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They are usually organized with the help of the Internet or other digital communications networks. The messages may be sent to friends, who send to more people. At a predetermined time, they gather and perform some activities such as exchanging books, coming together to look at the sky, waving their hands and yelling something at the top of their voice for 30 seconds. Then, they quickly disappear before the police can arrive. Using mobile phones, the flash mob can change its place if the first one has been cancelled for any reason.
Bill Wasik, senior editor of Harper"s Magazine, organized the first flash mob in Manhattan in May 2003 and the first successful flash mob gathered on June 3,2003. Wasik claimed that he created the flash mob as a social experiment designed to laugh at fashion seekers and stress the cultural atmosphere of wanting to be an insider or part of “the next big thing”.
Flash mob gatherings can sometimes shock people. Such an activity might seem amusing and magical, but it also might frighten people who are not aware of what is taking place. Undoubtedly, flash mob can serve as good political tools and have great potential, such as using to advertise a product.
The flash mob is now becoming more and more popular. People use it to do many things. Flash mobs give people from all walks of life an opportunity to come together to create a memory.
小题1:What is NOT the feature of the flash mob?
A.It can get together quickly. |
B.It can change its place freely. |
C.It can do activities suddenly. |
D.It can injure people seriously. |
①By using the Internet.②By writing letters.③By yelling.④By waving hands.⑤By using mobile phones.
⑥By holding a meeting.
A.③④ | B.①⑤ | C.②⑥ | D.⑤⑥ |
A.To advertise some products. |
B.To help people make friends. |
C.To laugh at fashion seekers. |
D.To create some memories. |
A.Bill Wasik organized the first successful flash mob in May, 2003. |
B.People are encouraged to take a more active part in an activity. |
C.Flash mobs tend to do something illegal for a short time. |
D.Flash mob gathering can frighten all the people present. |
答案
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:B
解析
小题1:答案:D 细节理解题。根据文章的第一段最后一句“Actually,a flash mob is a group of people who gather suddenly...and then quickly disappear.”和第二段最后一句“Using mobile phones,the flash mob can change its place if the first one has been cancelled for any reason.”可知,D项不是快闪族的特点,故答案选D项。
小题2:答案:B 细节理解题。根据文章第二段第一句“They are usually organized with the help of the Internet or other digital communications networks.”和第二段最后一句“Using mobile phones...”可知,答案B符合文意。
小题3:答案:C 细节理解题。根据文章第三段最后一句“Wasik claimed that he created the flash mob as a social experiment designed to laugh at fashion seekers...”可知,答案C项符合文意。
小题4:答案:B 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段最后一句“Flash mobs give people from all walks of life an opportunity to come together to create a memory.”可推知:人们由此被鼓励积极参与活动,故答案B符合文意。
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试题【If you see a group of people dancing and singing on the street or in the railway】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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For example,someone might say, ""I just won a hundred.dollars on the lottery(彩票).It was great.I took that dollar ticket back to the store and turned it in for one hundred dollars!".This guy"s a winner,right? Maybe,maybe not.We then discover that he bought$200 worth of tickets, and only one was a winner.He’s really a big loser! He didn"t say anything that was false,but he left out important information on purpose.That"s called a half-truth.Half truths are not technically lies,but they are just as dishonest.
Some politicians often use this trick.Let’s say that during Governor Smith’s last term,her state lost one million jobs and gained three million jobs.Then she seeks another term.One of her opponents says, “During Governor Smith’s term,the state lost one million jobs!” That’s true.However,an honest statement would have been,“During Governor Smith’s term, the state had a net gain of two million jobs.”
Advertisers will sometimes use half-truths.It"s against the law to make false statements so they try to mislead you with the truth.An advertisement might say,""Nine out of ten doctors advised their patients to take Yucky Pills to cure toothache."" It fails to mention that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Yucky Company.
This kind of deception happens too often.It’s a sad fact of life:Lies are lies,and sometimes the truth can 1ie as well.
小题1:The underlined word“opponents”in Paragraph 3 means .
