题目内容
3.In June 2014,Huffington Post and Mail Online reported that three-year-old Victoria Wilcher,who had suffered facial scarring,had been kicked out of a KFC because she was frightening customers.Later,KFC announced that no evidence had been found to support the story.This phenomenon is largely a product of the increasing pressure in newsrooms that care more about traffic figures.Brooke Binkowski,an editor,says that,during her career,she has seen a shift towards less editorial oversight in newsrooms."Clickbait is king,so newsrooms will uncritically print something unreal.Not all newsrooms are like this,but a lot of them are."
Asked what the driving factor was,a journalist said,"You've an editor breathing down your neck and you have to meet your targets.And there are some young journalists on the market who are inexperienced and who will not do those checks.So much news that is reported online happens online.There is no need to get out and knock on someone's door.You just sit at your desk and do it."
Another journalist says,"There is undoubtedly pressure to churn out (粗制滥造)stories in order to get clicks,because they equal money.At my former employer in particular,the pressure was on due to the limited resources.That made the environment quite horrible to work in."
In a February 2015 report for Digital Journalism,Craig Silverman wrote,"Today the bar for what is worth giving attention to seems to be much lower.Within minutes or hours,a badly sourced report can be changed into a story that is repeated by dozens of news websites,resulting in tens of thousands of shares.Once a certain critical mass is reached,repetition has a powerful effect on belief. Thus,the rumor simply becomes true for readers."
And,in spite of the direction that some newsrooms seem to be heading in,a critical eye is becoming more,not less important,according to the New York Times'public editor,Margaret Sullivan."Reporters and editors have to be more careful than ever before.It's extremely important to question and to use every verification(验证) method available before publication."Yet those working in newsrooms talk of doubtful stories being tolerated because,in the words of some senior editors,"a click is a click,regardless of the advantage of a story".And,"if the story does turn out to be false,it's simply a chance for another bite at the cherry."
Verification and fact-checking are regularly falling victim to the pressure to bring in the numbers,and if the only result of being caught out is another chance to bring in the clicks,that looks unlikely to change.
32.According to Brooke Binkowski,newsrooms produce false news becauseA.
A.clicks matter a lot
B.resources are limited
C.money is needed for news
D.journalists lack experience
33.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5probably mean?D
A.Lies can't sell without an atom of truth.
B.Rumors are like a flame blown by the wind.
C.You can hear rumors,but you can't know them.
D.A lie,repeated frequently enough,will end up as truth.
34.What's Margaret Sullivan's attitude towards false news online?A
A.Negative.B.Supportive.C.Skeptical.D.Neutral.
35.What is the passage mainly about?B
A.Consequences of false stories.
B.Causes of online false news.
C.Inability of journalists.
D.A craze to get clicks.
分析 本文主要讲述了网络上或者报纸上有时会出现某些虚假消息,对此网站或者报纸编辑室应该引起高度重视,并对其发生原因进行了分析.
解答 32.A 细节题.根据文章内容,Brooke Binkowski,an editor,says that"Clickbait is king,so newsrooms will uncritically print something unreal.Not all newsrooms are like this,but a lot of them are."由此可知,点击率是非常重要的东西,因此新闻编辑室有时会错误的报道了某些新闻.结合选项,故选A
33.D 词义猜测题.根据文章内容,Once a certain critical mass is reached,repetition has a powerful effect on belief. Thus,the rumor simply becomes true for readers."一旦某一个错误的事物被反复的提到,那么它将具有一个很大的影响,它会掩盖事实,谣言就会成为读者眼中的事实.结合选项,故选D
34.A 细节题.根据文章内容,.Margaret Sullivan:"Reporters and editors have to be more careful than ever before.It's extremely important to question and to use every verification(验证) method available before publication."由此可知,Margaret Sullivan认为只要是需要发布的消息,在出版之前都应该反复的并且找到一定的方法验证其真实性,避免出现错误报道.由此推知,对于错误的消息,他是持否定观点的,故选A
35.B 主旨题.根据文章内容,主要讲述了网络上或者报纸上有时会出现某些虚假消息,对此网站或者报纸编辑室应该引起高度重视,并对其发生原因进行了分析.结合选项,故选B
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