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专题检测卷(二十八)阅读理解(建议用时:25分钟)A(2013·Bad news travels fast—when you watch the evening news or read the morning papers, itseems that things that get the most coverage are all tragedies like wars,earthquakes, floods, fires and murders.This is the classic rule for mass media. “They want your eyeballs and don’tcare how you’re feeling, ”Jonah Berger, a psychologist at the University ofPennsylvania, the US, told The New York Times.But with social media getting increasingly popular, information is nowbeing spread in different ways, and researchers are discovering new rules- good news can actually spread faster and farther than disasters and other sad stories.Berger and his colleague Katherine Milkman looked at thousands of articles on The New York Times’website and analyzed the “most e-mailed” list for six months.One of his findings was that articles in the science section were much more likely to make the list. Those stories aroused feelings of awe and made the readers want to share this positive emotion with others.Besides science stories, readers were also found to be likely to share articles that were exciting or funny. “The more positive an article, the more likely it was to be shared, ”Berger wrote in his new bo ok, Contagious: Why Things Catch On. For example, “stories about newcomers falling in love with New York City”, he writes, tend to be shared more than“the death of a popular zookeeper”. The difference between the two is due to the fact that the mass media prefers news that gets attention, while when you share a story with your friends“you care a lot more about how they react”, Berger explained.But does all this good news actually make the audience feel better? Not necessarily.According to a study by researchers at Harvard University, people tend to say more positive things about themselves when they’re talking to a bigger audience, rather than just one person, which helps explain all the perfect vacations that keep showing up on micro blogs. This, researchers found, makes people think that life is unfair and that they’re less happy than their“friends”.But no worries. There’s a quick and easy way to relieve the depression you get from viewing other people’s seemingly perfect lives - turn on the television and watch the news. There is always someone doing worse than you are.1. Why do mass media like to report bad news according to the article?A. They want to attract the attention of readers.B. They care a lot about how readers react.C. They think bad news spreads faster than good news.D. They want to show concern for people in disaster-hit areas.2. Which of the following is TRUE about Berger’s and his colleague’s study?A. They found that articles on science are more likely to be shared.B. Sad news tended to arouse the audience’s feelings of awe and sympathy.C. It was aimed at finding out whether mass media should cover more tragedies.D. Good news usually helps the audience relieve their negative emotions.3. We can conclude from the last three paragraphs that.A. watching news is good for people’s healthB. people shouldn’t be jealous of their friendsC. sharing good news with friends will double your happinessD. people might not be as happy as they suggest on their micro blogs4. What’s the article mainl y about?A. Why bad news is covered most often.B. Why good news spreads faster than bad news.C. How people react differently to bad and good news.D. Which kind of news makes the audience feel better.B(2013·From Avatar to Lord of the Rings, plants are no strangers to playing big movie roles. However, no one has ever shot a film that plants themselves can watch until now. In a New York art gallery, seven house plants have spent the last seven weeks watching Strange Skies, the first travel documentary for a vegetable audience. All the plants sat in the cinema in rows, enjoying themselves in Italian sunshine.The movie was made by American artist Jonathon Keats. It consists of Italian skies recorded over two months and made into a six-minute-long movie. The film shows the clear dawn(黎明), high clouds, amazing dusk and then beautiful night. The movie has no sound and the plants, of course, do not applaud. But Stephen Squibb, a professor from Harvard University, said these plants could benefit from it—the light of the movie keeps them alive because they can continue the process of turning light into energy.“I realized there was a much larger audience—plants—that were not being serviced, ”Keats said. “I wanted to provide plants with entertainment that companies such as Disney provide for humans. ”Meanwhile, Keats also wants to explore plants’ sensibilities(敏感性)further. He plans to open a “restaurant for plants” at a Californian museum.One visitor, photographer Abbas Ebrahimi, admired(羡慕)the green audience, “Plants are better than us. We die and go, while in spring they come back each time. ”But when talk ing about the movie, he said after thinking for a few minutes, “It doesn’t mean anything to me at all. It’s just about light. For some people, it might mean something. ”5. What can we learn about Keats according to the passage?A. He is an artist from Harvard University.B. He opened a restaurant for plants.C. He made the film Strange Skies.D. He liked recording Italian skies.6. It can be learned that Strange Skies.A. has already created beautiful soundB. was shot from dawn to duskC. made plants play roles in itD. is the first travel film for plants7. What did Stephen Squibb think of Strange Skies?A. He thought it had explored plants’ sensibilities.B. He thought it meant nothing to him.C. He thought it could keep plants growing.D. He thought it offered entertainment to plants.8. Why did Abbas Ebrahimi admire the green audience?A. Because they die and re-grow in spring.B. Because they mean something to him.C. Because there are more plants than people.D. Because they can enjoy the movie.CLondon, has been selling marbles(弹珠). His successful marble company,Marble King, sells all things marble-related—from affordable tubs of the glassplaythings to significantly expensive items like Duke of York solitairetables-sourced, purchased and processed by the mini-CEO himself.“I like having my own company. I like being the boss, ”Harli told The Mirror.With profits now in the thousands, “the world’s youngest CEO” has had to gethis mother and older brothers to help him meet the growing demand. Harli launched Marble King after swapping marbles at school led to schoolchildren consuming his marble collection. Yes, he literally “lost his marbles”. Harli and his mother, Tina, turned to the Internet to find replacements. Harli saw an empty space online: the marbles he wanted were hard to find. Within months, Harli had his own marble-selling website-and orders started pouring in.Tina says her son’s attachment to marbles started when he was just 6.“His attachment became so passionate that we started calling him the Marble King -so when he wanted to set up a website it was the natural name for it, ”she told The Sun.“I never thought it would become so popular- we are struggling to cope with the number of orders at times. ”The 8-year-old boy has his sights set on expanding his business and launching his own brand of marbles.“Sometimes his ideas are so grand we have to scale them back a bit. But his dream is still to own Britain’s biggest marble shop and open stores around the world, ”Tina told The Daily Mail.“At the moment he is annoying me by creating his own Marble King marbles- so that could well be the next step for him. ”9. Harli’s M arble Company became popular as soon as he launched it because.A. it was run by “the world’s youngest CEO”B. it filled the gap of online marble tradeC. Harli was fascinated with marble collectionD. Harli met the growing demand of the customers10. How many mass media are mentioned in the passage?A. One.B. Two.C. Three.D. Four.11. The underlined expression “scale them back”is closest in meaning to“”.A. hold them downB. carry them outC. set them asideD. clear them away12. What message do the last two paragraphs carry?A. Conflicts often occur between Harli Jordean and his family.B. Harli’s mother and brothers are worried about Marble King’s future.C. Marble King marbles will surely attract more fans around the world.D. The “Marble King” has great ambition for his Marble King company.【拓展训练】1. 阅读A篇文章, 回答下列问题。