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1、文檔來源為 :從網絡收集整理 .word 版本可編輯 .歡迎下載支持第 51 篇： (Unit 13,Passage 3)With the start of BBC World Service Television, millions of viewers in Asia and America can no w watch the Corporation newss coverage, as well as listen to it.And of course in Britain listeners and viewers can tune into two BBC television

2、channels, five BB C national radio services and dozens of local radio stations. They are brought sport, comedy, musi c, news and current affairs, education, religion, parliamentary coverage, children prosgrams and f ilms for an annual license fee of 83 per household.It is a remarkable record, stretc

3、hing back over 70 years yet the BBCsfuture is now in doubt. Th e Corporation will survive as a publicly-funded broadcasting organization, at least for the time bei ng, but its role, its size and its programs are now the subject of a nationwide debate in Britain.The debate was launched by the governm

4、ent, which invited anyone with an opinion of the BBC i ncluding ordinary listeners and viewers to say what was good or bad about the Corporation, an d even whether they thought if it was worth keeping. The reason for its inquiry is that the BBCsr oyal charters runs out in 1996 and it must decide whe

5、ther to keep the organization as it is or to ma ke changes.Defenders of the Corporation of whom there are many are fond of quoting the American sloga n “ Ifit ain btroke, don ftix it. T”he BBC “ ain brotke ”th,ey say, by which they mean it is not bro ken (as distinct from the word “ broke m”e,aning

6、having no money), or why bother to change it? Yet the BBC will have to change, because the broadcasting world around it is changing. The com mercial TV channels ITV and Channel 4 were required by the Thatcher Government Bsroadc asting Act to become more commercial, competing with each other for adve

7、rtisers, and cutting cos ts and jobs. But it is the arrival of new satellite channels funded partly by advertising and partl y by viewers subscriptions which will bring about the biggest change in the long term.1. The world famous BBC now is confronted with _.A. the problem of news coverageB. an unc

8、ertain prospectC. inquiries by the general publicD. shrinkage of audience2.In the passage, which of the following about the BBC is not mentioned as the key issue?A. Extension of its TV service to Far East.B. Programs as the subject of a nation-wide debate.C. Potentials for further international co-o

9、perations.D. Its existence as a broadcasting organization.3. The BBCs“ royacl harter (”Paragraph 4) represents _.A. the financial support from the royal familyB. the privileges granted by the QueenC. a contract with the QueenD. a unique relationship with the royal family4. The word “ broke in”“ Ifit

10、 ain btroke, don ftix it ”means _.A. broke downB. bankruptC. fragmentedD. penniless5. The first and foremost reason why the BBC has to read just itself is no other than _.A. the emergence of commercial TV channelsB. the enforcement of Broadcasting Act by the governmentC. the urgent necessity to redu

11、ce cost and job expensesD. the challenges of new satellite channels第 51 篇答案： BCCDD第 52 篇： (Unit 13,Passage 4)Federal Reserve System, central banking system of the United States, popularly called the Fe d. A central bank serves as the banker to both the banking community and the government; it als o

12、issues the national currency, conducts monetary policy, and plays a major role in the supervisio n and regulation of banks and bank holding companies. In the U.S. these function are the responsi bilities of key officials of the Federal Reserve System: the Board of Governors, located in Washin gton,

13、D.C., and the top officers of 12 district Federal Reserve banks, located throughout the natio n. The Fed asctions, described below, generally have a significant effect on U.S. interest rates an d, subsequently, on stock, bond, and other financial markets.The Federal Reservesbasic powers are concentr

14、ated in the Board of Governors, which is paramo unt in all policy issues concerning bank regulation and supervision and in most aspects of monetar y control. The board enunciates the Fed psolicies on both monetary and banking matter. Becaus e the board is not an operating agency, most of the day-to

15、day implementation of policy decisions i s left to the district Federal Reserve banks, stock in which is owned by the commercial banks tha t are members of the Federal Reserve System. Ownership in this instance, however, does not impl y control; the Board of Governors and the heads of the Reserve ba

16、nks orient their policies to the p ublic interest rather than to the benefit of the private banking system.The U.S. banking system resgulatory apparatus is complex; the authority of the Federal Reserve i s shared in some instances for example, in mergers or the examination of banks with other Federa

17、 l Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). In the critical area of regulating the nation msoney suppl y in accordance with national economic goals, however, the Federal Reserve is independent withi n the government, Income and expenditures of the Federal Reserve banks and of the board of gove rnors ar

18、e not subject to the congressional appropriation process; the Federal Reserve is self-financi ng. Its income ($20.2 billion in 1992) comes mainly from Reserve bank holdings of income-earnin g securities, primarily those of the U.S. government. Outlays ($1.5 billion in 1992) are mostly for operationa

19、l expenses in providing services to the government and for expenditures connected wit h regulation and monetary policy. In 1992 the Federal Reserve returned 416.8 billion in earnings t o the U.S. treasury.1. The Fed of the United States _.A. function as China BankB. is the counterpart of People Bsan

