The Trouble with Television

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高级英语自考题-22

高级英语自考题-22(总分：99.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、{{B}}Ⅰ.{{/B}}(总题数：1，分数：24.00)The following paragraphs are taken from the text, followed by a list of words or expressions. Choose the one that best completes each of the sentences.If you {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}the statistical averages, {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}the age of 20 you will have been {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}to {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}20,000 hours of television. You can add 10,000 hours for each {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}after the age of 20. The trouble with television is that it {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}}{{/U}}concentration. Almost anything interesting and {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}in life requires some constructive, {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}}{{/U}}applied effort. The dullest, the least {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}of us can {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}things that seem {{U}} {{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}to those who never concentrate {{U}} {{U}} 12 {{/U}} {{/U}}any- thing.In short, a lot of television {{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}} {{/U}}one of the most {{U}} {{U}} 14 {{/U}} {{/U}}of all human gifts, the ability to {{U}} {{U}} 15 {{/U}} {{/U}}your attention yourself, {{U}} {{U}} 16 {{/U}} {{/U}}just {{U}} {{U}} 17 {{/U}} {{/U}}surrender it.I fear that the {{U}} {{U}} 18 {{/U}} {{/U}}of television on our habits of mind, our language, our {{U}} {{U}} 19 {{/U}} {{/U}}for effort, and our {{U}} {{U}} 20 {{/U}} {{/U}}for complexity are only dimly {{U}} {{U}} 21 {{/U}} {{/U}}If I am wrong, we will have done no {{U}} {{U}} 22 {{/U}} {{/U}}to look at the issue {{U}} {{U}} 23 {{/U}} {{/U}}and critically, to consider how we should be {{U}} {{U}} 24 {{/U}} {{/U}}it.A. giftedB. harmC. rewardingD. skepticallyE. consistentlyF. exposedG. achieveH. decadeI. effectsJ. onK. usurps I. precious M. miraculous N. focus O. rather thanP. fit Q. by R. at least S. discourages T. toleranceU. appetite V. perceived W. passively X. resisting（分数：24.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：P）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：Q）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：F）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：R）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：H）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：S）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：C）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：E）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：A）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：G）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：M）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：J）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：K）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：L）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：N）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：O）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：W）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：I）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：T）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：U）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：V）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：B）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：D）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：X）解析：二、{{B}}Ⅱ.{{/B}}(总题数：11，分数：11.00)1.Capturing your ______—and holding it—is the prime motive of the most television programming.∙ A. attention∙ B. attend∙ C. attending∙ D. attended（分数：1.00）A. √B.C.D.解析：[解析] capture one's attention吸引某人的注意力。

英语翻译(精读)

Unit 11.你对他的话不能为你这种行为辩护（justify）What you said to him can hardly justify such conduct of yours.2.你以为他会因为同主教的私人关系而面授宗教迫害吗？（immune from）Do you think he would be immune from religious persecution by reason of his personal relation with the Bishop?3.你对心理医生的忠告采取什么态度会影响到你的恶梦是否再来。

（recur）Your attitude towards the advice of the psychiatrist will affect whether or not your bad dream recurs.4．乐观主义者的成功秘诀在于他们是用积极的态度对待失望和失败的。

The secret to the success of optimists is that they deal with disappointments and failures in a positive way.5.悲观主义者往往容易失败，部分原因就是一个人对自己的砍伐往往是一种自我实现的预言。

The reason that a pessimist tends to fail is, in part, that a person’s opinion about himself is often a self-fulfilling prophecy.6.在幼儿的性格特征没有来得及发展之前，他们的行为不如大多数成年人的行为那样保持一致。

（consistent）In very young children, before traits have had much chance to develop, behaviour is less consistent than it is in most adults.Unit 21、那个政客以许多事实和数字作为武器。

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• “Don't cry, I'm sorry to have deceived you so much, but that's how life is.” ― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita • “Of all the bright cruel lies they tell you, the cruelest is the one called love.” ― George R.R. Martin, Dreamsongs Section 5: Hybrids and Horrors • “If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.” ― Adolf Hitler
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• In Born Liars, Ian Leslie takes the reader on an exhilarating tour of ideas that explores the role played by lies in our childhoods, our careers, and our health, as well as in advertising, politics, sport and war. • The author argues that, far from being a bug in the human software, lying is central to who we are; that we cannot understand ourselves without first understanding the dynamics

高级英语18春在线作业11

正确答案:ABC
2.Simile is used in ________.
A.Who can quarrel with a medium that so brilliantly packages escapist entertainment as a mass-marketing tool?
B.Much of it is what has been aptly described as “machine gunning with scraps.”
C.For nearly a year, I sopped around the house, the Store, the school and the church, like an old biscuit, dirty and inedible.
A.Good prose is like a window pane.
B.A yellow beam of sunlight, filtering through the muslin curtains, slanted on to the table, where a matchbox, half open, lay beside the inkpot.
A.错误
B.正确
正确答案:B
8.Many newspapers are owned by one party.
正确答案:A
4.Modern men also have primitive impulse.
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B.正确
正确答案:B
5.To become a rock star seems to be the fastest way to fortune and fame.

高英（高级英语）复习笔记及讲解5

Lesson Eight A Lesson in Living 1.inedible： not fit to be eaten不可⾷的，不宜⾷⽤的2.swirl ：（ cause to ） move or flow at varying speeds ， with twise and turns 涡旋⽽动，使打旋。

如：A gust of wind swirled dust about the streets . 阵风吹起灰尘弥漫⼤街。

The snow was swirling in the air .雪花在空中盘旋。

3.…… that would have peeled like a plum if snagged . peel ： came off in stips or flakes剥落，脱⽪。

如：The wall-paper seems to be peeling off .墙纸看来要剥落了。

4.let alone ： without reference to ， or considering 更不必说。

如； He doesn‘t have money for food ， let alone amusements.他连吃饭的钱都没有，更甭说娱乐了。

5.incessant ： continual， often repeated ：不断的，不停的。

如：incessant chatter 喋喋不休；incessant rain连绵不断的⾬。

6.It would be safe to say that……可以这么说……。

如； It would be safe to say that you would get nowhere if you are so lazy .可以这么说，如果你这样懒惰，你将⼀事⽆成。

