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Text 2 Should we be thinking of Facebook as a news site?Is that how Facebook thinks of itself?No,not primarily,Facebook now says.In a document posted on Wednesday,the company explained,for the first time,the"values"that govem its news feed,the scrolling list of posts that Facebook presents to its l.65 billion users every time they log on.Though it is couched in the anodyne language of a corporate news release,the document's message should come as a shock to everyone in the media business.According to these values,Facebook has a single overriding purpose,and it isn't news.Facebook is mainly for telling you what's up with your friends and family.Adam Mosseri,the Facebook manager in charge of the news feed,said in a recent interview that informing and entertaining users was also part of the company's mission.But he made clear that news and entertainment were secondary pursuits."We think more,spend more time and work on more projects that try to help people express themselves with their friends or learn about their friends or have conversations with their friends,"he said.As if to underscore the point,the company is making a tweak to its news feed ranking system to increase the prominence ofcoiitent from your friends and family over posts by news companies and other organizations.It is also waming news companies that their traffic might decline as a result of the change.These moves highlight a truth that tends to get lost in commentary about the social network's influence over the news:At Facebook,infonrung users about the world will always take a back seat to cute pictures of babies..Because Facebook does not think ofitself primarily as a news company,it seems to want us to stop expecting it to act like one.Whether we should,though,is a more complicated matter.The company has long been hounded by journalists and activists over its power to shape the news through its algorithms,or the code that determines which stories you see,in the news feed.The question of how to think about Facebook's role in the news-and whether we should demand the same standards of accuracy,objectivity,transparency and fairness that we expect from traditional outlets-may be the primary puzzle ofour new media age.According to Facebook,the values outlined in the document have been the informal governing philosophy of its news feed since it was started a decade ago,and Mr.Zuckerberg and Chris Cox,Facebook's chiefproduct officer,were deeply involved in drafiing the new document.30.The best title for this text could be.

A.Facebook-a News Giant That Would Rather Show Us Baby Pictures
B.Facebook Is Reluctant to Be a News Website
C.Facebook,a New Bom Baby in the Age oflntemet
D.Facebook's Mr.Zuckerberg and Chris Cox
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2.It would be all too easy to say that Facebook’s market meltdown is coming to an end.After all,Mark Zuckerberg’s social network burned as much as$50 billion of shareholders’wealth in just a couple months.To put that in context,since its debut(初次登台)on NASDAQ in May,Facebook has lost value nearly equal to Yahoo,AOL,Zynga,Yelp,Pandora,Open Table, Group on,LinkedIn,and Angie's List combined,plus that of the bulk of the publicly traded newspaper industry: As shocking as this utter failure may be to the nearly 1 billion faithful Facebook users around the world,it’s no surprise to anyone who read the initial public offering(IPO)prospectus(首次公开募股说明书).Worse still,all the crises that emerged when the company debuted-overpriced shares,poor corporate governance,huge challenges to the core business,and a damaged brand-remain today.Facebook looks like a prime example of what Wall Street calls a falling knife-that is,one that can cost investors their fingers if they try to catch it. Start with the valuation.To justify a stock price close to the lower end of the projected range in the IPO,say$28 a share,Facebook’s future growth would have needed to match that of Google seven years earlier.That would have required increasing revenue by some 80 percent annually and maintaining high profit margins all the while. That’s not happening.In the first half of 2012,Facebook reported revenue of$2.24 billion,up 38 percent from the same period in 2011.At the same time,the company’s costs surged to$2.6 billion in the six-month period. This so-so performance reflects the Achilles’heel of Facebook’s business model,which the company clearly stated in a list of risk factors associated with its IPO:it hasn’t yet figured out how to advertise effectively on mobile devices,The number of Facebook users accessing the site on their phones surged by 67 percent to 543 million in the last quarter,or more than half its customer base. Numbers are only part of the problem.The mounting pile of failure creates a negative feedback loop that threatens Facebook’s future in other ways.Indeed,the more Facebook’s disappointment in the market is catalogued,the worse Facebook’s image becomes.Not only does that threaten to rub off on users,it’s bad for recruitment and retention of talented hackers,who are the lifeblood of Zuckerberg’s creation. Yet the brilliant CEO can ignore the sadness and complaints of his shareholders thanks to the super-voting stock he holds.This arrangement also was fully disclosed at the time of the offering.It’s a pity so few investors apparently bothered to do their homework.It can be inferred from the context that the“Achilles’heel”(Line 1,Para.5)refers to____《》（）A.deadly weakness B.problem unsolveD C.indisputable fact D.potential risk

3.It would be all too easy to say that Facebook’s market meltdown is coming to an end.After all,Mark Zuckerberg’s social network burned as much as$50 billion of shareholders’wealth in just a couple months.To put that in context,since its debut(初次登台)on NASDAQ in May,Facebook has lost value nearly equal to Yahoo,AOL,Zynga,Yelp,Pandora,Open Table, Group on,LinkedIn,and Angie's List combined,plus that of the bulk of the publicly traded newspaper industry: As shocking as this utter failure may be to the nearly 1 billion faithful Facebook users around the world,it’s no surprise to anyone who read the initial public offering(IPO)prospectus(首次公开募股说明书).Worse still,all the crises that emerged when the company debuted-overpriced shares,poor corporate governance,huge challenges to the core business,and a damaged brand-remain today.Facebook looks like a prime example of what Wall Street calls a falling knife-that is,one that can cost investors their fingers if they try to catch it. Start with the valuation.To justify a stock price close to the lower end of the projected range in the IPO,say$28 a share,Facebook’s future growth would have needed to match that of Google seven years earlier.That would have required increasing revenue by some 80 percent annually and maintaining high profit margins all the while. That’s not happening.In the first half of 2012,Facebook reported revenue of$2.24 billion,up 38 percent from the same period in 2011.At the same time,the company’s costs surged to$2.6 billion in the six-month period. This so-so performance reflects the Achilles’heel of Facebook’s business model,which the company clearly stated in a list of risk factors associated with its IPO:it hasn’t yet figured out how to advertise effectively on mobile devices,The number of Facebook users accessing the site on their phones surged by 67 percent to 543 million in the last quarter,or more than half its customer base. Numbers are only part of the problem.The mounting pile of failure creates a negative feedback loop that threatens Facebook’s future in other ways.Indeed,the more Facebook’s disappointment in the market is catalogued,the worse Facebook’s image becomes.Not only does that threaten to rub off on users,it’s bad for recruitment and retention of talented hackers,who are the lifeblood of Zuckerberg’s creation. Yet the brilliant CEO can ignore the sadness and complaints of his shareholders thanks to the super-voting stock he holds.This arrangement also was fully disclosed at the time of the offering.It’s a pity so few investors apparently bothered to do their homework.What can be inferred about Facebook from the first paragraph 《》（）A.Its market meltdown has been easily halted. B.It has increased trade with the newspaper industry. C.It has encountered utter failure since its stock debut. D.Its shareholders have invested$50 billion in a social network.

