Microblogging is a broadcast medium in the form of blogging. A microblog differs from a traditional blog in that its content is typically much smaller, in both actual size and aggregate file size. Microblogs “allow users to exchange small elements of content such as short sentences, individual images, or video links”.
As with traditional blogging, microbloggers post about topics ranging from the simple, such as "what I'm doing right now," to the thematic(主題的), such as "sports cars.” Commercial microblogs also exist, to promote (促進(jìn)) websites, services and/or products, and to promote collaboration within an organization.
Some microblogging services offer features such as privacy settings, which allow users to control who can read their microblogs, or other ways of publishing rights besides entering the web-based interface.(界面) These may include text messaging, instant messaging, E-mail, or digital audio.
The first microblogs were known as tumblelogs. The term was invented in a blog post on April 12, 2005. However, by 2006 and 2007, the term microblog came into greater usage for such services provided by Tumblr and Twitter. Other leading social networking websites Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, and XING also have their own microblogging features, better known as status updates.
Several studies, especially by Harvard Business School have tried to analyze the usage behavior of Microblogging services. Many of these studies show that for services such as Twitter, there is a small group of active users contributing to most of the activity.
Twitter, Facebook and other microblogging services are also becoming a platform for marketing and public relations, with a sharp growth in the number of social media marketers. The Sysomos study shows that this specific group of marketers on Twitter is much more active than general user population, with 15% following more than 2,000 people.
小題1:Why is a microblog different from a traditional blog?
A．Because a microblog doesn’t include pictures, but a traditional blog does.
B．Because a microblog doesn’t include videos, but a traditional blog does.
C．Because a microblog has smaller contents than a traditional blog in actual and total file size.
D．Because a microblog can only be written on the cell-phones.
小題2:What is the meaning of the underlined word “collaboration” in the second paragraph?
A．Competition.B．Discussion.C．Tradition.D．Cooperation
小題3:Microblogging can protect the following privacy EXCEPT_______.
A．deciding the readers of the microblogs
B．a(chǎn)llowing readers to publish their views
C．readers’ deleting what a microblog says
D．deciding whether readers can enter it
小題4:We can infer from the passage that______.
A．microbloggers always post about the thematic topics instead of the simple ones
B．microblogging has developed so quickly and brought the owners more and more benefits.
C．microblogging protects both the owners’ and the readers’ privacy
D．the studies by Harward Business School have analyzed the usage of microblogging services

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:B
文章介紹了一種新的媒體傳播工具—微博。并具體介紹了微博的作用及其他信息。
小題1:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段第2,3行A microblog differs from a traditional blog in that its content is typically much smaller, in both actual size and aggregate file size.可知微博和傳統(tǒng)博客的差別，C的內(nèi)容表述正確。
小題2:D 猜測(cè)詞義題。根據(jù)Commercial microblogs also exist, to promote (促進(jìn)) websites, services and/or products, and to promote collaboration within an organization.商業(yè)微博同樣存在，為了宣傳網(wǎng)站，服務(wù)或者產(chǎn)品也為了促進(jìn)組織內(nèi)部的合作。A競(jìng)爭(zhēng)；B討論；C傳統(tǒng)；D合作；故D符合上下文。
小題3:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段which allow users to control who can read their microblogs, or other ways of publishing rights besides entering the web-based interface.(界面) These may include text messaging, instant messaging, E-mail, or digital audio.可知ABD的內(nèi)容都涉及了，C項(xiàng)沒有提及，故C正確。
小題4:B 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后兩段，尤其是最后一段的The Sysomos study shows that this specific group of marketers on Twitter is much more active than general user population, with 15% following more than 2,000 people. 說明微博給人們帶來了很多的好處，故B正確。
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