Part Ⅱ

　　Reading Comprehension(35 minutes)

　　Passage One?

　　Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:?

　　The media can impact current events. As a graduate student at Berkeley in the 1960s, I remember experiencing the events related to the People’s Park that were occurring on campus. Some of these events were given national media coverage in the press and on TV. I found it interesting to compare my impressions of what was going on with perceptions obtained from the news media. I could begin to see events of that time feed on news coverage. This also provided me with some healthy insights into the distinction between these realities.?

　　Electronic media are having a greater impact on the people’s lives every day. People gather more and more of their impressions from representations. Television and telephone communications are linking people to a global village, or what one writer calls the electronic city. Consider the information that television brings into your home every day. Consider also the contact you have with others simply by using telephone. These media extend your consciousness and your contact. for example, the video coverage of the 1989 San Francisco earthquake focused on “l(fā)ive action” such as the fires or the rescue efforts. This gave the viewer the impression of total disaster. Television coverage of the Iraqi War also developed an immediacy. CNN reported events as they happened. This coverage was distributed worldwide. Although most people were far away from these events, they developed some perception of these realities. ?

　　In 1992, many people watched in horror as riots broke out on a sad Wednesday evening in Los Angeles, seemingly fed by video cet6w.com. This event was triggered by verdict (裁定) in the Rodney King beating. We are now in an age where the public can have access to information that enables it to make its own judgments, and most people, who had seen the video of this beating, could not understand how the jury(陪審團(tuán))was able to acquit (宣布……無(wú)罪)the policeman involved. Media coverage of events as they occur also provides powerful feedback that influences events. This can have harmful results, as it seemed on that Wednesday night in Los Angeles. By Friday night the public got to see Rodney King on television pleading. “can we all get along?” By Saturday, television seemed to provide positive feedback as the Los Angeles riot turned out into a rally for peace. The television showed thousands of people marching with banners and cleaning tools. Because of that , many people turned out to join the peaceful event that saw unfolding on television. The real healing, of course, will take much longer, but electronic media will continue to be a part of that process. ?

　　21.The best title for this passage is____.?

　　A) The 1992 Los Angeles Riots?

　　B) The Impact of Media on Current Events?

　　C) The 1989 San Francisco Earthquake and the 1992 Los Angeles Riots?

　　D) How media Cover Events?

　　22.All the following statements are true EXCEPT that____.?

　　A) electronic media can extend one’s contact with the world?

　　B) those living far away from a certain event can also have some perception of realities by watching television?

　　C) all the events occurring on the university campus at Berkeley were given national media coverage ?

　　D) video coverage of the 1989 San Francisco earthquake gave the viewers the impression of total disaster ?

　　23.The term“electronic city”in paragraph 2 refers to____.?

　　A) Los Angeles B) San Francisco?

　　C) Berkeley D) Earth?

　　24.The 1992 Los Angeles riots broke out because____. ?

　　A)the jury acquitted the policemen who had beaten Rodney King ?

　　B)people can make their own judgments?

　　C)video cet6w.com had made people angry?

　　D)video coverage had provided powerful feedback ?

　　25.It can be inferred from the passage that ____.?

　　A) media coverage of events as they occur can have either good or bad results ?

　　B) most people who had seen the video of the Rodney King beating agree with the verdict of the jury?

　　C) the 1992 Los Angeles riots lasted a whole week?

　　D) Rodney King seemed very angry when he appeared on television on Friday?

　　Passage One?

　　內(nèi)容概要:?本文主要講媒體對(duì)時(shí)事的影響。文中列舉了許多事例說(shuō)明這一點(diǎn)。如電視和電話把人們與地球連到了一起，有位作家把地球村稱之為“電子城”，媒體對(duì)事件的報(bào)道會(huì)提供強(qiáng)烈的反饋反過(guò)來(lái)又會(huì)影響事件本身等等。?

　　21.【答案】B。?

　　【譯文】本文的最佳題目是媒體對(duì)時(shí)事的影響。?

　　【試題分析】本題測(cè)試考生的綜合理解能力。?

　　【詳細(xì)解答】從整篇文章看，作者主要講的是媒體對(duì)時(shí)事的影響。第1段第1句和第二段的第1句就已點(diǎn)明。因而B(niǎo))為正確答案。?

　　22. 【答案】C?

　　【譯文】下列陳述不正確的是“所有發(fā)生在伯克利大學(xué)的事件在全國(guó)性的媒體都上報(bào)道了”。?

　　【試題分析】事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。?

　　【詳細(xì)解答】第2段，有“這些媒體拓寬了人們的視野和接觸范圍”一句�？梢�(jiàn)選項(xiàng)A)的意思是對(duì)的，也即不是正確選項(xiàng)。第2段最好一句也就是B的意思，因此B也是對(duì)的。D的內(nèi)容與文章意思吻合，文中第2段中有這樣一句話：這給觀眾以大災(zāi)難的印象。因而D)也不可能是正確選項(xiàng)。C說(shuō)的是所有發(fā)生在伯克利大學(xué)的世界全國(guó)性的媒體都予以報(bào)道。但文章第1段第3句說(shuō)，發(fā)生在伯克利加州大學(xué)的某些(不是所有)事件在全國(guó)性媒體上報(bào)道了。由此可見(jiàn)C)的說(shuō)法與原文不符，故為正確選項(xiàng)。?

　　23. 【答案】D。?

　　【譯文】電子城指的就是地球。?

　　【試題分析】詞語(yǔ)理解題。?

　　【詳細(xì)解答】本題問(wèn)的是electronic city，實(shí)際上考的是對(duì)global village的理解。由于city一詞，而且是個(gè)選擇中的三個(gè)城市在文章中都被提到。因此該題目有一定的迷惑性。但如果考生知道global village是“地球村”的意思，也知道“電子城”就是指的“地球村”，那么這道題比較容易回答。?

　　24. 【答案】A。?

　　【譯文】1992年落杉磯騷亂的原因是陪審團(tuán)宣布?xì)�打Rodney King的警察無(wú)罪。?

　　【試題分析】事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。?

　　【詳細(xì)解答】第3段第2句說(shuō)這次騷亂是由于對(duì)Rodney被毆打一案所作的裁決引起的。后面還提到大多數(shù)看過(guò)Rodney King被毆打錄像的人都無(wú)法理解為什么陪審團(tuán)會(huì)宣布?xì)�打無(wú)辜者的警察無(wú)罪。從這兩句話可以得出A是正確選項(xiàng)。?

　　25. 【答案】A。?

　　【譯文】媒體事件的報(bào)道既可帶來(lái)好影響也可造成惡劣的后果。?

　　【試題分析】推理引申題。?

　　【詳細(xì)解答】文中第3段說(shuō)，媒體對(duì)事件的報(bào)道會(huì)提供強(qiáng)烈的反饋，反過(guò)來(lái)又會(huì)影響事件本身。由此可知，媒體對(duì)事件的報(bào)道既可帶來(lái)好的影響也可造成惡劣的后果，因此A是正確選項(xiàng)。