It seems some people have something bad to say about Facebook, the social media
题型：不详难度：来源：
It seems some people have something bad to say about Facebook, the social media website that now has attracted more than 300 million members. To them I have only this to say: Stop please!
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal blamed Facebook’s ability to ruin friendships, saying that it limits communication to typing and encourages people to spend far too much time with friends they have never met.
Having used Facebook since its first year, I find these arguments false. The simple truth is that the problems are only a symptom of Facebook abuse. Like many things, it is only as harmful to your life and relationships as you allow it to be. Consider arguments against watching too much TV and overeating.
Try using Facebook to find friends who may have long ago changed their e-mail addresses and phone numbers, to find out what your old college friends are up to, to congratulate your friends on their latest birthdays, to share pictures and articles you find interesting, and to join in the discussion about them with your friends.
Sure, I had days when I wasted a little more time on Facebook than I should, but I’m not going to blame Facebook for my own laziness. If Facebook wasn’t there, I would have found something else to waste time on. To my “friends”: if you don’t feel like broadcasting your life stories on your Facebook, don’t. If you tire of my personal updates, ignore them. If you don’t want to join in the popular online games, don’t. It is a fun tool at your fingers that can be used for both good and bad. If you don’t like using Facebook, don’t.
I am now a consultant at the Department of State. I use Facebook to keep in touch with friends, family, and colleagues who live and work all over the world.
小题1:Why did the article in the Wall Street Journal blame Facebook? | A．Because it makes people spend too much time online. | | B．Because it can make people lose their real-life friends. | | C．Because it is as harmful to people’s lives as watching TV. | | D．Because it encourages people to make friends with strangers. |
小题2:What does the author suggest using Facebook to do?| A．To find out lost e-mail addresses and phone numbers. | | B．To arrange appointments with our old college friends. | | C．To collect interesting pictures and articles from our friends. | | D．To keep in touch with friends who we haven’t called for long. |
小题3:We can imply from the passage that by using Facebook we can ____. | A．read other’s personal updates | | B．write our life stories online secretly | | C．decide who can read our life stories | | D．refuse to join in popular online games |
小题4:The author writes the last paragraph to ____. | A．prove that Facebook can be well used | | B．gain support from the Department of State | | C．show that Facebook is used all around the world | | D．introduce how she uses Facebook in her work as a consultant |
|
答案
小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:A |
解析
试题分析：本文讲述了有部分人滥用Facebook而引起人们对Facebook的批判。作者认为原因不是facebook，而是使用它的人。并在最后一段讲述了如何使用facebook。
小题1:B 推理题。根据第二段2,3行it limits communication to typing and encourages people to spend far too much time with friends they have never met.说明Facebook让人们和现实中的人的交流变少，会影响人那么的交际，故B项正确。
小题2:D 细节题。根据第四段1,2行Try using Facebook to find friends who may have long ago changed their e-mail addresses and phone numbers, to find out what your old college friends are up to说明人们利用Facebook来与以前失去联系的人取得了联系，故D正确。
小题3:A 推理题。根据倒数第二段倒数第五行If you tire of my personal updates, ignore them说明我们以前经常用更新Facebook上的信息。故A正确。
小题4:A 推理题。爱最后一段中作者告诉我们如何正确使用facebook，不要被它所影响，你不想做的事情就不要做，不要在上面浪费太多的时间。故A正确。
点评：本文讲述了有部分人滥用Facebook而引起人们对Facebook的批判。作者认为原因不是facebook，而是使用它的人。并在最后一段讲述了如何使用facebook。考查推理为主，以推理题的考查为主，要求考生能够根据文章的细节和上下文的语义串联连接全文，做出合理的判断和推理。 |
举一反三
As any housewives who has tried to keep order at the dinner table knows, there is far more to a family meal than food. Sociologist Michael Lewis has been studying 50 families to find out just how much more.
Lewis carried out his study by videotaping the families while they ate ordinary meals in their own homes. They found that parents with small families talk actively with each other and their children. But as the number of children gets larger, conversation gives way to the parents’ efforts to control the loud noise they make. That can have an important effect on the children. “In general the more question-asking the parents do, the higher the children’s IQ scores,” Lewis says. “And the more children there are, the less question-asking there is.”
The study also provides an explanation for why middle children often seem to have a harder time in life than their siblings. Lewis found that in families with three or four children, dinner conversation is likely to center on the oldest child, who has the most to talk about, and the youngest, who needs the most attention. “Middle children are invisible,” says Lewis. “When you see someone get up from the table and walk around during dinner, chances are it’s the middle child.” There is, however, one thing that stops all conversation and prevents anyone from having attention: “When the TV is on,” Lewis says, “dinner is nothing.”