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  • 第1题：

    It would be all too easy to say that Facebook’s market meltdown is coming to an end.After all,Mark Zuckerberg’s social
    network burned as much as$50 billion of shareholders’wealth in just a couple months.To put that in context,since its debut(初次登台)on NASDAQ in May,Facebook has lost value nearly equal to Yahoo,AOL,Zynga,Yelp,Pandora,Open Table,
    Group on,LinkedIn,and Angie's List combined,plus that of the bulk of the publicly traded newspaper industry:
    As shocking as this utter failure may be to the nearly 1 billion faithful Facebook users around the world,it’s no surprise to
    anyone who read the initial public offering(IPO)prospectus(首次公开募股说明书).Worse still,all the crises that emerged
    when the company debuted-overpriced shares,poor corporate governance,huge challenges to the core business,and a
    damaged brand-remain today.Facebook looks like a prime example of what Wall Street calls a falling knife-that is,one that
    can cost investors their fingers if they try to catch it.
    Start with the valuation.To justify a stock price close to the lower end of the projected range in the IPO,say$28 a share,Facebook’s future growth would have needed to match that of Google seven years earlier.That would have required
    increasing revenue by some 80 percent annually and maintaining high profit margins all the while.
    That’s not happening.In the first half of 2012,Facebook reported revenue of$2.24 billion,up 38 percent from the same
    period in 2011.At the same time,the company’s costs surged to$2.6 billion in the six-month period.
    This so-so performance reflects the Achilles’heel of Facebook’s business model,which the company clearly stated in a
    list of risk factors associated with its IPO:it hasn’t yet figured out how to advertise effectively on mobile devices,The number
    of Facebook users accessing the site on their phones surged by 67 percent to 543 million in the last quarter,or more than
    half its customer base.
    Numbers are only part of the problem.The mounting pile of failure creates a negative feedback loop that threatens Facebook’s future in other ways.Indeed,the more Facebook’s disappointment in the market is catalogued,the worse Facebook’s
    image becomes.Not only does that threaten to rub off on users,it’s bad for recruitment and retention of talented hackers,who are the lifeblood of Zuckerberg’s creation.
    Yet the brilliant CEO can ignore the sadness and complaints of his shareholders thanks to the super-voting stock he
    holds.This arrangement also was fully disclosed at the time of the offering.It’s a pity so few investors apparently bothered to
    do their homework.

    What effect will Facebook’s failure in the market have 《》（）

    A.Its users’benefits will be threatened.
    B.Talented hackers will take down the website.
    C.The CEO will hold the super-voting stock.
    D.The company’s innovation strength will be damageD.

    答案：D
    解析：
    本题考查推理判断。
    由题干中的Facebook’s failure in the market定位到原文倒数第二段最后两句。由定位句可知，脸谱网在市场上的失意不仅会影响到用户，还会影响招募和挽留天才黑客，而这些人正是扎克伯格创造力的命脉。由此推知，脸谱网的创新力会因其市场失意而受到损害，综上，D选项正确。
    A选项，“会威胁用户的利益”，原句中为“影响用户数量”，故排除。
    B选项，“天才黑客们会攻击其网站”原文未提及，故排除。
    C选项，“执行总裁会持有带超级投票权的股票”是最后一段提到的一个事实，而非脸谱网市场失意带来的影响，故排除。
    故正确选项为D。

  • 第2题：

    It would be all too easy to say that Facebook’s market meltdown is coming to an end.After all,Mark Zuckerberg’s social
    network burned as much as$50 billion of shareholders’wealth in just a couple months.To put that in context,since its debut(初次登台)on NASDAQ in May,Facebook has lost value nearly equal to Yahoo,AOL,Zynga,Yelp,Pandora,Open Table,
    Group on,LinkedIn,and Angie's List combined,plus that of the bulk of the publicly traded newspaper industry:
    As shocking as this utter failure may be to the nearly 1 billion faithful Facebook users around the world,it’s no surprise to
    anyone who read the initial public offering(IPO)prospectus(首次公开募股说明书).Worse still,all the crises that emerged
    when the company debuted-overpriced shares,poor corporate governance,huge challenges to the core business,and a
    damaged brand-remain today.Facebook looks like a prime example of what Wall Street calls a falling knife-that is,one that
    can cost investors their fingers if they try to catch it.
    Start with the valuation.To justify a stock price close to the lower end of the projected range in the IPO,say$28 a share,Facebook’s future growth would have needed to match that of Google seven years earlier.That would have required
    increasing revenue by some 80 percent annually and maintaining high profit margins all the while.
    That’s not happening.In the first half of 2012,Facebook reported revenue of$2.24 billion,up 38 percent from the same
    period in 2011.At the same time,the company’s costs surged to$2.6 billion in the six-month period.
    This so-so performance reflects the Achilles’heel of Facebook’s business model,which the company clearly stated in a
    list of risk factors associated with its IPO:it hasn’t yet figured out how to advertise effectively on mobile devices,The number
    of Facebook users accessing the site on their phones surged by 67 percent to 543 million in the last quarter,or more than
    half its customer base.
    Numbers are only part of the problem.The mounting pile of failure creates a negative feedback loop that threatens Facebook’s future in other ways.Indeed,the more Facebook’s disappointment in the market is catalogued,the worse Facebook’s
    image becomes.Not only does that threaten to rub off on users,it’s bad for recruitment and retention of talented hackers,who are the lifeblood of Zuckerberg’s creation.
    Yet the brilliant CEO can ignore the sadness and complaints of his shareholders thanks to the super-voting stock he
    holds.This arrangement also was fully disclosed at the time of the offering.It’s a pity so few investors apparently bothered to
    do their homework.

    To make its stock price reasonable,Facebook has to____《》（）

    A.narrow the IPO price range
    B.cooperate with Google
    C.keep enormously profitable
    D.invest additional$2.6 billion

    答案：C
    解析：
    本题考查细节。
    由题干中的stock price和Facebook定位到原文第三段第二、三句。题目考查脸谱网如何才能使其制定的股价合理，题干中的
    reasonable对应原文中的justify。定位句提到，要实现接近其公开募股说明书上的较低股价，比如每股28美元，这就要求脸谱网年收益增长要高达80％，并始终保持高利润率，综上，C选项正确。
    A选项，“缩小公开募股中的价格范围，原文未提及，故排除。
    B选项，“和谷歌进行合作”，原文只是提到要实现接近其公开募股说明书上的较低股价，脸谱网未来的发展将必须达到7年前谷歌那样的增长规模，故排除。
    D选项，“再投资26亿美元”，文中26亿美元是脸谱网上半年的运营成本而不是投资，故排除。
    故正确选项为C。

