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阅读理解. The Internet is full of headlines that grab your attention with buzzwords (流行术语). But often when we click through, we find the content hardly delivers and it wastes our time. We close the page, feeling we've been cheated. These types of headlines are called “click bait”． A headline on Business Insider reads：“This phrase will make you seem more polite”. First, when you click through, you find another headline：“Four words to seem more polite”. Then, on reading the article, you find it's actually an essay about sympathy. And what are the four words? They're “Wow, that sounds hard”. On some video websites, you might encounter headlines such as “Here's what happens when six puppies visited a campus”. It turns out that it's just some uneventful dog footage (连续镜头)． Nowadays, with the popularity of social media, many news outlets tweet (推送) click bait links to their stories. These tweets take advantage of the curiosity gap or attempt to draw the reader into a story using a question in the headline. These click bait headlines are so annoying that someone is attempting to save people's time by exposing news outlet click bait through social media. The Twitter account @ SavedYouAClick, run by Jake Beckman, is one such example. Beckman's method is to grab tweets linking to a story and retweet them with a clicksaving comment. For example, CNET tweeted “So iOS 8 appears to be jailbreakable but ...”， with a link to its coverage of Apple's product announcements. Beckman retweeted it with this comment attached: “...it hasn't been jailbroken yet.” Since founding the account, Beckman's Twitter experiment has brought him more than 131,000 followers. Beckman said，“@ SavedYouAClick is just my way of trying to help the Internet be less terrible.” Asked about his goal, he said，“I'd love to see publishers think about the experience of their readers first. I think there's an enormous opportunity for publishers to provide readers with informative updates that include links so you can click through and read more.” 1.The article on Business Insider turns out to be________. A．useful suggestions on politeness B．an essay about another topic C．an article hard to understand D．a link to a video website 2.Why are readers often cheated by tricky headlines? A．Social media has become more popular. B．Readers have questions to be solved. C．Such headlines are fairly attractive. D．There're always stories behind them. 3.Beckman attached his comment to CNET's tweet to ______. A．criticize CNET B．save readers' time C．advertise Apple's new product D．tell readers something about iOS 8 4.In the last paragraph, Beckman appeals that ________. A．publishers should be more responsible for the link B．readers think about their needs before reading C．publishers provide more information for readers D．people work together to make the Internet less terrible
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阅读七选五. Everyone can benefit a lot from reading books. The following is about the various benefits of reading books. 1. Whenever you read something, you learn information that you otherwise wouldn't have known. It can be a fact about history or a theory you didn't know existed. If you want to learn new words, reading books is a great way to enlarge your vocabulary. 2. Similar to solving puzzles, reading books allows your mind to practice its processing skills. Going without books for too long will turn your mind into a whirl (混乱)． One of the primary benefits of reading books is its ability to develop your critical thinking skills. _3._ Wherever you are faced with a similar problem in real life, your mind is able to put its mysterysolving skills to a test. One of the great benefits of reading books is that the information in it can be accessed over and over again. For example, reading a cookbook allows you the luxury of reviewing the procedures whenever you need to. 4. Don't even think about writing the information down because you may lose the paper you wrote down on sooner or later. These are just some of the wonderful benefits of reading books. 5._ If you can't even go outside, you can download free ebooks online and read them on your computer. That way, you can see how advantageous reading can be for yourself. A．Reading books can put you in a confident mood. B．You can improve your memory by reading. C．Reading books provides you with new knowledge. D．Following a recipe from a cooking show will be difficult. E．Reading mystery novels, for example, sharpens your mind. F．Reading keeps your mind in good condition. G．Why don't you drop into the bookstore or library and pick a book up?
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“Paul must have been trying to carry his waste paper to garbage can and dropped a few pieces.” I ___________， picking them up. ____________ later I found more pieces. No quiet sighing this time. I ___________， “Who is throwing garbage？” No answer. Instead, I saw more bits of paper silently floating ____________ from upstairs. Looking up, I saw my sevenyearold son, Paul. “Stop making a mess.” “It's not a mess. They're ____________.” “Sorry, what did you say？” I hadn't heard him clearly. He didn't answer me. Paul has autism (自闭症) and __________ answers a question, especially when he's __________ attentively on something else. He ran down the stairs. “Where are my other butterflies？” he asked, ___________ around. Every time Paul ___________ five or more words together, my heart says a __________ of thanks. But lately he seems to ___________ that the benefits of forming complete sentences when communicating are __________ of the effort. Butterflies. Of course. I rushed to ___________ them from the garbage, __________ them off and handed them to my young artist. “Want to see them ___________ again？” he asked with a shy smile. “Oh yes! They're beautiful，” I whispered. He ran back upstairs to float his ____________ down again. They really did look like beautiful butterflies. That day Paul __________ me to look up at ___________ instead of down at garbage. How many other masterpieces do I miss because I'm too caught up in my ____________ to take time to appreciate what's right in front of me? Life is not what happens to us. It's ___________ we look at it. Now, I look up. 1.A.laughed B．sighed C．amazed D．shouted 2.A.Days B．Years C．Moments D．Weeks 3.A.called out B．turned up C．got in D．added to 4.A.up B．down C．away D．off 5.A.planes B．papers C．leaves D．butterflies 6.A.rarely B．frequently C．willingly D．eagerly 7.A.devoted B．depended C．focused D．addicted 8.A.showing B．looking C．playing D．drawing 9.A.spells B．puts C．pushes D．accumulates 10.A.sound B．remark C．report D．prayer 11.A.refuse B．hear C．mind D．realize 12.A.worthy B．aware C．fond D．typical 13.A.hide B．destroy C．rescue D．remove 14.A.tore B．dusted C．cut D．seized 15.A.throw B．flow C．land D．fly 16.A.masterpieces B．schoolwork C．inventions D．imagination 17.A.reminded B．forced C．intended D．permitted 18.A.mistakes B．weaknesses C．beauty D．scenery 19.A.amusement B．housework C．communication D．homework 20.A.when B．whether C．where D．how
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