小题1:The writer’s purpose in writing the text is to _________.| A．show the relationship between parents and children | | B．teach parents ways to keep order at the dinner table | | C．report on the findings of a study | | D．give information about family problems |
小题2:By saying “Middle children are invisible” in paragraph 3, Lewis means that middle children _________.| A．have to help their parents to serve dinner | | B．get the least attention from the family | | C．are often not allowed to come to the dinner table | | D．find it hard to get along well with other children |
小题3:Which of the following statements would the writer agree to?| A．Parents should talk to each of their children frequently. | | B．It is a good idea to have the TV on during dinner. | | C．It is important to have the right food for children. | | D．Elder children should help the younger ones at dinner. |
|
Just a few hours ago，the Italian ship Andrea Doria was sailing through thick fog toward the city of New York. Captain Piero Calamai kept watch. He knew that many other ships were nearby. He should have slowed down because of the fog but he decided not to. He wanted to arrive on time the next morning.
At about 11∶00 PM，another ship，the Stockholm，suddenly hit the Andrea Doria. It made a huge hole in the Italian ship. Some people were badly hurt. Others fell into the sea. But one girl was saved by the Stockholm.
Linda Morgan was fourteen. She lived in Spain with her mother and her little sister. She was going to visit her father in New York. She was excited about seeing her father.
Linda had loved the trip. She wanted to have dinner with the captain on the last night at sea. The captain did not sit at his table that night，though. He was busy guiding the ship through the fog. Linda did not get to talk to him.
When Linda went to bed，everything seemed fine. Her mother turned off the lights. Linda talked to her little sister. She thought about seeing her father the next morning.
What happened next was a terrible surprise. Linda woke up not knowing where she was. She was not in her bed. When she called to her family，no one answered. Both her knees were broken.
Linda had been saved by an amazing accident. When the Stockholm made a hole in the side of the Andrea Doria，it lifted Linda out of her bed. She landed on the deck (甲板) of the Stockholm instead of falling into the ocean. A sailor heard her cries and found her.
Right now，the girl is in the hospital. She is expected to get better. Her father is at her side，glad that his little girl was saved. The Andrea Doria lies under the waves at the bottom of the sea.
小题1:Why didn’t Captain Piero Calamai reduce the speed?| A．He didn’t want to be late. | | B．He went crazy because of the bad weather. | | C．He thought the fog was not serious. | | D．He had rich experience. |
小题2:When the accident happened，________.| A．Linda was asleep | | B．the day was about to break | | C．few people were killed | | D．the Andrea Doria hit a hole in the Stockholm |
小题3:What can we learn from the text?| A．Linda hated the trip very much. | | B．Linda was saved by the Stockholm. | | C．Linda lived with her father in Spain. | | D．The Andrea Doria wasn’t badly damaged. |
小题4:What’s the main idea of the passage?| A．A little girl’s braveness moved people. | | B．Andrea Doria sailed through thick fog. | | C．The Italian ship Andrea Doria was hit by Stockholm. | | D．A fourteenyearold girl was saved by accident after the crash. |
|
In the competition of Olympic weightlifting，the athletes try to lift the maximum (最大的) weight they can. There are special conditions they have to meet in order to compete：body weight，height and strength.
The Olympic weightlifting mainly tests the limit of explosive strength (爆发力)．There are not many lifters who really like Olympic weightlifting and the explanation is very simple：they are short of explosive strength.
The weights used for Olympic weightlifting are added in kilograms. The order by which the athletes enter the competition is not general，but it is set depending on the event. Usually the athlete with the lowest weight begins. If he/she is not successful，he/she can try later. There is a maximum of three lifts allowed for every competition.
For many years Olympic weightlifting was only for men. However，now women also take part in Olympic weightlifting. It was at the beginning of the 21st century that women’s competitions entered an organized professional environment. For women，Olympic weightlifting is more difficult because of their different body structure. However，strength training techniques (技术) are widely and successfully used by women，too.
Lots of the athletes who’ve ended up in Olympic weightlifting competitions have started with strength training only to improve their muscle condition and their body power. However，the demarcation line (界线) is not still very clear between power training and Olympic weightlifting. This is how so many lifters have got into Olympic weightlifting competition，even if their purpose was different at the beginning.
小题1:In the competition of Olympic weightlifting，athletes need to be all of the following EXCEPT________.| A．the right age | B．the right height | | C．the right weight | D．the right strength |
小题2:How many more times can a lifter try if he/she fails for the first time?| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
小题3:According to the fourth paragraph，________.| A．men often do better than women in weightlifting | | B．women need to use different training techniques from men | | C．men can learn the training techniques better than women | | D．women used not to be allowed to compete in Olympic weightlifting |
小题4:According to the passage，many athletes began to practice weightlifting because they wanted to________.| A．take part in the Olympics | | B．get a reward in the competition | | C．strengthen their body power | | D．test the limit of explosive strength |
|
When doctors urge overweight kids to pick up more activities，reading probably isn’t what they have in mind. Yet a new study by fatness researchers at Duke University finds that the simple act of reading—depending on the choice of material—can cause weight loss in teenage girls.