  • 第3题：

    Text 2 Should we be thinking of Facebook as a news site?Is that how Facebook thinks of itself?No,not primarily,Facebook now says.In a document posted on Wednesday,the company explained,for the first time,the"values"that govem its news feed,the scrolling list of posts that Facebook presents to its l.65 billion users every time they log on.Though it is couched in the anodyne language of a corporate news release,the document's message should come as a shock to everyone in the media business.According to these values,Facebook has a single overriding purpose,and it isn't news.Facebook is mainly for telling you what's up with your friends and family.Adam Mosseri,the Facebook manager in charge of the news feed,said in a recent interview that informing and entertaining users was also part of the company's mission.But he made clear that news and entertainment were secondary pursuits."We think more,spend more time and work on more projects that try to help people express themselves with their friends or learn about their friends or have conversations with their friends,"he said.As if to underscore the point,the company is making a tweak to its news feed ranking system to increase the prominence ofcoiitent from your friends and family over posts by news companies and other organizations.It is also waming news companies that their traffic might decline as a result of the change.These moves highlight a truth that tends to get lost in commentary about the social network's influence over the news:At Facebook,infonrung users about the world will always take a back seat to cute pictures of babies..Because Facebook does not think ofitself primarily as a news company,it seems to want us to stop expecting it to act like one.Whether we should,though,is a more complicated matter.The company has long been hounded by journalists and activists over its power to shape the news through its algorithms,or the code that determines which stories you see,in the news feed.The question of how to think about Facebook's role in the news-and whether we should demand the same standards of accuracy,objectivity,transparency and fairness that we expect from traditional outlets-may be the primary puzzle ofour new media age.According to Facebook,the values outlined in the document have been the informal governing philosophy of its news feed since it was started a decade ago,and Mr.Zuckerberg and Chris Cox,Facebook's chiefproduct officer,were deeply involved in drafiing the new document.29.Mr.Zuckerberg and Chris Cox believe that.

    A.serious news is the most valuable to be posted to their users.
    B.the standards ofnews they post are accurate and objective.
    C.they have the conventional governing policy ofits news.
    D.the intefaction with friends is the most important news.

    答案：D
    解析：
    推理判断题。本题询问的是扎克伯格先生和克里斯·考克斯先生的观点，文中最后一段提到两人参与了的文件的发表，证明文件中表达的内容是他们认同的观点，即脸书更注重与朋友及家人的互动，故选D项。【干扰排除】A项“严肃的新闻对他们的用户是最有价值的”和B项“他们所发表的新闻的标准是准确和客观的”，文中第八段提到，我们是否应该要求脸书像传统新闻媒体那样准确、客观、透明和公正，因为它的核心价值不在于此，所以A项和B项不属于扎克伯格先生和克里斯·考克斯先生的观点；C项“他们有传统的新闻管理政策”，文中最后一段提到在10年前，脸书就有“非正式的新闻管理理念”，所以C项错误。

  • 第4题：

    Artificial intelligence,or AI,is called artificial for a good reason.Facebook made that point last week by ending its attempt to rely heavily on software algorithms to select news items for its 2 billion users.It announced Jan.19 that the Facebook"community"will be asked to rank news outlets by their trustworthiness.This reader feedback will promote"high quality news that helps build a sense of common ground"in a world with"so much division,"said chief executive Mark Zuckerberg.The first surveys have started in the United States and will soon expand to other countries.The company plans to include the local news outlets of users in its surveys.Like many digital platforms that act as news providers,Facebook had great faith in a belief that programmed electrons in computer servers can discern qualities of thought such as trust,fairness,and honesty.Even in respected newsrooms,however,these traits of character require constant upkeep among journalists and feedback from paying customers.Good judgment on news relies on orders of consciousness beyond what a machine can do.Rather than move toward becoming a hands-on gatekeeper of news,Facebook now hopes its"diverse and representative"sampling of users can lead to a ranking of news outlets-and that would bring a measure of objectivity in its news feed.The company may be in the news business but it has chosen to outsource news credibility to the collective wisdom of individuals and their ability to distinguish truth from falsehood.By placing its trust in people as seekers of truth,Facebook could earn greater trust from its users.This is also a lesson for many companies,especially digital platforms or those in the media business.According to the latest survey of trust in institutions worldwide by Edelman communications firm,"media has become the least-trusted institution for the first time,"more so than other businesses or government.In particular,the US is"enduring an unprecedented crisis of trust"among many of its institutions,says Richard Edelman,president and CEO of Edelman."The root cause of this fall is the lack of objective facts and rational discourse,"he adds.Facebook's shift away from computer-driven news selection is a welcome step toward restoring trust in the overall business of news.This is not a new problem."Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper,"wrote Thomas Jefferson in 1807.Yet the Digital Age has forced the issue of trust for news providers.By inviting readers to participate in solving this problem,Facebook has itself set a new bar for earning trust.
    According to Paragraph 4,Facebook hopes to

    A.measure the objectivity of news feed on its own.
    B.improve its ability to tell truth from falsehood.
    C.shed off the responsibility of a news provider.
    D.outsource news credibility to its massive users.

    答案：D
    解析：
    第四段指出，Facebook希望多元化、代表性的抽样用户对新闻机构的排名将会给其新闻推送带来客观性。即：Facebook将新闻可信度外包给群体智慧。可见D.正确，outsource news credibilitv to its massive users是对outsource news credibility to the collective wisdom.的概括。[解题技巧]A.反向干扰，第四段①句以Rather than否定指出Facebook不是想成为新闻的亲自把关者。B.将第四段末句their ability to distinguish truth from falsehood曲解为Facebook辨别真伪的能力。但联系上文可知，此处的their指用户（users），且文中并未涉及这一能力的提升。C.将第四段末句的外包新闻可信度（outsource news credibility）过度引申为推卸责任（shed off responsibility），结合上文可知，Facebook并非推卸责任，而是在新闻筛选上采用了新的方式，给用户更大的权限。

  • 第5题：

    Text 2 Should we be thinking of Facebook as a news site?Is that how Facebook thinks of itself?No,not primarily,Facebook now says.In a document posted on Wednesday,the company explained,for the first time,the"values"that govem its news feed,the scrolling list of posts that Facebook presents to its l.65 billion users every time they log on.Though it is couched in the anodyne language of a corporate news release,the document's message should come as a shock to everyone in the media business.According to these values,Facebook has a single overriding purpose,and it isn't news.Facebook is mainly for telling you what's up with your friends and family.Adam Mosseri,the Facebook manager in charge of the news feed,said in a recent interview that informing and entertaining users was also part of the company's mission.But he made clear that news and entertainment were secondary pursuits."We think more,spend more time and work on more projects that try to help people express themselves with their friends or learn about their friends or have conversations with their friends,"he said.As if to underscore the point,the company is making a tweak to its news feed ranking system to increase the prominence ofcoiitent from your friends and family over posts by news companies and other organizations.It is also waming news companies that their traffic might decline as a result of the change.These moves highlight a truth that tends to get lost in commentary about the social network's influence over the news:At Facebook,infonrung users about the world will always take a back seat to cute pictures of babies..Because Facebook does not think ofitself primarily as a news company,it seems to want us to stop expecting it to act like one.Whether we should,though,is a more complicated matter.The company has long been hounded by journalists and activists over its power to shape the news through its algorithms,or the code that determines which stories you see,in the news feed.The question of how to think about Facebook's role in the news-and whether we should demand the same standards of accuracy,objectivity,transparency and fairness that we expect from traditional outlets-may be the primary puzzle ofour new media age.According to Facebook,the values outlined in the document have been the informal governing philosophy of its news feed since it was started a decade ago,and Mr.Zuckerberg and Chris Cox,Facebook's chiefproduct officer,were deeply involved in drafiing the new document.28."Take a back seat to cute pictures of babies"probably means that.

