事物阅读写作

5月2日｜阅读理解（分清事实观点）

2016年高考的命题将会更注重考查考生对文章的写作意图和作者主观态度的把握；要求考生具有较高层次的阅读技能，包括在复杂的语境条件下，把握作者的思路；在较高深的措辞中，探索作者的隐藏思想及真正的写作意图。...

【考点解读】 阅读理解能力是高考考查的重点，是获得高考英语高分的关键。在英语阅读中考生首先要分清什么是事实，什么是观点，要既能理解具体的事实，也能理解抽象的观点态度等，才能对所阅读的文章做出正确的判断。事实是指事情的真实情况，包括事物、事件、事态，即客观存在的一切物体与现象、社会上发生的一切不平常的事情和局势及情况的变异事态；观点是指人们对事物的评价看法，它是主观性的。在英语中有以下几种表达观点的常见方式：一、表达情感的词语及对事物持有的态度，如like, dislike, prefer, love, hate等；二、引出对事物发表自己的见解、意见的词语，如think, in my opinion, consider, regard as等；三、对事物的描述性词语，如good, perfect, cheerful, fragrant等。2016年高考的命题将会更注重考查考生对文章的写作意图和作者主观态度的把握；要求考生具有较高层次的阅读技能，包括在复杂的语境条件下，把握作者的思路；在较高深的措辞中，探索作者的隐藏思想及真正的写作意图。

【每日一题】

Facebook is growing at an exceptional pace as it enters adolescence, promoting it into a better position to challenge Google as the Internet’s most powerful company.

Facebook’s fourth-quarter report Wednesday provided the company’s latest impressive progress. It marked the first time that Facebook’s quarterly revenue has surpassed $5 billion more than fading Internet star Yahoo now generates in an entire year. Facebook’s earnings also more than doubled to $1.56 billion, even as the Menlo Park, California, company invests heavily in virtual reality, artificial intelligence, Internet access in remote parts of the world and a mobile ad network for services other than its own. The performance lifted Facebook’s stock by $11.37, or 12 percent, to $105.82 in extended trading after the report came out.

Although Google remains three times larger by revenue, Facebook has been closing the gap as it sells more mobile advertising on its addictive social-networking app.

“I’m excited about our progress and the chance to build something great for the future,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told analysts in a Wednesday conference call.

Google is now hiring more virtual-reality specialists, a sign that is trying to catch up with Facebook in a still-young field that could transform computing. But consider this: Facebook will be turning 12 years old next week and it just posted revenue of $5.8 billion in its latest quarter. At the same stage of its existence in September 2010, Google’s net revenue stood at $5.5 billion.

What’s more, Facebook’s revenue is climbing at a more rapid clip than Google’s was at a comparable stage. Facebook’s revenue in the past quarter represented a 52 percent increase from the same time a year ago. When it turned 12 years old, Google’s quarterly net revenue rose 25 percent from the previous year.

In another sign of Facebook’s progress, its share of the digital advertising market rose from 8 percent in 2014 to 10 percent worldwide last year, according to the research firm eMarketer Inc. Google’s share shrank from 32 percent in 2014 to 30 percent last year.

1. What is Mark Zuckerberg’s attitude towards Facebook’s development prospects?

A. Ambiguous.

B. Doubtful.

C.Optimistic

D. Pessimistic.

2. In the competition among the companies mentioned above, which company is the author most optimistic about?

A. Facebook.

B. Google.

C. Yahoo.

D. This point has not been mentioned.

【答案】 CA

【解析】本题考查对篇章具体事实细节的理解。本题的设问虽然是涉及脸书的CEO扎克伯格对公司发展前景的观点看法，但在本文第四段扎克伯格对公司前景的观点看法是作为一个事实被提及的。扎克伯格在电话会议上说道：“I’m excited about our progress and the chance to build something great for the future.”所以本题考查的是对语篇事实的把握，故正确答案为C项。