7.pick her way：慎⾏。

另如：pick one‘s words精选词语；pick flaws找碴；pick and steal⼩偷⼩摸；pick and choose挑三拣四。

Thetroublewithtelevision

The trouble with televisionTelevision is an enormously powerful tool. A decade after the internet really became established in the lives of ordinary China people，the television set remains the center of almost all homes in this country. And the programs that are broadcast through the televisions remain a crucial part of the lives of Chinese people，providing information，entertainment，opinions，perspectives and prejudices.Normally，I don’t watch television. I use a laptop computer all the time. Both devices have a screen，but the crucial difference is that a television viewers relationship to the device is fundamenetally passive，while the person at the computer is active. Y ou control the computer，the television controls you.Occasionally，I get to watch some television，in people’s houses，in public places，and so I do have a sense of the overall nature of Chinese TV. I watched excerpts from the Gang of Four trial in 1981 in Beijing. I have seen the talent show The V oice several times，once including a friend of mine（he lost）.The television dramas particularly have a big impact on people’s lives，and this is true around the world. Top American TV shows today are in many cases superior to movies. That is why so many Hollywood stars are now to be found acting in TV dramas.Overall the format of Chinese TV today is slicker，more “international”than in the past. The news readers now wear western suits. The production quality of the documentaries and television dramas shown on Chinese state television channels is of course dramatically in advance of what was available in the 1980s，or the 1990s.But in terms of content，there are questions. I cannot comment on the individual TV dramas because I don’t watch them，But I do sense there is a homogenous feel to all the content on all the channels. All the Qing dynasty costume dramas look much the same，for instance. So I asked a Chinese friend for his comments on the TV dramas that absorb so much of the time of China’s people.“Recently，I have been discussing the problem of the scripts of TV dramas with my neighbors，” he said. “We are concerned.”The problem seems to be the quality of the story telling，the plots，the characters and the moral underpinnings of the story.“We are concerned about how these TV dramas will impact on the sense of values of the younger generation，”my friend added. “Y ou turn on the TV and all you get are poor TV dramas and meaningless variety shows. The worship of money is becoming more and more of a problem，which means increasingly there is no bottom line for Chinese people in doing business. Money being above all else results in the product quality we face because lower quality provides higher profits.” The internet，of course，offers a huge range of alternatives. Y ou can stream TV shows and movies from around the world，you can play games，read books，take classes，chat with friends，waste your time – the choice is yours. But TV viewers in China，in spite of the limited choices seem to be puzzlingly loyal to the medium.I asked my friend if there is a trend towards less TV watching，more use of computers amongst ordinary Chinese people.“The vast majority of Chinese people watch television in the evenings，” he said. “N o less than before，I would say.”And while young people may go online more，they tend to be in a room with，or close to，a television set，and therefore have a semi-conscious awareness of what is going on，on the small screen.What is the positive lesson to draw from this？My view is that the family is the heart and the core of a person’s charge and sense of values. If parents focus on that in their own family unit，then the external influences have dramatically less impact. And kids who grow up with a clear and strong sense of values，and a healthy disregard for television，will be in a strong position in the great competition of life.。

文都2011年考研英语一真题及答案

英语Part one:I. The following paragraphs are taken from the textbooks followed by a list of words and expressionsmarked A to X. Choose the one that best completes each of the sentences and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. One word or expression for each blank only.(0.5 point for each.12 points) 1.At the same time, my generation was discovering that reforming the world is a little like ____1____ a military campaign in the Apennines, as soon as you ____2____ one mountain range, another one ____3____ just ahead. As the big problems of the thirties were brought under some kind of ____4____ control, new problems took their place—the ____5____ problems of an affluent society, of racial justice, of keeping our cities from becoming ____6____,of coping with war in unfamiliar guises.2.The trouble with television is that it discourages ____7____.Almost anything interesting and rewarding in life requires some constructive, consistently ____8____ effort. The dullest, the least ____9____ of us can achieve things that seem ____10____ to those who never concentrate on anything. But television encourages us to apply no effort. It sells us instant ____11____.It diverts us only to divert, to make the time pass without ____12____.3.When a salesman ____13____ a large order or brings in an important new account, his ____14____ is brief, for there is danger he might lose that large order or important new account to a salesman from a ____15____ company the next time ____16____.It might even be canceled before it is ____17____,in which case no one is certain if anything was gained or lost. So there is crisis and ____18____ even in their triumphs.4.When white men first __19__ contact with some unspoilt race of savages, they __20__ them all kinds of benefits, from the light of the Gospel to pumpkin pie.These,however,___21___ we may regret it, most savages receive with indifference. What they really ___22___ among the gifts that we bring to them is intoxicating liquor, which enables them, for the first time in their lives, to have the ___23___,for a few ___24___ moments, that it is better to be alive than dead.A. aroundB. gratificationC. captureD. illusionE. uninhabitableF. fightingG. loomsH. roughI. miraculousJ. competingK. brief L. elation M. offer N. much as O. appliedP. unprecedented Q. effect R. alarm S. pain T. giftedU. lands V. value W. concentration X. filledII. There are 15 sentences with a blank in each, followed by a list of words or expressions marked A to X.Choose the one that best completes each of the sentences and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. One word or expression for each blank only.(1 point for each,15 points)1.When he heard about the air crash, he felt ________ for his sister’s safety.2.The newly-launched satellite is expected to obtain data on solar radiation, sky brightness and other important _______.3.She has been in America for five years, still she can’t ____ the life there.4.______,a lot of television usurps one of the most precious of all human gifts, the ability to focus your attention yourself, rather than just passively surrender it.5.They tried hard to find a solution to the problem, but their efforts were ________.6.They managed to trace his whereabouts ________ checking on his credit card expenditures.7.After they moved into the new house, the old couple paid a lot of attention to its ________.8.He got up early in the morning and walked on to the balcony and ________ the fresh air.9.The sweet words of the little girl ________ him into believing that what she said was true.10.I don’t know, ________,I don’t care.11.Chain groceries shut out the independent stores and “standardization”became a ________ means of cutting cost.12.The bus came to a(an) ________ stop, and some passengers lost their balance.13.He stood in the dark,________ in his pocket for the key.14.Y ou could not ignore the bait for ever,________ it meant trouble.15.The boy ________ the truth that he didn’t go to school yesterday.A. by all meansB. inhaledC. of no availD. amounting toE. in shortF. by means ofG. even thoughH. prejudiceI. instead of J. phenomenon K. lulled L. held himself backM. toiling N. principal O. decayed P. for that matterQ. get used to R. fumbling S. blurted out T. in placeU. ushering in V. upkeep W. apprehension X. abruptIII. Each of the following sentences is given two choices of words or expressions. Choose the right one to complete the sentence and mark the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet.(1 point for each,15 points)1.His feet were numb with cold, as soon as he got into the room he started(A. rubbing, B. scrubbed) them vigorously.2.Whoever( A. evades, B. escape)paying tax due will be punished.3.It is women who can bring( A. sympathy, B. empathy),tolerance, insight, patience,and persistence to government.4.They( A. scolded, B. scoffed) at my idea that the boss will give up the factory.5.He achieved great success in that he( A. infused, B. fill) life into his works.6.He wanted a( A. transcript, B. manuscript) of the report to show to his friends.7.The workers were filled with( A. indignity, B. indignation) when they discovered that they were secretly watched during working hours.8.In handling( A. straight, B. straighten)news, it is easier to assume the pious mantle of objectivity than to edit.9.When she opened the box, a small vase dropped and(A. went, B. broke) to pieces.10.The young boys(A. lulled, B. lolled) against a gate frame and a plank wall.11.Homes and restaurants would discard it( A. on the spot, B. on the beat).12.I don’t think his suggestion(A. contributed, B. attributed) to the success of the experiment.13.It(A. shattered, B. splashed) the notion that my individual progress could be hailed as an advance for all Negroes.14.SPLUTCH!—the big hook(A. flapped, B. clapped) itself into your mouth and you were caught.15.The son felt(A. contented, B. relieved) upon learning that his mother was out of danger.IV. T ranslate the following into English and write your translation on your Answer Sheet.(3 points for each 1—4,6 points for 5)1.在母亲去世前她答应过要尽一切可能不让这个家散掉。

