Unit 4 Making the news
Ⅰ.阅读理解
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(2016·天津)导学号
Every man wants his son to be somewhat of a clone, not in features but in he grows you also age, and your ambitions become more begin to realize that your boy, in your footsteps, could probably accomplish what you hoped footsteps can be muddied and they can go off in different directions.
My son Jody has hated school since day one in projects waited until the last reports weren't written until the final threat.
I've been a newspaperman all my adult daughter is a university graduate working toward her master's degree in Jody? When he entered the tenth grade he became a “vo-tech” student(技校学生)．They're called “motorheads” by the rest of the student body.
When a secretary in my office first called him “motorhead”， I was shocked.“Hey, he's a good kid，” I wanted to say.“And smart, really.”
I learned later that motorheads are, indeed, usually have dirty hands and wear dirty work they don't often make school honor rolls(光荣榜)．
But being the parent of a motorhead is itself an experience in who labor in clean shirts in offices don't have the abilities that motorheads began to learn this when I had my car cost to repair it was estimated at $800.“Hey, I can fix it，” said doubted it, but let him go ahead, for I had nothing to lose.
My son, with other motorheads, fixed the got parts(零件)from a junkyard，and ability from vo-tech cost was $25 instead of $800.
Since that first repair job, a broken air-conditioner, a non-functioning washer and a non-toasting toaster have been and co-workers trust their car repairs to him.
These kids are happiest when doing joke and laugh and are living in their own relaxed their minds are bright despite their dirty hands and clothes.
I have learned a lot from my motorhead: publishers need printers, engineers need mechanics, and architects need important, I have learned that fathers don't need clones in footsteps or anywhere else.
My son may never make the school honor he made mine.
文章大意：天生我材必有用。就读于技校的儿子虽然没能实现父亲的愿望，但凭借娴熟的技艺让身为报社记者的父亲刮目相看，从而改变了作者的观点并登上了作者心中的光荣榜。
1．What used to be the author's hope for his son？__D__ A．To avoid becoming his clone. B．To resemble him in appearance. C．To develop in a different direction. D．To reach the author's unachieved goals.
解析：根据第一段第二、三句话“As he grows you also age...could probably accomplish what you hoped for”可知，作者希望自己的儿子实现自己没有实现的目标。
2．What can we learn about the author's children？__A__ A．His daughter does better in school. B．His daughter has got a master's degree. C．His son tried hard to finish homework. D．His son couldn't write his book reports.
解析：根据第三段中的“My daughter is a university graduate...he became a‘vo-tech’student(技校学生)”可知，作者的女儿在学校里的表现要比儿子好。
3．The author let his son repair the car because he believed that__C__. A．his son had the ability to fix it B．it would save him much time C．it wouldn't cause him any more loss D．other motorheads would come to help
解析：根据第六段的最后一句话可知，作者同意儿子修车是因为他认为这样做不会造成更大损失。
4．In the author's eyes, motorheads are __B__. A．tidy and hardworking C．lazy but bright
B．cheerful and smart D．relaxed but rude
解析：根据倒数第三段中的“These kids are happiest when doing repairs”“And their minds are bright”可知，在作者眼里这些修理工既快乐又聪明。
5．What did the author realize in the end？__A__
A．It is unwise to expect your child to follow your path. B．It is important for one to make the honor roll. C．Architects play a more important role than builders. D．Motorheads have greater ability than office workers.
解析：根据倒数第二段中的“Most important，I have learned that fathers don’t need clones in footsteps or anywhere else”可知，作者最终意识到希望孩子追随自己的脚步并实现自己实现不了的目标这种想法是不明智的。
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(2016·全国卷Ⅲ)导学号
Bad news it bleeds, it news is good news, and good news is no are the classic rules for the evening broadcasts and the morning now that information is being spread and monitored(监控) in different ways, researchers are discovering new tracking people's e-mails and online posts, scientists have found that good news can spread faster and farther than disasters and sob stories.
“The ‘if it bleeds’ rule works for mass media，” says Jonah Berger, a scholar at the University of Pennsylvania.“They want your eyeballs and don't care how you're when you share a story with your friends, you care a lot more how they don't want them to think of you as a Debbie Downer.”
Researchers analyzing word-of-mouth communication—e-mails，Web posts and reviews, face-to-face conversations—found that it tended to be more positive than negative(消极的), but that didn't necessarily mean people preferred positive positive news shared more often simply because people experienced more good things than bad things? To test for that possibility, looked at how people spread a particular set of news stories: thousands of articles on The New York Times' and a Penn colleague analyzed the “most e-mailed” list for six of his first finds was that articles in the science section were much more likely to make the list than non-science found that science amazed Times' readers and made them 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 needed to be aroused(激发) one way or the other, and they preferred good news to more positive an article, the more likely it was to be shared, as 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。
6．What do the classic rules mentioned in the text apply to？__A__ A．News reports. C．Private e-mails.
B．Research papers. D．Daily conversations.
解析：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。
7．What can we infer about people like Debbie Downer？__C__ A．They're socially inactive. B．They're good at telling stories. C．They're inconsiderate of others. D．They're careful with their words.
解析：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”。
8．Which tended to be the most e-mailed according to 's research？__B__ A．Sports news. C．Personal accounts.
B．Science articles. D．Financial reviews.
解析：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 non-science articles”可知，选B项。
9．What can be a suitable title for the text？__D__ A．Sad Stories Travel Far and Wide. B．Online News Attracts More People. C．Reading Habits Change with the Times. D．Good News Beats Bad on Social Networks.
解析：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。
Ⅱ.七选五导学号
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余项。
(2016·东北三省三校第二次联合模拟)
After the popularity of the Ice Bucket Challenge, another challenge now is hot in give rice to their poor neighbors for a charity(慈善) which is called “Rice Bucket Challenge”． It is about giving a bucket of rice to someone who is in need and taking a picture named “Rice Bucket Challenge” to share 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 The activity was started by Manju Latha Kalanidhi, a 38-year-old journalist, who thought the Ice Bucket Challenge was a little 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 is the world's second-biggest rice consumer, with a storage of million tons of the 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 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 At last, invite online all your friends and ask them to take up the is important to post back on Facebook because it will inspire all your friends to come 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：这是一篇说明文。它讲述了“冰桶挑战”热爆全球，印度随后又出现以赠米取代淋冰水的“米桶挑战”(Rice Bucket Challenge)，希望唤起大众关注贫民挨饿的苦况。“米桶挑战”与“冰桶挑战”概念相似，但参加者不是要淋米，而是向有需要的人捐出一桶米，拍下照片，再向其他人发出挑战。
解析：
1．根据前后句说的是“米桶挑战”。因此这里应该补充说明“米桶挑战”。故答案选B“它不是把一桶米饭倒在某人头上的活动”。
2．根据后句说这次活动是由Manu Latha Kalanidhi 发起的，因此该句应介绍这次活动起因，“这次活动最初的启发是冰桶挑战”，故选G。
3．这个句子前面说“这次活动获得了许多人的支持．.....”，并且“more and more people join in it”，可知该句应填具体哪些人想参加，因此答案选D印度航空公司亚洲航空说它的职员包括高层管理人员也要参加。
4．前句说“印度是世界上第二个最大的大米消费者．.....”，又根据后句说“它已经遭受了大规模的饥饿。”可知该句应该是表示转折意义的句子，故选F“但是对于这个国家来说还远远不够。”
2018版高考英语大一轮复习Unit4Makingthenews复习练案新人教版必修5
