What is the hottest English word of 2013? It’s “selfie”, according to Oxford dictionaries. Selfie is a photo that one takes of oneself, according to the Oxford online dictionary. People usually take selfies with a smart phone(智能手機(jī)) and send them to a social media website.
The word was first used in 2002. In the past 12 months, its frequency (出現(xiàn)頻率) in the English language has increased by 17,000 percent, said Oxford dictionaries. Now, almost everybody knows it.
“Almost every day, I take a photo of myself at school, and save it in my Qzone (QQ空間),” said Huang Xu, 13, from Hunan. These photos record her happy and sad moments.
Pop stars also take a lot of selfies. Li Chunping, 14, from Harbin, is a big fan of Yang Mi. “She has used many selfies to tell us what’s going on in her personal life,” said Li.
What makes people love selfies? Some people say it’s narcissism (自戀). “The rise of the selfie is a perfect symbol for our narcissistic culture. We’re crying out: Look at me!” said US psychiatrist(精神科醫(yī)生) Carole Lieberman.
Young people are using selfies to make friends online, Jonathan Freedland wrote in The Guardian. “The usual purpose of taking a selfie is to share online. They express a human need to connect with others,” wrote Freedland.
Huang Xu agrees with that. “During summer vacation, my classmates and I shared many selfies online. Hair or clothes were not our interests. Through these photos, we got to know each other’s holidays and feelings,” said Huang Xu.

【小題1】According to the story, a “selfie” is _______.

A．a(chǎn) person with a smart phone
B．a(chǎn) smart phone which can take photos
C．a(chǎn) photo taken by oneself
D．a(chǎn)n English dictionary
【小題2】When was the word “selfie” first used?
A．More than ten years ago.
B．In 2013.
C．When smart phones appeared.
D．12 months ago.
【小題3】We can tell from the story that _________.
A．only famous people enjoy taking selfies
B．a(chǎn)ll the people love selfies because of narcissism
C．people love to share selfies online
D．US psychiatrist Carole Lieberman hates selfies
【小題4】We put the sentence “But some people don’t see it that way.” at the beginning of _______.
A．Paragraph 4 B．Paragraph 5
C．Paragraph 6 D．Paragraph 7
【小題5】What is the best title of this passage ?
A．Selfies and narcissism.
B．Selfies and sharing.
C．Selfies and smart phones.
D．Selfies, the hottest word in 2013.


【小題1】C
【小題2】A
【小題3】C
【小題4】C
【小題5】D

解析試題分析：2013年世界最熱的單詞是什么？它是自拍照。它是指那些用智能手機(jī)進(jìn)行自拍后，上傳到社交網(wǎng)站的照片。接下來以調(diào)查的形式，展示出學(xué)生們喜歡用這種方式交流，并且很多明星們也很喜歡用這種方式來記錄生活。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題：根據(jù)這個(gè)故事，這個(gè)單詞的意思是什么？聯(lián)系原文：Selfie is a photo that one takes of oneself 句意：自拍照就是拍自己的照片。結(jié)合選項(xiàng)為第三項(xiàng)。故選：C
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題：自拍照這個(gè)單詞什么時(shí)候被用的？聯(lián)系原文：The word was first used in 2002. 句意：這個(gè)詞在2002年被用，用2014減去2002等于12.結(jié)合選項(xiàng)，第一項(xiàng)正確，超過十二年。故選：A
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題：通過短文，我們能了解到什么？分析短文，短文重點(diǎn)介紹了自拍照是流行的，尤指那些自拍后上傳到社交網(wǎng)站的照片。結(jié)合選項(xiàng)，第三項(xiàng)符合。故選：C
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題：我們把這個(gè)句子放在哪個(gè)句子的開頭。分析：But some people don’t see it that way.句意：但是，一些人并不喜歡這種方式。以下幾個(gè)段中的中心句哪一個(gè)講述這個(gè)中心的。閱讀全文章，第四項(xiàng)符合題意。故選：C
【小題5】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題：短文的最佳題目是什么？聯(lián)系短文的中心句：What is the hottest English word of 2013? It’s “selfie”.句意：2013年英語熱的詞匯是什么？它是自拍照。因此選擇第四項(xiàng)。故選：D
考點(diǎn)：社會(huì)現(xiàn)象類短文閱讀。

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