13.Many of us enjoy doing it:you turn on the camera on your mobile phone and hold it at a high angle,making your eyes look bigger and your cheekbones more marked out.You turn to your best side and click.
There it is-your selfie.
Over the past year,"selfie"has become a well-known term across the globe.Last August the Oxford dictionary added the word to their online dictionary and defined it as:"A photograph that one has taken of oneself,typically with a smart phone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website."
Today it's not difficult to find social networking pages full of photos people have taken of themselves and their friends.And selfie culture has become especially related for young people.As many as 91percent of teenagers have posted photos of themselves online,according to a recent survey by the US Pew Research Center.
So what are the reasons for the rise of selfie culture?
"The craziness about the selfie celebrates regular people,"Pamela Rutledge,a professor at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology,told Vogue magazine."There are many more photographs available now of real people than models."
Posting selfies also allows you to control your image online."I like having the power to choose how I look,even if I'm making a funny face,"Samantha Barks,19,a high school student in the US,told Vogue.
In addition to self-expression and documentation (记录),selfies"allow for a close friendship for long-distance friends,because you can see each other's faces every day",wrote Casey Miller at The Huffington Post.
But US psychologist Jill Weber is concerned that selfies might lead to social problems."There's a danger that your self-esteem (自尊心) may start to be tied to the comments and‘likes'you get when you post a selfie,and they aren't based on who you are-they're based on what you look like,"Weber told Vogue."When you get nothing or a negative response,your confidence can decrease."
61.Why does the writer mention the fact that"selfie"was added to an online dictionary?C
A.To inform readers where to find the meaning of the word.
B.To recommend the dictionary to readers.
C.To indicate that the word has become very popular.
D.To show that the online dictionary is widely used.
62.According to the passage,"selfie"mainly involvesA.
A.young people B.models
C.students D.celebrities
63.How many reasons are mentioned for the rise of selfie?B
A.2. B.3.
C.4. D.5.
64.Many people post photos of themselves online toD.
A.make fun of themselves B.become powerful
C.beautify themselves D.choose how they look
65.In Jill Weber's opinion,selfies may cause one toB.
A.be cheated B.feel discouraged
C.lose money D.succeed more easily.
分析 文章主要讲述的是"自拍"这个话题,很贴近日常生活.自拍已经成为一种全球性的流行语,自拍照流传于各种社交网站.自拍的狂热主要有三方面的原因.在肯定自拍的同时,也有人担心自拍照会影响到个人的自尊心.
解答 61.C.细节理解题.根据第二段Over the past year,"selfie"has become a well-known term across the globe.Last August the Oxford dictionary added the word to their online dictionary and defined it as可知作者提到"selfie"添加到一个在线词典表明这个词已经变得非常流行;故选C.
62.A.细节理解题.根据第三段And selfie culture has become especially related for young people可知"selfie"主要涉及的是年轻人;故选A.
63.B.细节理解题.根据倒数第二段"In addition to self-expression and documentation (记录),selfies"allow for an close friendship for long-distance friends"可知,自拍的流行,有三方面的原因.故选B.
64.D.细节理解题.根据倒数第三段Posting selfies also allows you to control your image online."I like having the power to choose how I look,even if I'm making a funny face可知许多人在网上张贴自己的照片为了选择他们如何看自己;故选D.
65.B.细节理解题.根据最后一段Weber told Vogue."When you get nothing or a negative response,your confidence can decrease可知在Jill Weber看来,自拍可能导致一个人心灰意冷;故选B.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.