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1、我带领班子成员及全体职工，积极参加县委、政府和农牧局组织的政治理论学习，同时认真学习业务知识，全面提高了自身素质，增强职工工作积极性，杜绝了纪律松散Unit 11 The Media（A）(35分钟).阅读理解ABad news sells.If it bleeds,it leads.No news is good news,and good news is no news.Those are the classic rules for the evening broadcasts and the morning papers.But now that information is being
2、 spread and monitored(监控) in different ways,researchers are discovering new rules.By tracking peoples 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 a
3、t the University of Pennsylvania.“They want your eyeballs and dont care how youre feeling.But when you share a story with your friends,you care a lot more how they react.You dont want them to think of you as a Debbie Downer.”Researchers analyzing word-of-mouth communication-e-mails,Web posts and rev
4、iews,face-to-face conversations-found that it tended to be more positive than negative(消极的),but that didnt necessarily mean people preferred positive news.Was positive news shared more often simply because people experienced more good things than bad things?To test for that possibility,Dr.Berger loo
5、ked at how people spread a particular set of news stories:thousands of articles on The New York Times website.He and a Penn colleague analyzed the “most e-mailed” list for six months.One of his first findings was that articles in the science section were much more likely to make the list than non-sc
6、ience articles.He 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 sad.They needed to
7、 be aroused(激发)one way or the other,and they preferred good news to bad.The more positive an article,the more likely it was to be shared,as Dr.Berger explains in his new book,“Contagious:Why Things Catch On.” 1.What do the classic rules mentioned in the text apply to?A.News reports.B.Research papers
8、.C.Private e-mails.D.Daily conversations.2.What can we infer about people like Debbie Downer?A.Theyre socially inactive.B.Theyre good at telling stories.C.Theyre inconsiderate of others.D.Theyre careful with their words.3.Which tended to be the most e-mailed according to Dr.Bergers research?A.Sports
9、 news.B.Science articles.C.Personal accounts. D.Financial reviews.4.What can be a suitable title for the text?A.Sad Stories Travel Far and WideB.Online News Attracts More PeopleC.Reading Habits Change with the TimesD.Good News Beats Bad on Social NetworksB(2017云南昆明二模)US private rocket company SpaceX
10、 has announced that two private citizens have paid to be sent around the moon.The mission (任务) is planned for late 2018.SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said,“This presents an opportunity for humans to return to deep space for the first time in 45 years.”The two unnamed people will fly aboard a spaceship which
11、is set for its first unmanned test flight later this year.The co-operation of Americas NASA space agency had made the plan possible.Mr.Musk said,“The two passengers will travel faster and further into the solar system than any before them”.Like the Apollo astronauts before them,these individuals wil
12、l travel into space carrying the hopes and dreams of all humankind,driven by the universal human spirit of exploration.“We expect to conduct health and fitness tests,as well as begin initial training later this year.The first mission would be unmanned,and the next one with crewwas expected in the se
13、cond quarter of 2018,” the rich businessman and inventor said,“The first passengers are entering this with their eyes open,knowing that there is some risk here.Theyre certainly not childish,and well do everything we can to reduce that risk,but its not zero.”The space tourists would make a circle aro
14、und the moon,skimming the lunar surface and then going well beyond.However,the mission will not involve a lunar landing.“If NASA decided to take part in a lunar flyby mission,then the agency would have privilege,” Mr.Musk said.The US has not sent astronauts to the moon since the early 1970s.5.Which
15、of the following statements is true according to the text?A.The two tourists cant afford to fly around the moon.B.Space travels are rooted in the spirit of human exploration.C.Initial training is expected to be conducted at the beginning of 2018.D.The two tourists are expected to fly at a slow speed
16、.6.Where can you most probably read the text?A.In a textbook.B.In a science fiction.C.In a education brochure.D.On a news website.7.What can be a suitable title for the text?A.The Coming Moon Trip of Two Private CitizensB.An Opportunity to Explore Space for the First TimeC.A Trip Planned by SpaceX to Land on the MoonD.Two Unmanned Missions of Circling around the Moon导学号0
