吉林2017.11成人學位英語考試預測試題及答案四
"I do not wish to be hypocritical(虛偽), but the plain fact is-and we all know it to be true-that whenever we see a story in a newspaper concerning something we know about, it is more often wrong than right.” John Gordon.
Seeing an inaccuracy in a newspaper report, one's often tempted to condemn that newspaper and its staff out of hand. How can mistakes occur when it is obvious that a paper must have elaborate checking systems to ensure the accuracy of its reports?
To investigate the causes of factual mistakes, rather than twists of angle or opinion, a distinction must be made between "scheduled news" and "unscheduled news". With scheduled news-an election, a football match, a trial-a news editor can arrange in advance for one of the paper's reporters to be on the spot; in some cases, the reporter will be aided by special handouts(新聞通報)for the press. But unscheduled news-a train or air crash, a suicide, a bank robbery, for example-is a different matter. How can a reporter with a deadline 30 minutes away estimate accurately the number of injured in a train crash that occurred at midnight in the heart of the country? Can anyone be depended upon to produce a precise assessment of the size of a crowd rushing wildly through city streets?
The newsgathering machinery of newspapers is fairly complicated. A large newspaper usually has staff reporters in all the main cities of the country and also part-time correspondents(記者)who might be either freelance(自由職業的)journalists or on the staff of a provincial paper;they help to extend the net in order to catch the news before it's cold. Other important sources of news are the news agencies which are of great assistance in foreign matters, for a paper cannot, for obvious reasons, keep thousands of reporters all over the world just in case a story breaks in front of one of their noses.
26.According to John Gordon, ______.
A. readers are often too critical about the quality of papers
B. mistakes often occur in newspapers
C. reporters often lack a sense of responsibility
D. newspaper reports are not attractive enough
答案：B
解析：答案B。見段中：...it is more often wrong than right意為：錯誤的報道比真實的報道還多，即報紙中常常出現錯誤。
27. The writer believe that factual mistakes in newspapers are probably due to the fact that ________.
A. it is impossible for the reporter to be 100 accurate in reporting sudden events
B. some reporters do not pay enough attention to background information
C. background information given in advance can sometimes be misleading
D. news editor are not careful enough in checking the details of reports
答案：A
解析：答案A。見第三段后半部分：How can a reporter with a deadline 30 minutes away estimate accurately the number of injured in a train crash that occured at midnight in the heart of the country?可見，當出現一些突發事件時，由于時間倉促很難準確地予以報道。由此可推斷，報紙中的失實之處在所難免。
28.It is a usual practice for newspapers to get foreign news from ________.
A. freelance journalists
B. staff of a provincial paper
C. reporters sent abroad
D. news agencies
答案：D
解析：答案D。見第四段后一句:Other important sources of news are the news agencies…，顯然D項為正確答案。
29.The writer thinks that inaccuracy in the press______.
A. is inevitable
B. is intolerable
C. is to be eliminated
D. is often ignored by readers
答案：A
解析:答案A。綜觀全文可得知作者認為報紙中有失實報道是不可避免的。
30.The writer cites the example of producing a precise assessment of the size of a crowd in order to _______.
A. urge an improvement in checking systems
B. warn the crowd of hidden dangers in the street
C. justify the mistakes in newspapers
D. make known the hard work of reporters
答案：C
解析：答案C。本文的中心意思就是針對人們常常報怨報紙中的失實報道，列舉例子分析原因，目的就在于闡明出現這些錯誤報道是在所難免的。
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