    A.babies are more important for the specific users.
    B.babies are the whole world for some users.
    C.we should support and care about our babies.
    D.most people prefer pictures of adorable babies.

    答案：A
    解析：
    推理判断题。本题询问的是“把可爱的婴儿的照片放在世界新闻前”的含义。take a back seat意思是“处于次要位置”，根据第四、五段可知，脸书注重的是用户与亲人朋友的互动，并非世界新闻，故A项“婴儿对特定用户来说更重要”为正确答案。【干扰排除】B项“婴儿是一些用户的全部”，第五段提到世界新闻只是处于照片的后面，并没有说完全没有新闻，所以B项错误；C项“我们应该支持和关心我们的孩子”，文中没有提到对孩子的关心和支持，故C项错误；D项“大多数人更喜欢可爱的婴儿的照片”，文章中没有提到多数人喜欢婴儿照片，故D项错误。

  • 第6题：

    Artificial intelligence,or AI,is called artificial for a good reason.Facebook made that point last week by ending its attempt to rely heavily on software algorithms to select news items for its 2 billion users.It announced Jan.19 that the Facebook"community"will be asked to rank news outlets by their trustworthiness.This reader feedback will promote"high quality news that helps build a sense of common ground"in a world with"so much division,"said chief executive Mark Zuckerberg.The first surveys have started in the United States and will soon expand to other countries.The company plans to include the local news outlets of users in its surveys.Like many digital platforms that act as news providers,Facebook had great faith in a belief that programmed electrons in computer servers can discern qualities of thought such as trust,fairness,and honesty.Even in respected newsrooms,however,these traits of character require constant upkeep among journalists and feedback from paying customers.Good judgment on news relies on orders of consciousness beyond what a machine can do.Rather than move toward becoming a hands-on gatekeeper of news,Facebook now hopes its"diverse and representative"sampling of users can lead to a ranking of news outlets-and that would bring a measure of objectivity in its news feed.The company may be in the news business but it has chosen to outsource news credibility to the collective wisdom of individuals and their ability to distinguish truth from falsehood.By placing its trust in people as seekers of truth,Facebook could earn greater trust from its users.This is also a lesson for many companies,especially digital platforms or those in the media business.According to the latest survey of trust in institutions worldwide by Edelman communications firm,"media has become the least-trusted institution for the first time,"more so than other businesses or government.In particular,the US is"enduring an unprecedented crisis of trust"among many of its institutions,says Richard Edelman,president and CEO of Edelman."The root cause of this fall is the lack of objective facts and rational discourse,"he adds.Facebook's shift away from computer-driven news selection is a welcome step toward restoring trust in the overall business of news.This is not a new problem."Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper,"wrote Thomas Jefferson in 1807.Yet the Digital Age has forced the issue of trust for news providers.By inviting readers to participate in solving this problem,Facebook has itself set a new bar for earning trust.
    To which of the following would Mark Zuckerberg most probably agree?

    A.Common grounds among users are the sources of high quality news.
    B.Programmed electrons can make good judgment on news quality.
    C.Computers can not replace human beings in news selection.
    D.Reader feedback is not needed in respected newsrooms.

    答案：C
    解析：
    本题就扎克伯格的观点设问，实质考查Facebook转变新闻筛选方式的原因和目的，可将解题范围锁定第二、三段。第三段末句指出，对新闻的良好判断依赖于超越机器能力的意识逻辑（orders of consciousness beyond what a machine can do）．即：离不开人类判断．C.正确。[解题技巧]A.将第二段①句“高质量新闻促进用户共同感的建立”偷换为“用户间的共同感促进高质量新闻产生”。B.对第三段①句“程序化元件具有鉴别思想品质的能力”断章取义：however之后已转折指出，（即便如此）用户反馈等依然不可缺少。D.对第三段②句“即便是备受尊敬的新闻编辑室也需要（require）付费用户的不断反馈”篡改为与之相反的信息（is not needed）。

  • 第7题：

    共用题干
    1.Tired of social networking?Logging off Facebook?You're probably not the only one.Fearing for their privacy or perhaps just bored with using the site,100,000 Britons are said to have deactivated（注销）their accounts last month. And Facebook fatigue seems to be catching. Six million logged off for good in the U.S.too,figures show.Worldwide,the rate of growth has slowed for a second month in a row一and as it aims to reach its goal of one billion active users,Facebook is having to rely on developing countries to boost its numbers.The figures suggest that there could be a"natural limit" for Facebook's saturation（饱和）.There is even speculation on blogs that, as is feared for its failing rival MySpace,the website could one day "pass into oblivion"（被人遗忘）.
    2.Earlier this year,executives announced that the number of Facebook accounts held in the UK had reached 30 million,accounting for about half the population.The milestone was an increase of four million from last July and represented the highest saturation of any country in Europe.
    3.But times change一and last month more than 100,000 in the UK stopped using the website, figures show.In the U.S.,user numbers dropped from 155.2 million to 149.4 million throughout May.In Canada there was also a fall,of about 1.5 million users,while in Russia and Norway num-bers also fell by more than 100,000 users.
    4.It's not all bad news for the site.Worldwide,Facebook is still expanding and has around 600 million users,thanks to strong growth in countries such as Mexico and Brazil.
    5.According to Eric Eldon,of the website Inside Facebook,which obtained the figures through analysis of the company's advertising tools,there is a point at which the site can no longer grow, once it has established itself in a country."By the time Facebook reaches around 50 percent of the total population in a given country,growth generally slows to a halt,"he explained.

