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1、2014届高考英语一轮复习限时阅读训练27(A)Planking:abriefhistoryTherulesaresimple:youmustliefacedown,palms(手掌)flatagainstyoursides,withyourfeettogetherandpointingattheground.Pointsareawardedforanoriginallocationandforthenumberofonlookersandparticipantsinvolved.1Withoutaphoto,you’rejustapersonlyingdown.Thisi
2、splanking,describedvariouslyasaglobalparticipatoryartproject,a“meaninglessinternetcraze”.Itbegan14yearsagowithapairofboredkids.GaryClarkson,then15,andhisfriendChristianLangdon,12,wouldperformtheplankinpublicplaces,amusingoneanotherandpuzzlingonlookers.2Thegamewasapointlesswayfortheboystopa
3、ssthetime.AsClarksonputsit,“Itwasjustareallystupid,randomthingtodo.”Foritsfirst10yearsplankingspreadveryslowly,fromClarksonandLangdontotheirfriendsatschooland,afterawhile,ontootherkidsfromtheneighborhood.3Soon,theyhadafewthousandfollowers.Photographsofplankerscameinfromallovertheworld:Amer
4、icanplankersontopoftheirtelevisions,Britishplankersintrees,andEuropeansoncountryroadsandsteepriverbanks.Thenthingsgotreallyinteresting.Afewdayslater,amassgatheringofplankersattractedmorethan100people.TheplankinginthephotospostedtoFacebookbecameriskierandstranger.Onebraveairportworkerperfor
5、medtheplankintheenginefanofajetplane.4Somepeoplehavelinkedthepracticetothe1995videofortheRadioheadsong,“Just”.Inthevideo,amanliesdownonabusyLondonroadandacrowdofstrangersgathertotrytounderstandandhelphim.Herefusestomove,ortotellthemwhyhe’slyingthere.Hetellsthem—butnotus,theviewers—andallwe
6、seeisthatnowtheentirecrowdislyingdownonthepavementaswell.5“Peoplegenerallythinkyou’remad,”ascreatorGaryClarksonputsit.“That’ssortof4thepoint.”A.Youmust,ofcourse,havesomebodytakeaphoto.B.Manypeoplebelieveplankingisagoodwaytopassthetime.C.Atthattime,itwasknownsimplyastheLyingDownGame.D.Wecan
7、readaboutplankingallofthetimeonInternetwebsites.E.Whetherthevideoistheinspirationornot,ithelpsusunderstandthespiritofplanking.F.Then,in2007,whenthepaircreatedaFacebookgroupfortheirgame,thepaceaccelerated.G.It’snotclear—andClarksonandLangdondon’tremember—wheree
