【正文】 esday’可知在黑色星期五或網(wǎng)絡(luò)星期一購物后，美國人和世界各地的人都在為新流行的給予星期二做準備，給予星期二是一個新流行，說明它最近才出現(xiàn)，應(yīng)該是歷史最短的，故選B。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“As the name indicates, Giving Tuesday is meant to restart the charitable season and therefore observed by raising funds for local nonprofits and schools, organizing food and clothing drives, and conducting random acts of kindness.”可知 給予星期二是為了重新啟動慈善活動季，因此，人們會為當(dāng)?shù)氐姆菭I利組織和學(xué)?；I集資金，組織食品和衣物捐贈活動，并進行一些隨機的善舉。這說明這個活動主要是為了鼓勵人們做慈善，故選C。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“No matter what you do, be sure to share you good deed on social media and inspire others to celebrate Giving Tuesday as well!”可知作者鼓勵無論人們做什么，一定要在社交媒體上分享他們的善行，并鼓勵其他人也慶祝給予星期二!這說明作者鼓勵人們在社交媒體分享善行就是為了讓越來越多的人參與到這個活動，讓這個活動更受歡迎，故選D。 （4）考查推理判斷。本文介紹了給予星期二這一活動，人們會在這一天進行各種慈善活動，這反映了社會價值，是一種社會文化，所以最后可能來自網(wǎng)站的文化板塊，故選B。 【點評】本題考點涉及推理判斷題型的考查，是一篇文化類閱讀，考生需要根據(jù)上下文進行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。7．Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. Why do so many Americans distrust what they read in their newspapers? The American Society of Newspaper Editors is trying to answer this painful question. The organization is deep into a long selfanalysis known as the journalism credibility project. Sad to say, this project has turned out to be mostly lowlevel findings about factual errors and spelling and grammar mistakes, bined with lots of headscratching puzzlement about what in the world those readers really want. But the sources of distrust go way deeper. Most journalists learn to see the world through a set of standard patterns into which they report each day39。s events. In other words, there is a traditional story line in the newsroom culture that provides a backbone and a readymade narrative structure for otherwise confusing news. There exists a social and cultural disconnect between journalists and their readers, which helps explain why the standard patterns of the newsroom seem foreign to many readers. In a recent survey, questionnaires were sent to reporters in five middlesize cities around the country, plus one large metropolitan area. Then residents in these munities were phoned at random and asked the same questions. Replies show that pared with other Americans, journalists are more likely to live in upscale neighborhoods, have maids, own Mercedeses, and trade stocks, and they39。re less likely to go to church, do volunteer work, or put down roots in a munity. Reporters tend to be part of a broadly defined social and cultural elite (精英), so their work tends to reflect the traditional values of this elite. The alarming distrust of the news media isn39。t rooted in inaccuracy or poor reportorial skills but in the daily conflict of world views between reporters and their readers. This is an explosive situation for any industry, particularly a declining one. Here is a troubled business that keeps hiring employees whose attitudes vastly annoy the customers. Then it sponsors lots of symposiums (討論會) and a credibility project devoted to wondering why customers are annoyed and fleeing in large numbers. But it never seems to get around to noticing the cultural and class prejudices that so many former buyers are plaining about. If it did, it would open up its diversity program, now focused narrowly on race and gender, and look for reporters who differ broadly by outlook, values, education, and class.（1）What is the passage mainly about? A.Needs of the readers all over the world.B.Causes of the public disappointment about newspapers.C.Origins of the declining newspaper industry.D.Aims of a journalism credibility project.（2）The results of the journalism credibility project turned out to be ______. A.quite trustworthyB.somewhat conflictingC.very informativeD.rather shallow（3）The basic problem of journalists as pointed out by the writer lies in their ______. A.working attitudeB.traditional lifestyleC.world outlookD.educational background（4）Despite its efforts, the newspaper industry still cannot satisfy the readers owing to its ______. A.failure to realize its real problemB.tendency to hire annoying reportersC.likeliness to do inaccurate reportingD.prejudice in matters of race and gender【答案】 （1）B（2）D（3）C（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，為了解釋為什么大眾不信任報紙信息，專門做了一個叫新聞可信度項目，結(jié)果卻是相當(dāng)?shù)媚w淺，大眾對報刊的不信任不在于單詞拼寫錯誤，語法不對，而是新聞記者和普通讀者之間世界觀的沖突。 （1）考查主旨大意。本文主要講述，為了解釋為什么大眾不信任報紙信息，專門做了一個叫新聞可信度項目，結(jié)果卻是相當(dāng)?shù)媚w淺，大眾對報刊的不信任不在于單詞拼寫錯誤，語法不對，而是新聞記者和普通讀者之間世界觀的沖突，因此本文解釋了大眾不信任報紙的原因，故選B。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“Sad to say, this project has turned out to be mostly lowlevel findings about factual errors and spelling and grammar mistakes,”可知，很悲傷的是，這個項目結(jié)果卻是很多膚淺的發(fā)現(xiàn)，比如事實性的錯誤，單詞拼寫和語法錯誤等，因此可知，作者對這個項目的結(jié)果很失望，覺得發(fā)現(xiàn)很膚淺，故選D。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“The alarming distrust of the news media isn39。t rooted in inaccuracy or poor reportorial skills but in the daily conflict of world views between reporters and their readers.”可知，對新聞媒體不信任不在于信息的不準確和匱乏，而是記者和讀者之間世界觀的沖突，故選C。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“But it never seems to get around to noticing the cultural and class prejudices that so many former buyers are plaining about.”可知，新聞媒體似乎沒有抽出時間去關(guān)注文化和階級的偏見，而這些問題是之前很多讀者就一直在抱怨的，故可知，報刊行業(yè)依然沒有讓人滿意在于沒有認真去關(guān)注問題，故選A。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個題型的考查，是一篇社會文化類閱讀，考生需要準確掌握細節(jié)信息，同時根據(jù)上下文進行分析推理，概括歸納，從而選出正確答案。8．閱讀下面短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。 It is monly believed that in medieval France, New Year was celebrated on 1 April. Then in 1562, Pope Gregory introduced a new calendar for the Christian world, changing New Year to 1 January. With no modern munications, news travelled slowly and new ideas were often questioned. Many people did not hear of the change, some merely forgot, and others chose to ignore it. These people were called fools. Invitations to nonexistent New Year parties were sent and other practical jokes were played. Over time playing tricks on 1 April became a tradition. The custom eventually spread to England and Scotland, and it was later transported across the Atlantic to the