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Unit 1 The Mass Media
分层跟踪检测(一)
Ⅰ.阅读理解(共11小题;每小题2.5分,满分27.5分)
A
Job for You!
Family Alliance Meal Delivery
Family Alliance is looking for people who can deliver hot Chinese meals one to two times a week to people with disabilities in north suburban Fairfield County.
All applicants must have a driver’s license and access to a car.Gas costs will be covered for each delivery.
Working hours:10 am to 1 pm Tuesdays and Fridays
For more information, contact Charles Chen at 740-6668988.
Lancaster Design
We provide full furnishings, like donated kitchen equipment and furniture items, for the new homes of people who were once homeless.
We need people who can work at our warehouse(仓库) sorting and packing items to be delivered to families, repairing donated furniture and more.Candidates will be matched with a task based on skill sets.
Interested?Submit your application to our website or call at 740-6119735.
Lancaster Weekly
Would you like the opportunity to earn extra cash close to home?If so,we have a vacancy in our team which would suit you.
Both adults and youngsters aged 13+ are required to deliver our newspapers. You may have to cover some distance.Bicycles are available if needed.
Working hours:8 am to 10 am Saturdays
For more information call at 740-6538360.
Parkview Nursing Home
Caregivers are wanted.We seek people who are patient and caring, and who have experience and interests in working with older adults.
As part of the package, initial and follow-up training sessions are provided and accommodation is available if required.
For more details, visit us at Unit 3 Park View Lane or contact Ellen White at 740-6968399.
1.Which job requires a driver’s license?
A.Delivering meals.
B.Delivering newspapers.
C.Working at the warehouse.
D.Working at the nursing home.
2.A middle school student is most likely to be hired by .
A.Family Alliance Meal Delivery
B.Lancaster Design
C.Lancaster Weekly
D.Parkview Nursing Home
3.Which number should you call if you want to work with the elderly?
A.740-6668988. B.740-6119735.
C.740-6538360. D.740-6968399.
B
Each post on Twitter(the current name is X) or Tweet to this online social network can run no more than 140 characters.Explaining a scientific concept in only 140 characters can be almost impossible.
Ryan Becker teaches physical science.He didn’t discover Twitter until 2011, when he attended a technology conference that included a session on using the network to connect with other teachers.“I knew nothing about Twitter or Meta,” he recalls.“But the description sounded interesting.”
Becker soon realized that he didn’t want to limit Twitter to teachers interacting with other educators.“I thought,‘Why can’t kids realize all of these uses?’” And to find out, he began including Twitter into his classes.
Becker’s school provides all of its students with netbooks.Becker lets the kids set up Twitter accounts.For kids who do get accounts, Becker makes sure those accounts are protected.By that he means each student has to approve all followers, and his or her tweets will not be available to people outside that protected-follower list.
Once his class had signed up, Becker had them tweet during class time.He used Twitter himself to share science videos and articles with his students as he ran across them—things he might not have had time to load and share during class periods.
“One of my big reasons for using Twitter is that I try to get students to connect science to their own lives,” he says.
Becker stresses that his use of Twitter is only in the classroom.“Usually, if I’m asking them to use it, I’m giving them time in class,” he notes.“It’s not meant to supplant(代替) classroom learning.It’s meant to complement and extend it.”
“But teachers will need to be careful that the students who use Twitter in class don’t have their horizons expanded too broadly,” says DeRosier.“If inappropriate things end up filling students’ feeds, the teachers may pay the price,” she warns, because “When things go wrong on the Internet, they go catastrophically wrong.” She recalls the case of a high school teacher who was filmed using Twitter with his class.
4.What role does Becker’s Twitter play in his class?
A.To connect with his students easily.
B.To engage students in meaningful science.
C.To explain scientific concepts briefly.
D.To replace classroom learning with Twitter.
5.How does Becker protect his students’ Twitter accounts?
A.They accept their parents as followers.
B.Their tweets are open to all followers.
C.All students but others follow their tweets.
D.They can tweet only 140 characters.
6.What can we infer from what DeRosier said?
A.Teachers should mind the content on Twitter.
B.Teachers will pay for the cost of using Twitter.
C.Teachers shouldn’t film students with Twitter.
D.Teachers need to end students’ feeds suitably.
7.What is the main idea of the text?
A.Students learn about Twitter at class.
B.Twitter comes into the life of students.
C.Science is easily spread on Twitter.
D.A teacher invites Twitter into the classroom.
C
Why should I stay off Meta and other social media when I am involved in a lawsuit or personal injury case? Social media has become an important part of our everyday lives.Meta, Instagram, and other social media have changed the way we communicate with friends, family, and colleagues.Many of us use these platforms to post opinions, show off our achievements, or show our opinions on public affairs.
