Question

Did you know that a new weblog is being created each second? Many of these bloggers are teenagers. While their parents wrote in a diary to express their emotions, or shared their interests by spending time with friends, teens are now using blogs instead. In fact, in the US, one in every five school-aged teens has a blog. Most of these are just chatter, some are funny or clever, but a few have become Internet success.

For example, Chloe Spencer’s blog ‘Neopets Fanatic’ gets around 300,000 hits per month. When Chloe was 15, she started the blog out of her strong liking for Neopets, a kind of pet website. One reason her blog has so many visitors is because she gives instructions and tips for the popular pet site.

Then there is Tavi Gevinson’s blog ‘Style Rookie’. It is said to get 1.5 million hits per month. Tavi, who started her blog when she was just 12, puts up her photos of her own clothes online as well as designers’ collections. Tavi’s blog has caught on because she knows a lot about style for someone so young, and she is not afraid to try out unusual clothes or see things in a different way.

Blogs like these are interesting, but they only become really popular after better-known websites link to them or they get noticed by the media(传媒). For example, Tavi’s blog became an overnight(一夜之间) success after being written about in The New York Times. Popular blogs can even earn money, usually from advertisements that companies pay to put up on the bloggers’ sites.

So for some, blogging is just a recreation(消遣), but for others, it can become a source of income and even a full-time job!

1. Teens nowadays ________ than their parents did.

A. have more ways of communication?????????????

B. share their feelings more

C. write in diaries more often ?????????????

D. make more friends

2. In line 4, the underlined word ‘chatter’ means talk about ________ topics.

A. funny????????????? B. clever????????????? C. serious????????????? D. unimportant

3.Chloe Spencer and Tavi Gevinson are both ________.

A. pet lovers????????????? ????????????? B. teenage bloggers

C. interested in fashion????????????? ????????????? D. keen on taking photos

4. From the passage we know that Chloe Spencer is a person who ________.

A. visits many websites????????????? ????????????? B. loves pets

C. is easy to get angry????????????? ????????????? D. rarely gives opinions

5. According to paragraph 4, Tavi Gevinson’s blog ________.

A. is not well-known yet????????????? ?????????????

B. is written every night

C. became popular very quickly?????????????

D. got a lot of money from advertising?

6.The best title for the passage might be ________.

A. How to be good teen bloggers?????????????

B. How teen bloggers attract the media

C. Keeping diaries or writing blogs?????????????

D. Teen bloggers mean business

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.B

5.C

6.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是现在很多青少年都写博客，一些人的博客还非常的受欢迎，有很高的点击率，文章中给出了两个例子。这些博客之所以成功是有原因的，不仅有网站的链接和媒体的关注，更有巨大的商业利益。

1.推理判断题。这篇文章告诉我们很多青少年都有微博，他们经常在微博上讨论一些有趣的事情，或是抒发自己的情感。所以现在的年轻人要比他们的父母有更多的交流方式。故选A。B选项意为青少年比他们的父母分享更多的感情，这不是文章的主要内容；C选项意为现在的青少年比他们的父母更经常写日记，这个表述不符合文意；D选项意为青少年交的朋友更多，这也不是文章的主要内容。

2.词意猜测题。这个单词在文章的第一段最后一句话Most of these are just chatter, some are funny or clever, but a few have become Internet success.，因为句中已出现了funny和clever两词，故这里我们可以排除A、B；C选项意为严肃的，认真的；D选项意为不重要的。因为这句话告诉我们大部分的人都只是聊天，还有一些是有趣的，聪明的，很少能在网上成功的。故这里应该是说在微博上他们讨论的话题是不重要的。故选D。

3.推理判断题。根据文章的第二段和第三段我们可知，这两个人都是比较成功的青少年博主，Chloe Spencer是一个宠物爱好者，而Tavi Gevinson热爱时尚。故选B。

4.细节理解题。根据文章的第二段When Chloe was 15, she started the blog out of her strong liking for Neopets, a kind of pet website可知，Chloe非常喜欢这个宠物网站Neopets，故她是一个宠物爱好者。故选B。

5.细节理解题。根据文章的最后一段内容可知，Tavi’s blog became an overnight(一夜之间) success Tavi的博客一夜之间出名了，故C是正确的。根据文章第三段的第一句话可知Tavi Gevinson的博客每个月有150万的点击率，可见她的博客是非常出名的，故排除A；B、D两项在文中没有提到。故选C。

6.主旨大意题。这篇短文主要给我们讲述的是现在很多青少年都有博客，并且还有一些人的博客很有名，这些人的成功是因为有网站的链接，或者有传媒的注意。这些受欢迎的博客还能通过博主网页上的广告来赚钱。故选D。

考点：社会现象类短文阅读。