The study’s experimental group included 31 fat girls aged 9 to 13，who took part in the Healthy Lifestyles Program at Duke Children’s Hospital. The girls read a novel called Lake Rescue，whose protagonist (主人公) is an overweight teenager who struggles with low selfesteem，feelings of loneliness and teasing because of her size. A group of 33 girls read a different book called Charlotte in Paris，which did not have an overweight character，and another group of 17 girls read neither book.
At the end of the sixmonth experiment，all the girls who read books had lost weight，but the girls who read Lake Rescue lost more. They lowered their body mass index (BMI) by 0.71，compared with 0.33 in the Charlotte group，an average 0.05 increase among the nonreaders.
The idea behind the study，says Dr Sarah Armstrong，director of Healthy Lifestyles，was to find a way to encourage the girls without adopting the restrictive and often authoritative voice of so many other nutrition and diet programs. Lake Rescue was the perfect instrument，says Armstrong；it presents a likable character to whom the girls could relate and whom they could learn from. As the book progresses，its protagonist learns to make healthier lifestyle choices and finds an adviser to help keep her on track. Armstrong says，“She learns that she can become healthier，and the ‘I can do it’ feeling resonates (产生共鸣) with the teenage girls.”
小题1:What’s the main idea of the passage?| A．There are different ways to help overweight kids lose weight. | | B．Lifestyle is important for kids. | | C．Lake Rescue is the perfect weightlosing instrument. | | D．Reading can help kids lose weight. |
小题2:How many girls took part in the experiment? 小题3:What does the underlined word “She” in the last paragraph refer to?| A．Armstrong. | B．The protagonist in Lake Rescue. | | C．A character in Charlotte in Paris. | D．A girl in the first group. |
小题4:According to the passage we can know that ________.| A．overweight girls are living unhappily | | B．reading is the best way to lose weight | | C．different reading materials play different roles in losing weight | | D．people will become fat if they don’t read |
小题5:In which part of a newspaper can we read the above passage?| A．Education. | B．Entertainment. | C．Health. | D．Advertisement. |
|
Hundreds of secondary schools are using a controversial reward scheme which “bribes” (贿赂)pupils with iPods and DVD players to turn up in classes and do homework.
Almost one million schoolchildren have been issued with supermarket-style reward cards which allow them to collect good-behavior “points” and cash them in for prizes.
Schools taking part in the “Vivo Miles” scheme are spending several thousand pounds a year in an attempt to cut truancy (逃学) and promote achievements. The prizes are ultimately funded by the taxpayer, through school budgets. Nearly 500 secondary schools, one in six, have decided to take part in the scheme, which is intended to replace old-style rewards such as stickers and golden stars.
But the extent of rewards being offered in schools brought a warning that a generation of children is growing up expecting to be rewarded at every stage. Many youngsters are collecting points for ordinary achievements such as remembering to bring their PE kit and wearing the correct uniform.
Under the scheme, teachers award Vivo points—worth 1 penny each—according to the school’s policy. Schools typically spend￡4 to￡6 on prizes per pupil each year, although some commit considerably more. Most pupils accumulate between 400 and 600 Vivos a year. Vivo Miles insists it is “pretty rare” for a pupil to accumulate enough points to buy an iPod, which requires 3,100 Vivos.
But Chris McGovern, chairman of the Campaign for Real Education, said the scheme amounted to “bribery”. “It misleads children into thinking anything which requires effort has to have a special reward,” he said. “This ‘all must have prizes’ view is damaging to children in the long-term.” The scheme amounted to an “admission of failure” by schools. He said. “It shows a school has failed to convince children education is important.”
小题1:The “Vivo Miles” scheme is aimed at ______________.| A．increasing the income of the school | | B．encouraging students to perform well at school | | C．inviting more students to attend the school nearby | | D．encouraging parents to donate to the school |
小题2:The underlined word “controversial” in the first paragraph can be replaced by __________.| A．arguable | B．practical | C．strange | D．mature |
小题3:Those who oppose the “Vivo Miles” scheme think ______________.| A．it helps control the problem of truancy | | B．it teaches children the importance of saving | | C．it will mislead children about efforts and rewards | | D．it’s not easy to get more than 600 Vivos a year |
小题4:What’s the writer’s attitude towards the scheme?| A．Supportive. | B．Opposed. | C．Unconcerned. | D．Objective. |
|
最新试题
热门考点