Kalle Lasn was in a supermarket parking lot one afternoon when he had an experience that changed his life.In order to shop at the store, he needed to put money into the shopping cart to use it.Annoyed that he had to "pay to shop," Lasn jammed the coin into the cart so that it wouldn't work.It was an act of rebellion—the first of many—for Lasn.
Born in Estonia, Kalle Lasn moved to Australia as a young man and then later to Japan, where he founded a marketing research firm in Tokyo.Eventually, Lasn moved to Canada and for several years produced documentaries (紀(jì)錄片) for public television.In the late 1980s, Lasn made an advertisement that spoke out against the logging industry and the deforestation going on in the Pacific Northwest.When he tried to show his ad on TV, though, no station in this area would give him airtime.In response, Lasn and a colleague founded Adbusters Media Foundation, a company for the "Human right to communicate.
Adbusters produces magazine, newspaper, and TV ads with a social message.Many use humor and irony to make their points: In one, for example, a man chain smokes a brand of cigarettes called "Hope".In another, a child is dressed in an outfit used in fast-food ads.Next to the child is a note from its mother telling the restaurant to leave her child alone.
Adbusters also has a magazine and a web site, the Culture Jammers Network, whose members include students, artists, and activists as well as educators and businesspeople interested in social change.Many of these "culture jammers" are working to raise awareness about different social issues by hosting events like "Buy Nothing Day" , " No Car Day" and "TV Turnoff Week" .Lasn and his partners hope these events will encourage people to think about questions such as;
·What kinds of things are we being encouraged to buy by the media?
·Should cars be our primary means of transportation?
·How are television and radio being used now? How could we be using them?
Some culture jammers are using other methods to challenge how people think.Some pretend to be shoppers.They move items in stores from one shelf to another making it difficult for people to find things easily.Other culture jammers break into large company well sites and jam them so that they become unusable.The goal in both cases ia to prevent "Business as usual" and to gel people to ask themselves questions such as "Why am I shopping here?" or "Why should I buy this product?"
Lasn and members of the Culture Jammers Network want to make people aware of social issues, but they also believe it's important to think of solutions, too."A lot of people tell you everything that's wrong but they never say much about how to fix these problems," says Lasn."But there is plenty we can do.If you start despairing, you have lost everything."
Though many TV stations still won't show Adbusters' " uncommercials" , some cable TV stations have started to.People all over the world have joined the Culture Jammers Network and are doing their part to promote social change.
小題1:What does the underlined word "rebellion" in Paragraph 1 most probably mean?
A.a(chǎn)rgumentB.violence
C.oppositionD.protection
小題2:What's the main point of the ad for "Hope" cigarettes?
A.Smoking can help to remove your worries and make you hopeful.
B.Hopefully, the bad taste of the cigarette can help you to quit smoking.
C.You are hopeless at abandoning the habit of smoking.
D.Smoking can ruin you if you are hopelessly addicted to it.
小題3:Some culture jammers break into websites in order to ________.
A.a(chǎn)sk people to be thoughtful consumers.
B.help make the companies better known.
C.encourage people to think less and buy less
D.challenge how people react to sudden changes
小題4:It can be inferred from the passage ________.
A.Adbusters Media Foundation was founded to fight against deforestation
B.More and more people will know about and even become culture jammers
C.The Culture Jammers Network is made up of annoying trouble makers
D.People can see some of Adbusters ads on TV stations
小題5:Which of the following best describes what Lasn has done?
A.One step at a time.
B.We can and must change the world.
C.Accept what you can't change.
D.Everyone deserves a second chance.

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:B
小題5:B

試題分析:
小題1:C 推理題。根據(jù)Annoyed that he had to "pay to shop," Lasn jammed the coin into the cart so that it wouldn't work.It was an act of rebellion—the first of many—for Lasn.說(shuō)明他對(duì)于這種要求很生氣,所以就在里面塞上東西讓它無(wú)法起作用,說(shuō)明這是一種強(qiáng)烈的反對(duì)希望,故該詞應(yīng)該指反對(duì)的意思,故C正確。
小題2:D 推理題。根據(jù)第三段In one, for example, a man chain smokes a brand of cigarettes called "Hope".利用這個(gè)廣告是想告訴人們?nèi)绻鼰熒习a,會(huì)毀掉自己的一生。故D正確。
小題3:A 推理題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段Other culture jammers break into large company well sites and jam them so that they become unusable.說(shuō)明他們這樣做的目的是為了讓人們理性消費(fèi),故A正確。
小題4:B 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后兩行People all over the world have joined the Culture Jammers Network and are doing their part to promote social change.說(shuō)明現(xiàn)在的人們慢慢第對(duì)于這種行為有了更多的了解,越來(lái)越多的人加入了進(jìn)來(lái)。故B正確。
小題5:.主旨大意題。Lasn他們所做的事情是想改變我們這個(gè)世界的現(xiàn)狀,讓人們對(duì)于自己的行為更理性,更加合理化。
點(diǎn)評(píng):文章介紹了the Culture Jammers以及這些人的很多不同的行為。本文較難,要求考生閱讀時(shí)結(jié)合語(yǔ)境,仔細(xì)推敲,48,49難度較大。
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