Ⅲ.阅读理解

　　With courses on David Beckham and Harry Potter on offer at famous universities，it comes as no surprise that students are now able to learn the art of the perfect selfie(自拍)．

　　The concept of taking selfies gained great popularity.It soon exploded on the Internet，and people started crazily to take images that had them as the primary item of focus.The trend became so popular that it even inspired a song，"Selfie"by The Chainsmokers，which racked up 267 million views on YouTube.In fact，Twitter declared 2014 as "the year of the selfie"．

　　Just like the art of photography can be studied and improved，City Literary Institute, a well­known college in London，felt it needed to educate people on the fine art of taking the perfect selfie and officially started to offer a first­ever course on that.

　　The four­session course will cost ￡132(￡106 for seniors) ，but the fee won't even include a free selfie stick，a tool that is rapidly gaining acceptance for serious selfie­takers.It is open to all enthusiastic and self­obsessed photographers.

　　As part of the new course，self­absorbed photographers will be taught "valuable life skills" to prepare themselves to face a world which could present a photo opportunity at any point.Apart from offering the much­needed but seldom­sought guidance on the best angles and lighting，the course promises to improve your critical understanding of the "selfie"．There will also be a brief exploration into the concepts of "identity，self­hood and memory" as well as the opportunity to "develop new ideas to make your photography more relevant to your aims"．

　　But the selfie enthusiasts must be prepared to share their photos，as organizers said a critique(评论) of students' work would form an important role in the learning process.

　　【语篇解读】　本文介绍了英国伦敦的一所著名大学开设了一门新的课程--教学生如何完美地自拍。

　　1．Learning to take selfies at universities isn't a surprise because ．

　　A．taking selfies is popular nowadays

　　B．many people take photos crazily

C．the perfect selfie has exploded on the Internet