东师高级英语18春在线作业2

(多选题) 1: Which of the sentences below apply the rhetorical device of rhetorical question? A: Was that wise?B: What would they say of her in the Stores when they found out that she had run away with a fellow? C: Why should she be unhappy?D: He took her to see The Bohemian Girl and she felt elated as she sat in an unaccustomed part of the theatre with him.正确答案:(多选题) 2: Which of the following sentences use the rhetorical device of hyperbole?A: Death would be too kind and brief.B: I wanted to gobble up the room entire and take it to Bailey, who would help me analyze and enjoy it.C: With the cold lemonade they were sufficient for childhood’s lifelong diet.D: I knew from listening to a thousand preachers that she was nearing the end of her reading, and I hadn’t really heard, heard to understand, a single word.正确答案:(多选题) 3: Hyperbole is NOT used in ________.A: Surely, humor is the saving grace of us, for without it we should die of vexation.B: I must confess that I always … those “as soon as my head touches the pillow” fellows. C: I used to read, …thanks to their “iron wills,”could lie down and plunge themselves immediately into deep sleep, …D: I had overlooked the necessity of having an “iron will,”… this peculiar metallic quality. 正确答案:(多选题) 4: Parallelism is used in ________.A: It sells us instant gratification. It diverts us only to divert, to make the time pass without pain.B: Consider the casual assumptions that television tends to cultivate: that complexity must be avoided, that visual stimulation is a substitute for thought, that verbal precisio is an anachronism. C: Television’s variety becomes a narcotic, not a stimulus.D: Everything about this nation –the structure of the society, its forms of family organization, its economy, its place in the world – has become more complex, not less.正确答案:(判断题) 1: The sentiment that justifies cruelty to beasts leads to persecution of men of other race, class or religion.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 2: Mrs. Flowers was from an aristocratic family and enjoyed respect of both the white and black folks in the town.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 3: (The Trouble with Television) The American public is not well aware of the adverse effects of television.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 4: Shirly Chisholm (the author) loves teaching and is waiting anxiously to go back to her job in school.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 5: (Why I Write) For fifteen years or more, Orwell wrote a story about himself.B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 6: Successful matadors are even more idolized than film stars.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 7: When the male gorilla discovered the author and his party, he suddenly rose and was ready to charge at them.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 8: Eveline was not respected at the shop she worked, nor was she at home, though she was a hard-working girl.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 9: The Watts riots gave rise to a flourishing of ghetto literature and art.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 10: Huge clouds usually hide the peaks of these volcanoes from view.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 11: (On Human Nature and Politics) The sons of a sultan fought because they were by different mothers.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 12: (Eveline) What made Eveline pluck up her courage and leave for the station was that she didn’t want to live her mother.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 13: (A Most Forgiving Ape) When the author and his party se out that morning, he was quite certain that he would meet the gorillas.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 14: Though the infliction of pain in itself is an evil act, it requires no justification if it can be done for a good purpose.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 15: Besides political issues, rock music also deals with the emotional life of the American people.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 16: (Four Choices for Young People) Few unspoiled places remain in our world where the escapists can practice plain-living and high thinking.A: 错误正确答案:(判断题) 17: Ernest, Harry and Little Keogh were all Eveline‘s brothers.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 18: According to Orwell, all writers, even writers of railway guides, have aesthetic considerations.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 19: American food is tasteless and innutritious.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 20: (I’d Rather Be Black Than Female) It was difficult for the author to win the election due not so much to her racial background as to her sex.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 21: When he saw the gorilla, the author was so fascinated by its charming appearance that he forgot to use his binoculars.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 22: One of the African guides could tell that these nests had been abandoned by the gorillas long before.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 23: Protest against vivisection used to be strong, but today no one dare show any opposition. A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 24: She thinks, however, that most white Americans are now truly aware of prejudice against the black Americans.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 25: Television gets much of its financial source from advertising and is by nature more Republican than the newspapers.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 26: Mr. H. does not have very interesting ideas.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 27: (The Trouble with Television) News on TV is read very fast and made too brief and incoherent to be comprehensive.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 29: Orwell believes that talented people have individual ambition which is a motive to drive them on.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 30: Eveline didn‘t go with Frank because she was afraid the boat would sink and she would be drowned.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 31: British high school students wore uniforms provided by the government.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 32: In New York, and in a couple of other cities in the U.S., the newspapers have ceased to play a significant role as a medium.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 33: (A Most Forgiving Ape) The author found the area very disturbing because the equator sun was beating down him mercilessly.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 34: While at Wittier college, Sanders (the author of "I‘ll Never Escape the Ghetto") felt ashamed of telling people that he was from "A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 35: (A Lesson in Living) Mrs. Flowers’ approval told Marguerite that she had made the right choice of her dress.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 36: (Why I Write) According to Orwell, all writers, even writers of railway guides, have aesthetic considerations.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(多选题) 1: Which of the sentences below apply the rhetorical device of rhetorical question? A: Was that wise?B: What would they say of her in the Stores when they found out that she had run away with a fellow? C: Why should she be unhappy?D: He took her to see The Bohemian Girl and she felt elated as she sat in an unaccustomed part of the theatre with him.正确答案:(多选题) 2: Which of the following sentences use the rhetorical device of hyperbole?A: Death would be too kind and brief.B: I wanted to gobble up the room entire and take it to Bailey, who would help me analyze and enjoyC: With the cold lemonade they were sufficient for childhood’s lifelong diet.D: I knew from listening to a thousand preachers that she was nearing the end of her reading, and I hadn’t really heard, heard to understand, a single word.正确答案:(多选题) 3: Hyperbole is NOT used in ________.A: Surely, humor is the saving grace of us, for without it we should die of vexation.B: I must confess that I always … those “as soon as my head touches the pillow” fellows. C: I used to read, … thanks to their “iron wills,” could lie down and plunge themselves immediately into deep sleep, …D: I had overlooked the necessity of having an “iron will,”… this peculiar metallic quality. 正确答案:(多选题) 4: Parallelism is used in ________.A: It sells us instant gratification. It diverts us only to divert, to make the time pass without pain.B: Consider the casual assumptions that television tends to cultivate: that complexity must be avoided, that visual stimulation is a substitute for thought, that verbal precisio is an anachronism. 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A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 24: She thinks, however, that most white Americans are now truly aware of prejudice against the black Americans.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 25: Television gets much of its financial source from advertising and is by nature more Republican than the newspapers.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题) 26: Mr. H. does not have very interesting ideas.A: 错误。

