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Unit 4 Earthquakes Ⅰ.阅读理解 AMike Godwin is an American lawyer and author who invented “Godwins Law” in 1990 when he made the following statement： As an online discussion grows longer, a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler is very likely to be made. Godwins Law is applicable to online discussions in forums, chat rooms, and on blogs. The term has earned a place in the Oxford English Dictionary： Godwins Law: noun. A facetious aphorism(有趣的格言) maintaining that as an online debate increases in length, it becomes certain that someone will eventually compare someone or something to Adolf Hitler or the Nazis. Although __coined__ to describe an Internet phenomenon, the term is being applied to the use of “the Nazi card” in other contexts. A complaint by many forum users is that the so-called law is ending discussion. One makes a Nazi comparison and another cries, “You said Hitler, so I win！” At that point, the discussion ends. The term has created a verb, “to Godwin，” as in, “You Godwined this discussion！” The mention of Godwins Law has come to be seen as a way to end an online discussion. Here is a complaint voiced by a forum user： It seems like Godwins Law is becoming a real problem for any sort of discussion on the internet. Whenever Hitler, or Nazis, is brought up in a discussion, the discussion is then over and the poster who mentioned the subject is laughed at. This would be a problem if people mention Godwins Law when the Hitler/Nazi mention is relevant to the topic at hand. 语篇导读 本文为说明文，介绍了高德温法则的来历以及意义，并举例对其进行说明。 1．What will certainly happen according to “Godwins Law” if the online discussion is lengthened? A．The debaters will maintain their justice. B．The debaters will mention Hitler or Nazis. C．The debaters will earn a place in the forum. D．The debaters will become very sick and tired. 解析 B　细节理解题。根据第二段可知，当网上辩论时间变长时，参加讨论的人非常有可能会提到希特勒或者纳粹分子，故选B项。 2．What does the underlined word “coined” in the fifth paragraph mean probably? A．Built. B．Adapted. C．Class