题文
Women consistently lie on social networking sites such as Facebook or Twitter to make their lives appear more exciting, a survey has found. The survey was asked to carried out by Pencourage, a new anonymous（匿名的）"diary-style" social media website.Researchers found that at least one in four women exaggerated or twisted what they are doing on social media once a month. The survey of 2000 women found they mostly pretended to be out on the town, when in fact they are home alone, and beautify about an exotic holiday or their job.
The most common reasons for women to write " fibs" included worrying their lives would seem “ boring", jealousy at seeing other people's more exciting posts and wanting to impress their friends and acquaintances.
Psychologists suggested that as people attempt to stay connected on social media, they can in fact be left more isolated. They also said that the more we try to make our lives seem perfect, the less perfect we feel. According to the onePoll survey, one third of women surveyed admitted to dishonesty on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter at some stage. Almost one in four admitted to lying or exaggerating about key aspects of their life online between one and three times a month while almost one in 10 said they lied more than once a week. Nearly 30 percent of women lied about "doing something when I am home alone", almost a quarter overstated their alcohol consumption while one in five were not truthful about their holiday activities or their jobs. Almost one in five women even lied about their "relationship status".
"We work very hard presenting ourselves to the world online, pretending and attempting to be happy all the time which is exhausting and ultimately unfulfilling," said Dr Michael Sinclair, a leading British consultant psychologist. "Leaving out the less desirable imperfections of our lives from the conversations with our 'friends online leads to less opportunity to feel empathized(有同感的)with, resulting in a greater sense of disconnection from others. "
小题1:According to the passage, women tend to lie on social networking sites because . A．they have little fun in their daily livesB．they are not satisfied with their present lifeC．they want to entertain their friends and acquaintancesD．they don't want to go out and communicate with others小题2:Which of the following words can best replace the underlined word in para. 3 ?A．lies.B．posts.C．diaries.D．impressions.小题3:In the view of psychologists, people who attempt to stay connected on social media will
