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【題目】 What are the hottest English words these years? “Selfie” may be one of them. It was even named Word of the Year by Oxford Dictionaries(牛津詞典) in 2013. The word was first used in an Australian online forum(論壇) in2002. Now, almost everybody knows it.

Selfie is a photo that one takes of oneself. People usually take selfies with a smart phone and send them to a social media website. Nowadays, more and more people are taking selfies. From your best friend to your favorite pop star, selfies are taking over Renren and Sina Weibo.

What makes people love selfies? Selfies can help to remember what’s going on in their personal life. “Almost every day, I take a phone of myself at school, and save it in my Qzone. These phones record my happy and sad moments.” said Huang Xu, 16, from Hunan. Another usual reason for taking a selfie is to share online. They hope to make friends and share their feelings with others. “During summer vacation, my classmates and I shared many selfies online. Through these photos, we got to know each other’s holidays and feelings,” said Wang Lin, 15, from Henan. “I’m too shy to ask someone to take pictures of me, but it’s easier to do it by myself.”

Although taking selfies is popular among young people around the world, they should be careful at the places where they take selfies. People are warned not to take light-hearted(輕松的) selfies in serious places, such as in some traffic accidents. In order to protect art works, selfie is banned in some museums and galleries(畫廊), too.

【1】In Paragraph 3, the writer mentioned(提到) two young people to .

A.talk about their school livesB.introduce the development of selfie

C.help people take a clear and beautiful selfieD.explain the different reasons why people love felfies

【2】The underlined word “banned” means in Paragraph 4.

A.Not visitedB.not stoppedC.not allowedD.not watched

【3】We probably see the passage in a(n) .

A.Science bookB.magazines for teenagers

C.instruction bookD.English dictionary

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】B

【解析】

短文大意：本文是文化類閱讀，介紹了最熱門的新詞“自拍”的由來及其利弊。

【1】題意：在第三段中，作者提到了兩個(gè)年輕人來解釋人們喜歡自拍的不同原因�？疾榧�(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段可知，第一個(gè)舉例是介紹What makes people love selfies? Selfies can help to remember what’s going on in their personal life.；第二個(gè)是介紹Another usual reason for taking a selfie is to share online. They hope to make friends and share their feelings with others.，解釋了人們愛自拍的兩個(gè)理由，explain the different reasons why people love selfies符合題意，故選D。

【2】題意：第4段劃線的“banned”一詞的意思是 。考查詞義猜測(cè)。People are warned not to take light-hearted selfies in serious places, such as in some traffic accidents.介紹了不要隨意自拍的場(chǎng)合；根據(jù)In order to protect are works,可知為了保護(hù)文物，一些博物館和美術(shù)館禁止自拍，not allowed符合題意，故選C。

【3】題意：我們可能會(huì)在青少年雜志上看到這段話。考查推理判斷。A. 科學(xué)書籍；B. 青少年雜志；C. 說明書；D. 英語(yǔ)詞典。根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，結(jié)合Although taking selfies is popular among young people around the world, they should be careful at the places where they take selfies.可知自拍是青少年喜歡做的事情，故選B。