2016年12月英语四级考试全真模考练习试卷九

　　Part Ⅱ

　　Reading Comprehension(35 minutes)

　　Passage One?

　　Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:?

　　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 distinction 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 cet6w.com. This event was triggered by 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 policeman 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 people turned out to join the peaceful event that saw unfolding on television. The real healing, of course, will take much longer, but electronic media will continue to be a part of that process. ?

　　21.The best title for this passage is____.?

　　A) The 1992 Los Angeles Riots?

　　B) The Impact of Media on Current Events?

　　C) The 1989 San Francisco Earthquake and the 1992 Los Angeles Riots?

　　D) How media Cover Events?

　　22.All 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 total disaster ?

　　23.The term“electronic city”in paragraph 2 refers to____.?

　　A) Los Angeles B) San Francisco?

　　C) Berkeley D) Earth?

　　24.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 judgments?

　　C)video cet6w.com had made people angry?

　　D)video coverage had provided powerful feedback ?

　　25.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?

　　Passage One?

　　内容概要:?本文主要讲媒体对时事的影响。文中列举了许多事例说明这一点。如电视和电话把人们与地球连到了一起，有位作家把地球村称之为“电子城”，媒体对事件的报道会提供强烈的反馈反过来又会影响事件本身等等。?

　　21.【答案】B。?

　　【译文】本文的最佳题目是媒体对时事的影响。?

　　【试题分析】本题测试考生的综合理解能力。?

　　【详细解答】从整篇文章看，作者主要讲的是媒体对时事的影响。第1段第1句和第二段的第1句就已点明。因而B)为正确答案。?

　　22. 【答案】C?

　　【译文】下列陈述不正确的是“所有发生在伯克利大学的事件在全国性的媒体都上报道了”。?

　　【试题分析】事实细节题。?

　　【详细解答】第2段，有“这些媒体拓宽了人们的视野和接触范围”一句。可见选项A)的意思是对的，也即不是正确选项。第2段最好一句也就是B的意思，因此B也是对的。D的内容与文章意思吻合，文中第2段中有这样一句话：这给观众以大灾难的印象。因而D)也不可能是正确选项。C说的是所有发生在伯克利大学的世界全国性的媒体都予以报道。但文章第1段第3句说，发生在伯克利加州大学的某些(不是所有)事件在全国性媒体上报道了。由此可见C)的说法与原文不符，故为正确选项。?

　　23. 【答案】D。?

　　【译文】电子城指的就是地球。?

　　【试题分析】词语理解题。?

　　【详细解答】本题问的是electronic city，实际上考的是对global village的理解。由于city一词，而且是个选择中的三个城市在文章中都被提到。因此该题目有一定的迷惑性。但如果考生知道global village是“地球村”的意思，也知道“电子城”就是指的“地球村”，那么这道题比较容易回答。?

　　24. 【答案】A。?

　　【译文】1992年落杉矶骚乱的原因是陪审团宣布殴打Rodney King的警察无罪。?

　　【试题分析】事实细节题。?

　　【详细解答】第3段第2句说这次骚乱是由于对Rodney被殴打一案所作的裁决引起的。后面还提到大多数看过Rodney King被殴打录像的人都无法理解为什么陪审团会宣布殴打无辜者的警察无罪。从这两句话可以得出A是正确选项。?

　　25. 【答案】A。?

　　【译文】媒体事件的报道既可带来好影响也可造成恶劣的后果。?

　　【试题分析】推理引申题。?

　　【详细解答】文中第3段说，媒体对事件的报道会提供强烈的反馈，反过来又会影响事件本身。由此可知，媒体对事件的报道既可带来好的影响也可造成恶劣的后果，因此A是正确选项。