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For questions 1-7, markY(for YES) if the statement agrees with the information givenin the passage; N(for NO) if the statement contradicts the informationgiven in the passage; NG(for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not givenin the passage.For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.The Trouble With TelevisionIt is difficult to escape the influence of television. If you fit the statistical averages, by the age of 20 you will have been exposed to atleast 20,000 hours of television. You can add 10,000 hours for each decade you have lived after the age of 20. The only things Americans do more than watch television are work and sleep.Calculate for a moment what could be done with even a part of thosehours. Five thousand hours, I am told, are what a typical collegeundergraduate spends working on a bachelor's degree. In 10,000 hours you could have learned enough to become an astronomer or engineer. You could have learned several languages fluently. If it appealed to you, you could be reading Homer in the original Greek or Dostoyevsky in Russian. If itdidn't, you could have walked around the world and written a book aboutit.The trouble with television is that it discourages concentration.Almost anything interesting and rewarding in life requires someconstructive, consistently applied effort. The dullest, the least gifted of us can achieve things that seem miraculous to those who neverconcentrate on anything. But Television encourages us to apply no effort.It sells us instant gratification(满意). It diverts us only to divert,to make the time pass without pain.Television's variety becomes a narcotic(麻醉的), nor a stimulus. Its serial, kaleidoscopic (万花筒般的)exposures force us to follow its lead. The viewer is on a perpetual guided tour: 30 minutes at the museum, 30at the cathedral, 30 for a drink, then back on the bus to the next attraction—except on television., typically, the spans allotted arc onthe order of minutes or seconds, and the chosen delights are more oftencar crashes and people killing one another. In short, a lot of television usurps(篡夺;侵占) one of the most precious of all human gifts, the abilityto focus your attention yourself, rather than just passively surrenderit.Capturing your attention—and holding it—is the prime motive of most television programming and enhances its role as a profitable advertising vehicle. Programmers live in constant fear of losing anyone's attention—anyone's. The surest way to avoid doing so is to keep everything brief, not to strain the attention of anyone but instead to provide constantstimulation through variety, novelty, action and movement. Quite simply, television operates on the appeal to the short attention span.It is simply the easiest way out. But it has come to be regarded asa given, as inherent in the medium itself; as an imperative, as thoughGeneral Sarnoff, or one of the other august pioneers of video, hadbequeathed(遗留;传于) to us tablets of stone commanding that nothing in television shall ever require more than a few moments' Concentration.In its place that is fine. Who can quarrel with a medium that sobrilliantly packages escapist entertainment as a mass-marketing tool? But I see its values now pervading this nation and its life. It has becomefashionable to think that, like fast food, fast ideas are the way to getto a fast-moving, impatient public.In the case of news, this practice, in my v iew, results in inefficient communication. I question how much of television's nightly news effortis really absorbable and understandable. Much o f it is what has been aptlydescribed as "machine-gunning with scraps." I think the technique fights coherence. I think it tends to make t hings ultimately boring (unless they are accompanied by horrifying pictures) because almost anything is boring if you know almost nothing about it.I believe that TV's appeal to the short attention span is not onlyinefficient communication but decivilizing as well. Consider the casual assumptions that television tends to cultivate: that complexity must beavoided, that visual stimulation is a substitute for thought, that verbal precision is an anachronism. It may be old-fashioned, but I was taughtthat thought is words, arranged in grammatically precise.There is a crisis of literacy in this country. One study estimatesthat some 30 million adult Americans are "functionally illiterate" andcannot read or write well enough to answer the want ad or understand the instructions on a medicine bottle.Literacy may not be an inalienable human right, but it is one thatthe highly literate Founding Fathers might not have found unreasonableor even unattainable. We are not only not attaining it as a nation,statistically speaking, but we are falling further and further short ofattaining it. And, while I would not be so simplistic as to suggest thattelevision is the cause, I believe it contributes and is an influence.Everything about this nation—the structure of the society, its forms of family organization, its economy, its place in the world— has become more complex, not less. Yet its dominating communications instrument, its principal form of national linkage, is one that sells neat resolutionsto human problems that usually have no neat resolutions. It is allsymbolized in my mind by the hugely successful art form that televisionhas made c entral to the culture, the 30-second commercial: the tiny drama of the earnest housewife who finds happiness in choosing the righttoothpaste.When before in human history has so much humanity collectivelysurrendered so much of its leisure to one toy, one mass diversion? Whenbefore has virtually an entire nation surrendered itself wholesale to amedium for selling?Some years ago Yale University law professor Charles L. Black. Jr.,wrote: "... forced feeding on trivial fare is not itself a trivial matter-"I think this society is being forced-fed with trivial fare, and I fearthat the effects on our habits of mind, our language, our tolerance foreffort, and our appetite for complexity are only dimly perceived. If Iam wrong, we will have done no harm to look at the issue skeptically and critically, to consider how we should be residing it. I hope you will join with me in doing so.1. In America people do sleeping and watching televisions more than anything else.2. From the passage we know the time an average American spends on watching TV could have made the person learn to become an astronomer or engineer.3. The trouble with TV is that it distracts people’s attention and encourages them to make no efforts toward their life.4. TV programmers base this operation on the attraction of long-span attention of audiences.5. According to the author the improper television operation inAmerican society will be likely to make things eventually boring.6. Americans will face a serious problem of illiteracy due to thenegative impact of TV.7. In American society literacy is a certain right that cannot bedeprived.Part Ⅲ Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or morequestions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation andthe questions will be spoken only once. After each question there willbe a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A),B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through thecentre.11. A) Two blocks. B) Five blocks. C) Three blocks. D) Four blocks.12. A) He suggests that she buy the sweater in another color. B) Hesuggests that she buy a jacket instead of the sweater. C) He suggests that she buy the sweater at its original price. D) He suggests that she buythe sweater on Friday.13. A) It was cleaned. B) There was a large sale.C) The employees had to work very late. D) There was a robbery.14. A) Be a bad boy. B) Eat too fast. C) Go to a game. D) Skip hislunch.15. A) A salesman. B) A telephone repairman. C) A plumber. D) An electrician.16. A) She didn’t understand what Eva was saying. 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第Ⅰ卷为选择题69分；第Ⅱ卷为非选择题51分，共120分;时间120分钟。

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阅卷时以答题卡上的答案为准。

第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共69分）一.听力选择（共20小题，计20分）（一）录音中有五个句子，每个句子听一遍，然后从每小题A、B、C中选出适合每个句子的答语。

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6. A. By bike. B. By car. C. On foot.7. A. At 3:15 pm. B. At 3:15 am. C. At 3:45 pm.8. A. Miss Brown. B. Tom. C. Mr. White.9. A. Doing his homework. B. Turning on the TV. C. Watching TV.10.A. He walked along the beach at night.B. He swam alone in the cold water.C. He got the boy out of water and saved him.（三）录音中有一段对话和五个问题，对话和问题听两遍，然后从每小题A、B、C中选出能回答每个问题的正确答案。

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）V1. Which of the following sentences use the rhetorical device of simile?A. It closed around one with a thick palpable drug-like heaviness, almost as if one’s ears were stuffed with cotton wool or one’s sense of hearing had suddenly failed; …B. … and how I went down the mountain like a young gazelle in two hours straight, …C. I had an impulse to climb up and try one of those springy beds, but that would have meant using up more energy when I had none to spare, …D. A vast cloud, shot through with sunlight, was tearing off the crest of Muhavura.满分：2.5 分2. Which of the following sentences apply the rhetorical device of parallelism?A. Who would want to remonstrate and argue with them?B. When before has virtually an entire nation surrendered itself wholesale to a medium for selling?C. … how they must fluctuate from person to person and from time to time.D. … for even after the most e ventful day, there is no comparing notes with them, no midnight confidence, no casting up the balance of the day’s pleasure and pain.满分：2.5 分3. Which of the sentences below apply the rhetorical device of metaphor?A. One turns on the radio while doing something else and absentmindedly bathes in the sound.B. Immediately that one note is enough to change the atmosphere of the room—proving that the sound element in music is a powerful and mysterious agent, which it would be foolish to deride or belittle.C. You will soon realize that each theme mirrors a different world of feeling.D. But one should never try to boil it down to “the fateful hammer of life,” etc.满分：2.5 分4. Which of the sentences below apply the rhetorical device of metaphor?A. She felt her cheek pale and cold and, out of a maze of distress, …B. He would drown her.C. She sat at the window watching the evening invade the avenue.D. The boat blew a long mournful whistle into the mist.满分：2.5 分二、判断题（共 36 道试题，共 90 分。

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While television has been somewhat harmful in its effects, it has hardly "destroyed" communication among friends and family, although for some people, the assertion that television has destroyed communication among friends and family seems pretty plausible. Television, invented in last century, with its wide availability, increasingly prosperous programs, becomes one of the most powerful means of communication in the history, and is more and more difficult to ignore. Television is as much a part of our lives as are our meals, work, or school; studies consistently show that the average American child spends almost as much time watching television as does he or she in school. We all have only 24 hours a day and it is clear that the more time one spends on watching television, the less time one does with his or her family and friends. Hence the passage printed in the newspaper or magazine titled "Television took my husband away."虽然电视已经有点有害于它的影响，它⼏乎没有“破坏”的朋友和家⼈之间的沟通，虽然对⼀些⼈来说，断⾔，电视已经破坏了朋友和家⼈之间的沟通似乎很合理。

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幽默名词英语以下为您生成 20 个关于幽默名词的相关内容：1. **Humor**- 英语释义：The quality of being amusing or comic; the ability to make people laugh or find things funny.- 短语：sense of humor（幽默感）- 单词：humorous（形容词，幽默的）- 用法：“He has a great sense of humor.”（他很有幽默感。

）- 双语例句：His humor made the party more enjoyable.（他的幽默让聚会更愉快了。

）2. **Joke**- 英语释义：A thing that someone says to cause amusement or laughter, especially a funny story.- 短语：tell a joke（讲笑话）- 单词：jokester（爱开玩笑的人）- 用法：“She cracked a joke to lighten the mood.”（她讲了个笑话来缓和气氛。

）- 双语例句：That joke really got everyone laughing.（那个笑话真的让大家都笑了。

）3. **Comedy**- 英语释义：A type of entertainment, such as a play, film, or television show, that is intended to make people laugh.- 短语：comedy show（喜剧表演）- 单词：comic（形容词，喜剧的；名词，喜剧演员）- 用法：“I love watching comedy movies on weekends.”（我喜欢在周末看喜剧电影。

