阅读理解第一节(建议用时:30分钟)A体裁说明文题材消息的传播词数387Badnewstravelsfast—whenyouwatchtheeveningnewsorreadthemorningpapers,itseemsthatthingsthatgetthemostcoveragearealltragedieslikewars,earthquakes,floods,firesandmurders.Thisistheclassicruleformassmedia.“Theywantyoureyeballsanddon’tcarehowyou’refeeling,”JonahBerger,apsychologistattheUniversityofPennsylvania,theUS,toldTheNewYorkTimes.Butwithsocialmediagettingincreasinglypopular,informationisnowbeingspreadindifferentways,andresearchersarediscoveringnewrules-goodnewscanactuallyspreadfasterandfartherthandisastersandothersadstories.BergerandhiscolleagueKatherineMilkmanlookedatthousandsofarticlesonTheNewYorkTimes’websiteandanalyzedthe“moste-mailed”listforsixmonths.Oneofhisfindingswasthatarticlesinthesciencesectionweremuchmorelikelytomakethelist.Thosestoriesarousedfeelingsofaweandmadethereaderswanttosharethispositiveemotionwithothers.Besidessciencestories,readerswerealsofoundtobelikelytosharearticlesthatwereexcitingorfunny.“Themorepositiveanarticle,themorelikelyitwastobeshared,”Bergerwroteinhisnewbook,Contagious:WhyThingsCatchOn.Forexample,“storiesaboutnewcomersfallinginlovewithNewYorkCity”,hewrites,tendtobesharedmorethan“thedeathofapopularzookeeper”.Thedifferencebetweenthetwoisduetothefactthatthemassmediaprefersnewsthatgetsattention,whilewhenyoushareastorywithyourfriends“youcarealotmoreabouthowtheyreact”,Bergerexplained.Butdoesallthisgoodnewsactuallymaketheaudiencefeelbetter?Notnecessarily.AccordingtoastudybyresearchersatHarvardUniversity,peopletendtosaymorepositivethingsaboutthemselveswhenthey’retalkingtoabiggeraudience,ratherthanjustoneperson,whichhelpsexplainalltheperfectvacationsthatkeepshowinguponmicroblogs.This,researchersfound,makespeoplethinkthatlifeisunfairandthatthey’relesshappythantheir“friends”.Butnoworries.There’saquickandeasywaytorelievethedepressionyougetfromviewingotherpeople’sseeminglyperfectlives-turnonthetelevisionandwatchthenews.Thereisalwayssomeonedoingworsethanyouare.1.Whydomassmedialiketoreportbadnewsaccordingtothearticle?A.Theywanttoattracttheattentionofreaders.B.Theycarealotabouthowreadersreact.C.Theythinkbadnewsspreadsfasterthangoodnews.D.Theywanttoshowconcernforpeopleindisaster-hitareas.2.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaboutBerger’sandhiscolleague’sstudy?A.Theyfoundthatarticlesonsciencearemorelikelytobeshared.B.Sadnewstendedtoarousetheaudience’sfeelingsofaweandsympathy.C.Itwasaimedatfindingoutwhethermassmediashouldcovermoretragedies.D.Goodnewsusuallyhelpstheaudiencerelievetheirnegativeemotions.3.Wecanconcludefromthelastthreeparagraphsthat.A.watchingnewsisgoodforpeople’shealthB.peopleshouldn’tbejealousoftheirfriendsC.sharinggoodnewswithfriendswilldoubleyourhappinessD.peoplemightnotbeashappyastheysuggestontheirmicroblogs4.What’sthearticlemainlyabout?A.Whybadnewsiscoveredmostoften.B.Whygoodnewsspreadsfasterthanbadnews.C.Howpeoplereactdifferentlytobadandgoodnews.D.Whichkindofnewsmakestheaudiencefeelbetter.B体裁广告题材介绍图书词数443NewAnnotatedSherlockHolmesbyArthurConanDoylePrice:￡28.00PublicationDate:30/11/2010Publisher’sDescription:CollectDoyle’sfifty-sixclassicshortstories,arrangedintheorderinwhichtheyappearedinlate-nineteenth-and-early-twentieth-centurybookeditions,inasetcomplementedbyfournovels,editorbiographiesofDoyle,Holmes,andWatsonaswellasliteraryandculturalde...
