He wasn"t married, and usually had his lunch, and sometimes his dinner, in small restaurants. One evening he decided to go to an expensive restaurant, and when he got in, he saw a large, heavy man whom he had not seen for several years sitting by himself at a table. He thought for a few moments and then remembered the man"s name. So he went up to him and said politely, "Hello, Mr Grey. How is your business?"
"Oh, it"s not good at all," the large man answered.
George looked at the expensive food and wine on Mr Grey"s table and was surprised. "It certainly doesn"t look like what you said," he said.
"Well," Mr Grey answered sadly, "I"m afraid you are wrong. A few years ago I was doing very well, and I could afford to bring my wife to this place for dinner too."
小题1:George usually had his lunch in small restaurants because ______.

A．he wasn"t able to do some cooking

B．he had no wife

C．he liked to do so

D．there were only small restaurants around

小题2:______ one evening.

A．George was invited to dinner in an expensive restaurant

B．George invited some friends to have dinner in an expensive restaurant

C．George went to an expensive restaurant himself

D．George ate a lot of expensive food and wine

小题3:Mr Grey told George ______.

A．his business wasn"t as good as before

B．his wife wasn"t well at all

C．he hadn"t seen him for some years

D．he was used to eating expensive food and wine

小题4:Mr Grey"s wife ______.

A．often had dinner in small restaurants

B．always had dinner in expensive restaurants with her husband

C．knew George very well

D．used to have dinner with her husband in the expensive restaurant

小题5:When Mr Grey said his business wasn"t good at all, George ______.

A．didn"t believe what he said	B．was not surprised to hear that
C．agreed with what he said	D．was asked to have dinner with him

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Mr Clark was born in a small town of England. When he finished middle school, he found work in the police station and he has worked there      42 years and he"ll retire(退休)this autumn. He tried to work hard in the past 42 years     he wasn"t a lucky man and never caught a thief. He was often sorry for it.
Last weekend, when Mrs Clarke was cooking supper, she found there was no sugar. So she asked her husband      some in the shop near their house. He came in the shop and found a young man stealing some money from a woman"s bag. He ran to the thief      , but the young man found and ran away at once. Mr Clarke ran after him. The thief ran into a blind alley（死胡同）and Mr Clarke caught him at last.
"Please give me a chance, sir,"said the young man."I never stole before."
"Who gives me a chance?" said Mr Clarke. "I"ll soon retire and I caught a thief for the     time!"
小题1:A．for              B．since             C．in
小题2:A．and              B．so                C．but
小题3:A．buys             B．buy               C．to buy
小题4:A．quickly          B．quietly           C．carefully
小题5:A．last             B. first               C．second

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Have you ever done something foolish that made you feel so embarrassed（尴尬的）?
Well, that’s exactly how I felt. On a Saturday morning last autumn．I had gone to town to do some shopping and as I was on my way home，it suddenly began to rain. I at once ran into a nearby phone box since I didn’t have an umbrella．It was raining so heavily that I have to stay in the phone box until it stopped．
A few moments later，I saw a young man walk up to the phone box，wearing a yellow raincoat and holding a box. I didn’t want to go out into the rain，so I picked up the phone and pretended I was talking to someone. I thought the man would go away，but he didn’t. He just waited in the pouring rain，watching me wave my hands about and act as if I was deep in conversation.
Luckily，it began to stop after about ten minutes．“Okay，Mum，” I said loudly into the phone，“I’ll see you later Bye!” I put the phone down．picked up my shopping bag and walked out of the phone box “I’m sorry I took so long,”I said to the man．
“Oh, I don’t want to use the phone,”he replied．smiling．“I’ve just come to repair it. It’s out of order．you see.” I felt myself go bright red in the face and I hurried away with my head down，feeling a complete fool. That was certainly one of the most embarrassing moments of my life!
小题1:Why did the writer go to the phone box and stay there?
A. Because she wanted to wait for her friend there.
B. Because she wanted to phone her mother.
C. Because it rained heavily and she had no umbrella with her.
小题2:What did the writer think what the young man wanted to do?
A. To repair the phone. B. To use the phone. C. To stay in the phone box.
小题3:How long did the young man wait for?
A. About five minutes． B. About fifteen minutes. C. About ten minutes.
小题4:Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The story happened on a cold Saturday morning last summer.
B. The writer was telephoning to her mother when it rained．
C. It suddenly rained when the writer was on her way home after shopping.
小题5:Why was the writer embarrassed?
A. Because she did something foolish.
B. Because she got all wet.
C. Because she made the man wait so long.

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