A.enemy | B.partner | C.cooperator | D.assistant |
A.buy lottery tickets if possible |
B.make use of half-truths |
C.be careful about what they are told |
D.not trust the Yucky Company |
A.One. | B.Two. | C.Three. | D.Four. |
A.Using half truths is against the law. |
B.Technically,half truths are in fact lies. |
C.Yucky Pills is a very good medicine for toothache. |
D.Governor Smith did a good job during her last term. |
A.He’s really a big loser! |
B.Sometimes the truth can lie as well. |
C.Advertisers will sometimes use half truths. |
D.It’s against the law to make false statements. |
In case anyone needed proof, a new study supports the widely held perception:Famous people are more narcissistic(自我陶醉的),which means they are more in love with themselves than the average person is.That is the conclusion drawn by Drew Pinsky and S.Mark Young of the University of Southern California,whose study of 200 celebrities will appear in the Journal Of Research in Personality.
It is not the entertainment industry that turns stars into narcissists,the study found.Rather, it suggests,the self-adoring(自恋的)people seek jobs in show business.The study, whose subjects were a11 celebrities from Pinsky’s‘Loveline’radio show, found that reality TV stars were the most narcissistic of all celebrities.Female stars were also more likely than the male stars to exhibit narcissistic characteristics.
It’s “common sense” that celebrities are narcissists,said Jeremy Ritzlin,a longtime Hollywood psychologist who has not seen the study.“Everyone knows famous people are really in love with themselves,”he said.“So it would be natural for narcissists to be attracted toward the stage and spotlight,where other people will also think highly of them.”
Pinsky, an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at USC’S Keck School of Medicine,said narcissists desire attention,are overconfident,behave strangely and lack sympathy.“However, they are easily-liked,especially on first meeting,are outgoing and perform well in public,” added Pinsky, who has hosted the radio show“Loveline”for 20 years.
Celebrity guests appearing on the program were randomly chosen to participate in the study.They anonymously(匿名地)took the Narcissistic Personality Inventory test.which rates self-love levels based on seven components:superiority, exhibitionism,entitlement,vanity,authority, exploitativeness,and self-sufficiency.
小题1:Who are most likely to be self-adoring in the study?
A.The women stars. | B.The men stars |
C.The average people. | D.It is not mentioned in the passage. |
A.is common in the entertainment industry |
B.is a misunderstanding of Jeremy Ritzlin |
C.is known to most of the people |
D.is unreal on the stage |
A.hope to attract attention |
B.be kind to poor people |
C.believe in themselves |
D.be liked by others easily |
A.They were interviewed by Drew Pinsky and S.Mark Young. |
B.They were invited to the University of Southern California. |
C.They appeared on Pinsky’s‘Loveline’radio show. |
D.They took the Narcissistic Personality Inventory test. |
A.how psychologists make a study |
B.how entertainment industry produces celebrities |
C.how people think of the famous stars |
D.how celebrities feel about themselves |
No one will really be shocked一except, perhaps, the old-timers who tell about the good old days when gas was three gallons for a dollar, and people drove around "just for the fun of it".
As a matter of fact; the price of gas has been rising fast and steadily for several years, and many adjustments have already been made.
There was, for a time, considerable unemployment in the auto industry, and three quarters of the garages and service stations have gone out of business. However; the bicycle and motor-scooter business has flourished(兴旺); and many people have found employment there: Now that Federal Motors has brought out its new Lilliput, which travels forty miles on a gallon, the auto business is picking up again. The factories that haven"t switched over to two-wheel transportation are working on their new smaller models. There is talk, too, about bringing out new steam and electric automobiles that will be just as economical as the old cars.
In the meantime, streetcars are gradually replacing buses all over the country because of the greater economy of electric power. And many people who have seldom used public transportation are now riding the streetcars while their automobiles rust(生锈)in their garages. There"s no market at all for their big, luxurious cars, for only the wealthy can now afford to operate them. Many people are now shopping in their own neighborhood, and small businesses are thriving.
Ministers, educators, and editorial writers are pointing out that there has been a great improvement in family life. Families now stay at home more for their fun, and children and parents are becoming better acquainted. The stores report a booming business in parlor games, hobby materials, books, musical instruments and albums.
People have lost their pale indoor look. The revival of the lost art of walking has brought a healthy pink back to many a cheek. This return to the heels has revolutionized the clothing styles; people now need to be ready for all kinds of weather:
These conditions, however, may not last. Already our clever chemists are at work on new synthetic fuels which, they say, will put us right back where we were一on wheels. Shall w e wish them success or not?
小题1:Which of the following is NOT a result of the gas price rising?
