题目内容
13.Earlier this year,the social media website Facebook announced that it would work with several news organizations-including The New York Times,The Guardian,and the BBC-to place news stories directly into users'personal Facebook webpage.Stories published using Facebook Instant will load more quickly and keep the style of the original publisher,who will keep all the advertising income the stories earn-at least for now.The deal shows how important social media has become to news organizations,and is a clear sign of how the world of news is changing-and has been for a while.When Google News began in 2002,many saw it as the death of the newspaper.It had no human editor.Instead Google used,and still uses,a secret computer program that selects and displays news stories according to the reader's personal interests.More recently,Associated Press and Yahoo!have been publishing computer-written articles.Both use special software to automatically produce stories about company financial results and sports reports-areas where the quality of writing is felt to be of secondary importance to the accuracy of the data.
Should we be worried about such developments?I think we should.One concern is that facebook,Google and other social media websites see journalism as a sideline,a way of putting people in front of advertisements.It isn't their primary function-so if it stops making them lots of money,they're likely to stop doing it.
There's also a concern that computer-written articles are not actually journalism at all,because what a human news team produces is actually quite complex.A well-written news story puts information in context,offers a voice to each side of an argument and brings the public new knowledge.
Though economics and speed of delivery mean readers will probably choose a computer-written story over a carefully shaped article-at least for daily news-I don't think the computers will be writing any in-depth articles for a while yet.
32.What is the main purpose of the article?C
A.To report on a new computer service offered by Facebook..
B.To advise readers against reading computer-written news.
C.To express concern about recent trends in online news.
D.To describe the process of online news reporting.
33.Computer-written news reports have so far focused on sports and finance becauseD.
A.these are the most popular topics for online readers
B.there are fewer journalists specializing in these areas
C.information on these topics is more easily available
D.writing style is less important than accuracy in these areas
34.What does the underlined word"It"in Paragraph 3refer to?A
A.Journalism.
B.Advertising.
C.Facebook.
D.Business.
35.In Paragraph 4,which of the following is mentioned as a characteristic of a well-written news article?C
A.The information presented is up-to-date.
B.The author's opinion is clear.
C.Different views on the topic are presented.
D.The language used is vivid.
分析 文章先讲到 facebook 等重要的社交媒体成为重要的新闻组织者,作者在后面又表示新闻并不是这些社交媒体的主要功能,电脑无法写出有深度的新闻,目的在于表达对最近网上新闻成为趋势的担忧.
解答 32-35 CDAC
32.C主旨题.文章第一段说 facebook 等重要的社交媒体成为重要的新闻组织者,作者在后面又表示新闻并不是这些社交媒体的主要功能,电脑无法写出有深度的新闻,所以本文的目的在于表达对最近网上新闻成为趋势的担忧.故正确答案为C.
33.D 细节题.根据第二段最后一句"Both use special software to automatically produce stories about company financial results and sports reports-areas where the quality of writing is felt to be of secondary importance to the accuracy of the data."可知,在经济和体育报道领域,数据的准确性比文章的质量更重要,D项"在这些领域写作风格不如准确性重要"符合文意.故正确答案为D.
34.A 推断题.由第三段"One concern is that facebook,Google and other social media websites see journalism as a sideline,a way of putting people in front of advertisements.It isn't their primary function"可知,人们担忧 facebook,Google 和其他社交网站将新闻当作副业,作为给人们打广告的一种方式.这(It)并不是他们的主要功能",所以 It 指的是新闻业(journalism).B项意为"广告业",C项意为"脸谱",D项意为"商业",均不符合文意.故正确答案为A.
35.C 细节题.根据第四段第二句"A well-written news story puts information in context,offers a voice to each side of an argument and brings the public new knowledge."可知,好的新闻文章将信息放入上下文,为争论的双方都提供发言权并为公众带来新的知识,C项"一个话题的不同观点都会被呈现"符合文意.A项"呈现的信息是时新的",B项"作者的观点是清晰的",D项"所使用的语言是生动的",文中均未提及.故正确答案为C.
点评 做阅读时经常犯错的主要原因是,仅凭读过文章后残留在脑海中的一丝印象来勾选答案,这样便很容易掉入出题人故意设布下的题目陷阱.所谓阅读理解,对于题目的理解一定要忠实于原文,因此,每一道题都应该与原文作全面的对比与核查,再得出答案.也就是说,阅读理解的每一道题目,在原文都应该有明确的出处,我们把这一出处叫做原文相关句,(1)排除与原文相关句主题不一致的选项(2)排除与原文相关句态度相反的选项 (3)排除用于过于极端或负面的选项(4)注意结合文章主旨和主题去排除.
-I told you to be careful before.___________( )
A. | One false step will make a great difference. | |
B. | Where there's life,there's hope. | |
C. | Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. | |
D. | One tree does not make a forest. |