）- 双语例句：This comedy is very popular among young people.（这部喜剧在年轻人中很受欢迎。

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[01:30] Queue: In chronological order; Tabloid frenzy, [01:36]a short prison sentence, divorce, disgrace, demolition. [01:40] New Year's Eve is supposed to be a pause [01:49] for breath, a punctuation mark. [01:51] Well, I had come to a full stop. Really. [01:54] Why wouldn't I want [01:57]to throw myself off the top of a tall building? [01:58] Excuse me? [03:43] Excuse me? [03:45]I'm not entirely sure how to phrase this, but um.. Are you going to be long? [03:53] What? [03:59]I wasn't sure whether to wait my turn, or... [04:00] But I haven't considered the wire. I'd really like to borrow your ladder? [04:02] Maybe I should just wait... I'll wait. [04:06] You're just gonna stand there and watch? - No, no, of course. You'll, you'll be [04:09] You'll be wanting to do it on your own, I imagine. [04:12] 鈥?You imagine right. [04:14]I'll go there... - Right. [04:19]I'll give you a shout on the way down. [04:25] Alright. [04:28]I can't... Maybe you should go first? [04:52]I would want to be on my own... completely. [04:57] Understood... Twenty minutes... Then I want my spot back. [05:00] Right. Ok.[05:08] Maureen. [05:32]perhaps this is not the best time to talk about this. [05:51] Out of my way, you bastards! - No, stop, stop, calm! [06:03] Who the fuck are you? - Maureen, help. [06:07] What do you want me to do? - Hold her legs. [06:09] You're getting a thrill out of this, aren't you pervert! [06:11] Oh, my God! - What? [06:16] Are you Martin Sharp! You are a pervert, officially! [06:17] Oh! That's it! "Rise and shine with Martin and Penny!" [06:21] Just let me! [06:25] What? What? [06:26] Um... any of you guys ordered a pizza ...? [06:40] Um, we should do introductions. [06:49]I'm Jess. [06:53] Everyone calls me Jess. [06:55]I'm Maureen. [06:59] Martin Sharp. - Yes. I'm JJ. -I'm[07:01] It's very exciting to have a celebrity in our suicidal midst. [07:05] This is wrong. Alright, well we could just [07:08] one, two, three, jump! [07:11]I wouldn't have minded [07:24]if it had been the proverbial cry of a help, [07:25] but, believe me, you don't cart a ladder up 15 flights of stairs on the freezing cold [07:27] New Year's Eve, unless you're serious. [07:31] Nice to meet you. [07:35]It was just another debacle, another cockup. [07:38]I'd have believed you if you told me half an hour before that I'd end up on my car... [07:42] but not in it! [07:45] And I absolutely knew, with every fiber of my being, [07:55] That I wouldn't be seeing any of those freaks and misfits again. [07:58]I didn't know what they were doing up there. [08:03] And I didn't wanna find out, thank you very much. [08:05]I have no interest, whatsoever [08:06] Oh, fuck! [08:14] Do I regret stopping to pick her up? [08:17] Well, That really is a long story. [08:20] Want a lift? [08:26] No, no. The bus won't be long... In 15 minutes. [08:27] Get in the car, Maureen. [08:32]I did like your television show. [08:46] What are you doing? [09:20] Ah, it's a bit early for a reunion, isn't it? [09:21] Get in the car, we're taking you home. [09:24] So this is... jolly. [09:37] OK. one word answers. [09:43] Everyone has one word to explain why they were up in the roof in the first place. [09:46] For example, Martin might say... "notoriety". [09:49] Maureen might say "loneliness". I'm not lonely. [09:55]Are we not filling in to your pre-ordained boxes, Jess? [10:08] Actually, you fill your one marvelously, Martin. [10:11]Was prison fun? [10:15]You really believe you have an answer for everything, don't you? [10:17]I really believe that you are a miserable bastard, yes. [10:21] Actually right now, a 鈥渕iserable bastard鈥? [10:24]Is exactly what I am, have I not been hiding it well? [10:26] Pizza boy? JJ.[10:30] Why might pizza boy want to die? [10:33] What would be your reason Jess? [10:35]My reason would be love. [10:38] Chas, Chas the dickhead, he spurned me. [10:41]I am a spurned woman. [10:44] Cancer. [10:46]I was up there because I have cancer. [10:49]I have an inoperable cancer. We have a winner! [10:53]It's fucking brilliant, very impressed, is it um... [10:57]an embarrassing cancer? [11:00] Brain... CCR. [11:02]I'm sorry, JJ. [11:06] Yeah... Colon would have been better. [11:07] Oh... we're here [11:11] Here? You live here? [11:18] No, but Chas is likely to be here. [11:22]And I've got a couple of things I wanna say to him. [11:25] Good luck with your next attempt. See you in the afterlife. [11:30] Yes, goodnight. [11:32] Unhappy little thing, isn't she? [11:50]I should have known... The most popular place in London [11:53]for suicides, and the most popular night for suicides. [11:57]I should've known, I wouldn't be alone. [12:00]I don't know why she thought I have cats. [12:03]And she certainly swears too much but...[12:05] Go on Maureen, just say. [12:12]I just um... should she be alone? [12:15] Martin, you uh... you go that way, [12:35]I'm going there. - No, no, I can't do this. [12:40] What else are we gonna do? Hey, what else are we gonna do? [12:42]And Maureen um, you check... you check the bathrooms. [12:45] Look the bathrooms, bathrooms. Kay, go. [12:48]I am looking for a girl named Jess. Jess! [12:57]I am looking for a girl called Jess. Jess? [13:08]Hi! I'm looking for... [13:36]I am looking for... Hi![13:41]I am looking for a girl... Jess. [13:43] Good... Great... Perfect. [13:56] Sixteen, fifteen, fourteen, [14:04] thirteen, twelve, eleven o'clock, ten o'clock, [14:08]You're hiding too, are you? - Yeah. [14:58] I... I've taken some pills. [15:01]It's all good. What are you hiding from? [15:04]Oh you know, humans, humanity, life. You? [15:08]A nutter who's trying to kill me. [15:12] Your reason's better than mine then. And where is this nutter? [15:14] She's everywhere... - Ah, God-like, is she? [15:18]I was just hoping I was in a bad pill. [15:22] Um... cause she's not supposed to be here, but I'm pretty sure I've just seen her. [15:25] Um, I'm pretty sure I've seen you on breakfast TV [15:30]So um, maybe I'm much having a good pill... [15:35] You are Chas, aren't you? 鈥?How'd you know that? [15:37]I'm here with the... nutter. [15:39] Chas Chas Chas! Still, still, listen, listen. [15:42] Let's just... [15:46]Go find her together, huh? I mean, What's the worst that could happen? [15:47] She tried to kill me twice, got me arrested once. [15:50]I'm banned from 3 pubs, 2 clubs and a cinema... [15:54] OK. 鈥?Just let me leave quietly. [15:58] Okay. Okay... - I have done nothing wrong. [16:01] Nothing wrong?! Taking her to bed! [16:04] Nothing wrong. Where is she? Where is Jess? [16:06] We need to find her. You need to talk to her. [16:09] She won't talk. She just chases me with bread knife. [16:11]Oh and tonight she was prepared to end her life because of what you did to her. [16:14] Maureen, don't. - Just? [16:17] Yah, that's where we met her, the top of the tower block [16:19] Preparing to... - What? [16:23] Hey, hey, it's jess. Come on. [16:25] How's she doing? Hey [16:29]Do you know what did she take? [16:32]I do not know. Drugs, alcohol, you know the usual. [16:33] Are you the father? No, I...No![16:35] I need to know her name. 鈥?Uh, we just call her jess. [16:38] Sir, I need her full name. 鈥?None of us knew her before tonight. [16:41] You need to wait here. [16:44] She's got no identification on her no, nothing. [16:47] Yeah, well she probably didn't wanna make identification easy. [16:50] She likes things, you know... difficult. [16:54] Uhm... Hospital, not a fan. Good drugs, though. [16:56] Late for something? [17:50]No I just, have to make sure I'm home to make Matty some breakfast. [17:52] Matty? - My son. [17:57] You have a son? Yes.[18:00] His breakfast is... Quite complicated. [18:04]I don't... Um look, if I'm not going to die tonight, [18:09]It's important that he doesn't know anything that happened.. [18:14]Number one, my gown's open-backed, [18:36] because they have stolen my clothes. [18:39]So I'm gonna do a twirl for you right now, and you can have a look at my ass. [18:41]Just once, it's not my best feature [18:43]But something that you'll probably find out the more we get to know one another. [18:45] Number two... [18:50]It really, it wasn't an overdose. It was just an accident. [18:54] Honestly, I checked all these pills [18:57]and then... I took some more, but it was just for fun. [18:59]I'd never kill myself by takings pills. [19:03]I'd probably do something really cool like, [19:05] jumping off the top of the tower block. [19:07] Jess, we were worried. [19:11]I was, was I at number three, or... I think I was at number four. [19:13]I just wanted to say, thank you so much for caring. [19:17] Because I really um, I really really appreciate it. [19:22]He was worried, I was tryin' to work out what we are still doing here. [19:25] So, now number five. I think I was number five... or six... Fuck! [19:29]Is it just me? [19:35] Because it's really fucking cold out here, guys. [19:37]It's really cold. [19:42] Come here. [19:44] Come on in. [19:48] Thanks. [20:08]Pss! Hey! [20:10] When is the next day after New Year's Eve, [20:15] When everybody kills themselves? Why?