2021年12月大学英语四六级阅读题专项练习42

2021年12月英语四六级阅读题

专项练习1:

TerryWolfischColemayseemlikeanordinary40-year-o1dmom,buther

neighborsknowthetruth:She*soneofthe“PodPeople."Atthe

supermarketshewanderstheaislesinaself-containedbubble,thanksto

heriPoddigitalmusicplayer.Throughthoselittlewhiteearbuds,

WolfischColelistenstoaplaylistmixedbyherfavoritedisc

presenter-herself.

Athome,whenthekidsaretuckedaway,WolfischColeoftenescapes

toanothersolomediapod-butinthisone,she'stransmittinginsteadof

justreceiving.Onhercomputerweblog,or“blog”,shetypesanonline

journalchroniclingdailynewsofherlife,thensharesitallwiththe

Web.

WolfischCole-whoalsogetsherdailynewscustomizedoffthe

Internetandwhosedigitalvideorecorder(DVR)scansthroughthe

televisionwastelandtofindandrecordshowsthatsuithertastes-ispart

ofanewbreedofpeoplewhoarefiltering,shapingandevencreating

mediaforthemselves.Theyareincreasinglyturningtheirbacksonthe

establishedsystemofmassmediathathasprovidednewsandentertainment

forthepasthalf-century.They'vejoinedtheexploding"iMedia”

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revolution,puttingthepowerofmediainthehandsofordinarypeople.

Thetoolsofthemovementconsistofabubblingstewofnew

technologiesthatincludeiPods,blogs,podcasts,DVRs,customizedonline

newspapers,andsatelliteradio.

DevoteesofiMediarunthegamut（范围）fromthe89-year-oldNew

Yorkgrandmother,knownasBubby,whohastakenupbloggingtoshareher

worldlyadvice,to11-year-oldDylanVerdiofTexas,whohasstarted

broadcastingherownhomemadeTVshowor"vlog’,forvideoweblog.In

betweenarecountlessiMediaenthusiasts1ikeRogiervanBakel,44,of

Maine,whoblogsatnight,readsaWeb-customizednewspageinthemorning,

travelswithhisfullyloadediPodandcomeshometowatchwhateverthe

DVRhaschosenforhim.

Iftheoldmediamodelwasbroadcasting,thisnewphenomenon

might“becalledego-casting,saysChristineRosen,afellowwiththe

EthicsandPublicPolicyCenter.Thetermfits,shesays,becausethetrend

isallaboutme-me-mediatheideaistogetexactlywhatyouwant,when

andwhereyouwantit.”

RosenandotherstracethebeginningsoftheiMediarevolution

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totheinventionoftheTVremote,whichmarkedthefirstsubtleshiftof

mediacontrolawayfrombroadcastersandintothehandsoftheaveragecouch

potato.Itenabledviewerstovotewiththeirthumbs-makingiteasierto

abandondullprogramsandavoidcommercials.Withtheproliferation（激

增）ofcab1eTVchannelsinthelate1980sfollowedbythemid-1990sarrival

oftheInternet,controllingmediainputwasn'tjustaluxury."Control

hasbecomeanecessity,saysBillRose,“Withoutit,there'snowayto

sortthroughalltheoptionsthatarebecomingavailable.，r

56.WhoisTerryWolfischColeprobablyaccordingtothepassage?

A.Amiddle-agedhousewife.

B.Asaleswomaninthesupermarket.

C.Adiscpresenter.

D.Anonlinenewswriter.

57.Whichofthefollowingisthecharacteristicofthenewbreed

ofpeopleaccordingtothepassage?

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A.Theyprovidenewsandentertainmentforthepublic.

B.TheyhavestartedtheiMediarevolution.

C.Theyhavehelpedordinarypeoplecontrolmedia.

D.Theychoosewhattolistentoorwatchbythemselves.

58.WhatcanbelearnedaboutthedevoteesofiMediafromthe

passage?

A.Theyareeitherveryoldorveryyoung.

B.Theyconsistofpeopleofallages.

C.TheyarelocatedinNewYork,TexasandMaine.

D.Theysharethesameinterests.

59.Accordingtothepassage,ChristineRosencallstheiMedia

revolutionego-castingbecause

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A.peopleshowthemselvesinthemedia

B.peoplegettheirneedsformediamet

C.peoplecanwatchwhatevertheylike

D.itistheinventionofanindividual

60.WhywastheinventionoftheTVremoteimportantaccording

tothepassage?

A.Becauseitenabledordinarypeopletocontrolmediatosome

extent.

B.BecauseitmademorecableTVchannelsavailabletopeople.

C.BecauseitledtotheinventionofInternetinthe1990s.

D.Becauseitmadelifeeasierforcouchpotatoes.

参考答案

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56.A)o据第一段的内容可知此段最后一句中提到的discpresenter只

是一个比喻，而并不是她的真实身份，故排除C);第二段最后一句确实提到她会

把自己日常生活中发生的事情放到网上与大家分享，但是真正的新闻作家不可

能只写自己的日常生活，由此可以排除D)。

57.D)o本题考查对段落的理解。第三段第一句指出：沃尔费什.科尔是一个

新的人群中的一员。这个人群为自己过滤、修改甚至创作媒体。D)“他们自己选

择听什么或者看什么”与此相符、故为答案。

58.B)o本题考查对段落的正确理解。第五段分别选择了老、中、青三个年

龄阶段的典型人物来说明iMedia的拥护者包括了从老到少各个年龄阶段的人，

故答案为B)。