Let’s say you have a piece of wood, a nail, and a hammer. Pretend the wood is a person, and the nail is a mean rumor(謠言) about that person. If you hammer in the nail, you’re obviously hurting him or her. If you then pull out the nail, there’s still a hole in the wood, and the damage has been done.
There are many reasons why that nail of a rumor can be so harmful. Rumors are, quite simply, a form of bullying(欺侮). When a person or a group makes up a rumor about someone or decides to spread gossip, it’s usually to hurt someone, break up a friendship, or make someone less popular. It’s the same thing as teasing, only it’s done behind someone’s back instead of to his or her face.
When you spread a rumor about someone, you’re sending a signal that the person is outside of the group, and somehow less worthy of friendship than others. You’re making fun of that person or pointing out negative things about him or her. This can let others think that it’s okay to make the person feel bad, and make him or her an outsider.
We need to be able to trust our friends, and gossip and rumors can break this trust. If you tell a personal secret to a friend, and he turns around and tells it to someone else, you might feel like you will get burned if you ever get close to him again.
Letting a rumor influence your behavior is like letting someone else make a big decision for you. Let’s say you hear that the teacher plans to call a Snow Day tomorrow because a blizzard (暴風(fēng)雪) is coming. Expecting a day off, you don’t do your homework. The next morning, the blizzard turns out to be nothing more than a drizzle(毛毛雨), and school isn’t off after all. You get zeroes on your work.
【小題1】To tell a rumor and a tease apart, you depend on ______.

A.whether it is done behind someone
B.whether it is painful or not
C.whether it is a kind of bullying
D.whether it is spread fast.
【小題2】If a rumor is spread about someone, others may_______.
A.point out his or her advantages
B.keep away from him or her
C.not feel he or she is an outsider
D.be hurt if getting close to him or her again.
【小題3】The purpose of this passage is to _______.
A.a(chǎn)dvise on how to deal with rumors
B.teach us how to judge a rumor
C.find out why rumors spread fast
D.explain why rumors hurt


【小題1】A
【小題2】B
【小題3】D

解析試題分析:這篇文章講述的是謠言為什么會(huì)傷害人。你散布一個(gè)人的謠言,別人也會(huì)遠(yuǎn)離他。一旦傷害造成,是不能消除影響的。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題:從第二段的句子:It’s the same thing as teasing, only it’s done behind someone’s back instead of to his or her face. 可知謠言和取笑的不同是是否當(dāng)著別人的面在說。選A
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題:從第三段的句子:This can let others think that it’s okay to make the person feel bad, and make him or her an outsider. 可知你散布一個(gè)人的謠言,別人也會(huì)遠(yuǎn)離他。選B。
【小題3】主旨題:從第二段的段首, There are many reasons why that nail of a rumor can be so harmful. 可知這篇文章講述的是謠言為什么會(huì)傷害人。選D
考點(diǎn):考查社會(huì)現(xiàn)象類短文
點(diǎn)評:這篇文章講述的是謠言為什么會(huì)傷害人。你散布一個(gè)人的謠言,別人也會(huì)遠(yuǎn)離他。一旦傷害造成,是不能消除影響的。集中考查了句意理解題和細(xì)節(jié)題,要求考生有較強(qiáng)的細(xì)節(jié)理解能力。做題時(shí)也可以結(jié)合自己的生活常識(shí)和經(jīng)驗(yàn),再通過邏輯推理和判斷。文章結(jié)構(gòu)圖的解答關(guān)鍵是弄清每段的大意。

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