20、k of ChinaC. is subjected to the banking community and governmentD. has 13 top officers who can influence the American financial market2. The fact that stock in the Fed belongs to commercial banks _.A. doesn mtean the latter is in controlB. means the latter is in controlC. means the latter is subjec

21、ted to the Reserve banksD. means the Reserve banks orient the latter polsicies3. Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?A. The fed is a very big, complex and significant system which comprises many local banks.B. All the commercial banks are not the components of Fede

22、ral Reserve System.C. Board of governors is the supreme policy-makers of America.D. District Reserve banks rather than Board of governors perform the day-to-day policies.4. The authority of the federal Reserve _.A. has to be shared with other establishments.B. is exclusive at other timesC. isn limti

23、ted by comptroller of the Currency and FDICD. is limited by Board of governors5.Income of the Board of governors _.A. is borrowed from the U.S. treasuryB. is used by the government to make various policiesC. comes from the U.S. TreasuryD. is not granted by the government第 52 篇答案： BACBD第 53 篇： (Unit

24、14,Passage 1)The food irradiation process is a simple one. The new U.S. plant, Vindicator of Florida Incorporat ed in Mulberry, Fla., uses a material called cobalt 60 to irradiate food. Cobalt 60 is radioactive isot ope (form) of the metallic element cobalt. Cobalt 60, which gives off radiation in t

25、he form of gam ma rays, is also used for radiation therapy for cancer patients and for sterilizing hospital equipmen t. The radioactive isotope is created by bombarding cobalt with subatomic particles in a nuclear re actor. However, irradiation plants do not themselves contain nuclear reactors.In th

26、e irradiation plant, food is exposed to thin rods of cobalt 60. The rods give off gamma rays, w hich disrupt chemical processes in contaminating organisms. The disruption breaks down the cel l walls of organisms or destroys their genetic material. The dose, set by the U.S. Food and Drug A dministrat

27、ion (FDA), is enough to kill organisms on food, but not enough to produce significant c hanges in the food itself.Although irradiation slightly decreases the nutritive value of foods, the loss is less than that produc ed by some other methods of food preservation. Canning, for example, results in a

28、much greater lo ss of nutrients.Those who object to irradiation say that the process may create substances not found in nonirradiat ed food. Since the 1960 rsesearchers have studied irradiated food at microscopic levels to try to fi nd such substances, called unique radiolytic products. After review

29、ing these studies, the FDA dete rmined that compounds formed during irradiation are similar to substance found in nonirradiated f oods and are not dangerous to consume.Destruction of microorganisms that cause illness is an important goal of irradiation. About 250 mil lion cases of food poisoning or

30、1 per person occur every year in the U.S., according to FDA esti mates. Food poisoning can cause vomiting, diarrhea, fever, headache and, occasionally, death.Because of the apparent safety of food irradiation, and the problems presented by contaminated fo od, scientific groups including the American

31、 Medical Association, the World Health Organizatio n, and the United Nations food and Agriculture Association have voiced nearly universal suppor t for the process. Worldwide, 38 nations have approved irradiation for 355 products.Like microwave ovens, food irradiation has aroused apprehension and mi

32、sunderstanding. Yet it ha s been scrutinized more thoroughly than other methods of food treatment that we have come to reg ard as safe, and it appears to be a method whose time has come.1. Cobalt 60, besides irradiating food, is also employed to _.A. detect metallic flawsB. run a nuclear reactorC. c

33、ure cancer patientsD. strengthen concrete walls2. Gamma rays used to irradiate food _.A. are generally not strong enough to destroy contaminating organismsB. do not bring about significant changes in the food itselfC. may destroy some of the nutrients in the foodD. should be submitted to FDA for app

34、roval3.Irradiated food _.A. certainly loses its nutritive valueB. maintains its nutritive value no different from the nonirradiatedC. keeps its nutritive value better than canned foodD. is recommended as the best of all preserved foods4.With cases of food poisoning increasing, _.A. food irradiation

35、should be carried out with careB. it is more urgent to irradiate foodsC. medical researches into treatment of the diseased should be strengthenedD. Americans are beginning to accept food irradiation5. The passage may be taken from _.A. a news reportB. a textbook of food processingC. a book of popula

36、r scienceD. a manual of food irradiation第 53 篇答案： CBCCD第 54 篇： (Unit 14,Passage 2)Until recently, women in advertisements wore one of three things an apron, a glamorous dress o r a frown. Although that is now changing, many women still feel angry enough to deface offendin g advertisements with stick

37、ers protesting, “ Thisad degradeswomen. ”Why does this sort of advert ising exist? How can advertisers and ad agencies produce, sometimes, after months of research, ad vertising that offends the consumer?The Advertising Standards Authority (the body which deals with complaints about print media) i s

38、 carrying out research into how women feel about the way they are portrayed in advertisements. I ts conclusions are likely to be what the advertising industry already knows: although women ofte n irritated by the way they are seen in ads, few feel strongly enough to complain.Women are not the only v

