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1、高考英语外刊阅读模拟强化训练阅读理解专题十五Congress wants to kick TikTok out of America.I want to boot it from my bedroom.Like mostcrazy-busy parent professionals in America these days,I am beyond desperate for a full night oflife-restoring rest.Yet I cannot fight the irresistible magnet-force pull that is the latest vi
2、ral video-especially at night,when Im too tired to be rational.Im not alone.TikToks been downloaded more than 210 million times in the United States,according to the most recent marketing statistics.To date,there5s no evidence TikTok is a threat tonational security.But theres plenty of evidence that
3、,like all of the others-Facebook,Twitter,Instagram,YouTube,Snapchat-the companys goal is to hook you young and keep you comingback for more.Social media use can have some positive impacts,including helping to make online connectionsbetween youngsters who feel isolated offline.This is especially rele
4、vant for marginalized identities,including racial,ethnic,sexual,and gender minorities.But a myriad of experts who study techsimpact on young people say harmful practices are part of social medias DNA.Platforms likely suckup as much personal data as possible for targeted marketing,data sharing,and a
5、constant,unfettered,psychologically manipulative land grab fbr attention.The damage it can inflict on children,tweens,and teens is especially alarming.It can disrupthomework,socialization,exercise,play,outdoor activity,brain development,and just abouteverything else medical experts and society in ge
6、neral agree grows healthy humans.The NationalInstitutes of Health(NIH)reports smartphones and social media can cause an increase in mentaldistress,self-injurious behaviour and suicidality among youth,“and that 44thc effects appear to begreatest among girls.”There5s growing pressure from advocacy gro
7、ups,judiciary committees,and even from PresidentBiden himself fbr social media companies to become more accountable fbr all of these issues.Thereshould be more regulation,especially on the content,algorithms,and targeted advertising directedtoward kids,“says Mark,professor of Informatics at the Univ
8、ersity of California.We should notonly set boundaries fbr our children but also model better habits ourselves,this includes no morenight-scrolling myself.One of the biggest things parents can do is limit screen time and be betterrole models themselves,Mark said.USA Today(April 4,2023)1l.What can we
9、learn about the author from paragraph one?A.He usually enjoys a full night of life-restoring restB.He usually uploads the latest viral video to TikTokC.He is more likely to be rational at nightD.He would like to get rid of TikTok2.Which of the following statements concerning social media is true?A.T
10、hey are threatening national security severelyB.They worsen the living conditions of the minority groups hugelyC.They do hann to young people in multiple waysD.They attract the youngs attention to gather personal data as much as possible3.What does paragraph four mainly talk about?A.Too much social
11、media use can disrupt healthy development of youthB.The result of a research conducted by the NIHC.Girls are more sensitive to social media than boysD.Those youth who use social media are certain to develop serious mental disease4.What should parents do to tackle social media issues?A.To set up more
12、 regulations on social media companiesB.To urge President Biden to enforce related lawsC.To set a good model themselves not scrolling social media at nightD.To change the targeted advertising directed towards kidsElon Musk had promised to take away all of Twitters blue check marks doled out to Holly
13、woodstars,professional athletes,business leaders,authors and journalists unless they start buying amonthly subscription to the social media service.Musks goal was to shove the advertising-dependent platform he bought for$44 billion last yearinto a pay-to-play model.But the Saturday deadline passed a
14、nd the blue checks are still there,manywith a new disclaimer explaining they might have been paid for or they might not have been paidfor-nobody but Twitter really knows.The company didnt return a request to clarify its changingpolicies Monday.Matt Darling has been on Twitter for about 15 years and
15、never cared about not having a bluecheck,though hed get a kick out of whenever a verified account of“some real-world importance”started following him.u People on Twitter will joke about blue checks like theyre the aristocracybut I dont think anyone actually thought that J except for Musk,Darling sai
16、d.Now,Darling finally got a blue check after paying$11 last month to try out some of the featuresthat come with a Twitter Blue subscription.But seeing it becoming more of a“scarlet letter”underMusk than a symbol of credibility,he used a technique to scrub the blue tick from his profile.“Now its a si
17、gnal of youre a person whos not making good tweets so you have to pay forengagement,said Darling,an economist at the center-right Niskanen Center.Musk has said that starting April 15,only verified accounts will appear in Twitters For You feedthat recommends what tweets people see.Darling is planning
18、 to drop the subscription-it had toomany glitches,and hes not looking for more online clout,I dont want Twitter to be pay-fbr-play.I want it to be a place where people writing interesting tweets are getting the engagement,he said.USA Today(April 4,2023)1l.What can we learn about Twitters blue check
19、marks?A.They were once given to those who were of“real-world importance”B.They were once given to those who bought a monthly subscription to TwitterC.They gathered$44 billion for Twitter last yearD.They were taken away by Musk to build Twitter an advertising-dependent platform2.Whafs the meaning of
20、the underlined phrase“get a kick out of9 in paragraph three?A.be stressedB.be isolatedC.be overjoyedD.be upset3.Why did Darling delete the blue check mark from his profile?A.He could afford to subscribe Twitter at a month rateB.He didnt admire some of the features coining with the subscriptionC.He t
21、hought of blue checks to be aristocraticD.He regarded it as a symbol of shame instead of a credibility4.Whats the best title of the passage?A.Elon Musks new pay-fbr-playB.Whats up with Twitters blue checks?C.Celebrities tend to give up Twitter5s subscriptionD.Twitter is changing policies temporarily
22、Fifteen engineering students at the Fairfax County middle school,led by Smith,their engineeringteacher,have developed and built a vertical farm growing lettuce and spinach that is harvested anddonated to the schoofs food pantry.The farm at Luther Jackson uses aquaponics technology,combining the meth
23、ods of hydroponics,growing plants with water rather than soil,and aquaculture,the process of growing and raising fish.The fish waste is used as nutrients to fertilize the plants,which filter the water to be reused in thefish tank.The program is part of the schoofs ESTEEM Center for Equity in Science
24、,Technology,Engineering,English and Math,designed to create a pipeline of STEM opportunities for studentsstarting in elementary school.The STEM workforce has grown rapidly in recent decades,but still lags in representation amongBlack,Hispanic and female workers,especially in tech and engineering.A 2
25、021 study from the PewResearch Center found that from 2017 to 2019,Black workers made up 9 percent of the STEMworkforce and Latino workers represented 8 percent.Both figures were smaller than their share ofall employed U.S.adults,11 percent and 17 percent,respectively.Smith,director of the ESTEEM pr
26、ogram,said an educational approach of introducing students toSTEM earlier can help close those gaps.Smith uses project-based learning to teach his classes,letting students develop their own engineering project ideas like building racing drones andelectronic skateboards-or using aquaponics to grow ve
27、getables.The students are in charge ofevery aspect of developing and maintaining the farm,from ordering supplies to harvesting thegreens.The aquaponics lab is being entirely funded by grants from STEM giants Northrop Grumman andDominion Energy,as well as the Micron Opportunity Fund at the Community
28、Foundation.Its ourhope that were creating a passionate group of engineers who want to do the sort of work that thecompanies that are in high tech need them to do,“Smith said.【The Washington Post(April 4,2023)1 .Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A.University students
29、majoring in engineering built a vertical farmB.The students not only grow plants but also raise fishC.The harvested crops are donated to feed families in the districtD.The plants grow using the method of aquaculture,which means takes advantage of water ratherthan soil2.Wat can we learn about the STEM workforce in paragraph four?A.Black workers made up 17 percent of all employed U.S.adultsB.Recent decades witnessed a huge decline in the STEM workforce