Question

MANY of us enjoy doing it: you turn on the camera on your mobile phone and hold it at a high angle (角度), 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. This 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 smartphone 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 to young people. As many as 91 percent 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 cult (狂热) of 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 an 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 plummet.”

1.The first paragraph is intended to _________.

A. explain why selfie is popularB. describe how to make selfie

C. show the importance of selfieD. introduce the topic of selfie

2.How many reasons for the rise of selfie culture are mentioned in the passage?

A. TwoB. ThreeC. FourD. Five

3.What is Jill Weber’s opinion about selfies?

A. Comments on selfie are based on who you are.

B. Selfies have more disadvantages than advantages.

C. Others’ response to selfies might affect one’s self-esteem.

D. Selfies shouldn’t be encouraged for they lead to social problems.

4.The underlined word “plummet” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to __________.

A. go downB. calm downC. pick upD. build up

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：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。

1.把相机放到一个较高的角度，使眼睛看起来更大一些，颧骨更突出一点。第一段描述了自拍的过程，起到引入“自拍”这个话题的作用。第二段总结说，“这就是自拍”。

故选D。

2.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。

3.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”可知，Jill Weber认为，他人对自拍照的回应和喜好会影响到照片本人的自尊心。故选C。

4.When you get nothing or a negative response”可知，当无人关注或得到他人消极的评价时，你的自信心可能会下降。故选A。

考点：社交类短文阅读