2023届高考英语外刊阅读模拟强化训练阅读理解专题十五.docx

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1、高考英语外刊阅读模拟强化训练阅读理解专题十五Congress wants to kick TikTok out of America. I want to boot it from my bedroom. Like most crazy-busy parent professionals in America these days, I am beyond desperate fbr a full night of life-restoring rest. Yet I cannot fight the irresistible magnet-fbree pull that is the lat

2、est viral video - especially at night, when Im too tired to be rational.Fm not alone. TikToks been downloaded more than 210 million times in the United States, according to the most recent marketing statistics. To date, theres no evidence TikTok is a threat to national security. But theres plenty of

3、 evidence that, like all of the others - Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat - the company,s goal is to hook you young and keep you coming back fbr more.Social media use can have some positive impacts, including helping to make online connections between youngsters who feel isolated offl

4、ine. This is especially relevant fbr marginalized identities, including racial, ethnic, sexual, and gender minorities. But a myriad of experts who study techs impact on young people say harmful practices are part of social medias DNA. Platforms likely suck up as much personal data as possible fbr ta

5、rgeted marketing, data sharing, and a constant, unfettered, psychologically manipulative land grab fbr attention.The damage it can inflict on children, tweens, and teens is especially alarming. It can disrupt homework, socialization, exercise, play, outdoor activity, brain development, and just abou

6、t everything else medical experts and society in general agree grows healthy humans.The National Institutes of Health (NIH) reports smartphones and social media can cause an increase in mental distress, sclfinjurious behaviour and suicidality among youth J and that 4tthc effects appear to be greates

7、t among girls.Theres growing pressure from advocacy groups, judiciary committees, and even from President Biden himself fbr social media companies to become more accountable fbr all of these issues. There should be more regulation, especially on the content, algorithms, and targeted advertising dire

8、cted toward kids, says Mark, professor of Informatics at the University of California. We should not only set boundaries fbr our children but also model better habits ourselves, this includes no more night-scrolling myself. u One of the biggest things parents can do is limit screen time and be bette

9、r role models themselves,“ Mark said.USA Today(April 4, 2023)11 .What can we learn about the author from paragraph one?A. He usually enjoys a full night of life-restoring restB. He usually uploads the latest viral video to TikTokC. He is more likely to be rational at nightD. He would like to get rid

10、 of TikTok2. Which of the following statements concerning social media is tnie?A. They are threatening national security severelyB. They worsen the living conditions of the minority groups hugelyC. They do harm to young people in multiple waysD. They attract the youngs attention to gather personal d

11、ata as much as possible3. What docs paragraph four mainly talk about?A. Too much social media use can disrupt healthy development of youthB. The result of a research conducted by the NIHC. Girls are more sensitive to social media than boysD. Those youth who use social media are certain to develop se

12、rious mental disease4. What should parents do to tackle social media issues?A. To set up more regulations on social media companiesB. To urge President Biden to enforce related lawsC. To set a good model themselves not scrolling social media at nightD. To change the targeted advertising directed tow

13、ards kidsElon Musk had promised to take away all of Twitters blue check marks doled out to Hollywood stars, professional athletes, business leaders, authors and journalists unless they start buying a monthly subscription to the social media service.Musks goal was to shove the advertising-dependent p

14、latform he bought for $44 billion last year into a pay-to-play model. But the Saturday deadline passed and the blue checks are still there, many with a new disclaimer explaining they might have been paid fbr or they might not have been paid for - nobody but Twitter really knows. The company didnt re

15、turn a request to clarify its changing policies Monday.Matt Darling has been on Twitter fbr about 15 years and never cared about not having a blue check, though hed get a kick out of whenever a verified account of “some real-world importance” started following him. People on Twitter will joke about

16、blue checks like theyre the aristocracy but I dont think anyone actually thought that J except fbr Musk, Darling said.Now, Darling finally got a blue check after paying SI 1 last month to try out some of the features that come with a Twitter Blue subscription. But seeing it becoming more of a “scarl