    Facebook had strong growth in countries such as_________.
    A:around 50 percent of the total population in a given country
    B:highest saturation
    C:5.8 million
    D:Britain,Canada and the U.S.
    E:fear for privacy or perhaps just being bored with using the site
    F:Mexico and Brazil

    答案：F
    解析：
    本题考查的是对所读材料的大意和主旨的掌握。本段主要讲的是Facebook似乎有可能会面临被人遗忘的局面，因为无论是英国还是美国都有很多人梢户。
    本题考查的是对所读材料的大意和主旨的掌握。本段主要讲的是今年年初时情况并非如此，在英国Facebook的用户大幅增加。
    本题考查的是对所读材料的大意和主旨的掌握。本段主要讲的是在很多国家，如英国、美国、加拿大和挪威等，Facebook用户明显减少。
    本题考查的是对所读材料的大意和主旨的掌握。本段主要讲的是尽管在某些国家Facebook用户减少，但是从全球范围看，Facebook的用户依然处于上升状态，尤其在墨西哥和巴西等国家。
    本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第一段第四句：据称，因担心隐私外泄或者只是厌倦了使用社交网站，英国上月有10万人注梢了Facebook 账户。
    本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第三段第二句：在美国，Facebook用户量在5月从1.552亿人下降到1.494亿人，由此可知美国用户量减少了580万人。
    本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第四段最后一句：从全球来看，Facebook的用户量仍在上升，约为6亿人，这有赖于墨西哥、巴西等国用户量的大量增长。
    本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是最后一段最后一句，他解释说：" Facebook在某个国家的用户量达到人口总量的大约一半后，就逐渐停止增长了。”

  • 第8题：

    共用题干
    1.Tired of social networking?Logging off Facebook?You're probably not the only one.Fearing for their privacy or perhaps just bored with using the site,100,000 Britons are said to have deactivated（注销）their accounts last month. And Facebook fatigue seems to be catching. Six million logged off for good in the U.S.too,figures show.Worldwide,the rate of growth has slowed for a second month in a row一and as it aims to reach its goal of one billion active users,Facebook is having to rely on developing countries to boost its numbers.The figures suggest that there could be a"natural limit" for Facebook's saturation（饱和）.There is even speculation on blogs that, as is feared for its failing rival MySpace,the website could one day "pass into oblivion"（被人遗忘）.
    2.Earlier this year,executives announced that the number of Facebook accounts held in the UK had reached 30 million,accounting for about half the population.The milestone was an increase of four million from last July and represented the highest saturation of any country in Europe.
    3.But times change一and last month more than 100,000 in the UK stopped using the website, figures show.In the U.S.,user numbers dropped from 155.2 million to 149.4 million throughout May.In Canada there was also a fall,of about 1.5 million users,while in Russia and Norway num-bers also fell by more than 100,000 users.
    4.It's not all bad news for the site.Worldwide,Facebook is still expanding and has around 600 million users,thanks to strong growth in countries such as Mexico and Brazil.
    5.According to Eric Eldon,of the website Inside Facebook,which obtained the figures through analysis of the company's advertising tools,there is a point at which the site can no longer grow, once it has established itself in a country."By the time Facebook reaches around 50 percent of the total population in a given country,growth generally slows to a halt,"he explained.

    Paragraph 2_________
    A:Facebook users in Britain increased a lot earlier this year.
    B:Facebook seems to be faced with a gloomy future.
    C:Facebook is a very popular social place for many people.
    D:Users of Facebook dropped dramatically in many countries.
    E:In spite of the setback in some countries,Facebook is still expanding worldwide.
    F: There is a reason for the decreasing users of Facebook.

    答案：A
    解析：
    本题考查的是对所读材料的大意和主旨的掌握。本段主要讲的是Facebook似乎有可能会面临被人遗忘的局面，因为无论是英国还是美国都有很多人梢户。
    本题考查的是对所读材料的大意和主旨的掌握。本段主要讲的是今年年初时情况并非如此，在英国Facebook的用户大幅增加。
    本题考查的是对所读材料的大意和主旨的掌握。本段主要讲的是在很多国家，如英国、美国、加拿大和挪威等，Facebook用户明显减少。
    本题考查的是对所读材料的大意和主旨的掌握。本段主要讲的是尽管在某些国家Facebook用户减少，但是从全球范围看，Facebook的用户依然处于上升状态，尤其在墨西哥和巴西等国家。
    本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第一段第四句：据称，因担心隐私外泄或者只是厌倦了使用社交网站，英国上月有10万人注梢了Facebook 账户。
    本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第三段第二句：在美国，Facebook用户量在5月从1.552亿人下降到1.494亿人，由此可知美国用户量减少了580万人。
    本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第四段最后一句：从全球来看，Facebook的用户量仍在上升，约为6亿人，这有赖于墨西哥、巴西等国用户量的大量增长。
    本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是最后一段最后一句，他解释说：" Facebook在某个国家的用户量达到人口总量的大约一半后，就逐渐停止增长了。”

  • 第9题：

    阿里巴巴国际站上的产品可以分享到Facebook。


    正确答案:正确

  • 第10题：

    （）和（）是最早关注“大数据”的企业。

    • A、波音公司和麦肯锡公司
    • B、谷歌公司（GooglE.和脸谱公司（Facebook）
    • C、通用公司和脸谱（Facebook）
    • D、甲骨文公司和谷歌公司（GooglE.

    正确答案:B

  • 第11题：

    填空题
    Microsoft solidified multiyear advertising agreements with Facebook.____

    正确答案： E
    解析：
    根据题干信息“solidified multiyear advertising agreements”可以定位到E段“Microsoft also recently solidified multiyear advertising agreements with FaceBook”，故匹配段落为E。

  • 第12题：

    单选题
    （）和（）是最早关注“大数据”的企业。
    A

    波音公司和麦肯锡公司

    B

    谷歌公司（GooglE.和脸谱公司（Facebook）

    C

    通用公司和脸谱（Facebook）

    D

    甲骨文公司和谷歌公司（GooglE.


    正确答案： D
    解析： 暂无解析

  • 第13题：

    It would be all too easy to say that Facebook’s market meltdown is coming to an end.After all,Mark Zuckerberg’s social
    network burned as much as$50 billion of shareholders’wealth in just a couple months.To put that in context,since its debut(初次登台)on NASDAQ in May,Facebook has lost value nearly equal to Yahoo,AOL,Zynga,Yelp,Pandora,Open Table,
    Group on,LinkedIn,and Angie's List combined,plus that of the bulk of the publicly traded newspaper industry:
    As shocking as this utter failure may be to the nearly 1 billion faithful Facebook users around the world,it’s no surprise to
    anyone who read the initial public offering(IPO)prospectus(首次公开募股说明书).Worse still,all the crises that emerged
    when the company debuted-overpriced shares,poor corporate governance,huge challenges to the core business,and a
    damaged brand-remain today.Facebook looks like a prime example of what Wall Street calls a falling knife-that is,one that
    can cost investors their fingers if they try to catch it.
    Start with the valuation.To justify a stock price close to the lower end of the projected range in the IPO,say$28 a share,Facebook’s future growth would have needed to match that of Google seven years earlier.That would have required
    increasing revenue by some 80 percent annually and maintaining high profit margins all the while.
    That’s not happening.In the first half of 2012,Facebook reported revenue of$2.24 billion,up 38 percent from the same
    period in 2011.At the same time,the company’s costs surged to$2.6 billion in the six-month period.
    This so-so performance reflects the Achilles’heel of Facebook’s business model,which the company clearly stated in a
    list of risk factors associated with its IPO:it hasn’t yet figured out how to advertise effectively on mobile devices,The number
    of Facebook users accessing the site on their phones surged by 67 percent to 543 million in the last quarter,or more than
    half its customer base.
    Numbers are only part of the problem.The mounting pile of failure creates a negative feedback loop that threatens Facebook’s future in other ways.Indeed,the more Facebook’s disappointment in the market is catalogued,the worse Facebook’s
    image becomes.Not only does that threaten to rub off on users,it’s bad for recruitment and retention of talented hackers,who are the lifeblood of Zuckerberg’s creation.
    Yet the brilliant CEO can ignore the sadness and complaints of his shareholders thanks to the super-voting stock he
    holds.This arrangement also was fully disclosed at the time of the offering.It’s a pity so few investors apparently bothered to
    do their homework.