[20:17] Valentines day. [20:19]That's 6 weeks away. [20:22] Ok, here's the deal. Nobody kills themselves until then. [20:27] Why? I mean, why would we wanna do that? [20:32]Why wouldn't we not want to kill ourselves [20:35]if and when and how we want huh? [20:36] Cause, what is the alternative? It's some sort of race to the finish, [20:38]It's me, checking the obituaries every week [20:43]to see if Martin Sharp is dead. [20:47]No offense, guys, but... [20:50]I don't think your deaths would really make the papers. [20:52] Come on, six weeks. [20:56]It's not such a ridiculous idea. [20:59] Yes, Maureen, has anybody got a pen? Can I have some paper as well. [21:01] Paper. [21:06] Great, thanks. [21:08]The undersigned, [21:09]Do you hereby promise... not to kill themselves... [21:11] Before Valentines day, Maureen, sign just wherever you like. [21:17] Pizza boy? [21:28]You're dying anyway. Hm? But...[21:31]We'll push you off the top ourselves, [21:56]if it makes any difference. [21:59]It'll be a little Valentines treat. [22:01] Pretty sure we're all gonna live to regret this. [22:03] Guys... look. [22:12]So this is the new year then... [22:18] Yeah... [22:22] Hang on, Maureen, just a fucking question here, [22:28] Have we just written our pact at the back of your suicide note? [22:31]Oh yes, there is that. [22:36] LAUGHING [22:39]My mom always like to repeat this story of me as a kid [23:06] Being asked what I wanted to be when I grow up. [23:08]I always used to say: Invisible. I don't know quite what prompted it, [23:11]but the thought of it stuck with me. [23:16]It was only later that I found out [23:19]that invisibility is in fact the technical possibility. [23:21]It was in this book that my sister stole from the library [23:25]and I stole from my sister. [23:29]I followed her into crime, [23:31] though she was better than me. [23:33] She always sort of glowed innocence, [23:35] Whereas I, to this day, just sort of radiate guilt. [23:37] Anyway, to be invisible is easy. [23:42] You just have to find a way to diffract light. [23:44] Screech [23:46] Woaw. Are you trying to get yourself killed? [23:48]I haven't managed it yet, but I'm working on it. [23:52]I didn't just follow him, I followed all of them. [23:56] And it wasn't stalking. [23:59] You stalk a deer in order to kill it, mount it, stick it on your wall [24:01] And tell the story of how fucking brilliant you are with a shotgun [24:04]I didn't wanna kill any of them. [24:07]I certainly didn't have any interest in mounting them. [24:09] And I don't own a shotgun... though I'd like one. [24:12]I just wanted to check him, invisibly, [24:17]To check if they're sticking to the pact. [24:20] That's not stalking, it's barely not even an espionage. [24:22] Now I know why you're ringing. Ok...[24:26] Pink flamingos flying north on Tuesday. [24:36] Hello, Jess. [24:39] This is top spy location, Dad. This is hugely inconspicuous. [24:41] This is a situation, I've invited a... [24:50]A situation? That's what you're referring to it as? [24:52] How else would you refer to it? - I don't know, Dad. [24:55] You did what you did... - Yes, I tried to kill myself. [25:00] Jess, please don't put words in my mouth. This is hard enough. [25:04]Is it dad? Yes.[25:08]Jess... 鈥?What the hell are you doing here? [25:18] Um... I was invited. 鈥?You invited? [25:21] Politician's daughter. What a surprise! [25:25]I called his agent. I thought we should talk. [25:27] You called his agent? -He was delighted, first call he had in a while.. [25:30] Was it you? You went to the press. [25:35]No! I've been trying to figure it out myself, but... [25:37]He's too shy. Maureen? [25:42] Hey, it was fucking Chas! Chas sold us! [25:47]My ex-wife rang this morning, wanted to know what I'd done. [25:51] Asking me what she should tell the children. [25:55] Oh, I'm gonna fucking kill him. [25:57] She told me, I seem to be the only person in [25:58] the whole world that the press gets bang on. [25:59]If they say I've slept with a 15 yr old, I generally have. [26:01]If they say I've contemplated suicide, I generally have. [26:06] Yes, I read about you with the... girl. [26:09] You haven't... you two haven't? [26:14] You're asking whether we've slept together? [26:16] You think that I've... - Martin! At least I'm legal. [26:18] Yes, I value our friendship too much to complicate it. [26:21]Do you plan to maintain your relationship with Jess? [26:25] Yeah, of course he will. We're in a gang. [26:29] We're not in a gang. - You signed a pact! [26:31] Oh, yes, of course the pact, how could I forget? [26:33] Yes, Jess and I are friends for life now! [26:35] Now look, Martin, I'm sure I didn't have to tell someone [26:39] With your media training... [26:43] that what we have here, is a media firestorm. [26:46] Yes, gentlemen, this is a media firestorm. [26:50]I'll leave you to it. - Jess! [26:55] Why don't you invite him to our family therapy? [26:57] You could do that [26:58] Why don't you pay him to be you, Dad? [26:59] Martin doesn't want my money. [27:02] You don't do you? [27:08] Has anyone ever told you you're a bit of an idiot? [27:10]I'm a politician. That's all they ever tell me. [27:13] Alright. Yep.[27:19] Good luck. Yes.[27:22] Miss Crichton, a statement? [27:32] Why did you choose New Year's Eve? [27:36] Please, just one question. [27:39] This is the second tragedy for the Crichton family [27:41] after the disappearance older sister Jennifer, 2 years ago. [27:44] Jennifer was never found and you have to wonder [27:48] How Shadow Education Secretary Chris Crichton, [27:51] Will cope with this new strain upon him [27:53]Can I come in, Jess? [28:27] Where have you gone now? [28:39] Jess? [28:47] Hello. - Come... enter. [30:15] Wow! [30:22] Jess, this is Matty... my son. [30:24] You just... you completely wowed me! Jess... [30:30] What's it mean? "Wow"? [30:33] Like wow, this is what you've been hiding in here. [30:35] Jess, enough! [30:37] Sorry... [30:39]I wasn't leaving him, that night, there was... [30:42] Maureen, no one is accusing you of anything. [30:45] Social services would've been forced to pay for proper care. [30:47]I mean the standard of care they could provide... It's better. [30:51] And I don't hide him. I've never hidden him, never. [30:56] Can we get back to the matter in hand? [31:00] Yeah, we uh... we forgot how to get him to leave us all alone. [31:03] Okay, I had um, three of them call my cell today. [31:07] How did they even get my number? [31:11] Yeah, how did Chas even remember you? [31:12] This Chas? behind this? [31:15] Yeah, I mean you're quite cute, but you're infinitely forgettable. [31:17] They won't... leave us alone. [31:20] They'll find out where you live, where Maureen lives... [31:25] well they'll be here? 鈥?I've been thinking... [31:27] What if, we shift the goal post? 鈥?Goal post? [31:30] Yeah, make it our story, not theirs. [31:34]I mean there's even a possibility that we might [31:36]be able to make some uh, money out of it. [31:38] Money? - Yeah, money, that would be good for Matty wouldn't it? [31:41]I'm sure JJ would like a break from pizzas. [31:44] And as uh, unemployed, disgraced talk show host, I could certainly do with it. [31:46]I don't want Matty in the papers. [31:50] We can't stop that. [31:52] But at least this way... we won't lose out entirely. [31:55]By telling our story... - What story? [32:00] We went up and came back down again. [32:04] They sold newspapers off our backs. [32:07]Isn't it time we got something out of it I...[32:10] Yes, I agree. 鈥?Good. Great. [32:16] You? Eh? [32:20] Yeah, I mean... if you think it's right, Martin, I'm in. [32:22] And I'm fine financially. Cause you know I got my dad to nick from. [32:26] But .. if we were to make the story, a fun one. [32:31] Jess, Jess... [32:49] Let me tell you a story. [32:53] We're up there... and we were ready to go... [32:55]It was an angel. [33:13] We were visited by an angel. And it looked like Matt Damon. [33:16] Matt Damon. [33:21] Oh, 'fuck it. Yeah, I'm with her. [33:23] It looked like Matt Damon. Who is Matt Damon? [33:28] No, it wasn't really a physical angel, it was more of a uh... [33:30] Is that what Jess told you? What else did she say? [33:33] And he was naked, and he said, he literally decreed 鈥淭hou shall not die tonight.