Question

What is the hottest English word of 2014? It’s “selfie”, according to Oxford dictionaries. Selfie is a photo that one takes of oneself, according to the Oxford online dictionary. People usually take selfies with a smartphone(智能手機(jī)) and send them to a social media website.

The word was first used in 2004. In the past 12 months, its frequency (出現(xiàn)頻率) in the English language has increased by 17,000 percent, said Oxford dictionaries. Now, almost everybody knows it.

“Almost every day, I take a photo of myself at school, and save it in my Qzone (QQ空間),” said Huang Xu, 13, from Hunan. These photos record her happy and sad moments.

Pop stars also take a lot of selfies. Li Chunping, 14, from Harbin, is a big fan of Yang Mi. “She has used many selfies to tell us what’s going on in her personal life,” said Li.

What makes people love selfies? Some people say it’s narcissism (自戀). “The rise of the selfie is a perfect symbol for our narcissistic culture. We’re crying out: Look at me!” said US psychiatrist(精神科醫(yī)生) Carole Lieberman.

Young people are using selfies to make friends online, Jonathan Freedland wrote in The Guardian. “The usual purpose of taking a selfie is to share online. They express a human need to connect with others,” wrote Freedland.

Huang Xu agrees with that. “During summer vacation, my classmates and I shared many selfies online. Hair or clothes were not our interests. Through these photos, we got to know each other’s holidays and feelings,” said Huang Xu.

1.According to the story, a “selfie” is __________.

A. a person with a smartphone

B. a smartphone which can take photos

C. a photo taken by oneself

D. an English dictionary

2.When was the word “selfie” first used?

A.More than ten years ago B. In 2014

C. When smartphones appeared D. Nobody knows

3.We can tell from the story that __________.

A. only famous people enjoy taking selfies

B. all people love selfies because of narcissism

C. people love to share selfies online

D. US psychiatrist Carole Lieberman hates selfies

4. We put the sentence “But some people don’t see it that way” at the beginning of ___________.

A. Paragraph 4 B. Paragraph 5

C. Paragraph 6 D. Paragraph 7

5.What is the best title of this passage ?

A. Selfies and narcissism

B. Selfies and sharing

C. Selfies and smartphones

D. Selfies, the hottest word in 2014

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.C

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：在2014年最受歡迎的英文單詞是什么？它是“selfie”. 依據(jù)牛津網(wǎng)絡(luò)詞典，Selfie是自已拍照片。這個(gè)詞在2004年被第一次使用。人們通過(guò)用智能手機(jī)自拍，將它們發(fā)送到互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上�，F(xiàn)在，幾乎人人都知道它。

1. is a photo that one takes of oneself, according to the Oxford online dictionary. 句意：依據(jù)牛津網(wǎng)絡(luò)詞典，Selfie是自已拍照片。結(jié)合選項(xiàng)第三項(xiàng)正確。故選C

2. The word was first used in 2004. 句意：這個(gè)詞在2004年被第一次使用。分析：現(xiàn)在是接近2015年，因此使用這個(gè)單詞的時(shí)間超過(guò)了十年。故選A

3. usually take selfies with a smartphone(智能手機(jī)) and send them to a social media website.句意：人們通過(guò)用智能手機(jī)自拍，將它們發(fā)送到互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上。結(jié)合實(shí)際也說(shuō)明人們喜歡在網(wǎng)絡(luò)分享照片。故選C

4.這種方式看。明確為前面提到的是這種方式，而下文提到了另一種方式，結(jié)合短文，明確第六自然段與第五自然段之間存在這種關(guān)系，因此第三項(xiàng)正確。故選C

5.

考點(diǎn)：社會(huì)現(xiàn)象類短文閱讀。