    What does the author imply in the last paragraph 《》（）

    A.Sleeplessness does harm to people’s health.
    B.Few people really know the importance of sleep.
    C.It is important to study our sleep patterns.
    D.Average people probably sleep less than the rich.

    答案：B
    解析：
    本题考查判断推理。

    题干问的是作者在最后一段所表达的观点，定位到最后一句If the most health conscious among us have such deep swings in our shuteye levels throughout the year, how much sleep are the rest of us losing? 作者提到了health-conscious，人们对健康的意识是缺乏的，对健康是视而不见的，综上，B选项正确。

  • 第14题：

    Artificial intelligence,or AI,is called artificial for a good reason.Facebook made that point last week by ending its attempt to rely heavily on software algorithms to select news items for its 2 billion users.It announced Jan.19 that the Facebook"community"will be asked to rank news outlets by their trustworthiness.This reader feedback will promote"high quality news that helps build a sense of common ground"in a world with"so much division,"said chief executive Mark Zuckerberg.The first surveys have started in the United States and will soon expand to other countries.The company plans to include the local news outlets of users in its surveys.Like many digital platforms that act as news providers,Facebook had great faith in a belief that programmed electrons in computer servers can discern qualities of thought such as trust,fairness,and honesty.Even in respected newsrooms,however,these traits of character require constant upkeep among journalists and feedback from paying customers.Good judgment on news relies on orders of consciousness beyond what a machine can do.Rather than move toward becoming a hands-on gatekeeper of news,Facebook now hopes its"diverse and representative"sampling of users can lead to a ranking of news outlets-and that would bring a measure of objectivity in its news feed.The company may be in the news business but it has chosen to outsource news credibility to the collective wisdom of individuals and their ability to distinguish truth from falsehood.By placing its trust in people as seekers of truth,Facebook could earn greater trust from its users.This is also a lesson for many companies,especially digital platforms or those in the media business.According to the latest survey of trust in institutions worldwide by Edelman communications firm,"media has become the least-trusted institution for the first time,"more so than other businesses or government.In particular,the US is"enduring an unprecedented crisis of trust"among many of its institutions,says Richard Edelman,president and CEO of Edelman."The root cause of this fall is the lack of objective facts and rational discourse,"he adds.Facebook's shift away from computer-driven news selection is a welcome step toward restoring trust in the overall business of news.This is not a new problem."Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper,"wrote Thomas Jefferson in 1807.Yet the Digital Age has forced the issue of trust for news providers.By inviting readers to participate in solving this problem,Facebook has itself set a new bar for earning trust.
    Facebook used to select news items by

    A.adopting Al technology.
    B.relying on its 2 billion users.
    C.building a Facebook"community".
    D.ranking news outlets by credibility.

    答案：A
    解析：
    首段指出，人工智能（AI）毕竟是“人工”的，Facebook的做法“宣布终止依赖软件算法（software algorithms）的筛选新闻方式，转而邀请其用户群对新闻机构的可信度进行排名”印证了这一点。文中software algorithm即指Al技术（与“人类智能”相对）,A.正确。[解题技巧]B.将第一段②句中“为20亿用户筛选新闻（select news items for its 2 billion users）”篡改为“依赖20亿用户筛选新闻（relying on its 2 billion users）”。C.将第一段③句所述“新做法：邀请社群对新闻机构可信度进行排名（Facebook“community”will be asked）”篡改为“旧做法：建立Facebook社群筛选新闻（building a Facebook“community”）”。D.源自第一段③句rank news outlets by their trustworthiness，但由句中will可知，这事关Facebook将要采取的新方式，而非过去的旧方式。

  • 第15题：

    Artificial intelligence,or AI,is called artificial for a good reason.Facebook made that point last week by ending its attempt to rely heavily on software algorithms to select news items for its 2 billion users.It announced Jan.19 that the Facebook"community"will be asked to rank news outlets by their trustworthiness.This reader feedback will promote"high quality news that helps build a sense of common ground"in a world with"so much division,"said chief executive Mark Zuckerberg.The first surveys have started in the United States and will soon expand to other countries.The company plans to include the local news outlets of users in its surveys.Like many digital platforms that act as news providers,Facebook had great faith in a belief that programmed electrons in computer servers can discern qualities of thought such as trust,fairness,and honesty.Even in respected newsrooms,however,these traits of character require constant upkeep among journalists and feedback from paying customers.Good judgment on news relies on orders of consciousness beyond what a machine can do.Rather than move toward becoming a hands-on gatekeeper of news,Facebook now hopes its"diverse and representative"sampling of users can lead to a ranking of news outlets-and that would bring a measure of objectivity in its news feed.The company may be in the news business but it has chosen to outsource news credibility to the collective wisdom of individuals and their ability to distinguish truth from falsehood.By placing its trust in people as seekers of truth,Facebook could earn greater trust from its users.This is also a lesson for many companies,especially digital platforms or those in the media business.According to the latest survey of trust in institutions worldwide by Edelman communications firm,"media has become the least-trusted institution for the first time,"more so than other businesses or government.In particular,the US is"enduring an unprecedented crisis of trust"among many of its institutions,says Richard Edelman,president and CEO of Edelman."The root cause of this fall is the lack of objective facts and rational discourse,"he adds.Facebook's shift away from computer-driven news selection is a welcome step toward restoring trust in the overall business of news.This is not a new problem."Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper,"wrote Thomas Jefferson in 1807.Yet the Digital Age has forced the issue of trust for news providers.By inviting readers to participate in solving this problem,Facebook has itself set a new bar for earning trust.
    In the last paragraph,Thomas Jefferson's words are cited to indicate

    A.the poor quality of newspapers nowadays.
    B.the long-standing trust issue in news businesses.
    C.the problems arising from Facebook's shift.
    D.the issue of trust in the Digital Age.

