Unit 4 Making the news

　　Ⅰ.閱讀理解

　　A

　　(2024·江西省八所重點中學(xué)高三聯(lián)考)

　　Bobbi Kristina Brown's family has been gathered around her since she was hospitalized on Saturday after being found unconscious in the bathtub of her suburban Atlanta townhome.

　　Whitney Houston's only child is now at Emory University Hospital and is still fighting for her life, as a family statement said on Monday.

　　Nothing has changed, despite reports that are popping up and painting a more serious picture.

　　Fox News reported Wednesday that the situation is horrific. “It's now a matter of when the family wants to let go and accept that she's pretty much not going to make it，” a source told FOX411. “They've left it up to the family as to how long they want to keep her alive.”

　　People Magazine is also reporting that a doctor told Brown's family on Wednesday that nothing more could be done. “Everyone is coming to the hospital to say goodbye，” said a family member.

　　And the Daily Mail says Brown has been taken off life support.

　　But Bobby Brown issued a statement late Thursday denying these reports.

　　“If we issued a statement every time the media published a false report regarding this matter, that's all we would be doing 24 hours a day. This is false, just as is the vast majority of the other reporting that is currently taking place，” he said, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

　　A source close to the family tells USA TODAY that it's wrong to say the family is gathering to say goodbye, because the family has been there since the beginning, so nothing is any different today for them.

　　Also, Brown is “not brain dead，” as has been reported.

　　And, as for other stories saying that the Houston family is feuding with Bobbi Kristina's dad, Bobby Brown? Those aren't true either. They “are NOT fighting，” says our source.

　　文章大意：本文主要講Kristina病危，幾家報社的報道都失真，一家人仍在祈禱出現(xiàn)奇跡。

　　1．According to Fox News, Bobbi Kristina is ________.

　　A．within an inch of life B．on the way to success

　　C．left aside by her family

　　D．in a good state

　　答案： A　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第四段可知選A。within an inch of life半死；on the way to success在成功的路上；left aside by her family被家人放在一邊；in a good state狀態(tài)良好。

　　2．Bobby Brown holds the opinion that ________.

　　A．they are busy issuing statements all day

　　B．the family is saying goodbye to Kristina

　　C．he is getting along well with the Houston family

　　D．most journalists are getting the wrong end of the stick.

　　答案：D　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第七段But Bobby Brown issued a statement late Thursday denying these reports.可知Bobby Brown認(rèn)為大部分記者報道失真。故選D。

　　3．Which can be the best title of the passage?

　　A．An Accident In The Bathtub

　　B．Kristina, We're Still Praying And Waiting On A Miracle

　　C．False Reports From Different News Media

　　D．Bobbi Kristina's Final Days

　　答案：B　主旨大意題。通讀文章，并根據(jù)文章的最后一段可知全家人仍在等待奇跡的出現(xiàn)。可知B正確。

　　B

　　(2024·石家莊一模)

　　The Internet is full of headlines that grab your attention with buzzwords (流行術(shù)語). But often when we click through, we find the content hardly delivers and it wastes our time. We close the page, feeling we've been cheated. These types of headlines are called “click bait”．

　　A headline on Business Insider reads: “This phrase will make you seem more polite”. First, when you click through, you find another headline:

　　“Four words to seem more polite”. Then, on reading the article, you find it's actually an essay about sympathy.

　　And what are the four words? They're “Wow, that sounds hard”. On some video websites, you might encounter headlines such as “Here's what happens when six puppies visited a campus”. It turns out that it's just some uneventful dog footage (連續(xù)鏡頭)．

　　Nowadays, with the popularity of social media, many news outlets tweet (推送) click bait links to their stories. These tweets take advantage of the curiosity gap or attempt to draw the reader into a story using a question in the headline. These click bait headlines are so annoying that someone is attempting to save people's time by exposing news outlet click bait through social media. The Twitter account @ SavedYouAClick, run by Jake Beckman, is one such example.

　　Beckman's method is to grab tweets linking to a story and retweet them with a click-saving comment. For example, CNET tweeted “So iOS 8 appears to be jailbreakable but...”， with a link to its coverage of Apple's product announcements. Beckman retweeted it with this comment attached: “... it hasn't been jailbroken yet.”

　　Since founding the account, Beckman's Twitter experiment has brought him more than 131,000 followers. Beckman said, “@ SavedYouAClick is just my way of trying to help the Internet be less terrible.” Asked about his goal, he said, “I'd love to see publishers think about the experience of their readers first. I think there's an enormous opportunity for publishers to provide readers with informative updates that include links so you can click through and read more.”

