Question

【题目】When important events are happening around the world, most people turn to traditional media sources, such as CNN and BBC for the news. However, during the war in Iraq in 2003, many people followed the war from the point of view of an unknown Iraqi citizen who called himself "Salam Pax" (Salam Pax means peace).

Salam Pax wrote a diary about everyday life in Baghdad during the war, and posted it on his website. Pax's online diary was a kind of website known as a "blog". Blogs are online diaries, usually kept by individuals, but sometimes by companies and other groups of people. They are the fastest growing types of website on the Internet.

A blog differs from a traditional website in several ways. Most importantly, it is updated much more regularly. Many blogs are updated every day, and some are updated several times a day. Also, most blogs use special software or websites, which can help ordinary people easily set up and start writing their own blogs.

There are many different kinds of blogs. The most popular type is an online diary of links where the blog writer surfs the Internet and then posts links to sites or news articles that they find interesting, with a few comments about each one. Other types are personal diaries, where the writer talks about their life and feelings. Sometimes these blogs can be very personal.

There is another kind of blogging, called "moblogging", short for "mobile blogging".

Mobloggers use mobile phones with cameras to take photos, which are posted instantly to the Internet. The use of mobile phones in this way made the headlines in Singapore when a high school student posted a movie he had taken of a teacher shouting at another student on the Internet. Many people were shocked by what the student did, and wanted phones with cameras to be banned from schools.

Many people think that as blogs become common, news reporting will rely less on big media companies, and more on ordinary people posting news to the Internet. They think that then the news will be less like a lecture, and more like a conversation, where anyone can join in.

【1】Which statement about Salam Pax was true?

A. He worked for CNN.

B. Salam Pax was not his real name.

C. He was famous as a host in BBC.

D. He used a mobile phone for his blog.

【2】What is the biggest difference between blogs and traditional websites?

A. Blogs use special software.

B. Blogs contain personal information.

C. Blogs are updated much more often.

D. Blogs contain links to other websites.

【3】According to the passage, in the future it is likely that ________.

A. everyone will have a blog

B. blogging technology will be banned

C. large media companies will be unnecessary

D. people will be able to learn the news from other points of view

【4】What is the passage mainly about?

A. The war in Iraq. B. New types of media.

C. The history of the Internet. D. The increase of using computers.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】文章大意:本文讲述了一个新类型的媒体—博客，它与传统网站有着很多不同，更新更快，普通人也可以拥有，随着使用博客的人越来越多，人们过去了解新闻的方式将会发生改变，更多的是普通人上传到网上的新闻。

【1】推理判断题。根据第一段中many people followed the war from the point of view of an unknown Iraqi citizen who called himself "Salam Pax" (Salam Pax means peace).可推知，Salam Pax并不是那个人的真实的名字，故选B。

【2】细节理解题。根据第三段中Most importantly, it is updated much more regularly.可知，博客和传统网站最大的区别是博客更新很快，故选C。

【3】细节理解题。根据最后一段中Many people think that as blogs become common, news reporting will rely less on big media companies, and more on ordinary people posting news to the Internet. 可知，许多人认为，随着博客的普及，新闻报道将不再依赖大型媒体公司，而更多的是普通人向互联网发布新闻，也就是人们能看到其他人的观点，故选D。

【4】主旨大意题。根据第二段Pax’s online diary was a kind of website known as a “blog”. 引出博客这个新媒体；第三段A blog differs from a traditional website in several ways.讲述了博客与传统网站的不同；第四、五、六段There are many different kinds of blogs.讲述了博客的不同的种类，所以这篇文章主要是介绍一个新媒体——博客，故选B。