    答案：B
    解析：
    末段首句指出，Facebook的转变朝向恢复用户对新闻业的信任迈出了可喜一步。第二句直接指出这并非新问题。第三句则援引杰斐逊1807年所言“现在的报纸上没有什么可以相信的”。可见，援引目的在于证明新闻可信度问题古已有之，B.正确。[解题技巧]A.源于引言“现在的报纸上没有什么可以相信的”（Nothing can now be believed.…）。但据下文可知，此处“现在”指1807年，而非当下（nowadays），且“报纸质量低劣”一说与文意存在偏差。C.将末段②句This is not a new problem中This误解为“Facebook转变带来的问题”，而结合前文可知，This指代“新闻业信任问题”，而Facebook转变有益于问题的解决。D.源自末段④句，但选项问题有二：一、Yet表明该句相对引言已发生语义转折，并非引言说明对象；二、该句意指“数字时代迫使新闻提供者们直面信任问题”而非“数字时代信任缺失”。选项不仅偏离原文方向，且放大原文范围（将“新闻业的信任问题”放大到“整个社会的信任缺失”）。一、借助首段特点确定首段

  • 第16题：

    Text 2 Should we be thinking of Facebook as a news site?Is that how Facebook thinks of itself?No,not primarily,Facebook now says.In a document posted on Wednesday,the company explained,for the first time,the"values"that govem its news feed,the scrolling list of posts that Facebook presents to its l.65 billion users every time they log on.Though it is couched in the anodyne language of a corporate news release,the document's message should come as a shock to everyone in the media business.According to these values,Facebook has a single overriding purpose,and it isn't news.Facebook is mainly for telling you what's up with your friends and family.Adam Mosseri,the Facebook manager in charge of the news feed,said in a recent interview that informing and entertaining users was also part of the company's mission.But he made clear that news and entertainment were secondary pursuits."We think more,spend more time and work on more projects that try to help people express themselves with their friends or learn about their friends or have conversations with their friends,"he said.As if to underscore the point,the company is making a tweak to its news feed ranking system to increase the prominence ofcoiitent from your friends and family over posts by news companies and other organizations.It is also waming news companies that their traffic might decline as a result of the change.These moves highlight a truth that tends to get lost in commentary about the social network's influence over the news:At Facebook,infonrung users about the world will always take a back seat to cute pictures of babies..Because Facebook does not think ofitself primarily as a news company,it seems to want us to stop expecting it to act like one.Whether we should,though,is a more complicated matter.The company has long been hounded by journalists and activists over its power to shape the news through its algorithms,or the code that determines which stories you see,in the news feed.The question of how to think about Facebook's role in the news-and whether we should demand the same standards of accuracy,objectivity,transparency and fairness that we expect from traditional outlets-may be the primary puzzle ofour new media age.According to Facebook,the values outlined in the document have been the informal governing philosophy of its news feed since it was started a decade ago,and Mr.Zuckerberg and Chris Cox,Facebook's chiefproduct officer,were deeply involved in drafiing the new document.27.By"making a tweak",Facebook means to.

    A.adjust the ranking system of the different news.
    B.give priority to news about friends and family.
    C.solve the traffic problem online.
    D.wam media companies to change their organizations.

    答案：B
    解析：
    事实细节题。第四段第一句提到脸书网“making a tweak”是为了increase the prominence of content from your friends and family（我们看到的大都是和朋友及家人有关的消息），B项priority和prominence是同义词，因此可推测B项“优先考虑朋友和家人的消息”是正确选项。【干扰排除】A项“调整不同新闻的评级系统”，第四段第一句提到ranking system（评级系统），但是调整的是来自朋友和家人的消息，而并非各种新闻，故A项排除；C项“在线解决交通问题”，第四段第二句提到traffic might decline（浏览量会下降），指的是新闻的访问量下降，并非真正的交通问题，所以C项排除；D项“警告媒体公司改变他们的组织机构”，第四段第二句提到waming news companies（对新闻公司的警示），指的是他们的浏览量会下降，而不是警告他们要改变组织机构，所以D项排除。

  • 第17题：

    Artificial intelligence,or AI,is called artificial for a good reason.Facebook made that point last week by ending its attempt to rely heavily on software algorithms to select news items for its 2 billion users.It announced Jan.19 that the Facebook"community"will be asked to rank news outlets by their trustworthiness.This reader feedback will promote"high quality news that helps build a sense of common ground"in a world with"so much division,"said chief executive Mark Zuckerberg.The first surveys have started in the United States and will soon expand to other countries.The company plans to include the local news outlets of users in its surveys.Like many digital platforms that act as news providers,Facebook had great faith in a belief that programmed electrons in computer servers can discern qualities of thought such as trust,fairness,and honesty.Even in respected newsrooms,however,these traits of character require constant upkeep among journalists and feedback from paying customers.Good judgment on news relies on orders of consciousness beyond what a machine can do.Rather than move toward becoming a hands-on gatekeeper of news,Facebook now hopes its"diverse and representative"sampling of users can lead to a ranking of news outlets-and that would bring a measure of objectivity in its news feed.The company may be in the news business but it has chosen to outsource news credibility to the collective wisdom of individuals and their ability to distinguish truth from falsehood.By placing its trust in people as seekers of truth,Facebook could earn greater trust from its users.This is also a lesson for many companies,especially digital platforms or those in the media business.According to the latest survey of trust in institutions worldwide by Edelman communications firm,"media has become the least-trusted institution for the first time,"more so than other businesses or government.In particular,the US is"enduring an unprecedented crisis of trust"among many of its institutions,says Richard Edelman,president and CEO of Edelman."The root cause of this fall is the lack of objective facts and rational discourse,"he adds.Facebook's shift away from computer-driven news selection is a welcome step toward restoring trust in the overall business of news.This is not a new problem."Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper,"wrote Thomas Jefferson in 1807.Yet the Digital Age has forced the issue of trust for news providers.By inviting readers to participate in solving this problem,Facebook has itself set a new bar for earning trust.
    The author holds that Facebook's shift is

    A.a lesson for news providers on filtering news.
    B.the cause of the trust crisis across business of news.
    C.a step towarcl restoring users'trust in news business.
    D.the result of lacking objective facts and rational discourse.

    答案：C
    解析：
    题目考查作者对Facebook转变的看法，该信息集中于第五、六两段。第五段指出，Facebook的做法／转变可以为其赢得用户信任，而整个新闻业目前正陷于信任危机。第六段首句进而指出．Facebook的做法是向恢复用户对新闻业信任迈出的可喜一步，综合可得C.正确。[解题技巧]A.来源于第五段②句a lesson for many companIes，但结合整段可知，此处的lesson（经验、启示）是指“获取用户信任”，而非“筛选新闻”。B.源于第五段提及的美国信任危机（unprecedented crisis of trust），但作者意在以“Facebook转变是化解危机的可喜一步”凸显转变的意义，并非说明它是危机成因。D.将第五段末句缺乏客观事实和理性对话的结果“信任危机（crisis of trust-this fall所指）”偷换为“Facebook的转变（Facebook's shift）”。

