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(1)推理判断题。根据第二段"This group of six reflected what people their age experienced in their daily lives,so viewers could understand them easily."(这组六个人反映了他们这个年龄段的人在日常生活中所经历的事情,所以观众很容易理解他们。")可知许多人喜欢他们是因为六人组合反射了他们同龄人在日常生活中的经历,而观众很容易地理解他们。Understand"理解"=relate to"了解,理解"。understand them(characters) easily.= relate to its characters.因此viewers could understand them easily.是对D选项Because viewers could relate to its characters.(因为观众可以与剧中的角色产生共鸣。)的转述。故选D。
(2)段落大意题。根据第四段的第一句The show has been credited with influencing how many of us speak.(这部剧被认为影响了我们很多人的说话方式。)可知这部剧影响了许多人的说话,也就是对语言的影响。故选B。
(3)推理判断题。根据倒数第二段The show enjoyed a huge increase in ratings after the 11 September terrorist attacks,as sad New Yorkers struggled to make sense of the real horrors that had unfolded around them.In the show,they sought the return of a feel﹣good factor,according to Robert Thompson,professor of television and popular culture. "Friends is set not in the real New York,but in the fantasy New York where everybody leaves their doors unlocked and people don't fly planes into buildings," he said.(911恐怖袭击后,这部剧的收视率大幅上升,因为悲伤的纽约人正在努力理解发生在他们身边的真实恐怖事件。电视和流行文化教授罗伯特•汤普森 (Robert Thompson)表示,在这部剧中,他们寻求的是一种感觉良好因素的回归。他说:"《老友记》的背景不是真实的纽约,而是幻想中的纽约。在那里,每个人都不锁门,也不会有人驾驶飞机撞楼。")可知这个节目收视率上升是由于人们在观看表演中感觉良好,即节目给他们提供了舒适感(comfort)。故选C。
(4)词句猜测题。根据最后一段Friends is more than just a sitcom;it's a way of life.Our attitudes to the Friends' lives is a mixture of envy—— 'How do they get to sit on sofas all day drinking coffee? ——" and disdain: "Don't they have anything better to do with their time,like earn a living to pay for that Manhattan apartment?" Anyway,although Friends came to an end long ago,it will last forever.(《老友记》不仅仅是一部情景喜剧;这是一种生活方式。我们对《老友记》的生活充满了嫉妒——"他们怎么能整天坐在沙发上喝咖啡?"disdain:"他们的时间难道没有更好的事情可做吗,比如挣钱买曼哈顿的公寓?"不管怎样,虽然《老友记》早就结束了,但它将永远持续下去。)可知从反问句中的反问语气可知这是一种轻蔑的语气,也就是"不尊重"的意思。即当你对某事表示不屑时,你不尊重它。A.have no respect for it不尊重;B.pay no attention to it不要理会它;C.are curious about it对它很好奇;D.are surprised at it对此感到惊讶。故选A。