17、et letter” under Musk than a symbol of credibility, he used a technique to scrub the blue tick from his profile.“Now its a signal of youre a person whos not making good tweets so you have to pay fbr engagement,n said Darling, an economist at the ccntcr-right Niskancn Center.Musk has said that starti

18、ng April 15, only verified accounts will appear in Twiners For You feed that recommends what tweets people see. Darling is planning to drop the subscription - it had too many glitches, and hes not looking fbr more online clout. I dont want Twitter to be pay-fbr-play. I want it to be a place where pe

19、ople writing interesting tweets are getting the engagement/ he said.USA Today(April 4, 2023)11 .What can we learn about Twitters blue check marks?A. They were once given to those who were of u real-world importanceB. They were once given to those who bought a monthly subscription to TwitterC. They g

20、athered $ 44 billion fbr Twitter last yearD. They were taken away by Musk to build Twitter an advertising-dependent platform2.What,s the meaning of the underlined phrase “get a kick out of in paragraph three?A. be stressedB. be isolatedC. be overjoyedD. be upset3. Why did Darling delete the blue che

21、ck mark from his profile?A. He could afTbrd to subscribe Twitter at a month rateB. He didnt admire some of the features coming with the subscriptionC. He thought of blue checks to be aristocraticD. He regarded it as a symbol of shame instead of a credibility4. Whats the best title of the passage?A.

22、Elon Musks new pay-for -playB. Whats up with Twitters blue checks?C. Celebrities tend to give up Twitters subscriptionD. Twitter is changing policies temporarilyFifteen engineering students at the Fairfax County middle school, led by Smith, their engineering teacher, have developed and built a verti

23、cal farm growing lettuce and spinach that is harvested and donated to the schools food pantry.The farm at Luther Jackson uses aquaponics technology, combining the methods of hydroponics, growing plants with water rather than soil, and aquaculture, the process of growing and raising fish. The fish wa

24、ste is used as nutrients to fertilize the plants, which filter the water to be reused in the fish tank.The program is part of the schoofs ESTEEM Center for Equity in Science, Technology, Engineering, English and Math, designed to create a pipeline of STEM opportunities fbr students starting in eleme

25、ntary school.The STEM workforce has grown rapidly in recent decades, but still lags in representation among Black, Hispanic and female workers, especially in tech and engineering. A 2021 study from the Pew Research Center found that from 2017 to 2019, Black workers made up 9 percent of the STEM work

26、force and Latino workers represented 8 percent. Both figures were smaller than their share of all employed U.S. adults, 11 percent and 17 percent, respectively.Smith, director of the ESTEEM program, said an educational approach of introducing students to STEM earlier can help close those gaps. Smith

27、 uses projcct-bascd learning to teach his classes, letting students develop their own engineering project ideas like building racing drones and electronic skateboards or using aquaponics to grow vegetables. The students arc in charge of every aspect of developing and maintaining the fann, from order

28、ing supplies to harvesting the greens.The aquaponics lab is being entirely funded by grants from STEM giants Northrop Grumman and Dominion Energy, as well as the Micron Opportunity Fund at the Community Foundation. Its our hope that wcrc creating a passionate group of engineers who want to do the so

29、rt of work that the companies that are in high tech need them to do,“ Smith said.The Washington Post (April 4, 2023)1 .Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A. University students majoring in engineering built a vertical farmB. The students not only grow plants but also

30、raise fishC. The harvested crops are donated to feed families in the districtD. The plants grow using the method of aquaculture, which means takes advantage of water rather than soil2. Wat can wc learn about the STEM workforce in paragraph four?A. Black workers made up 17 percent of all employed U.S

31、. adultsB. Recent decades witnessed a huge decline in the STEM workforceC. Black and Hispanic workers have lagged behind in tech and engineeringD. A study conducted from 2017 to 2019 found that female workers were less than male ones3. How docs Smith direct his ESTEEM program?A. He teaches his class

32、es with the assistance of his studentsB. He funds the program with the assistance of several STEM giantsC. He allows his students to take charge of every aspect of the projectD. He bases the program on his own engineering project ideas4. What kind of person do you think Smith is?A. considerate and honestB. courageous and intelligentC. active and diligentD. devoted and inspired答案DCACACDBBCCD