  • 第18题：

    Text 2 Should we be thinking of Facebook as a news site?Is that how Facebook thinks of itself?No,not primarily,Facebook now says.In a document posted on Wednesday,the company explained,for the first time,the"values"that govem its news feed,the scrolling list of posts that Facebook presents to its l.65 billion users every time they log on.Though it is couched in the anodyne language of a corporate news release,the document's message should come as a shock to everyone in the media business.According to these values,Facebook has a single overriding purpose,and it isn't news.Facebook is mainly for telling you what's up with your friends and family.Adam Mosseri,the Facebook manager in charge of the news feed,said in a recent interview that informing and entertaining users was also part of the company's mission.But he made clear that news and entertainment were secondary pursuits."We think more,spend more time and work on more projects that try to help people express themselves with their friends or learn about their friends or have conversations with their friends,"he said.As if to underscore the point,the company is making a tweak to its news feed ranking system to increase the prominence ofcoiitent from your friends and family over posts by news companies and other organizations.It is also waming news companies that their traffic might decline as a result of the change.These moves highlight a truth that tends to get lost in commentary about the social network's influence over the news:At Facebook,infonrung users about the world will always take a back seat to cute pictures of babies..Because Facebook does not think ofitself primarily as a news company,it seems to want us to stop expecting it to act like one.Whether we should,though,is a more complicated matter.The company has long been hounded by journalists and activists over its power to shape the news through its algorithms,or the code that determines which stories you see,in the news feed.The question of how to think about Facebook's role in the news-and whether we should demand the same standards of accuracy,objectivity,transparency and fairness that we expect from traditional outlets-may be the primary puzzle ofour new media age.According to Facebook,the values outlined in the document have been the informal governing philosophy of its news feed since it was started a decade ago,and Mr.Zuckerberg and Chris Cox,Facebook's chiefproduct officer,were deeply involved in drafiing the new document.26.According to the first paragraph,we can infer that Facebook.

    A.was originally designed to be a news website.
    B.presents important news to its l.65 billion users.
    C.values the relationship with your family and friends most.
    D.doesn't want to work with media business.

    答案：C
    解析：
    推理判断题。本题是对第一段内容的推断。根据第一段最后一句“是为了与你分享你的朋友和家人的最新动态”，可以推测C项是正确答案。【干扰排除】A项“最初被设计为一个新闻网站”，第一段第三句已经提到，脸书网不是新闻网站；B项“向其16.5亿用户提供重要新闻”，第一段第四句提到16.5亿用户，但是这16.5亿用户一登录，看到的是关于朋友和家人的最新动态，而并非重要新闻，所以B项排除；D项“不想与媒体业务合作”，第一段第五句提到a shock to everyone in the media business（媒体从业人员还是被震惊到了），但没有提到脸书不想与媒体合作，D项可排除。

  • 第19题：

    共用题干
    1.Tired of social networking?Logging off Facebook?You're probably not the only one.Fearing for their privacy or perhaps just bored with using the site,100,000 Britons are said to have deactivated（注销）their accounts last month. And Facebook fatigue seems to be catching. Six million logged off for good in the U.S.too,figures show.Worldwide,the rate of growth has slowed for a second month in a row一and as it aims to reach its goal of one billion active users,Facebook is having to rely on developing countries to boost its numbers.The figures suggest that there could be a"natural limit" for Facebook's saturation（饱和）.There is even speculation on blogs that, as is feared for its failing rival MySpace,the website could one day "pass into oblivion"（被人遗忘）.
    2.Earlier this year,executives announced that the number of Facebook accounts held in the UK had reached 30 million,accounting for about half the population.The milestone was an increase of four million from last July and represented the highest saturation of any country in Europe.
    3.But times change一and last month more than 100,000 in the UK stopped using the website, figures show.In the U.S.,user numbers dropped from 155.2 million to 149.4 million throughout May.In Canada there was also a fall,of about 1.5 million users,while in Russia and Norway num-bers also fell by more than 100,000 users.
    4.It's not all bad news for the site.Worldwide,Facebook is still expanding and has around 600 million users,thanks to strong growth in countries such as Mexico and Brazil.
    5.According to Eric Eldon,of the website Inside Facebook,which obtained the figures through analysis of the company's advertising tools,there is a point at which the site can no longer grow, once it has established itself in a country."By the time Facebook reaches around 50 percent of the total population in a given country,growth generally slows to a halt,"he explained.

    Paragraph 1_________
    A:Facebook users in Britain increased a lot earlier this year.
    B:Facebook seems to be faced with a gloomy future.
    C:Facebook is a very popular social place for many people.
    D:Users of Facebook dropped dramatically in many countries.
    E:In spite of the setback in some countries,Facebook is still expanding worldwide.
    F: There is a reason for the decreasing users of Facebook.

    答案：B
    解析：
    本题考查的是对所读材料的大意和主旨的掌握。本段主要讲的是Facebook似乎有可能会面临被人遗忘的局面，因为无论是英国还是美国都有很多人梢户。
    本题考查的是对所读材料的大意和主旨的掌握。本段主要讲的是今年年初时情况并非如此，在英国Facebook的用户大幅增加。
    本题考查的是对所读材料的大意和主旨的掌握。本段主要讲的是在很多国家，如英国、美国、加拿大和挪威等，Facebook用户明显减少。
    本题考查的是对所读材料的大意和主旨的掌握。本段主要讲的是尽管在某些国家Facebook用户减少，但是从全球范围看，Facebook的用户依然处于上升状态，尤其在墨西哥和巴西等国家。
    本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第一段第四句：据称，因担心隐私外泄或者只是厌倦了使用社交网站，英国上月有10万人注梢了Facebook 账户。
    本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第三段第二句：在美国，Facebook用户量在5月从1.552亿人下降到1.494亿人，由此可知美国用户量减少了580万人。
    本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第四段最后一句：从全球来看，Facebook的用户量仍在上升，约为6亿人，这有赖于墨西哥、巴西等国用户量的大量增长。
    本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是最后一段最后一句，他解释说：" Facebook在某个国家的用户量达到人口总量的大约一半后，就逐渐停止增长了。”

  • 第20题：

    （）那两个社交网络是航空公司主要用以为客户服务的

    • A、Facebook Eezeer.com
    • B、YouTube TripAdvisor
    • C、Facebook Twitter

    正确答案:C

  • 第21题：

    如何将联系人连结至Facebook？


    正确答案:在联系人选单中，选取任何联系人。滑动到更新和事件>点击链接Facebook个人文件。

  • 第22题：

    早在2004年，Facebook联合创始人，克里斯˙休斯就建议扎克伯格在网站上推出相关服务，帮助总统候选人在Facebook上建立个人主页，以便他们进行形象推广。


    正确答案:错误

  • 第23题：

    问答题
    Facebook is, in Silicon Vallese, a “social network”: a website for keeping track of your friends and sending them messages and sharing photos and doing all those other things that a good little Web 2.0 company is supposed to help you do. It was started by Harvard students in 2004 as a tool for meeting—or at least discreetly ogling—other Harvard students, and it still has a reputation as a hangout for teenagers and the teenaged-at-heart. Which is ironic because Facebook is really about making the Web grow up.

    正确答案：
    “脸书”是硅谷的一个社会网络,让你和朋友保持联络、发送信息、分享照片、完成其他任何网络2.0公司能够帮你做到的事情。“脸书”由一群哈佛学生建立于2004年,起初是为了让哈佛学生之间互相结识,或者至少是谨慎地彼此了解。现在,“脸书”为人所知还因为它是一个为青少年或者是假扮青少年的人聚会的场所。但这其实带有讽刺的意味,因为“脸书”实际上促进着互联网的成长。
    解析： 暂无解析

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