8.Just over a quarter of American adults now read news on their cell phone,according to a new report from the Pew Research Center.The survey(調(diào)查) results offer another sign of how people are changing the way they get information.Technology has been reshaping the news business and the way consume relate to it for more than a decade.The latest shift (上升) is being driven by the exploding popularity of phones that can easily access the Internet.
The new study found that 26percent of Americans get news on their phonesPew doesn't have comparable data.But evidence of the shift in habits can be seen in this finding:About 43percent of those under 50said they are mobile news consumers(消費者),compared with 15percent of older respondents.
Still,some things don't change.Readers'No.1concern when they look for news on their phones:The weather.Of the 37percent of cell phone owners who said they use the Internet on their phone,72percent said they check weather reports.Current events came in second with 68percent.
Pew's survey offered a wide range of statistics on people's news habits.It showed people are not relying on one medium.Just shy of 60percent of respondents get news from both online and offline sources.And 46percent said they use four to six different types of media on a typical day.The Web is also helping to turn the news into more of a social experience:More than 80percent of respondents get or receive news via e-mailed links.
The results were based on telephone interviews with 2,259people over the age of 18,conducted between Dec.28and Jan.19.For questions to that entire group,the margin of error was 2.3percentage points.On questions to just Internet users,the margin was 2.7percentage points.
24.Why do more American adults read news on their cell phone?C
A.Because they want to become cool.
B.Because they want to look fashionable.
C.Because they have phones that can access the Internet.
D.Because reading news on cell phones is free.
25.What conclusion can we draw from the second paragraph?B
A.Older cell phone owners are more likely to look for news on their phones.
B.Younger cell phone owners are more likely to look for news on their phones.
C.Older cell phone owners never look for news on their phones.
D.All the younger cell phone owners look for news on their phones.
26.What's the most popular approach for people to receive news?C
A.By only one medium.
B.By reading newspaper.
C.By e-mailed links.
D.By cell phone access.
27.How long did the telephone interviews last?C
A.Nearly twenty hours.
B.More than a month.
C.About three weeks.
D.Less than two weeks.
分析 本文是一篇夾敘夾議的文章.主要介紹了超過四分之一的人通過手機看新聞并探討了新技術(shù)對人接受新聞的影響.
解答 CBCC
24.C 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第一段最后一句The latest shift is being driven by the exploding popularity of phones that can easily access the Internet.可知,最近一次改變源自上網(wǎng)手機的迅速流行,故答案為C.
25.B 推理判斷題.根據(jù)第二段最后一句About 43 percent of those under 50 said they are mobile news consumers,compared with 15 percent of older respondents.可知,43%的50歲以下的美國人是手機新聞的消費者,而50歲以上的受訪者里只有15%是手機新聞的用戶,由此可推斷年輕的手機用戶更愿意通過手機來閱讀新聞,答案為B項.
26.C 推理判斷題.文章第四段談到:人們并不依賴單一媒介.不到60%的受訪者通過線下和線上兩種方式獲取新聞.有46%的人說他們會在一天中用四到六種途徑查看新聞.同時,網(wǎng)絡正在讓人們獲取新聞的行為變得社會化.超過80%的受訪者通過郵件中的鏈接獲取或者閱讀新聞.
27.C 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章最后一段第一句…conducted between Dec.28 and Jan.19.可知,調(diào)查日期為從2009年12月28日到2010年1月19日,故答案為C.
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