A.More people prefer to travel on public transportation which costs less than driving cars. |
B.People return to the traditional exercise of walking, which helps them to look healthier. |
C.People shop in nearby stores without having to drive, so small businesses are declining. |
D.The auto industry has been forced to develop new models which are more economical. |
A.to show the chain reaction of the rising gas price |
B.to discuss whether it"s necessary to work on new fuels |
C.to warn people not to use too much gasoline |
D.to picture what life will be like if gas runs out |
A.New fuels on the way |
B.Cars or bicycles, that is a question |
C.End of the good old days |
D.From wheels to heels |
Micro bloggers:have you ever compared the number of fans on your Sina Weibo or Tencent micro blog with those of your friends ?Don’t imagine you have more fans just because your number is bigger——some of them might be “zombie fans”,or fake(假的)followers.
That’s what Chen Chuanliang ,creator of Leijian Network,found when he bet against his friend several months ago.Chen,who used to do data mining for Microsoft Asia Research Institute,discovered that there were far more invalid(无效的)micro blog accounts than he had imagined.
Later Chen picked 1 0 users on Sina Weibo and analyzed their statistics.Kai-Fu Lee,the former CEO of Google China,who’s on Chen’s list of research,posted a message on his micro blog after he found out that he had more than 1 million fake fans(out of about 5 million),joking“I have 1 million zombie fans ?If united,we can finally defeat those plants.”
According to a report by S Weekly in March,zombie fans on micro blogs are defined as invalid accounts signed up by network companies for the purpose of increasing the number of fans for certain users and getting them more attention.
And this kind of fake followers are also very much alive on Western social networks such as Twitter and Facebook .
The Financial Times reported in August,that Newt Gingrich,a Republican candidate in the US presidential election,bought about 80 percent of his 1.3 million Twitter followers and tried to use them as help in his campaign.
Now there are also business deals through which users can get hundreds of thousands of fans for their micro blog accounts,by paying a small amount of money.
“We have been working to find ways to block or delete those invalid accounts,”Mao Taotao,a spokesperson for Sina Weibo told S Weekly.
“But as the fake accounts grow so fast,they’re going to be here for a while.
小题1:Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?
A.Micro Bloggers | B.Blog Accounts |
C.Zombie Fans | D.Micro Blog Fans |
A.making friends with people |
B.paying a little money |
C.helping their weibo followers |
D.doing search on the Internet |
A.there are more fake fans in America than in China |
B.invalid accounts for micro blogs will be deleted in no time |
C.there exist many fake fans on western social networks as well |
D.Newt Gingrich had 1.3 millions followers in his presidential election |
A.deals’ | B.fans’ | C.campaigns’ | D.users’ |
While repeated performance of Jingle Bells may seem like an innocent attempt to raise customers’ spirits during the nightmare of Christmas shopping, the songs also have a more delicate impact.
“Background music, or “Muzak”,can be used by marketers to impose cultures ---such as the commercialization of Christmas--- onto consumers and influence their behaviour,” experts said.
Dr. Alan Bradshaw of Royal Holloway, University of London, said, “Festive jingles are force-fed to Christmas shoppers in a bid to change their mood, influence their sense of time and what sort of products they buy. In other words, this is an attempt to control your shopping habits in a way that you might hardly be aware of.”
“Often we are told that we have the freedom to choose where we want to shop, but during Christmas the use of music in this way is so common that our freedom to choose disappears.”
Dr. Bradshaw and Prof Morris Holbrook of Columbia University examined the phenomenon and found that retailers often “dumb down” the music played in shops to relax customers, meaning it is easier to control their behaviour.
It is thought that slowing down the rhythm of music in shops can trick customers into thinking less time has passed, and therefore spend more time examining the shelves, for example.
Some providers of background music have been known to promote their services by claiming they can boost profits by controlling the behaviour of customers.
“A common trick is to take a popular current song and record an instrumental version which can be slowed down or sped up at different time of the day to influence behaviour in different ways,” Dr. Bradshaw said.
Background music is often classed as “Muzak” in honor of the Seattle-based company which began producing its soft-sounding melodies in the 1930s.
小题1:According to Dr. Bradshaw, in what ways does Christmas music influence customers?
①their mood ②their income
③their sense of time ④ the sort of products they buy
A.①②③ | B.①③④ | C.②③④ | D.①②④ |
A.let customers spend more time shopping |
B.make customers and sales assistants relaxed |
C.let customers enjoy the beautiful music |
D.help customers find what they really want |
A.Classical music | B.Popular modern songs. |
C.Folk songs. | D.Jazz music. |
A.Music makes happy Christmas |
B.Christmas “Muzak” |
C.How to make Christmas music? |
D.Christmas music makes us spend more |
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