Unit 1 Art reading课时作业

[语言知识练习固基础]

　　单句语法填空

　　1．The boss demanded that Mary should finish (finish) it within a week.

　　2．I've always held to the belief (believe) that the more people have, the more they want.

　　3．I shall be delighted (delight) to show you around the place.

　　4．At the moment he doesn't have a penny to his name.

　　5．The tall tower stood out among the low buildings.

　　6．Can you describe the earthquake in detail to me?

　　7．Nothing can prevent us from carrying (carry) out the plan.

　　8．The question comes down to whether we ought to act upon his advice.

　　9．We look forward to having (have) you with us tonight.

　　10．His mother told him to wear his hat."What for？" he asked.

[高考题型练习提能力]

　　Ⅰ.阅读理解

　　Bad news sells.If it bleeds, it leads.No news is good news, and good news is no news.Those are the classic rules for the evening broadcasts and the morning papers.But now that information is being spread and monitored(监控) in different ways，researchers are discovering new rules.By tracking people's e­mails and online posts，scientists have found that good news can spread faster and farther than disasters and sob stories.

　　"The 'if it bleeds' rule works for mass media，"says Jonah Berger，a scholar at the University of Pennsylvania."They want your eyeballs and don't care how you're feeling.But when you share a story with your friends, you care a lot more how they react.You don't want them to think of you as a Debbie Downer."

Researchers analyzing word­of­mouth communication e­mails, Web posts and reviews, face­to­face conversations-found that it tended to be more positive than negative(消极的), but that didn't necessarily mean people preferred positive news.Was positive news shared more often simply because people experienced more