The prestigious Peking University and Tsinghua University held graduation ceremo

The prestigious (久负盛名) Peking University and Tsinghua University held graduationceremonies on the same day this year. The presidents of the two universitiesdelivered excellent speeches at the ceremonies as they used words, phrases orways of expression that are very popular on the Internet currently. At the sametime, graduation speeches by other university presidents were also under the spotlight for the same reason. Their speeches werewarmly welcomed by students as they contained many fashionable words today,such as "floating clouds" ( meaning "too small and of littleimportance to mention") and "gelivable" (meaning " veryhelpful") . In the speeches , these university presidents recalled campuslife together with students and finally moved all the audiences. They were verydifferent from the usual run of lectures.

     Many university presidents havechanged their regular manner of addressing graduation ceremonies from anadvising and preaching (说教)mode to a more fashionable and funny approach. They try to use those wordspopular among young people in their speeches.

     In the past, universitypresidents' speeches were criticized for being too standard and lacking sentiment. Now , they quote fashionable words in theiraddresses, reflecting they are starting to adopt more everyday attitudes tostudents. The use of these new expressions has triggered a heateddiscussion. It focuses on the question of whether university presidents shouldspeak in an informal way at graduation ceremonies.

     Supporters agree with the newapproach. They consider it good to build close ties with students by using theyouth's own words. Opponents argue the new wayshave no practical value or significance foreducation but are merely to please those leaving university.

1.What would be the best title for thispassage?

    A. Should University Heads Use Termsof Youth

    B. Must University Presidents Learnto Please Students

    C. Must University Presidents MeetStudents' Needs

    D. Should University Heads UseNewly-created Words

2.What can we infer from the passage?

    A. University presidents consider itgood to build close ties with students.

    B. More and more students are eagerto make speeches in public.

    C. The new ways of making speechesare popular with the young.

    D. University presidents have specialopinions about the world.

3.What dose the underlined word "triggered" in Paragraph 3 probably mean ?

A. Break off     B. Setoff      C. Sum up      D.Focus on

4.Which of the following is true according tothe passage?

A. Many people are likely to be influenced by the Internet.

B. The writer thinks it necessary for us tofollow the traditional customs.

C. More and more words are changing with thedevelopment of technology.

D. People argue about whether to usefashionable words on formal occasions.

试题答案

【答案】

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.D

【解析】文章讨论的是大学校长用流行的网络语言进行毕业演讲，以及人们对此的不同看法。

1.A 主旨大意题。文章讨论的是大学校长用流行的网络语言进行毕业演讲，以及人们对此的不同看法。故A正确。

2.C 推理题。根据第一段6,7行Their speeches were warmly welcomed bystudents as they contained many fashionable words today可知学生很欢迎这样的演讲，故C正确。

3.B 猜测词义题。根据The use of these new expressions has triggered a heateddiscussion中的discussion可知校长引用这些新词引起了热烈的讨论。"triggere意为：引起；故B正确。

4.D 段落大意题。根据文章最后一段可知人们对于这种现象有分歧，有人支持，有人反对。故D的说法正确。