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【題目】 There are lots of ways to educate yourself on the Internet. You can find photos, documents, and films on almost any topic you can imagine. And at www.ted.com, you can access lectures by artists, scholars, designers, technicians and others.

TED began in 1984 as a conference that brought together individuals from the fields of technology, entertainment and design. It was intended to be a one-time event focusing on technology and design. The event ended up losing money, and it was six years before the founders tried it again. This time it worked, and since 1990, the TED conference has been an annual event. There are now two held every year, with topics as diverse as music, medicine, and money. Other specialized spin-off conferences address narrower issues.

The TED website came from a desire to share the conferences with the world, to “offer free knowledge from the world’s most inspired thinkers,” as the website puts it. The current version of the site was launched in April 2007, and contains videos of talks given at the TED conferences around the world. The talks are transcribed into hundreds of languages.

The TED website is owned by the Sapling Foundation, a non profit devoted to fostering the spread of great ideas. The Sapling foundation acquired TED in 2001. Since then, it has been focusing on using TED to broadcast ideas that might change the world.

TED, of course, isn’t immune to criticism. It’s been called elitist(精英) for its high ticket prices (more than 6,000 dollars total). It’s been accused by a few people of censorship for not publishing their talks. One controversial speaker was upset about being criticized by the conference’s host afterward.

The complaints, however, seem to be relatively few for such a large, long-running organization. And accusations of elitism ring hollow when so much is given away for free on TED’s website. Whatever its failings, TED is a source of inspirational information for those who seek it out.

【1】What is the main topic of the article?

A.The case against TED.B.What’s on TED today.

C.Pros and cons of www.ted.com.D.What is TED.

【2】Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A.The TED conference came after the success of www.ted.com.

B.Two TED conferences are now held every year.

C.TED talks are available in many languages.

D.The Sapling Foundation owns www.ted.com.

【3】From the last two paragraphs, we can infer that ________.

A.it is accepted to all involved that some TED talks might not be published

B.the host of the conference is one who plays a supportive role to the speakers

C.TED is criticized for giving special treatment to the wealthy or powerful

D.the negative comments on TED greatly affects its reputation

【4】This author probably believes that________.

A.TED is elitistB.TED is beneficial

C.TED isn’t importantD.TED is the best website

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】

這是一篇說(shuō)明文。文章介紹了TED以及它的歷史發(fā)展。

【1】主旨大意題。根據(jù)第一段And at www.ted.com, you can access lectures by artists, scholars, designers, technicians and others.（在www.ted.com，你可以訪問(wèn)藝術(shù)家、學(xué)者、設(shè)計(jì)師、技術(shù)人員和其他人的演講。）以及以下幾個(gè)段落的內(nèi)容，可知這篇文章的主題是“TED是什么”，故選D。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段The TED website came from a desire to share the conferences with the world, to “offer free knowledge from the world’s most inspired thinkers,” as the website puts it.（TED網(wǎng)站源于一種與世界分享會(huì)議的愿望，用網(wǎng)站的話說(shuō)，就是“向世界上最有靈感的思想家們提供免費(fèi)的知識(shí)”。）由此可知，“TED大會(huì)是在www.ted.com網(wǎng)站成功之后召開(kāi)的”這種表述錯(cuò)誤，故選A。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段TED, of course, isn’t immune to criticism. It’s been called elitist(精英) for its high ticket prices.（當(dāng)然，TED也免不了受到批評(píng)。它因其高昂的票價(jià)被稱為精英主義）和倒數(shù)第一段的And accusations of elitism ring hollow when so much is given away for free on TED’s website.(而當(dāng)這么多東西在泰德的網(wǎng)站上免費(fèi)贈(zèng)送時(shí)，精英主義的指責(zé)就顯得空洞了。)由此推斷出，TED因給予富人或有權(quán)勢(shì)的人特殊待遇而受到批評(píng)，故選C。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段Whatever its failings, TED is a source of inspirational information for those who seek it out.（不管它的缺點(diǎn)是什么，TED都是那些尋找它的人鼓舞人心的信息來(lái)源。）由此推斷出，這位作者可能認(rèn)為TED是有益的，故選B。