2017届江苏省泰州中学高三上学期摸底考试英语试题（有答案）

A new study suggests it's because the rumors are all about us. \positive and negative group information to improve, promote, and protect the self,\research team led by Elena Martinescu of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. In the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, the researchers describe two experiments testing the personal value gossip receivers get.

The first featured 178 university undergraduates who had all previously worked on at least one course assignment with a group of four or more students. Participants were asked to recall and write a short description of an incident in which a group members shared with them either positive or negative information about another group member's secret. They then reported their level of agreement with a series of statements. Some of these measured the self-improvement value of the gossip (\self-promotion value (\X\received made me feel that I must protect my image in the group\

In the second experiment,122 undergraduates were assigned the role of \major company. They received gossip from a colleague that a third person either did very well or very badly at a performance evaluation, and were then asked about the emotions that information caused. They also responded to the above-mentioned set of statements presented to participants in the first experiment.

In each experiment, participants found both negative and positive gossip to be of personal value with different reasons. \\own competence.\provides individuals with social comparison information that justifies self-promoting judgments which results in feelings of pride.\

In addition, the results \researchers write. \as they may personally become targets of negative gossip in the future, which generates fear.\Fear is hardly a pleasant sensation(感觉), but it can be a motivating one. As researchers put it:

\relevant others.\

58. Why are we drawn to gossip according to the researchers?

A. We need evaluative information about others to evaluate ourselves. B. We are interested in the news that arouses our personal concerns. C. We tend to gain a sense of pride from judging others. D. We are likely to learn lessons from others’ mistakes.

59. According to the first experiment, which of the following shows self-promotion value? A. I’ve done better than Mary according to what Tom said about her. B. I should behave myself in case of being gossiped about like Mary. C. I have to learn from Mary according to what Tom said about her. D. I have no comments on what Tom said about Mary.

60. What’s the critical difference of the second experiment compared with the first one? A. The identities of the participants. B. The number of the participants studied. C. The time during which the experiment lasted. D. The role-play technique used in the experiment.

61. What role does “negative gossip” play according to the researchers? A. A fear killer B. A motivator C. A protector D. A subject provider

C

If your in-box is currently reporting unread messages in the hundreds or thousands, you might have a hard time believing the news: e-mail is on the decline.

At first blush, that might seem to be the case. The incoming generation, after all, doesn't do e-mail. Oh, they might have an account. They use it only as we would a fax machine: as a means to communicate with old-school folks like their parents or to fulfill the sign-up requirements of Web sites. They rarely check it, though.

Today's instant electronic memos—such as texting and Facebook and Twitter messages—are

more direct, more concentrated, more efficient. They go without the salutation(称呼语) and the signoff; we already know the “to” and “from.” Many corporations are moving to messaging

networks for exactly that reason: more signal, less noise and less time. This trend is further evidence that store-and-forward systems such as e-mail and voicemail are outdated. Instead of my leaving you a lengthy message that you pick up later, I can now send you an unobtrusive, easily -consumed message that you can read—and respond to—on the go.

The decline of e-mail corresponds neatly to the dawn of the mobile era. Instantaneous(及时) written messages are different. These are neatly tailored to fit in just about any time: before a movie, in a taxi, waiting for lunch. And because these notes are invariably brief, they're a natural for smartphone typing. With these formats, you also have control over who can correspond with you, which you usually don't in e-mail. And especially on Facebook, instant messaging can take on the character of a chat room, where several people can talk at once.

Does this mean e-mail is on its way to the dustbin of digital history? Not necessarily. E-mail still has certain advantages. Whereas tweets and texts feel ephemeral—you read them, then they're gone, into an endless string, e-mail still feels like something you have and that you can file, search and return to later. It's easy to imagine that it will continue to feel more appropriate for formal communications: agreements, important news, longer explanations.

So, e-mail won't go away completely. Remember, we've been through a transition like this not so long ago: when e-mail was on the rise, people said that postal mail was dead. That's not how it works. Postal mail found its smaller niche, and so will e-mail. Technology rarely replaces an institution completely; it just adds new avenues.

E-mail down, messaging up. Now go clean out your in-box.

62. What would the incoming generation like to do with their e-mail accounts? A. Contact close friends B. Send long messages

C. Fill in some forms D. Communicate with their colleagues 63. Paragraphs 3-4 are important to the passage in that they _________. A. illustrate the preferences of the young generation B. explain the possible reasons behind the decline of e-mail C. reveal the rapid development of e-communication channels

D. offer evidence about the uncertain future of easily-consumed messages 64. What does the underlined word “ephemeral” in paragraph 5 mean? A. Conveniently-sent B. Randomly-written

C. Hardly readable D. Short-lived 65. What does the author think of e-mail being replaced?

A. Negative B. Indifferent C. Ambiguous D. Doubtful

D

Last summer, I spent an afternoon with my daughter, Ava Scarlett. As her mother, I know about her true nature, but you can always learn new things about your child through how she makes the tough

I asked, “Which would you rather have? All the Barbies (toys girls like much) or all the cake? Ava had a wrinkle formed on her nose. It wasn’t a fair question, of course, but I was curious. My daughter is seven years old, and like many kids her age, she has a red-hot love of barbies. I sometimes worry about what Mattel’s plastic princess and her straight, blond hair and unrealistic measurements will don to my daughter’s developing psyche.

My daughter, like many kids her age, is fascinated with cakes of all kinds. But it’s not about eating them—or not solely(单独地). She wants to be the person baking amazing shapes and colors. Unblinking, her eyes shine as show watches chocolate.

Ava Scarlett turned, staring at me with her answer in mind. And it was good. “Why can’t we have both and share with everyone who wants?”

My daughter always splits her cookie in two so her brother can have some. She offers me her last bite of cucumber, even though it’s her favorite vegetable. She wants us to know how much she cares for us-each of us. and she even makes the list of loved ones who will get to have her dream cakes.

Truth to be told, we don’t bake a whole lot in our house. But given the opportunity, Ava Scarlett is satisfied with baking cakes for the family. Today, it’s dinner: she has declared herself in charge of beating the egg for dinner.

Carefully, she carries her little white chair over to the fridge. The chair isn’t heavy, and she’s now big enough to lift it easily-no more dragging it across the floor. Looking into the wire basket of brown and white eggs we keep in the fridge, Ava Scarlett has a question of her own. “Can I choose any egg I want?” “Of course.”

She takes a long moment.” I think I’ll choose a brown one, because I love my mother.” I