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【题目】Function of Mass Media

Mass media are tools of communication. Mass media allow us to record and pass information rap-idly to a large, scattered(分散的audience. They extend our ability to talk to each other by helping us overcome barriers caused by time and space.

There are various ways in which mass media make daily life easier for us. First, they inform and help us keep a watch on our world. They gather and pass on information we would be unlikely or unable to get on our own.

Second, mass media help us to arrange time and life. What we talk about and what we think about are greatly influenced by the media. When people get together, they tend to talk about certain happenings in the newspapers or on TV. Because we are exposed(暴露to different points of view through different kinds of media every day, we are able to evaluate(评价all sides of a certain issue.

Third, the media are used to persuade people. A good example is advertisements through the media. Newspapers, magazines and TV are filled with all kinds of colorful, persuasive advertisements. Though many advertisements may not say openly that they want you to buy a certain product, they describe their products in such a way that you may want to buy them.

Fourth, the media also entertain. All of the media make some effort to entertain their audience. For instance, even though the newspaper is primarily a medium of information, it also contains entertain-ment features(特征. Television, motion pictures, fiction books and some radio stations and magazines are devoted mainly to entertainment. It is estimated that in the future, the entertainment

function of mass media will become even more important than it is now.

1 This passage mainly tells us __________.

A. something about the function of mass media

B. something about the development of mass media

C. how the media entertain us

D. the types of mass media

2 How many ways in which mass media help make daily life easier are mentioned in this passage?

A. Two.

B. Three.

C. Four.

D. Five.

3 It can be known from the passage that __________.

A. from mass media, we know what is happening in the world

B. sometimes we arrange our time and life according to mass media

C. mass media's main purpose is to pass the information of advertisements

D. mass media can make people feel easy

4 From the passage we know that __________.

A. mass media are the only tools of communication

B. mass media make our life much more difficult

C. the media tell people truth at any time

D. in the future mass media will make us more relaxed

【答案】1 A

2 C

3 B

4 D

【解析】1 主旨大意题。可以根据短文的标题Function of Mass Media确定本文的主题。一般来说,文章的中心可以通过标题体现出来. 根据标题来判断文章的主题是一种可靠的做题方法。

2 细节考查题。由短文中几个表示顺序的词First. Second, Third, Fourth可以轻松得出答案。

3 推理判断题。由整篇文章可以看出,媒体的主要功能是帮助记录并传递信息,从而使人们的生活更加便捷和丰富多彩。如果说它们的主要目的是为了传递广告信息是过于片面了。

4 推理判断题。根据短文最后一句可推出答案。

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【题目】Games originally are entertainment. Contem-porary games are very realistic and for this reason they are a source of great experience for the player and develop the imagination. Games are entertain-ment and even more than that. The statistics ( of the New York University led by Green claim that the player preferring active games get improvement of some types of brain activity. In particular, game players deal with problems of simulta-neously(同时地 tracking several moving objects at the average level of 30% better than people who do not play active computer video games. The "gaming" violent experience may not be the cause of violent behavior in reality. None of the playing experience will become the priority in making important decisions concerning problems in real life. A game is an abstraction(抽象概念. A player gets abstract tasks and acts according to abstract rules.

Games are also the possibility to be whatever a person wants to be and to rest from the outside world for some time. But what if a person gets so much excited with the game scenes that he becomes violent in reality? Then, it proves that the games cause people to become violent in reality. But a psychologically healthy person will never confuse these two different worlds. A game is a virtual world with visual images very similar to human's. These images are nothing but playing obstacles(障碍. A game may potentially give the opportunity to "destroy the obstaclesthat may not be destroyed according to the rules but it is more about personal choice whether to do it or not. This leads us to the conclusion that violence is not a consequence but the cause. People who are originally prone to violence may get into a temper by games and perform violence in the real world . But in this case violence in games is just a simple justification(正当 的理由of the violent nature of the player.

1 The passage is __________.

A. a story

B. a descriptive writing

C. an argumentative writing

D. a scientific essay

2 In the first paragraph the author used the statistics to prove that __________.

A. games can provide experience for the players

B. games can help develop players' imagination

C. games can cause violent behavior

D. games are more than entertainment

3 What is the author's attitude towards the "computer games

A. "Violent games" can lead to the performance of violence in the real world.

B. Violence is not a consequence of the computer games but the cause.

C. Games are just entertainment and nothing more.

D. The virtual world and the real world are just the same.

4 The best title for this passage is __________.

A. Violent games cause violence

B. Games-resulting in violence?

C. The cause of violence

D. The consequence of games

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