　　文章大意：當(dāng)今網(wǎng)絡(luò)上充滿了吸引人注意力的標(biāo)題，但是往往存在“陷阱”，這對讀者是一個欺騙，Jack Beckman呼吁出版商應(yīng)該對讀者負(fù)責(zé)。

　　4．The article on Business Insider turns out to be ________.

　　A．useful suggestions on politeness

　　B．a(chǎn)n essay about another topic

　　C．a(chǎn)n article hard to understand

　　D．a(chǎn) link to a video website

　　答案：B　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段的第三句“Then, on reading the article, you find it's actually an essay about sympathy”可知，當(dāng)你讀文章時，你會發(fā)現(xiàn)它實際上是一篇關(guān)于同情心的散文，因此選擇B。

　　5．Why are readers often cheated by tricky headlines?

　　A．Social media has become more popular.

　　B．Readers have questions to be solved.

　　C．Such headlines are fairly attractive.

　　D．There're always stories behind them.

　　答案：C　推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第一段的前兩句“The Internet is full of headlines that grab your attention with buzzwords(流行術(shù)語). But often when we click through, we find the content hardly delivers and it wastes our time”可知，因特網(wǎng)上充滿了吸引人們注意力的流行術(shù)語。由此可推知C項正確。

　　6．Beckman attached his comment to CNET's tweet to ________.

　　A．criticize CNET

　　B．save readers' time

　　C．a(chǎn)dvertise Apple's new product

　　D．tell readers something about iOS 8

　　答案：B　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段的第三句“These click bait headlines are so annoying that someone is attempting to save people's time by exposing news outlet click bait through social media”和第四段的第一句“Beckman's...with a click-saving comment”可知，B項正確。

　　7．In the last paragraph, Beckman appeals that ________.

　　A．publishers should be more responsible for the link

　　B．readers think about their needs before reading

　　C．publishers provide more information for readers

　　D．people work together to make the Internet less terrible

　　答案：A　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一段的“I'd love to see publishers think about the experience of their readers first”可知，出版商應(yīng)該對鏈接更加負(fù)責(zé)，因此選擇A。

　　Ⅱ.七選五

　　根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余項。

　　(2024·東北三省三校第二次聯(lián)合模擬)

　　After the popularity of the Ice Bucket Challenge, another challenge now is hot in India. Indians give rice to their poor neighbors for a charity(慈善) which is called “Rice Bucket Challenge”. __1__ It is about giving a bucket of rice to someone who is in need and taking a picture named “Rice Bucket Challenge” to share online. The aim of the activity is to help the poor and hungry people in India, and the movement's Facebook page has so far clocked up more than 50,000 likes. __2__ The activity was started by Manju Latha Kalanidhi, a 38-year-old journalist, who thought the Ice Bucket Challenge was a little strange. She said, “Hunger is a disease anybody would connect.” The challenge has gained a lot of support with students signing up in Indian Insitute of Management, and more and more people join in it. __3__

　　India is the world's second-biggest rice consumer, with a storage of 21.2 million tons of the grains. __4__ It has suffered with mass hunger, and last year was ranked 63 of 78 countries on the International Food Policy Research Institute's global hunger index. How to participate in this activity? First, pick up a bucket of rice from your home and give it to the neighboring people who are in need.__5__ At last, invite online all your friends and ask them to take up the challenge. It is important to post back on Facebook because it will inspire all your friends to come forward. All the people get together and make a difference!

　　A．Besides, hand the rice bucket over to other people who are in need.

　　B．It is not an activity involving dumping a bucket of rice on someone's head.

　　C．The activity raises the public awareness and charitable donations to agriculture.

　　D．The AirAsia India airline says its staff including senior management will join.

　　E．Then, take a picture and post it on Facebook with “Rice Bucket Challenge”．

　　F．But it is far from enough for this country.

　　G．The initial inspiration came from the ice bucket challenge.

　　文章大意：這是一篇說明文。它講述了“冰桶挑戰(zhàn)”熱爆全球，印度隨后又出現(xiàn)以贈米取代淋冰水的“米桶挑戰(zhàn)”(Rice Bucket Challenge)，希望喚起大眾關(guān)注貧民挨餓的苦況。“米桶挑戰(zhàn)”與“冰桶挑戰(zhàn)”概念相似，但參加者不是要淋米，而是向有需要的人捐出一桶米，拍下照片，再向其他人發(fā)出挑戰(zhàn)。

　　1．B　根據(jù)前后句說的是“米桶挑戰(zhàn)”。因此這里應(yīng)該補(bǔ)充說明“米桶挑戰(zhàn)”。故答案選B“它不是把一桶米飯倒在某人頭上的活動”。

