1、t care how youre feeling.But when you share a story with your friends, you care a lot more how they react.You dont want them to think of you as a Debbie Downer.” Researchers analyzing wordofmouth communicationemails,Web posts and reviews, facetoface conversationsfound that it tended to be more posit
2、ive than negative(消极的), but that didnt 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: thousan
3、ds of articles on The New York Times website.He and a Penn colleague analyzed the “most emailed” list for six months.One of his first finds was that articles in the science section were much more likely to make the list than nonscience articles.He found that science amazed Times readers and made the
4、m 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 t
5、o 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.”文章大意:本文讲述了科学家对大众传媒的新发现:好消息比坏消息传得更快、更远,越积极乐观的信息越容易被大众分享。What do the classic rules mentioned in the text apply to?_A_ANews reports. BResearch papers.CPrivat
6、e emails. DDaily conversations.解析:考查细节理解。根据第一段的内容尤其是“Those are the classic rules for the evening broadcasts and the morning papers”可知,新闻报道惯常报道坏消息来吸引人们的眼球。What can we infer about people like Debbie Downer?_C_ATheyre socially inactive.BTheyre good at telling stories.CTheyre inconsiderate of others.DTh
7、eyre careful with their words.考查推理判断。根据第二段可知,大众传媒想要吸引你的眼球而不关心你的内心感受,但是当你和朋友分享故事时,你对他们的反应要关心得多,你不希望他们把你看作Debbie Downer。由此可以推断,Debbie Downer和大众传媒是一样的,不会去关心他人的感受,故选C项,inconsiderate意为“不为别人着想的,不考虑他人的”。Which tended to be the most emailed according to Dr.Bergers research?_B_ASports news. BScience articles.
8、CPersonal accounts. DFinancial reviews.根据第三段中的“One of his first finds was that articles in the science section were much more likely to make the list than nonscience articles”可知,选B项。What can be a suitable title for the text?_D_ASad Stories Travel Far and Wide.BOnline News Attracts More People.CReadi
9、ng Habits Change with the Times.DGood News Beats Bad on Social Networks.考查标题判断。本文第一段的最后一句概括了文章的主要内容:通过追踪人们的电子邮件和网上的帖子,科学家已经发现好消息要比坏消息传得更快更远。下文是对这一发现的具体介绍,故选D项。(2016高考训练)阅读下列材料,从每题所给的选项中选出最佳选项。体裁:记叙文话题:环境保护词数:300时间:5With an eye for style and a heart for the environment, 18yearold Alexis Giger launche
10、d a doityourself blog aimed at “reducing your environmental impact fashionably”The idea was sparked (激发) by the ecology unit in her biology class at Charlotte Latin School last year,she said, which taught her about issues like deforestation and habitat destruction.“I started thinking about what I co
11、uld do to stop the wastefulness in my immediate community,” the fashion lover said.“The blog, , aims to make reusing thrift store (旧货店) finds or last seasons pieces easy and fashionable while cutting down on the resources consumed by garment production,” Alexis said.Through online research, she disc
12、overed that a simple cottonTshirt takes more than 700 gallons of water to make.“It made me realize that the fashion industry consumes huge amounts of natural resources as it relies on producing garments quickly and in large supplymany of the garments are only intended to be worn three or four times,
13、” she said.Alexis had a number of tools to help her get started.Her mom, Kimberly, taught her to sew when she was 5.Her grandmother taught her to crochet (钩边) around the same time.Alexis said she also gained technical knowledge and inspiration from her parttime job at a clothing company that creates theater wardrobes for schools and drama productions.Prior to the blog launch, she spent several months illustrating “recycling” projects by creating photo tutorials.Though Ecouturier hasnt been online long, shes been getting positive feedback“Ive had
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