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1、2014英语高考疯狂时刻引领状元之路：阅读理解4 (建议用时: 30分钟)A体裁说明文题材来源:学科网消息的传播词数387Bad news travels fastwhen you watch the evening news or read the morning papers, it seems that things that get the most coverage are all tragedies like wars, earthquakes, floods, fires and murders. This is the classic rule for mass media.
2、“They want your eyeballs and dont care how you re feeling, ”Jonah Berger, a psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania, the US, told The New York Times. But with social media getting increasingly popular, information is now being spread in different ways, and researchers are discovering new rule
3、s - good news can actually spread faster and farther than disasters and other sad stories. Berger and his colleague Katherine Milkman looked at thousands of articles on The New York Times website and analyzed the “most e-mailed” list for six months. One of his findings was that articles in the scien
4、ce section were much more likely to make the list. Those stories aroused feelings of awe and made the readers want to share this positive emotion with others. Besides science stories, readers were also found to be likely to share articles that were exciting or funny. “The more positive an article, t
5、he more likely it was to be shared, ”Berger wrote in his new book, Contagious: Why Things Catch On. For example, “stories about newcomers falling in love with New York City”, he writes, tend to be shared more than “the death of a popular zookeeper”. 来源:学。科。网The difference between the two is due to t
6、he fact that the mass media prefers news that gets attention, while when you share a story with your friends “you care a lot more about how they react”, Berger explained. But does all this good news actually make the audience feel better? Not necessarily. According to a study by researchers at Harva
7、rd University, people tend to say more positive things about themselves when theyre talking to a bigger audience, rather than just one person, which helps explain all the perfect vacations that keep showing up on micro blogs. This, researchers found, makes people think that life is unfair and that t
8、heyre less happy than their “friends” . But no worries. Theres a quick and easy way to relieve the depression you get from viewing other peoples seemingly perfect lives - turn on the television and watch the news. There is always someone doing worse than you are. 1. Why do mass media like to report
9、bad news according to the article? A. They want to attract the attention of readers. B. They care a lot about how readers react. C. They think bad news spreads faster than good news. D. They want to show concern for people in disaster-hit areas. 2. Which of the following is TRUE about Bergers and hi
10、s colleagues study? A. They found that articles on science are more likely to be shared. B. Sad news tended to arouse the audiences feelings of awe and sympathy. C. It was aimed at finding out whether mass media should cover more tragedies. D. Good news usually helps the audience relieve their negat
11、ive emotions. 来源:学|科|网Z|X|X|K3. We can conclude from the last three paragraphs that. A. watching news is good for peoples healthB. people shouldnt be jealous of their friendsC. sharing good news with friends will double your happinessD. people might not be as happy as they suggest on their micro blo
12、gs4. Whats the article mainly about? A. Why bad news is covered most often. B. Why good news spreads faster than bad news. C. How people react differently to bad and good news. D. Which kind of news makes the audience feel better. 来源:学|科|网Z|X|X|KB体裁广告题材介绍图书词数443New Annotated Sherlock Holmes by Arthu
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