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1、题组层级快练24 Unit 4 Make the news . 阅读理解(2017吉林长春二模)Life in the Internet age is lonelyor is it? Thats what experts in human interaction are debating after a new Stanford University survey has been published.According to the study, the more time people spend online, the less they can spare for reallife r
2、elationships with family and friends. The researchers asked 113 people about the Webs influence on daily activities. 36% of those people are online for more than five hours a week. “As Internet use becomes more widespread, it will have an increasingly isolating (孤立的) effect on society，” says Robert
3、Kraut, one of the researchers.Scholars and Web lovers criticized the study for stretching its data to make the “isolating” point. While 13% of regular Web users admitted the loss of time with loved ones, 60% reported watching less TV. The survey also shows that Email is the most popular online activ
4、ity. “If some of webheads (网虫) spend what was once passive TV time keeping company with friends via Emails, thats a move toward greater connectedness，” says Paul Resnick, a professor at the University of Michigan.This isnt the first claim that the Web should be criticized. A 1998 report monitored 73
5、 Pittsburgharea families Net use for a year. “People who used the Internet more talked less to family members and reported being lonelier and more depressed.” says Robert Kraut.“Its true that there have been big declines in social connectedness over the past decades, but those declines began before
6、the Internet was invented，” says Thomas Putnam.As AmitayEtzioni says, the Internet gives us a different kind of social lifenot better or worse than before, but just different.1. Who claimed that the Web had negative influence? A. Robert Kraut.B. Paul Resnick.C. Thomas Putnam. D. AmitayEtzioni.2. The
7、 underlined word “This” in Para. 4 refers to “_”A. the study conducted by Stanford UniversityB. the survey made by the University of MichiganC. the conclusion in a report written in 1998D. the opinion expressed in Bowling Alone3. From the passage we learn that _A. watching TV used to take time away
8、from staying onlineB. 36% of web users spend more than five hours a week onlineC. the Web was blamed more than once for causing an isolating effectD. the Web has the same influence as telephones and televisions4. The passage mainly discusses _A. how we can make a better use of the InternetB. whether
9、 the Internet causes an isolating effectC. how declines in social connectedness appearD. what a different life the Internet brings to us答案与解析【文章大意】本文是一篇议论文。讲述的是对于斯坦福大学进行的一项关于网络是否导致“社会孤立效应”的研究，以及社会各界展开的讨论。1. 答案A解析细节理解题。第二段中“As Internet use becomes more widespread, it will have an increasingly isolati
10、ng (孤立的) effect on society, says Robert Kraut .”可知答案为A项。2. 答案A解析代词指代题。本句话意为“这并不是批评网络(的消极影响) 的第一个论断。”This指代的是Stanford University开展的调查研究。可知答案为A项。3. 答案C解析推理判断题。由文章第五段第一句话可知，因为网络使人们之间的联系减少，不止一次有人就此现象进行调查研究，可知答案为C项。4. 答案B解析主旨大意题。文章以一项调查研究入题，展开关于网络是否导致“社会孤立效应”的辩论，可知答案为B项。(2017浙江考前冲刺)In ancient Egypt, a sh
11、opkeeper discovered that he could attract customers to his shop simply by making changes to its environment. Modern businesses have been following his lead, with more tactics(策略)One tactic involves where to display the goods. For example, stores place fruits and vegetables in the first section. They
12、 know that customers who buy the healthy food first will feel happy so that they will buy more junk food(垃圾食品) later in their trip. In department stores, the womens shoe section is generally next to the womens cosmetics(化妆品) section: while the shop assistant is going back to find the right size shoe
13、, bored customers are likely to wander over and find some cosmetics they might want to try later.Besides, businesses seek to appeal to customers senses. Stores notice that the smell of baked goods encourages shopping, so they make their own bread each morning and then fan the bread smell into the st
14、ore throughout the day. Music sells goods, too. Researchers in Britain found that when French music was played, sales of French wines went up.When it comes to the selling of houses, businesses also use highly rewarding tactics. They find that customers make decisions in the first few seconds upon wa
15、lking in the door, and turn it into a business opportunity. A California builder designed the structure of its houses smartly. When entering the house, the customer would see the Pacific Ocean through the windows, and then the pool through an open stairway leading to the lower level. The instant vie
16、w of water on both levels helped sell these $10million houses.5. Why do stores usually display fruits and vegetables in the first section? A. To save customers times.B. To show they are highquality foods.C. To help sell junk food.D. To sell them at discount prices.6. According to Paragraph 3, which of the following encourages customers to b
