请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。

注意：1. 每空格1个单词。2.所有答案写在答题纸指定位置，否则不计分。

Searching for the truth

Collecting and writing news is like researching in history: the best information comes from those who were there at the time. So if' we want to study the history of China in the sixth century AD, we look at the writings of the people who lived then. They are called the primary sources because they tell us what it was like to live then. People at a much later date who write about the same events are called the secondary sources. For example, when we read the original writings of Jia Sixie on agriculture, we are reading a primary source; when we read about Jia Sixie in our textbook we are reading secondary source because the passage was written about him and his ideas many years after he died.

When we make news, we use primary and secondary sources. We can see this most clearly in TV programmes. As we watch the news on TV, the person presenting the programme in the studio is the secondary source( because he tells us about the news) and the reporter in Iraq or Washington is the primary source (because he is telling us about what is actually happening there). Without these reporters acting as primary sources, you would never find out what really happened in a war, earthquake, sports meeting, concert or festival. These reporters explain what is happening, so we have a clearer idea of what is going on there. They often take photographers with them who act as primary source by giving pictures of events.

In a newspaper, the position is different because these two roles are often combined. This means a reporter who investigates a story may be the same person who writes it. If this happens, the reporter is both the primary and the secondary source. But the photographer who works with him/her is still a primary source.

One of the reasons that it is important to separate primary and secondary sources is that they help us to decide what is a fact and what is an opinion. A fact is something that everybody agrees has happened. An opinion is somebody's idea of what happened. So facts and opinions are often mixed in any report, whether in a newspaper or on TV.

What have you learnt from the above passage?

根据对话情景和内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。注意：E涂AB     F涂AC    G涂AD

—  What seems to be the problem?

—       6    

—  How long have you been like this?

—  Since Saturday night.

—  ____ 7    

—  Yes, I also feel lighthearted.

—  Can you think of anything you ate Saturday that might have caused it?

—  All I can think of is the fish I had. It didn’t taste quite right.

—  ____ 8      Now I’ll give you some medicine. Take it and you should be feeling better soon.

—  ____ 9    

—  I also suggest that you follow a special diet.

—  ____10    

—  You should stick to eating lighter foods.

A.     What’s that?

B.      That might be it.

C.      Thank you, doctor.

D.     Any other problems?

E.      I have a running nose.

F.      Have you seen a doctor?

G.     I have a terrible stomachache.

“Life is speeding up. Everyone is getting unwell.”

This may sound like something someone would say today. But in fact, an unknown citizen who lived in Rome in AD 52 wrote it.

We all love new inventions. They are exciting, amazing and can even change our lives.

But have all these developments really improve the quality of our lives?

Picture this: You’re rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings, a QQ message from your friend appears on the screen, the noise from the television is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done. How calm and happy do you feel?

Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave us feeling stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, who have no telephones, no cars, not even any electricity often seem to be happier? Perhaps because they lead a simpler life.

One family in the UK went “back in time” to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons Benjamin, 10, and Tomas, 7, spent nine weeks in a 1940s house. They had no washing machine, microwave, computer or mobile phones.

The grandmother, Lyn, said, “It was hard physically, but not mentally.” She believed life was less materialistic. “The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes,” She said. The boys said they found less to fight over, such as their computer. Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a “trendy（时髦的）, beer-drinking granny, to one who cooked things.”

Here are some simple ways to beat the stress often caused by our inventions!

Don’t be available all the time. Turn off your mobile phone at certain times of the day. Don’t check your e-mail every day.

Don’t reply to somebody as soon as they leave a text message just because you can. It may be fun at first, but it soon gets annoying.

Don’t worry too much about life—laugh more.

1.The passage is mainly about     __    .

    A. problem with technology    

    B. improvements of our life with technology

    C. the important roles technology plays in our everyday life

    D. major changes which will be likely to happen to technology

2. The writer quoted（引用）what a citizen in ancient Rome said at the beginning of the story in order to      __   .

    A. share a truth about life      

    B. tell us what life was like long time ago

    C. make us wonder what causes such a thing to happen

    D. point out that you experience some big problems and they may be the same

3.

4.

Until recently, women in advertisements wore one of three things — an apron, an attractive dress or a frown. Although that is now changing, many women still feel angry about offending advertisements. “This ad degrades women.” they protested（抗议）.Why does this sort of advertising exist? How can advertisers and ad agencies still produce, sometimes, after months of research, advertising that offends the consumer?

The ASA, the body which deals with complaints about print media, is carrying out research into how women feel about the way they are pictured in advertisements. Its conclusions are likely to be what the advertising industry already knows: although women are often annoyed by the ads, few feel strong enough to complain.

Women are not the only victims of poor and boring stereotypes（老套）— in many TV commercials men are seen either as useless, childish fools who are unable to perform the simplest household tasks, or as inconsiderate fellows, always on the lookout for an escape to the pub. But it is women who seem to suffer more from the industry’s inability to put people into an authentic present-day situation. Yet according to Emma Bennett, director of a London advertising agency, women are not aggressive or extremely angry about those stereotypes and sexist （歧视妇女）advertising. “They just find it annoying or tiresome.”

She says that it is not advertising’s use of the housewife role that bothers women, but the way in which it is handled. “The most important thing is the advertisement’s tone of voice. Women hate being insincerely praised or given desperately down-to-earth common-sense advice.”

In the end, the responsibility for good advertising must be shared between the advertiser, the advertising agency and the consumer. Advertising does not set trends but it reflects them. It is up to the consumer to tell advertisers where they fail, and the process of change will remain slow until people on the receiving end take the business seriously and make their –feelings known.

1.Despite recent changes in attitudes, some advertisements still fail to        .

2.According to the writer, the commonest fault of present-day advertising is to         .

3.Emma Bennett suggests that advertisement ought to        .

4.We can learn from the passage that advertising industry should         .

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第二节 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 （注意：61—65题涂到卡上  E="AB   " F="AC  " G=AD）

W: Pacific Bell．May I help you?

M: I’d like to have my phone disconnected.

W:     61______

M: Well, I’m graduated and am moving to California for a new job there.

W:     62______

M: Thanks.

W: All right．    63______

M: Sure．My phone number is 377-765-8769.

W: And the name on the account, please?

M:     64_____

W: For security purposes, Mr．Schaefer, may I have your date of birth, please?

M: It’s June 5, 1988.

W: Thank you．Now, when would you like it to be disconnected?

M:    65____

W: Sure．The telephone will be disconnected at 5:00 PM tomorrow．

A．Tomorrow by 5:00 PM

B．Cheers up altogether!

C．May I have your phone number, please?

D．Congratulations!

E．May I ask why?

F．My name is Jefferey Schaefer.

G．Is my name very important?