This means that social media is public information and can be used against you.Lawyers can use social media as evidence.They often look for pictures and posts that could potentially disprove your injury claim.Your posts can still be found even if your information is private when the posts potentially are related to your case.The court may determine that your public posts may lead to admissible evidence.They will not require you to provide all of your information, but only what they think is related.Defense lawyers wish to prove that the injured party, physically, emotionally, or financially, is lying about their injuries.
Even posting about your emotions can discount your claim greatly.Say, you are suing(起诉) someone for your pain and suffering because you are depressed, yet you post pictures of yourself smiling and you have quoted “Life is good” attached to the photo.If and when the defense lawyers get a hold of the posts, your pain and suffering claim may not hold up in court.
Most people only post about the good times on social media, rarely about the hardships and misfortunes.Insurance companies are allowed to follow you and gather information as evidence.Social media makes it easier.Before social media, insurance companies and lawyers had to hire investigators to follow people around to spy on them.Social media makes this entirely a lot easier.
If you have posted content related to your claim, you must not change evidence.Deleting your account would be considered you’re destroying evidence and that will affect your case.The best practice would be to stay off social media until your case has come to a close.
8.Why does the writer begin the passage with a question?
A.To describe the drawback of Meta.
B.To provide the background information.
C.To give his argument and attract readers.
D.To stress the function of the social media.
9.What does the underlined word “admissible” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A.Acceptable. B.Final.
C.Powerful. D.Equal.
10.What’s the writer’s attitude towards social media?
A.Supportive. B.Cautious.
C.Disapproval. D.Indifferent.
11.What does the underlined “it” in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A.Social media.
B.The hardship.
C.An insurance company.
D.To follow you and gather information.
Ⅱ.七选五(共5小题;每小题2.5分,满分12.5分)
My husband and I made an agreement to help each other stay off social media platforms as much as possible.We left our accounts up instead of deleting them,but consciously stopped using them. 12 Now, I’m glad to report that they have worked.
Tired of being the last to hear of things,we downloaded a few news-specific apps that provide timely information. 13 Instead of relying on articles shared by my friends, I now have access to a steady stream of headlines that cover a far broader range than my pre-specified interests.
Staying updated on our social circle has also been a more conscious effort.Previously,I was kept up-to-the-minute on engagements,weddings,new jobs and babies through updates and pictures.Without social media,I now learn of these important events only when actually meeting the people involved.
14 The effort taken to sit down and write is far more challenging,but when I do take the time to keep a journal,my reflections go far deeper.
I still log in occasionally. 15 Based on the screen time tracked by my phone,I used to spend an average of over 24 hours a week on various social media platforms.That is down to just 20 minutes every month now,freeing up a great deal of time for sleep,hobbies and offline interactions.
16 I might know less about my acquaintances(泛泛之交) now,but have more time to keep directly in touch with my closest friends.Walking home last week,I was greeted by a dramatic purple-pink sunset.I would have immediately reached for my phone a year ago.Now,it is enough to simply watch it darken into the night.
A.Overall,I’m glad to have made the change.
B.I bought myself a diary again after many years.
C.We have made a few adjustments in our daily life.
D.This has also widened the range of news I keep up with.
E.I do miss the convenience of using social media to record and reflect.
F.However,social media now plays a much less important role in my life.
G.I didn’t realize how programmed I had become to constantly use the app.
Ⅲ.语法填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
Oxford University Press(OUP),publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary,named “rizz” the word of the year for 2023.
“Rizz 17. (choose) by the language experts at OUP as an interesting example of how language can be formed,shaped,and shared within communities,before 18. (pick) up more widely,” OUP said in a press release.“It speaks to how younger generations create spaces—online or in person—19. they own and define the language they use.”
OUP said it’s likely that more words from social media and the Internet culture will be used in everyday language over time.
Words and phrases 20. (share) via social media and catching 21. so quickly that they are surpassing previous linguistic trends and are becoming the mainstream much more quickly.
“The spike(猛增) in usage data for rizz goes to prove that words and phrases that evolve from the Internet culture are 22. (increasing) becoming part of the day-to-day vernacular(方言) and will continue to shape language 23. (trend) in the future,” Oxford Languages President Casper Grathwohl said in a statement.
OUP said the word is believed to be 24. shortened form of the word charisma,taken from the middle part of the word.Similar examples include refrigerator 25. (become) fridge and influenza,commonly called flu.
Rizz can also be used as a verb.To “rizz up” means to attract, seduce(引诱) 26. chat up a person, OUP said.