eventually . A．feel better about their lifeB．become a regular liar in the futureC．get more isolated in lifeD．drink more alcohol in their daily life小题4:In Dr Michael Sinclair's opinion, . A．we don't have to feel empathized with our "friends" onlineB．we cannot get satisfaction by lying on social networking sitesC．it is worthwhile to work hard presenting ourselves to the world onlineD．the imperfections of our lives result in a sense of disconnection from others 题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:B
解析
本文是一篇调查报告，报告说：一项调查发现，女性总爱在Facebook或Twitter这样的社交网站上说谎，把自己的生活描述得比实际更精彩。英国知名心理学顾问迈克尔•辛克莱博士对此做出的评价是：人们努力地把自己呈现给网上的世界，假装自己一直都很开心并尽力保持这一状态，这不但让人精疲力竭，而且最终会让人感到空虚。在和线上‘好友’的谈话中，把生活中不那么如意的不完美部分省去，这会减少人们产生共鸣的机会，从而导致与他人更大的隔绝感。
小题1:B推理判断题。根据第三段“女性爱在社交网站上编写‘谎言’最常见的原因有担心自己的生活看上去会显得‘单调乏味’”可以推断答案“女性在社交网站倾向于撒谎，是因为她们对眼下的生活不满意”。
小题2:A 词义猜测题。根据上题的提问就可以知道" fibs"是“谎言”的意思。我们还可以通过“Women consistently lie on social networking sites”和“they mostly pretended to be out on the town, when in fact they are home alone,”来推测 " fibs"是“谎言”的意思。
小题3:C细节理解题。根据第四段“Psychologists suggested that as people attempt to stay connected on social media, they can in fact be left more isolated. 心理学家们指出，在人们试图通过社交媒体‘保持联系’的同时，事实上他们反而会变得‘更孤立’”得出答案“在根据心理学家们看来，试图通过社交媒体‘保持联系’ 的人们最终会让他们在生活中变得‘更孤立’”。
小题4:B推理判断题。其中英国知名心理学顾问迈克尔•辛克莱博士的话“我们努力地把自己呈现给网上的世界，假装自己一直都很开心并尽力保持这一状态，这不但让人精疲力竭，而且最终会让人感到空虚。”我们可以推出答案B：我们不可能依靠在社交网站上撒谎而获得满足感。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“Women consistently l.....”主要考查你对 [新闻报道类阅读 ]考点的理解。新闻报道类阅读
新闻报道类阅读的概念：
阅读理解的选材明显地呈现出关注实际生活的趋势，这种趋势与当前基础教育改革的目标是一致的，而中学生学习语言的根本目标与基础教育学会求知，学会做事，学会合作，学会做人的目标是一致的，真实新颖的选材对基础英语教学课程改革具有重要的反作用。
新闻报道类阅读理解技巧点拨：
新闻报道类类文章有一共同特点，即都是由标题（Headline）、导语（Lead）、主体（Mainbody）、背景（Background）和结尾（End）五部分构成。标题是新闻报道中心思想高度而又精辟的概括；导语位于新闻报道的首段，高度概括新闻事实；主体则对导语概括的新闻事实进行详细叙述；新闻背景是指新闻事实之外，对新闻事实或新闻事实的某个部分进行解释或补充的材料；结尾往往是新闻事件的结果或动态展望，也是中心思想的概括并常常与新闻导语相呼应。
新闻报道中的导语非常重要，它位于文章的第一段，通过它点出新闻的主题，五个W和一个H(When,Where,Who,What,Why和How)通常是构成一则完整消息不可缺少的要素。文章往往呈现出“倒金字塔”的特征，因此读懂首句或首段至关重要。
另外，从句的使用也是此类文章的一大语言特色，因为从句信息量大，适合新闻报道的要求。此外，大量的副词和插入语的使用也是此类文章的特点。为使文章更客观、更具信服力，常用The study said…, Scientists believe that…Experts said…, It's reported that…, According to the survey…等语言。同事在阅读过程中，我们要对材料所提供信息如when, where, who, how, why等进行提问，将信息迅速提炼出来。
新闻报道类阅读应试策略：
【命题趋势】
阅读理解的选材明显地呈现出关注实际生活的趋势，这种趋势与当前基础教育改革的目标是一致的，而中学生学习语言的根本目标与基础教育学会求知，学会做事，学会合作，学会做人的目标是一致的，真实新颖的选材对基础英语教学课程改革具有重要的反作用。时文报道就在文章中体现了这一要求。主要表现在以下几个方面：
1、反映海内外事件，文章结构严谨，内容贴近生活，用现代英语反映现代生活。
2、如果是新闻报道，都有比较固定的写作格式，如文首通常有报道的地点或时间，第一句话常常是文章的导语，有助于了解文章的大致内容和主题。
3、如果是新闻报道则是记叙文，有地点、时间、人物、事物等要素。
4、有许多大量反映当代社会变化的新词汇和表达方式。
5、命题既重细节，又重推理和主旨。
6、大背景中的小事件，大事件中的小插曲往往是选材的热点。
【应试对策】
1、在平时学习中，关注生活，阅读新闻报道和广告类文章、把阅读时事文章作为学习英语的重要途径。
2、了解新的词汇和表达方式。如：tsunami海啸，MP3players(MP3)播放器，well_offsociety小康社会等。
3、抓住文章主题，准确捕捉细节和内涵，进行合理的推理。
4、品味新闻的标题，联系平时所积累的知识，为了解材料大意作铺垫。
5、了解新闻报道的特殊规律，其内容和多含何人、何地、何事、何时等，阅读时要抓住新闻的这一主要特点去理解判断。
6、要注意文中以黑体、大写、下划线等方式加以提示的文字，因为这很有可能是材料的核心或至少是一部分内容的概括。
