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自主学习5PartIReadingComprehension(40minutes)SectionADirections:Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Eachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter.Pleasewritethecorrespondingletterforeachitemintheblank.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.Questions1to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Readingisanimportantskillthatneedstobedevelopedinchildren.Notonlyisitnecessaryfor1)__intheworldofschoolsandlateronuniversities,butinadultlifeaswell.Theabilitytolearnaboutnewsubjectsandfindhelpfulinformationonanythingfromhealthproblemsandconsumerprotectiontomore2)___researchintoscienceortheartsdependsontheabilitytoread.themorechildrenread,thebettertheybecomeatreading.It'sassimpleasthat.Themoreenjoyablethethingstheyreadare,themorethey'll3)__withthemanddevelopthereadingskillsthatthey'llneedforfull4)__toinformationintheiradultlives.Readingshouldbeviewedasapleasurableactivity---asasourceof5)___talesandusefulandinterestingfactualinformation.Themoreyoungchildrenaretoread,thegreatertheirinterestinmasteringreading.Readingoutloud6)___childrentopropergrammarandphrasing.It7)____thedevelopmentoftheirspokenlanguageskills,theirabilitytoexpressthemselvesverbally(口头上).Reading,bywayofbooks,magazinesorwebsites,exposeskidstonewvocabulary.Evenwhentheydon'tunderstandeverynewword,theyabsorbsomethingfromthe8)__thatmaydeepentheirunderstandingofitthenexttimethewordis9)___.Whenparentsreadaloudtochildren,thechildrenalsohearcorrectpronunciationastheyseethewordsonthepage,eveniftheycan'tyetreadthewords10)___.A)academicF)contextK)exposesB)accessG)enablesL)independentlyC)accompanyH)encounteredM)specificD)clearlyI)enhancesN)stickE)comprehensionJ)entertainingO)survival1---5OANBJ6---10KIFHLSectionBDirections:Inthissection,youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit.Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs.Identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationisderived.Youmaychooseaparagraphmorethanonce.Eachparagraphismarkedwithaletter.Answerthequestionsbywritingthecorrespondingletterintheblank.Google’sGoogleProblemGoogleiskillingGoogleReader.UseofGoogleReader,atool,bytheway,forreadingonlinecontentviaRSSwasconcentratedamongasmallgroupofrelativelyintenseusers.Asithappens,thatsmallgroupincludesquitealotofpeoplewhowritefororaspartoftheirlivingAndsoGoogleReaderhasbeenmournedover,angrilyattimes,abitmorethanthemanyotherGoogleservicesthathavecomeandgone.Itisn'tthathardtoimaginewhatGooglewasthinkingwhenitmadethisdecision.It'sabigcompany,butevenbigcompanieshavefiniteresources,anddevotingthosepreciousresourcestosomethingthatisn'tmakingmoneyandisn'tjudgedtohavemuchinthewayofdevelopmentpotentialisnotanattractiveoption.DroppingReaderisn'tgoingtohurtthecompany'sbusiness.Yetthislittlecontretemps(令人尴尬的事)maysuggestbiggertroubleaheadforGoogleandbigchangesfortheinternet.Oneimmediateeffectisrelativelyeasytoanticipate.JohnHemptonmakesanicepointhere:Googleisintheprocessofabandoningitsmission.Google'sstatedmissionistoorganizealltheworld'sinformationandmakeituniversallyaccessibleanduseful.Googlenolongercares.Itseemswhattheycareaboutismass-markets.Googlehasaskedustobuildourlivesaroundit:touseitse-mailsystem,itssearchengines,itsmaps,itscalendars,itscloud-basedappsandstorageservices,itsvideo-andphoto-hostingservices,andonandonandon.Googlewantsustouseitsservicesinwaysthatprovideitwithinterestingandvaluableinformation,andeyeballs.IfaparticularGoogleexperimentisn'tcuttingitinthatcategory,thenGooglemayfeeljustifiedinaxingit.ButthatmakesitincreasinglydifficultforGoogletohavesuccesswithnewservices.Whycommittousingandcomingtorelyonsomethingnewifitmightbepulledawayatsomefuturedate?Thisisespeciallyproblematicforsocialappsthatrelyonnetworkeffects.Evenabadsocialservicemaythriveifitobtainsacriticalmass.Yankingawayservicesbelovedbyearlyadoptersalmostguaranteesthatcriticalmassescan'tbeobtained:not,atanyrate,withouttheprovisionofanincentiveorcommitmentmechanismtoprotectthewould-beusersfromtheriskoflosingavitalservice.Theremaybebiggerimplicationsstill,however.AsIsaid,Googlehasaskedustobuildourlivesaroundit,andwehaveresponded.Thisresponseentails(需要)apowerfulself-reinforcementmechanism:BothprovidersandusersofinformationandotherserviceschangetheirbehaviorasaresultoftheavailabilityofaGoogleproduct.YoucanseethisonasmallscalewithReader.Peopledesigntheirwebsitesandcontentbasedontheassumptionthatothers,viaanRSSreader,willcomeacrossandreadthatcontentinacertainway.Andreadersstructuretheirreadinghabits,andultimatelytheirmentalmodelsofwhatinformationisavailableandwhere,basedontheexistenceofthistool.Ifyouthenpullawaytheproductattheheartofthatsystem,youendupcausingsignificantdisruption(混乱),assumingtherearen'tgoodalternativesavailable.Theissuebecomesabitmoreobviouswhenyouthinkaboutsomethinglikesearch.ManyofusnowoperateundertheassumptionthatifwewanttofindsomethingwewillbeabletodosoquicklyandeasilyviaGooglesearch.IfIwantanideaforauniquegiftforsomeone,Ican