Question

Does your local high school have a student newspaper? Only 1 in 8 of New York’s public high schools has student newspapers – and many of those are published just a few times a year. A few more are online, which can leave out poorer schools.

Rebecca Dwarka, an 18-year-old senior who works for her student paper said, “Facebook is the new way of finding out what happened. Nobody wants to actually sit down and read a whole article about it. This makes a ‘whole article’ sound a little like a long sentence in lonely places.”

I am not nostalgic about high school student newspapers and never worked for mine. I put out what was then called a personal magazine with a group of friends because we wanted to write about peace, war and rock ’n’ roll without school officials warning us not to make jokes about the local officials.

School newspapers are in decline because students now find out what happened on social networking websites. This is a little discouraging because it proves that for millions of Americans, journalism is becoming a do-it-yourself thing. Every citizen can be a reporter.

When something happens, we look for social media messages. Facebook posts and Tweets have become the means by which citizens and reporters can prove, deny, pass on stories and express opinions without the press’ challenging, researching or slowing the message.

But truly good journalism is a craft, not just a blog post. It requires seeing something carefully and it uses an eye for details to help prove a larger view. And even journalism that conveys an opinion tries to be fair. If school newspapers begin to disappear, I hope there are other ways for students to learn that.

1.What can we infer from Rebecca’s words?

A. Students like reading detailed articles.

B. School newspapers are becoming unpopular.

C. Facebook is the quickest way of spreading news.

D. Long sentences are becoming popular in lonely places.

2.What does the author think of social media messages?

A. They make journalism become a craft.

B. They represent the power of small voices.

C. They are usually discouraging for readers.

D. They are coming without careful research.

3.What should good journalism do according to the author?

A. Ignore some details.

B. Spread a message quickly.

C. Convey an opinion in a fair way.

D. Act as blog posts in modern times.

4.Which might be the most suitable title for the passage?

A. Social media or newspapers?

B. Everyone can become a reporter at present

C. Social networking brings about new journalism

D. High school newspapers – an endangered species.

Answer

1. B

2. D

3. C

4. D

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。介绍了由于更多使用社交媒体信息，高中报纸正在消失。

1.推理判断题。由第二段“Nobody wants to actually sit down and read a whole article about it. This makes a ‘whole article’ sound a little like a long sentence in lonely places”没有人愿意坐下来读一整篇关于它的文章。这让“整篇文章”听起来有点像在孤独的地方写的长句。”以及第四段“School newspapers are in decline(衰落) because students now find out what happened on social networking websites. ”可知，学生报纸变得不受欢迎。故B选项正确。

2.推理判断题。由第五段“Facebook posts and Tweets have become the means by which citizens and reporters can prove, deny, pass on stories and express opinions without the press’ challenging, researching or slowing the message.”可知，Facebook的帖子和Tweets已经成为公民和记者们可以证明、否认、传递故事和表达观点的手段，而无需媒体的质疑、研究或减缓信息。所以判断出作者认为社交媒体的信息没有经过仔细的研究就被报道了出来。故D选项正确。

3.细节理解题。由最后段“ even journalism that conveys an opinion tries to be fair.”可知，即使是传达一种观点的新闻也要努力做到公平。故C选项正确。

4.标题归纳题。由一段“Only 1 in 8 of New York’s public high schools has student newspapers – and many of those are published just a few times a year.”第二段“Nobody wants to actually sit down and read a whole article about it. This makes a ‘whole article’ sound a little like a long sentence in lonely places.”第三段“School newspapers are in decline(衰落) because students now find out what happened on social networking websites.”以及后两段作者对于新闻业的建议和看法。可知，这些都是围绕着主题“即将消失的高中报纸”而展开的。故D选项正确。