　　2．G　根據(jù)后句說這次活動是由Manu Latha Kalanidhi 發(fā)起的，因此該句應(yīng)介紹這次活動起因，“這次活動最初的啟發(fā)是冰桶挑戰(zhàn)”，故選G。

　　3．D　這個句子前面說“這次活動獲得了許多人的支持．.....”，并且“more and more people join in it”，可知該句應(yīng)填具體哪些人想?yún)⒓樱虼舜鸢高xD印度航空公司亞洲航空說它的職員包括高層管理人員也要參加。

　　4．F　前句說“印度是世界上第二個最大的大米消費者．.....”，又根據(jù)后句說“它已經(jīng)遭受了大規(guī)模的饑餓。”可知該句應(yīng)該是表示轉(zhuǎn)折意義的句子，故選F“但是對于這個國家來說還遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)不夠。”

　　5．E　根據(jù)前句用表示順序的詞“First，...”，后句用了“At last...”描述，因此這句應(yīng)該選E，然后照張相片，發(fā)到臉譜網(wǎng)上，并且注明“米桶挑戰(zhàn)”字樣。

　　Ⅲ.短文改錯

　　假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處錯誤，每句中最多有兩處。錯誤涉及一個單詞的增加，刪除或修改。

　　增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號()，并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

　　刪除：把多余的詞用()劃掉。

　　修改：在錯的詞下畫一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

　　注意：1.每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

　　2. 只允許修改10處，多者(從第11處起)不計分。

　　(2024·河北衡水中學(xué)一模)

　　Dear Mr. Green，

　　I'm very exciting to learn that you will start a magazine together. That sounds great and I definitely agree you on that.

　　Some of the columns that you mention in the letter are really my cup of tea.

　　“Cultural Express” give us a better understanding of the world.

　　Since people from different part of the world have different values, it's necessary to learn from each another.

　　Apart from that, Blurt Out is pretty good for Chinese students to learn English idioms and improving oral English.

　　“Entertainment”

　　is also cool! The popular singers,

　　actors or celebrities are so attractively that you absolutely can't miss this part.

　　Teenagers are to fond of popular things, too.

　　Well, I can't list more. I really can't wait to read this magazine.

　　Yours

　　Li Ming

　　答案：

　　Dear Mr. Green，

　　I'm very

　　to learn that you will start a magazine together. That sounds great and I definitely agree

　　you on that.

　　Some of the columns that you

　　in the letter are really my cup of tea.

　　“Cultural Express”

　　us a better understanding of the world.

　　Since people from different

　　of the world have different values, it's necessary to learn from each .

　　Apart from that, Blurt Out is pretty good for Chinese students to learn English idioms and

　　oral English.

　　“Entertainment”

　　is also cool! The popular singers,

　　actors

　　celebrities are so

　　that you absolutely can't miss this part.

　　Teenagers are to fond of popular things, too.

　　Well, I can't list more. I really can't wait to read this magazine.

　　Yours

　　Li Ming

　　1．命題立意：考查形容詞。

　　解析：exciting→excited　根據(jù)主語是I，應(yīng)是感到激動的，應(yīng)用excited。故exciting改為excited。

　　2．命題立意：考查介詞。

　　解析：agree后加with　agree為不及物動詞，后跟人時應(yīng)加with，故agree后加with。

　　3．命題立意：考查時態(tài)。

　　解析：mention→mentioned　根據(jù)語境應(yīng)用一般過去時，故mention改為mentioned。

　　4．命題立意：考查主謂一致。

　　解析：give→gives 　句子的主語Cultural Express為單數(shù)，謂語動詞應(yīng)用單數(shù)第三人稱。故give改為gives。

　　5．命題立意：考查名詞。

　　解析：part→parts　根據(jù)part的修飾詞是different應(yīng)用part的復(fù)數(shù)形式。故part→parts。

　　6．命題立意：考查代詞。

　　解析：another→other　根據(jù)詞組each other“互相”。故another改為other。

　　7．命題立意：考查動詞。

　　解析：improving→improve　improve與前文的learn是并列的不定式，后一個省去to，應(yīng)用動詞原形。故improving改為improve。

　　8．命題立意：考查連詞。

　　解析：or→and　or前后的名詞是并列關(guān)系，不是選擇關(guān)系。故or→and。

　　9．命題立意：考查形容詞。

　　解析：attractively→attractive　根據(jù)前文的are，應(yīng)是形容詞作表語。故attractively→ attractive。

　　10．命題立意：考查介詞。

　　解析：fond前去掉to　根據(jù)詞組be fond of喜歡，fond是形容詞。故去掉to。