2013年职称英语理工类B级阅读理解练习题及答案(5)

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Media and Current Events

　　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 conscious-ness 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.

　　36　The best title for the passage is ____________.

　　A　The 1992 Los Angeles Riots

　　B　The Impact of Media on Current Events

　　C　The 1989 San Francisco Earthquake and 1992 Los Angeles Riots

　　D　How Media Cover Events ____________.

　　37　All of the following statements are true EXCEPT that

　　A　electronic media can extend one's contact with the world

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

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

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

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

　　A　Los Angeles

　　B　San Francisco

　　C　Berkeley

　　D　Earth

　　39　The 1992 Los Angeles riots broke out because ____________.

　　A　the jury acquitted the policemen who had beaten Rodney King

　　B　people can make their own judgements

　　C　video coverage from helicopters had made people angry

　　D　video coverage had provided powerful feedback

　　40　It can be inferred from the passage that ____________.

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

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

　　C　the 1992 Los Angeles riots lasted a whole week

　　D　Rodney King seemed very angry when he appeared on television on Friday

    参考答案：

　　36　B文章最恰当的标题是：A l992年洛杉矶骚乱;B媒体对时事的影响;C l989年旧金山地震和1992年洛杉矶骚乱;D媒体如何报道事件。

　　37　C下列陈述中不正确的是：A电子媒体可以扩大与外界的接触;B远离某个事件的人们也可以通过观看电视对这一事件产生某些认识;C媒体对发生在伯克利大学校园里的所有事件进行了全国性的报道;D电视对1989年旧金山地震的报道让观众对这场灾难有了一个总体印象。

　　38　D第二段中的电子城指的是：A洛杉矶;B旧金山;C伯克利;D世界。

　　39　A 1992年洛杉矶骚乱爆发的原因是：A陪审团宣布殴打罗德尼?金的警察无罪;B人们可以自己作出判断;C从直升机上拍的摄像报道激怒了人们;D电视报道提供了有力的反馈。

　　40　A从本篇文章可以推断出：A媒体对事件的现场报道可以产生好的或不好的结果;B大多数看过殴打罗德尼?金录像的人同意陪审团的裁决;C l992年洛杉矶骚乱事件持续了整整一个星期。D罗德尼?金星期五在电视上露面时显得很气愤。

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