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Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) Directions:There are four reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marke
Passage 1
The Internet is redrawing the media landscape and will for decades to come, but traditional media will not be left out of the picture, maintain two University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, journalism professors. Ed Mullins, chairman of the Journalism Department, and Jim Stovall, the founder of Dateline Alabama, the news website of the College of Communication and Information Sciences, agree that the future of the web is still a mystery, but argue that, in the near future, it will serve more as a helpmate to traditional media.
“Nobody knows where the Web is taking us, but when it comes to journalism, old media will be dominant players in the new media game,” Mullins believes. “ Some rating services report that most Americans go to sites operated by old-line media when looking for news on the web.”
Just as national old media dominate the Web at that level, local old media run mostly by newspapers and, to a lesser degree, by television stations dominate those markets. Is there a pattern here? Yes, says Mullins and Stovall. “At least in the first decade of the Web, newspaper companies dominate Web journalism,” Mullins explains. “Why? They specialize in news, and that gives them an advantage. What most readers go to websites for is news and e-mail, a form of person-to-person news, especially in the form of chatting.
The reason for newspapers’ dominance in web journalism, Stovall points out, is that they have the biggest investment in news. “The Birmingham News, for example, with about 175 positions, has more journalists on its payroll than all of the state’s broadcast, cable, and Web-only entities combined.”
1. What role does the Internet play in journalism according to paragraph 1?
A. It dominates the media market. B. It is likely to threaten the future of traditional media.
C. It becomes a helpful partner of print media. D. It revolutionizes journalism.
2. The following proves that old media still dominate W
eb journalism except_____.
A. People prefer traditional media when looking for news.
B. Old media have the most important position in local markets.
C. Newspaper companies have more control in Web journalism.
D. Few people go to websites to get news.
3. Traditional media dominate web journalism because_______.
A. news and advertising are their only business
B. they invest more money in news
C. web companies dare not compete with them
D. they enjoy privileges in journalism
4. What is the best title for the passage?
A. Internet Won’t Eliminate Print Media B. Internet Challenges Traditional Media
C. Looking For News on the Web D. Journalism Should Be Dominated by Web
5. What is the author’s attitude towards the future of traditional media?
A. Negative B. Critical C. Concerned D. Optimistic
答案与详解
1. A. 此题考对词的理解。第三段提出使用电子书籍需要满足的条件，其中之一“be sure the have-nots get the technology”的意思是穷人也获得这种技术。B项原文并没有说要禁止使用电子书籍。C项不全面，只提到一点。
2. C. 此题考段落理解。第一段第一句“the internet is redrawing the media landscape，but traditional media will not be left out”和最后一句“it will serve more as a helpmate to traditional media”表明因特网改变可传媒业的格局，但是传统的传媒并未出局，因特网成为传统传媒的助手。
3. D. 段落理解题。第二段和第三段指出传统传媒业占据市场的种种依据。第一段最后一句“most Americans go to sites operated by old-line media when looking for news on the web”，所以A是依据。第三段第一句和第三句证明B，C也是依据，只有D是正确的选项。
4. B. 细节理解题。最后一段第一句说报业垄断是因为“they have the biggest investment in news”。
5. A. 中心思想题。本文主要讲传统的传媒（报纸）并未因为因特网的出现而被排挤出去。B与全文意思相悖。C，D原文未提及。
6. D. 考作者的态度。从全文可看出作者对传统传媒业的未来是乐观的。 optimistic:乐观的negative:消极的critical:批评的concerned:关切的
Passage 2
What will man be like in the future-in 5000 or even 50,000 years from now? We can only make guesses, of course, but we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today. For man is slowly changing all the time.
Let us take an obvious example. Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter than
he is today. Now, on average, men are about three inches taller. Five hundred years is relatively short period of time, so we may assume that man will continue to grow taller. Again, in the modern world we use our brains a great deal. Even so, we still make use of only about 20% of the brain’s capacity. As time goes on, however, we shall have to use our brains more and more, and eventually we shall need larger ones! This is likely to bring about a physical change too: the head, in particular the forehead, will grow larger.
Nowadays our eyes are in constant use. In fact, we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over very long period of time it is likely that man’s eyes will grow stronger.
On the other hand, we tend to make less use of our arms and legs. These, as a result, are likely to grow weaker. At the eame time, however, our fingers will grow more sensitive because they are used a great deal in modern life.
But what about hair? This will probably disappear from the body altogether in course of time because it does not serve a useful purpose any longer. In the future, then, both sexes are likely to be bald.
Perhaps all this gives the impression that future man will not be a very attractive creature to look at! This may well be true. All the same, in spite of all these changes, future man will still have a lot in common with use. He will still be a human being, with thoughts and emotions similar to our own.
1. The passage mainly tells us that____.
A. man’s life will be different in the future
B. future man will look quite different from us
C. man is growing taller and uglier as time passes
D. man’s organs’ functions will be one the wane
2. What serves as the evidence that man is changing?
A. Man has got stronger eyes now than he ever had.
B. Man’s hair is getting thinner and thinner.
C. Man’s arms and legs have become lighter and weaker.
D. Ma
n has been growing taller over the past 500 years.
3. The change in man’s size of forehead is probably because____
A. he makes use only 20 % of the brain’s capacity.
B. his brain has grown larger over the past centuries.
C. the other 80% of his brain will grow in due time.
D. he will use his brain more and more as time goes on.
4. What is true about a human being in the future?
A. He is hairless because hair is no longer useful.
B. He has smaller eyes and wears better glasses.
C. His fingers grow weaker because he doesn’t have to make use of them.
D. He thinks and feels in different way.
5. It is implied that ____.
A. human beings will become less attractive in the future.
B. less use of a bodily organ may lead to its degeneration
C. human beings hope for a change in the future life
D.future life is always predictable.
答案与详解
1.B. 全文理解题。本文主要介绍未来人类的外貌。A未来的生活，与中心思想不符。C不具备概括性。D器官功能衰退不能概括未来人类身体的变化。
2. D. 细节理解。人类外貌逐渐变化的依据。见第二段第二句“Man，even five hundred years ago was shorter than he is today.” A,B,C 均为人类未来的变化趋势而不是人类变化的证据。
3. D. 细节理解题。 第二段最后两句说人类将更多地使用大脑，最终大脑变大，前额增大。
4. A.第二段指出人类的头发可能会消失，因为“it does not serve a useful purpose any longer”， 即头发失去作用。第三段讲人类将大量用手指，手指变得灵活敏感，所以C错误。D与后一段不符。
5. B. 推论题。从人类身体变化可以看出，经常使用的器官部位，如大脑手指将变得发达。而不常用的器官会退化。A原文已经直接提到，不能算作推论
Passage 3
Many studies have identified a strong link between suicide and diagnosable mental illness, especially depression. So, because women suffer from depression at a much higher rate than men, they would seem to be at higher risk for suicide. Yet, women actually commit suicide about one-fourth as often as men.
George E. Murphy, professor of psychiatry at Washington university school of Medicine in St. Louis, says that females may be protected because of the way they think about problems and interact with others. “Women process the[1] [2] 下一页 |
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