参考答案
Ⅰ.【语篇导读】本文是一篇应用文。文章刊登了四则招工广告。
1.A 细节理解题。根据Family Alliance Meal Delivery广告中“All applicants must have a driver’s license and access to a car.”可知,第一则广告招聘外卖送餐工,并要求应聘者有驾照。
2.C 细节理解题。根据Lancaster Weekly广告中“Both adults and youngsters aged 13+ are required to deliver our newspapers.”可知,中学生(13+)也有可能会被Lancaster Weekly雇用。
3.D 细节理解题。根据Parkview Nursing Home广告中“We seek people who are patient and caring,and who have experience and interests in working with older adults.”可知,Parkview Nursing Home招聘照顾老人的员工,电话是740-6968399。
【语篇导读】本文是一篇新闻报道。文章报道了一名物理老师在接触到Twitter(现用名X)等社交媒体后将Twitter引入了课堂,向学生分享有关科学的文章、视频等,帮助学生与科学建立联系。
4.B 细节理解题。根据第五、六段内容可知,Becker在课堂上用推特分享科学的文章、视频等,让学生们把科学和他们自己的生活联系起来,这让学生参与了有意义的科学。
5.C 细节理解题。根据第四段最后一句话可知,Becker让所有学生互相关注,而他们发布的帖子只有关注的人可以看到。
6.A 推理判断题。根据最后一段内容可推断,老师应该注意推特上的内容。
7.D 主旨大意题。纵观全文可知,本文介绍了一名物理老师将推特引入了课堂,向学生分享有关科学的文章、视频等,帮助学生与科学建立联系。所以D项是文章主旨。
【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。文章阐述了在涉及诉讼或人身伤害赔偿案件期间,为什么应避免使用Meta等社交媒体的原因。
8.C 推理判断题。作者以问题开头,目的是提出“涉及诉讼或人身伤害案件时应远离社交媒体”的论点,并吸引读者注意,对应C项。A项“描述Meta的缺点”、B项“提供背景信息”、D项“强调社交媒体功能”均不符合文意。
9.A 词义猜测题。根据上下文,律师可将社交媒体内容作为证据,法庭会认定相关公开帖子为“可接受的”证据,“admissible”意为“可接受的”,对应A项。
10.B 推理判断题。作者全文强调社交媒体在诉讼中的风险,建议谨慎对待(远离),态度是“谨慎的(Cautious)”,对应B项。A项“支持的”、C项“反对的(过于绝对)”、D项“冷漠的”均不符合文意。
11.D 代词指代题。根据“it”所在句“Social media makes it easier.”承接上文“Insurance companies are allowed to follow you and gather information as evidence.”,故“it”指代“follow you and gather information(跟踪你并收集信息)”,对应D项。
Ⅱ.【语篇导读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者和丈夫达成了一项协议,要帮助彼此尽可能远离社交媒体平台。
12.C 根据上文“My husband...using them.”以及下文“Now, I’m glad...worked.”可知,上文提到作者和丈夫帮助彼此尽可能远离社交媒体平台,有意识地停止使用它们,可见本句承接上文,总结他们在生活中做了一些调整,C选项中a few adjustments对应下文中they。
13.D 根据上文“Tired of being...information.”以及下文“Instead of...interests.”可知,本句承接上文,说明他们下载新闻应用程序的结果:拓宽了所关注的新闻的范围。
14.B 根据下文“The effort...deeper.”可知,作者开始花时间写日记了,B选项中diary对应下文中journal。
15.F 根据上文“I still log in occasionally.”以及下文“Based on...interactions.”可知,作者现在每个月只有20分钟时间在社交平台上,说明社交媒体如今在作者的生活中不再那么重要了,故F选项符合语境。
16.A 根据下文“I might know...the night.”可知,下文的内容表明作者对自己减少了使用社交媒体的改变很满意,故A选项符合语境。
Ⅲ.【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了“rizz”这一词背后的意义和反映出的社会现象。
17.was chosen 考查动词的时态、语态和主谓一致。主语与谓语构成被动关系,且结合语境可知,发生在过去用一般过去时的被动语态,主语为Rizz,谓语用单数。故填was chosen。
18.being picked 考查非谓语动词。作介词的宾语,应用动词-ing形式,且pick与language构成被动关系,应用being done形式。故填being picked。
19.where 考查定语从句。定语从句修饰先行词spaces,在从句作地点状语。故填where。
20.are being shared 考查动词的时态、语态和主谓一致。主语与谓语构成被动关系,根据下文they are surpassing可知,为现在进行时的被动语态,主语为Words and phrases,谓语用复数。故填are being shared。
21.on 考查介词。表示“流行起来”短语为catch on。故填on。
22.increasingly 考查副词。修饰动词become应用副词increasingly,表示“日益增长地”,故填increasingly。
23.trends 考查名词的数。trend为可数名词,上文无冠词,表示数量大于一,应用复数形式。故填trends。
24.a 考查冠词。form为可数名词,此处为泛指,且shortened是发音以辅音音素开头的单词。故填a。
25.becoming 考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构可知,refrigerator与become为主动关系,用现在分词作定语。故填becoming。
26.or 考查连词。此处表示选择关系,应用连词or,表示吸引、引诱或搭讪某人。故填or。
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