2021年12月英語(yǔ)四六級(jí)閱讀題

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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（范圍）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.

參考答案

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56.A)o據(jù)第一段的內(nèi)容可知此段最后一句中提到的discpresenter只

是一個(gè)比喻，而并不是她的真實(shí)身份，故排除C);第二段最后一句確實(shí)提到她會(huì)

把自己日常生活中發(fā)生的事情放到網(wǎng)上與大家分享，但是真正的新聞作家不可

能只寫(xiě)自己的日常生活，由此可以排除D)。

57.D)o本題考查對(duì)段落的理解。第三段第一句指出：沃爾費(fèi)什.科爾是一個(gè)

新的人群中的一員。這個(gè)人群為自己過(guò)濾、修改甚至創(chuàng)作媒體。D)“他們自己選

擇聽(tīng)什么或者看什么”與此相符、故為答案。

58.B)o本題考查對(duì)段落的正確理解。第五段分別選擇了老、中、青三個(gè)年

齡階段的典型人物來(lái)說(shuō)明iMedia的擁護(hù)者包括了從老到少各個(gè)年齡階段的人，

故答案為B)。