2020版高考英语大一轮复习 课时达标24 Unit 4 Making the news（含解析）新

1课时达标(二十四)Unit4Makingthenews建议时间/35分钟(见学用课时P55)Ⅰ阅读理解A课标话题人与社会·文化娱乐与传媒体裁说明文词数286难度TheAmericannewspaperhasbeenaroundforaboutthreehundredyears.In1721,theprinterJamesFranklin,Benjamin'solderbrother,startedTheNewEnglandCourant,andthatwaswhatwemightrecognizetodayasarealnewspaper.Hefilledhispaperwithstoriesofadventure,articlesonart,onfamouspeople,andonallsortsofpoliticalsubjects.ThreecenturiesaftertheappearanceofFranklin'sCourant,fewbelievethatnewspapersintheirpresentprintedformwillremainaliveforlong.Newspapercompaniesarelosingadvertisers,readers,marketvalue,andinsomecases,theirsenseofpurposeataspeedthatwouldnothavebeenimaginablejustseveralyearsago.ThechiefeditorofTheTimessaidrecently,“Atplaceswheretheygather,editorsaskoneanother,‘Howareyou？’，asiftheyhavejustcomeoutofthehospitaloralostlawcase.”AnarticleaboutthenewspaperappearedonthewebsiteoftheGuardian,undertheheadline“NOTDEADYET.”Perhapsnot,buttheriseoftheInternet,whichhasmadethedailynewspaperlookslowandoutofstepwiththeworld,hasbroughtaboutarealsenseofdeath.SomeAmericannewspapershavelost42%oftheirmarketvalueinthepastthreeyears.TheNewYorkTimesCompanyhasseenitsstock(股票)dropby54%sincetheendof22004,withmuchofthelosscominginthepastyear.AmanageratDeutscheBanksuggestedthatstock­holderssellofftheirTimesstock.TheWashingtonPostCompanyhaspreventedthetroubleonlybychangingpartofitsbusinesstoeducation;itstestingandtest­preparationservicenowbringsinatleasthalfthecompany'sincome.语篇导读本文简单介绍了报业的发展历程，且通过数据表达了对这个行业未来的担忧。1．WhatcanwelearnaboutTheNewEnglandCourant?A．Itismainlyaboutthestockmarket.B．Itcarriesarticlesbypoliticalleaders.C．Itmarksthebeginningofnewspapers.D．ItremainsasuccessfulnewspaperinAmerica.解析C细节理解题。根据第一段第二句可知，《TheNewEnglandCourant》是第一份真正的报纸，即它标志着报业的开端，故选C项。2．Whatcanweinferaboutthenewspapereditors?A．Theyoftenacceptreaders'suggestions.B．Theycarealotabouteachother'shealth.C．Theystopdoingbusinesswithadvertisers.D．Theyfacegreatdifficultiesintheirbusiness.解析D推理判断题。根据第二段第二、三句可知，报业在衰落，编辑们的工作面临极大困难，故选D项。3．Whichofthefollowingfoundanewwayforitsdevelopment?A．TheWashingtonPost.B．TheGuardian.C．TheNewYorkTimes.D．TheNewEnglandCourant.解析A细节理解题。根据本文最后一句可知，华盛顿邮报公司通过调整业务方向避免了进一步衰落，故选A项。4．Howdoestheauthorseemtofeelaboutthefutureofnewspapers?A．Satisfied.B．Hopeful.C．Surprised.D．Worried.解析D观点态度题。根据第二段以及最后一段中提到的多个报业公司的股票数据可推断，报业发展艰难，因此作者对报业的未来感到担忧，故选D项。B3课标话题人与社会·文化娱乐与传媒体裁说明文词数256难度OnAug29,1988,theUniversityofWisconsin­MadisonjuniorsTimKeckandChristopherJohnsonpublishedthefirst­everissueofTheOnion.Thetwofoundersclaimeditwasthe“finestnewssource”intheUS.25yearslater,ithasbecomeoneofthemostestablishedmediapresencesintheUS.Butdon'texpectaccuracyandtimelinessfromit,forTheOniononlypublishesfakenewsornewssatire(讽刺).Itsaimistomakereaderslaughandperhapsmakethemseethingsfromadifferentangle.WillTracy,TheOnion'seditor­in­chief,saysthattheirstoriesarepresentedinasortofnewsvoicewhichimprovesthemtoacertainlevelofimportancethatisn'tactuallyunderstandable.Ithasanabilitytoelegantlylocateaproblemwithaneconomyofwords.Traditionalmediaoutletsarecautiouswhenreportingonsensitivetopicssuchasreligionandrace.TracysaysnothingisofflimitsforTheOnion.Inherwords,thatis“nomatterhowuncomfortabletheymaymakesomereaders”.ButtheeditorsatTheOniondotakeafirmline,asTracyexplains,“Whatyouhavetobereallycarefulaboutiswhatthetargetofthejokeis.Ifthetargetofthejokeiswrong,thenitdoesn'tfeelrightanditalsodoesn'tfeelfunny.”TheOniongeneratedpublicoutragewhenearlierthisyear,ittriedtomakefunofa9­year­old4Oscar­nominated(奥斯卡提名的)actressbyusinghighlyimpolitelanguage.Itlaterapologized.语篇导读本文介绍了TheOnion这一新闻机构的创建背景与特点。5．WhatcanweknowaboutTheOnionaccordingtoParagraph1?A．Itsnewsmaterialsareallrealandtimely.B．Itoftenmakesfunofthepublicbasedonthewrongnews.C．Itsaimistomakereadersfeelrelaxedandseeproblemsfromdifferentangles.D．ItsfirstarticlewrittenbyTimKeckandChristopherJohnsonwaspublishedonAug29,1988.解析C细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句可知，该报旨在使读者感到轻松并从不同角度看待问题，故选C项。6．Whatisthemeaningoftheunderlinedword“outrage”inParagraph3?A．Anger.B．Sadness.C．Disappointment.D．Grief.解析A词义猜测题。根据画线词下文中的highlyimpolitelanguage和apologized可推知，他们的报道让公众很气愤，故选A项。7．Comparedwiththetraditionalmedia,thefeatureofTheOnionisthat________.A．itstargetsofthejokeareoftenchildrenB．itoftenmakesreadersfeeluncomfortableC．italsohasthesamelimitsonsensitivetopicsD．italsoreportsnewsaboutreligionandrace解析D细节理解题。根据第三段前两句可知，该报不像传统媒体那样对诸如宗教和种族等敏感话题小心谨慎，即该报也会报道这类敏感话题，故选D项。8．Whichsectionofthenewspapercouldthetextbetakenfrom?A．Education.B．Medicine.C．Science.D．Culture.解析D文章出处题。本文主要介绍了一家新闻机构，根据常识可知，本文最可能来自报纸的文化版块，故选D项。Ⅱ七选五课标话题人与社会·人际关系与社会交往体裁说明文词数261难度(2019·湖南十四校统测)HowtoDoMan­on­the­StreetInterviews5Theman­on­the­streetinterviewisaninterviewinwhichareporterhitsthestreetswithacameramantointerviewpeopleonthespot.__1__Butwiththesetips,yourfirstman­on­the­streetinterviewexperiencecanbeeasy.•Whenyourbossorprofessorsendsyououttodoman­on­the­streetinterviewsforastory,thinkaboutthetopicanddevelopalistofabouttengeneralquestionsrelatingtoit.Forexample,ifyourtopicisaboutenvironmentalproblemsinAmerica,youmightask,“Whydoyouthinkenvironmental