2015同等学力英语阅读练习(6)

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　　The media can impact current events. As a graduate student at Berkeley in the 1960s，I remember experiencing the events related to the People’s Park that were occurring on campus. Some of these events were given national media coverage in the press and on TV. I found it interesting to compare my impressions of what was going on with perceptions obtained from the news media. I could begin to see events of that time feed on news coverage. This also provided me with some healthy insights into the distinctions between these realities.

　　Electronic media are having a greater impact on the people’s lives every day. People gather more and more of their impressions from representations. Television and telephone communications are linking people to a global village，or what one writer calls the electronic city. Consider the information that television brings into your home every day. Consider also the contact you have with others simply by using telephone. These media extend your consciousness and your contact. For example，the video coverage of the 1989 San Francisco earthquake focused on“live action”such as the fires or the rescue efforts. This gave the viewer the impression of total disaster. Television coverage of the Iraqi War also developed an immediacy. CNN reported events as they happened. This coverage was distributed worldwide. Although most people were far away from these events，they developed some perception of these realities.

　　In 1992，many people watched in horror as riots broke out on a sad Wednesday evening in Los Angeles，seemingly fed by video coverage from helicopters. This event was triggered by the verdict(裁定)in the Rodney King beating. We are now in an age where the public can have access to information that enables it to make its own judgments，and most people，who had seen the video of this beating，could not understand how the jury(陪审团)was able to acquit(宣布无罪)the policemen involved. Media coverage of events as they occur also provides powerful feedback that influences events. This can have harmful results，as it seemed on that Wednesday night in Los Angeles. By Friday night the public got to see Rodney King on television pleading，“Can we all get along?”By Saturday，television seemed to provide positive feedback as the Los Angeles riot turned out into a rally for peace. The television showed thousands of people marching with banners and cleaning tools. Because of that，many more people turned out to join the peaceful event they saw unfolding(展开)on television. The real healing，of course，will take much longer，but electronic media will continue to be a part of that process.

　　1. The best title for the passage is .

　　A. The 1989 San Francisco Earthquake and the 1992 Los Angeles Riots

　　B. How Media Cover Events

　　C. The 1992 Los Angeles Riots

　　D. The Impact of Media on Current Events

　　2. All the following statements are true EXCEPT that .

　　A. all the events occurring on the university campus at Berkeley were given national media coverage

　　B. video coverage of the 1989 San Francisco earthquake gave the viewers the impression of total disaster

　　C. electronic media can extend one’s contact with the world

　　D. those living far away from a certain event can also have some perception of realities by watching television

　　3. The term“electronic city”in Paragraph 2 refers to .

　　A. Berkeley B. Earth

　　C. Los Angeles D. San Francisco

　　4. The 1992 Los Angeles riots broke out because .

　　A. video coverage from helicopters had made people angry

　　B. video coverage had provided powerful feedback

　　C. the jury acquitted the policemen who had beaten Rodney King

　　D. people can make their own judgements

　　5. It can be inferred from the passage that .

　　A. the 1992 Los Angeles riots lasted a whole week

　　B. Rodney King seemed very angry when he appeared on television on Friday

　　C. media coverage of events as they occur can have either good or bad results

　　D. most people who had seen the video of the Rodney King beating agree with the verdict of the jury

　　答案解析：

　　1. 【正确答案】D

　　【考点类型】主旨推断

　　【解析过程】这篇文章的最佳标题是 。

　　线索：文章的第1段提到“The media can impact current events.”开门见山地提出文章的主题，是外国人写文章常用的一种手法。A选项在文章大篇幅地提到了，但它们不是文章的主旨，只是用来说明主旨的几个事例。B选项本文没有主要说明。

　　2. 【正确答案】A

　　【考点类型】细节判断

　　【解析过程】下面哪句话是不正确的表达?

　　线索1：文章的第1段提到“Some of these events were given national media coverage in the press and on TV.”选项A显然和原文不符合。

　　线索2：文章的第2段提到“This gave the viewer the impression of total disaster.”表明B选项正确。

　　线索3：文章的第2段提到“These media extend your consciousness and your contact.”表明C选项正确。

　　线索4：文章的第1段提到“Although most people were far away from these events，they developed some perception of these realities.”表明D选项正确。

　　线索2、线索3、线索4在原文中都明确地提到，所以A是正确答案。

　　3. 【正确答案】B

　　【考点类型】词汇推断

　　【解析过程】短语“电子城市”在文章第2段指的是 。

　　线索：文章的第2段提到“Television and telephone communications are linking people to a global village，or what one writer calls the electronic city.”前句话说的地球，后句话说的是电子城市，两句话的连接词是并列连词，这样“电子城市”的含义最恰当的表达应该是B选项。

　　4. 【正确答案】C

　　【考点类型】因果判断

　　【解析过程】1992年洛杉矶骚乱爆发的原因是 。

　　线索：文章的第3段提到“...could not understand how the jury(陪审团)was able to acquit(宣布无罪)the policemen involved...”表明选项C是正确答案。A、B和D选项在原文的第3段都提到了，但和本题干没有任何的因果关系，所以是错误的选项。

　　【考点提示】因果关系题在同等学力的考试中经常会出现，同学们容易做错。常见的错误主要有非因非果、因果倒置。大家在做选择的时候，主要是抓住表示因果关系的线索词。选择完后，读一读看是否通顺，逻辑是否严谨。

　　5. 【正确答案】C

　　【考点类型】主旨推断

　　【解析过程】从文章中我们可以推论出 。

　　文章整体在说媒体带来的影响。提到了它好的一面，也提到了它不好的一面，所以选项C是正确答案。

　　线索1：文章的第3段提到周三、周五和周六这几个日子，但不能依此就判断洛杉矶骚乱持续了一整周的时间。A选项不正确。

　　线索2：文章的第3段提到“Rodney King on television pleading，“Can we all get along?”没有表示出他很是生气的情景。B选项不正确。

　　线索3：文章的第3段提到“...could not understand how the jury(陪审团)was able to acquit(宣布无罪)the policemen involved...”表明选项和原文的内容截然相反。D选项不正确。