【题目】Passage4（2016·新课标卷I，C）
体裁 | 话题 | 词数 | 难度 | 建议时间 |
记叙文文 | 人们之间的友爱 | 282 | ★★★☆☆ | 7分钟 |
I am Peter Hodes , a volunteer stem cell courier. Since March 2012, I’ve done 89 trips—of those , 51 have been abroad. I have 42 hours to carry stem cells（干细胞）in my little box because I’ve got two ice packs and that’s how long they last. In all, from the time the stem cells are harvested from a donor(捐献者) to the time they can be implanted in the patient, we’ve got 72 hours at most. So I am always conscious of time.
I had one trip last year where I was caught by a hurricane in America. I picked up the stem cells in Providence, Rhode Island, and was meant to fly to Washington then back to London. But when I arrived at the check-in desk at Providence, the lady on the desk said:“Well, I’m really sorry, I’ve got some bad news for you—there are no flights from Washington.” So I took my box and put it on the desk and
For this courier job, you’re consciously aware that in that box you’re got something that is potentially going to save somebody’s life.
【1】Which of the following can replace the underlined word “courier” in Paragraph1?
A. provider B. delivery man
C. collector D. medical doctor
【2】Why does Peter have to complete his trip within 42hours?
A. He cannot stay away from his job too long.
B. The donor can only wait for that long.
C. The operation needs that much time.
D. The ice won’t last any longer.
【3】 Which flight did the woman put Peter on first?
A. To London. B. To Newark.
C. To Providence. D. To Washington.
【题目】北京(40°)某中学高中生开展地理课外活动，在连续三个月内三次测量正午太阳高度角，获得测量的数据（见下表）。据此完成下列问题。
第一次 | 第二次 | 第三次 |
60° | 50° | 40° |
【1】从第一次到第三次测量期间，该地昼夜长短状况及其变化是
A. 先昼短夜长，后昼长夜短，昼渐短
B. 先昼长夜短，后昼短夜长，夜渐短
C. 先昼短夜长，后昼长夜短，夜渐短
D. 先昼长夜短，后昼短夜长，昼渐短
【2】三次测量中，其中一次测量的当天，正值
A. 春分日 B. 夏至日 C. 秋分日 D. 冬至日
【题目】Passage4（2016·新课标卷III ，D）
体裁 | 话题 | 词数 | 难度 | 建议时间 |
说明文 | 好消息在网络上的传播速度比坏消息要快 | 346 | ★★★☆☆ | 6分钟 |
Bad 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 tracking people’s 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 don’t care how you’re feeling. But when you share a story with your friends, you care a lot more how they react. You don’t 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 than negative(消极的), but that didn’t 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 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 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 news 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 papers.
C. Private e-mails.
D. Daily conversations.
【2】What can we infer about people like Debbie Downer?
A. They’re socially inactive.
B. They’re good at telling stories.
C. They’re inconsiderate of others.
D. They’re careful with their words.
【3】Which tended to be the most e-mailed according to Dr. Berger’s research?
A. Sports news.
B. Science articles.
C. Personal accounts.
D.
【4】What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Sad Stories Travel Far and Wide.
B. Online News Attracts More People.
C. Reading Habits Change with the Times.
D. Good News Beats Bad on Social Networks.