39、ictims of poor and boring stereotypes in many TV commercials men ar e seen either as useless, childish oafs who are unable to perform the simplest household tasks, or a s in considerate boors, permanently on the lookout for an escape to the pub. But it is women who s eem to bear the brunt of the ind

40、ustry apsparent inability to put people into an authentic present-da y context.Yet according to Emma Bennett, executive creative director of a London advertising agency, wom en are not infuriated by stereotypes and sexist advertising. It tends to wash over them, they are no t militant or angry they

41、just find it annoying or tiresome. They reluctantly accept outdated stereo types, but heave a sigh of relief when an advertisement really gets it right.She says that it is not advertising usesof the housewife role that bothers women, but the way in w hich it is handles. “ Researcherhsave often asked

42、 the wrong questions. The most important thing i s the advertisement tonesof voice. Women hate being patronized, flattered or given desperately d own-to-earth commonsense advice. ”In the end, the responsibility for good advertising must be shared between the advertiser, the adver tising agency and t

43、he consumer. Advertising does not set trends but it reflects them. It is up to th e consumer to tell advertisers where they fail, and until people on the receiving end take the busine ss seriously and make their feelings known, the process of change will remain laboriously slow.1. Despite recent cha

44、nges in attitudes, some advertisements still fail to _.A. change womensopinions of themselvesB. show any understanding of people feselingsC. persuade the public to buy certain productsD. meet the needs of the advertising industry2. According to the writer, the commonest fault of present day advertis

45、ing is to _.A. condemn the role of the housewifeB. ignore protests about advertisementsC. present a misleading image of womenD. misrepresent the activities of men3. Research suggests that the reaction of women towards misrepresentation by advertisement is _A. apathyB. hostilityC. approbationD. unbel

46、ief4. Emma Bennett suggests that advertisement ought to _.A. give further emphasis to practical adviceB. change their style rather than their contentC. use male images instead of female onesD. pay more compliments to women than before5. Ultimately the advertising industry should _.A. take its job mo

47、re earnestlyB. do more pioneering workC. take notice of the public opinionD. concentrate on the products advertised.第 54 篇答案： BCABC第 55 篇： (Unit 14,Passage 3)Pronouncing a language is a skill. Every normal person is expert in the skill of pronouncing his ow n language; but few people are even modera

48、tely proficient at pronouncing foreign languages. No w there are many reasons for this, some obvious, some perhaps not so obvious. But I suggest that t he fundamental reason why people in general do not speak foreign languages very much better tha n they do is that they fail to grasp the true nature

49、 of the problem of learning to pronounce, and con sequently never set about tackling it in the right way. Far too many people fail to realize that pron ouncing a foreign language is a skill one that needs careful training of a special kind, and one tha t cannot be acquired by just leaving it to take

50、 care of itself. I think even teachers of language, whil e recognizing the importance of good accent, tend to neglect, in their practical teaching, the branc h of study concerned with speaking the language. So the first point I want to make is that Englis h pronunciation must be taught; the teacher

51、should be prepared to devote some of the lesson time t o this, and by his whole attitude to the subject should get the student feel that there is a matter wor thy of receiving his close attention. So, there should be occasions when other aspects of English, s uch as grammar or spelling, are allowed

52、for the moment to take second place.Apart from this question of the time given to pronunciation, there are two other requirements for t he teacher: the first, knowledge; the second, technique.It is important that the teacher should be in possession of the necessary information. This can gene rally b

53、e obtained from books. It is possible to get from books some idea of the mechanics of speec h, and of what we call general phonetic theory. It is also possible in this way to get a clear menta l picture of the relationship between the sounds of different languages, between the speech habit s of Engl

54、ish people and those, say, of your students. Unless the teacher has such a picture, any co mments he may make on his students pronunciation are unlikely to be of much use, and lesson tim e spent on pronunciation may well be time wasted.1. What does the writer actually say about pronouncing foreign l

55、anguages?A. Only a few people are really proficient.B. No one is really an expert in the skill.C. There aren mtany people who are even fairly good.D. There are even some people who are moderately proficient.2. The writer argues that going about the problem of pronunciation in the wrong ways _.A. an

56、obvious cause of not grasping the problem correctlyB. a fundamental consequence of not speaking wellC. a consequence of not grasping the problem correctlyD. not an obvious cause of speaking poorly3. The best way of learning to speak a foreign language, he suggests, is by _.A. picking it up naturally

57、 as a childB. learning from a native speakerC. not concentrating on pronunciation muchD. undertaking systematic work4. The value the student puts on correct speech habits depends upon _.A. how closely he attends to the matterB. whether it is English that is being taughtC. his teacher apsproach to pr

58、onunciationD. the importance normally given to grammar and spelling5. How might the teacher find himself wasting lesson time?A. By spending lesson time on pronunciation.B. By making ill-informed comments upon pronunciation.C. By not using books on phonetics in the classroom.D. By not giving students a clear mental picture of the different between sounds.第 55 篇答案： CCDCB第 56 篇： (Unit 14,Passage 4)Work is a very important part of life in the United States. When the early Protestant immigrants ca me to thi