14.This year,Face book,the social media website announced that it would cooperate with several news organizations-including The New York Times,The Guardian,and the BBC-to place news stories directly into users'personal Face book webpage.Stories published using Face book Instant will load more quickly and keep the style of the original publisher,who will keep all the advertising income the stories earn-at least for now.The deal shows how important social media has become to news organizations,and is a clear sign of how the world of news is changing-and has been for a while.
Many thought of it as the death of the newspaper,when Google News began in 2002.It had no human editor.Instead Google used,and still uses,a secret computer program that selects and displays news stories according to the reader's personal interests,More recently,Associated Press and Yahoo have been publishing computer-written articles.Both use special software to automatically produce stories about company financial results and sports reports-areas where the quality of writing is felt to be of secondary importance to the accuracy of the data.
I think we should be concerned about such developments.One concern is that Facebook,Google and other social media websites see journalism as a sideline (副業(yè)),a way of putting people in front of advertisements. It isn't their primary function-so if it stops making them lots of money,they're likely to stop doing it.
There's another concern that computer-written articles are not actually journalism at all,because what a human news team produces is actually quite complex.A well-written news story puts information in context,offers a voice to each side of an argument and brings the public new knowledge.
Although economics and speed of delivery mean readers will probably choose a computer-written story over a carefully shaped article-at least for daily news-I don't think the computers will be writing any in-depth articles for a while yet.
32.What is the main purpose of the article?C
A.To report on a new computer service offered by Facebook.
B.To advise readers against reading computer-written news.
C.To express concern about recent trends in online news.
D.To describe the process of online news reporting.
33.Computer-written news reports have so far focused on sports and finance becauseB.
A.these are the most popular topics for online readers
B.writing style is less important than accuracy in these areas
C.information on these topics is more easily available
D.there are fewer journalists specializing in these areas
34.What does the underlined word"It"in Paragraph 3refer to?D
A.Business.B.Advertising.C.Facebook.D.Journalism.
35.In Paragraph 4,which of the following is mentioned as a characteristic of a well-written news article?D
A.The information presented is up-to-date.
B.The author's opinion is clear.
C.The language used is vivid.
D.Different views on the topic are presented.
分析 本文屬于新聞類閱讀,臉書宣布將與一些新聞機構包括紐約時報、衛(wèi)報、英國廣播公司合作,這些機構的新聞可以直接進入用戶的臉書網頁.這是新聞界變化的一個明顯標志,同時也提到了人們對這一變化的擔心.
解答 32.C 寫作意圖題.文章第一段提到臉書將與一些新聞機構合作,使故事的廣告收入增加;第三段和第四段作者認為我們應該為這些發(fā)展而擔憂,其中一個擔憂是臉譜網、谷歌等社交媒體網站將新聞視為副業(yè),還有另外一個問題,那就是電腦撰寫的文章實際上根本不是新聞.所以文章的目的是表達對在線新聞最新趨勢的擔憂,故選C.
33.B 細節(jié)理解題.根據第二段的Both use special software to automatically produce stories about companyfinancial results and sports reports-areas where the quality of writing is feltto be of secondary importance to the accuracy of the data.可知兩者都使用特殊的軟件自動生成關于公司財務結果和體育報道領域的故事,其中的寫作質量與數據的準確性相比被認為是次要的.所以計算機書面新聞報道主要集中在體育和金融領域,因為在這些領域寫作風格不如數據的準確性更重要,故選B.
34.D 詞義猜測題.根據前面的"One concern is that Facebook,Google and other social media websites see journalism as a sideline (副業(yè)),a way of putting people in front of advertisements."可知臉譜網、谷歌和其他社交媒體網站將新聞視為一種副業(yè),是一種人們登廣告的地方,新聞業(yè)并不是他們的主業(yè).所以句中的"it"是指"新聞業(yè)",故選D.
35.D 根據本段的"A well-written news story puts information in context,offers a voice to each side of an argument and brings the public new knowledge."可知,一篇好的新聞文章把信息放在上下文中,為爭論的每個側面提供發(fā)言權,帶來公眾的新知識.所以好新聞的特點是呈現對話題的不同觀點,故選D.
點評 本文是政治經濟類閱讀,考查學生對細節(jié)的理解把握和推理判斷能力,做題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確選擇.在做推理判斷題時不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.