鈥? [33:35] '"Your time has not yet arrived." [33:40] I mean this is Matt Damon, the angel naked. Nude? [33:42] Maybe we shouldn't write all of this down. Could I talk to your editor? [33:44] He used to be a good mate of mine. An actor? [33:48] What film has he been in? [33:52] You're not actually gonna print this, are you? [33:54] Yeah, yeah no, that's how it went. [33:56] I had an interesting thing happened today. [34:03] Did you? - Let me guess: [34:06] Your second daughter humiliated you [34:08] on the pages of the national press? [34:10] Actually no. I was in the members' spa... [34:15] And somebody came up to you, and said "Chris was that your daughter, [34:18] on pages of the national press?" [34:22] People have laughed at me for a long time, [34:26] but I did prefer it when they didn't laugh at you. [34:28] An angel... you told them you saw an angel. [34:36] Chris. [34:41] And did it look like Jennifer. Is that what you said? [34:42] No, dad... I didn't tell them it looked like Jennifer. [34:52] I told them that it looked like Matt Damon. [35:02] Many of us have been transfixed [35:13] By the story of the topper house 4 and the angel that visited them. [35:15] And we are so lucky here on "Rise and Shine with Penny" [35:20] To have them with us in the studio today. [35:21] One of them certainly needs no introduction, Martin [35:24] Martin Sharp, my old co-host. [35:26] Penny, it's an honor to be back on this old sofa again with you [35:29] and I'd really like to take this opportunity [35:33] to correct a few misconceptions [35:34] About this so-called angel... 鈥?And we will absolutely have time for that, Martin, [35:36] but it would be remiss of me not to begin the interview [35:39] With a bit of background on what's been happening to you in the last 12 months [35:42] Yes, well... [35:49] Yes, well Penny, currently I'm juggling various job opportunities [35:50] Concentrating on being a father. [35:53] And before that I was imprisoned, but what we would actually like to talk to you about [35:57] Is what we allegedly saw on the roof... [36:01] And of course the reason that you were imprisoned [36:04] was an inappropriate relationship with an under-aged girl? [36:06]drove you to suicidal feelings. [36:18] That's right, Penny. [36:21] Which is of course where he met you lovely people... [36:22] Yes, we all met up there. [36:28] And where you saw your angel that looked like Matt Damon? [36:30] Tell me more. - Hi, sorry. [36:33] It wasn't an angel. It was more of a light. [36:35] We never agreed on an angel! - now, Jess... [36:39] I really... talk to the other people before you... [36:42] We know you mostly through your father, [36:45] Shadow Education Secretary, Chris Crichton... [36:47] You should probably talk to JJ, because he is... is really interesting. [36:49] I'm sure he is... I'm sure you're all fascinating. [36:53] But Jess, my sympathy is particularly with you [36:56] Because of the devastating disappearance of your sister Jennifer. [36:59] Ah, you should talk to Maureen. Um... [37:03] His son lives in a cage. [37:07] But Jess let's focus on you... It's okay. [37:09] Were you close? [37:15] Penny, why don't you ask someone else a question? [37:17] My old co-host still trying to co-host me there. [37:21] Jess, tell me, was that what drove you up there? [37:25] Jennifer's disappearance? It must have been so painful. [37:29] I can see you're getting upset. You must have felt so alone. [37:32] I said talk to Maureen, bitch! [37:39] Many apologies. As you can see... [37:42] I told you to fucking listen to me. [37:44] Jess! Jess, come back! [37:48] It's you! [38:16] Hey, I was just checking to see if you're uh ...you're okay [38:17] Yeah, never better champ. [38:21] That right? [38:27] You gonna keep following me? [38:33] You know where you're going? [38:36] Yeah, you know where I'm going, I'm going where I always go [38:37] Yeah? [38:41] Can you walk beside me, not behind me, [38:45] Cause my ass isn't my best feature. [38:47] Yeah, you uh.. you mentioned that. [38:51] This is where she parks it. [38:59] Park what? - Mom's car. [39:00] My car. [39:03] It was gonna be my car when Jen went to university. [39:04] Found the car... Didn't find her. [39:10] You know, she just gone. [39:15] Perhaps she learned how to be invisible. [39:20] It must be tough. [39:23] My dad organizes this nation-wide search. [39:27]Yeah... yeah... [39:47] You don't have cancer, do you? [39:55] What? [39:58] I can see it. I can tell. [40:01] If I look healthy, it's because of the drug regimen I'm on right now. [40:03] I've never seen you take a single pill. [40:07] Well the drug use is, uh, pretty minimal. [40:09] JJ... I'm a professional liar. [40:11] You're not even a competent one. [40:15] It just came out, you know... I wanted to... [40:22] couldn't take it back so... [40:26] You weren't gonna jump weren't you? [40:34] You were just delivering pizzas and then you got too polite. - Yes, I was... [40:36] I was gonna jump, yeah. [40:40] Why? [40:42] It's a simple enough question, JJ. [40:46] You're a pedophile! Like Martin! [40:50] What are the chances of that? [40:55] Four suicidalists, one roof, two of them pedophiles, [40:57] That's practically a convention. [41:03] I know, I shouldn't have lied. It's just... [41:05] cancer seemed... easier. [41:07] You're a strange guy JJ. [41:14] Fuck it. I'm stranger. [41:18] I like coming, hang out place where my sister disappeared. [41:21] Look. [41:28] What? [41:30] Swifts. You know my favourite thing about swifts? [41:31] They nest on their wing. [41:36] They're born and then they're fed [41:38] The moment they leave the birth place, they don't come down for 2 years [41:41] until they're ready to trade other baby swifts. [41:45] Oh my gosh... [41:49] You're a bird watcher! That's why you wanted to kill yourself... [41:53] You know, I understand now. [42:00] Oh yeah? - Yeah [42:03] Good, good [42:05] Subedit By: [42:09] One elephant. Two elephants... [42:16] Three elephants. Four elephants... [42:22] On elephant. Two elephants... [42:27] Three elef... [42:32] Fuck! [42:36] My first band was called Geppetto. [42:37] We were a grunge band, [42:40] After grunge had long been forgotten. [42:41] Timing has never been my strong suit. [42:44] We came third in the Idaho state Battle of the Bands. [42:47]Suicide again then, is it? [43:02] Hi, Gladys... There's press still about [43:05] yeah. [43:09] And in me at three weeks we not only not died, [43:22] but we've been on the front pages of all the tabloids [43:25] and led many people to believe again [43:28]In the existence of angels. [43:30] Or at least Jess had. [43:33] We even had questions asked about us in parliament, [43:35] Though that might have been just to embarrass Jess' dad. [43:38]It was Martin who suggested getting away [43:42] He said we'd be like Butch and Sundance [43:45] Jess reminded him that didn't work out so well for them [43:47] But it seemed like a good idea, get away and hope [43:52] That by the time we got back [43:55] We'd be forgotten and the world would be a kinder place... [43:57]to us and for us. [44:00]I wish I had thought life a better option than death. [44:02] But I didn't and wishing wasn't gonna fix it [44:05] To quote one of Geppetto's songs: [44:10] '"I don't mind the pain. It's the hope that kills me." [44:12] Yeah, we were pretty deep. [44:17] OK, fiver says one of us punches the others before the end of the holiday. [44:19] Punches? - Like kicks, or slaps, or tickles. [44:22] One of us will use physical violence against [44:25] one or the other, before the week's out. [44:26] This holiday is going to be disaster. OK.[44:27] I hope so. 鈥?So who's looking after Matty Maureen? [44:30] No one she's just left food in the fridge [44:33] And some wet wipes by the bed. [44:34]I'm sure the break would do you both good. [44:38] Yeah, that's what Dr. Stephens said. He's taking him for a week observation. [44:40] Your boarding pass, ma'am. [44:44] Your boarding pass with your flight details on it. [44:46] You will hand it in the check-in. [44:48] This? - and your passport. [44:50] Thank you. - Here you go. [45:02] Thank you very much. [45:12] Maureen? Maureen! [45:13] Uh, no sorry you can't go back. - Maureen, stop! [45:15]It's just a trip! [45:18] Just a trip till all this press nonsense blows over. [45:19]_ It's just for the best. 鈥?I know, it's just all too much. [45:22]I don't know you. [45:26] And I don't travel well... and I've never been on a plane before. [45:27] You've never been on a plane before? [45:32] Shut up Jess. [45:34] Maureen, if you're afraid of flying... I'm not afraid of flying, [45:36]。

贵州交通职业技术学院英语协会《高级英语通关三部曲》第三部分：段落提炼

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高级英语学习指南

《高级英语》引言高级英语是全国高等教育自学考试英语专业高级阶段（本科段）一门核心课程，又称精读课，属必考课程。

其重要性，毋庸多言。

现在就如何学好这门课程，从本人的教学实践以及学员们在学习中遇到的一些问题等方面谈自己的体会。

本人对自学考生有一份由衷的欣赏之情——你们在简易的学习条件下要通过十几门的严格考试，非有坚强的毅力和踏实的学习精神不可。

这也就是为什么自考文凭在社会上含金量较高，认知度较高的一种文凭。

高级英语的学习是建立在学员已打好了英语基础之上。

英语基础学习好比是万丈高楼的基石，只有过去牢固的英语基石才有现在遨游于高级英语之中的“自由”。

高级英语学习宗旨高级英语学习的重点已从基本的英语语音，词汇，语法的掌握上升到：一、阅读理解及词汇应用：能够区分、应用同、近义词；很好地理解文章的主题与内容。

二、提高英语的表达能力：学员应能用英语解释英语难句，进行有一定难度的英汉互译，用英语对文章内容进行归纳，并对文章进行简要的分析、评论。

高级英语学习方法学习时应该注意下列一些方面：首先，牢记教材是根本。

以前，教材单调，教辅条件简陋，照样培养出学贯东西的语言大师来。

现在英语读物多了，时尚的学习工具多了，英语并没有变得容易学了。

究其原因是人们的心态变了，变得浮躁了。

对什么都这山望着那山高，今天这个时髦得学习方法，明天那本最新教材。

殊不知一切方法都建立在一定的基础上的，一个人的兴趣、悟性、修行没有到达那个层面，再美好的东西跟你也是无缘。

而且从高级英语考试大纲规定来看，以教材为本这一思想也是显而易见的，试卷中60%分值的题目都是根据教材中课文内容设计的。

也许有人会说，这岂不是说要死读书不成。

我们学习英语不是要提高交际能力，提高听、说能力吗？试问没有一定词汇量的积累，一定的句法结构，一定的语法水平，你如何张嘴，如何听懂别人说的话。

不要用任何借口放弃（或说逃避）对教材学习应该付出的那份心血和艰辛。

其次，要培养自己对教材中三十二篇课文的兴趣和热爱。

新视界大学英语第2册第3单元课文翻译及练习答案

新视界大学英语综合教程第三单元课文翻译及练习答案Active Reading艰难的新闻界记者的责任是什么？是向读者告知信息？还是让主编满意？是不惜任何代价站在法律的一边？还是只管写一则好的新闻故事？或者说他们是不是有责任遵循人的行为规范，不管要付出多大的代价，冒着多大的危险？这里有几例记者们遭遇过的左右为难的情形。

一位摄影师拍摄了一组军官处决反叛士兵的照片。

他本来是可能阻止那位军官射杀战俘的，但他选择了履行他对于主编和读者的责任，即报道所发生的一切。

他应该把自己牵扯进去吗？还是完成他的本职工作就行了？有位记者正在调查一家大型城市银行的重大诈骗案。

一位银行雇员向她透露了罪犯的犯罪手法和身份。

讲述过程中，这位雇员承认他在这起案件中有轻微牵连。

警方展开了调查，他们请这位记者提供线人的姓名。

她拒绝了，声称她的职业准则使她有责任保护信息提供者。

她是应该为坚守原则而受到赞扬呢，还是应该为妨碍警方破案而被指控呢？有份报纸刊登了一组某知名电影演员的照片，在媒体的频频曝光推动了她的演艺事业。

这一次，她在国外的私宅中度假时被拍了照。

她打算以侵犯生活隐私的罪名把这家报社告上法庭。

这家报社仅仅是做了读者们期盼它做的事，还是说这位演员有权将她的私生活与公众生活区别开？你怎么看呢？关于记者道德责任的讨论从未停止过，有笼统的，也有针对具体案例的。

起初，答案似乎很简单：记者的工作就是准确、如实地记录下所发生的事。

然而，从事记者工作有时候是要以牺牲其人性为代价的。

当杰克·鲁比枪杀因刺杀约翰·F 肯尼迪总统而被捕的李·哈维·奥斯瓦尔德时，有位摄影师就在现场。

可他能丢下照相机去阻止鲁比开枪吗？如果他真这么做了，我们会不会知道更多有关刺杀总统的主谋的信息呢？摄影师们为拍到照片疾速行驶，尾随戴安娜和她的情人，引发了那场车祸，以道德而论，他们做对了吗？或者，为了尊重读者对一场将会影响英国王室现状的恋情的知情权，这样的新闻就是公平而合理的吗？所以，在人们相互残杀时，记者们应该退一步来观望，还是应该出于人性挺身而出？很显然，记者的行为规范因国别而异。