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ass media are tools of communication. Mass media can be divided into two groups: print media and electronic media. By print media, we mea
rs and magazines. Electronic media include television, computer, radio and movie. Mass media allow us to record and pass information ra
scattered audience. They extend our ability to talk to each other by helping us overcome barriers caused by time and space.
here are various ways in which mass media make daily life easier for us. Firstly, they inform and help us keep a watch on our world. The
on information we would be unlikely or unable to obtain on their own.
econdly, mass media help us to arrange our time and life. What we talk about and what we think about are greatly influenced by the med
et together, they tend to talk about certain happenings in newspapers or on TV. Because we are exposed to different points of view through d
media every day, we are able to evaluate all sides of a certain issue.
hirdly, the media are used to persuade people. A good example is advertisements through the media. Newspapers, magazines and TV are fil
s of colorful, persuasive advertisements. Though many advertisements may not say openly that they want you to buy a certain product, they
oducts in such a way that you may want to buy them.
ourthly, the media also entertain. All of the media make efforts to try to entertain their audience. For instance, even though the news
medium of information, it also contains entertainment features. Television, motion pictures, fiction books and some radio stations and m
ted mainly to entertainment. It is estimated that in the future, the entertainment function of mass media will become even more import
w.
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Choice Questions:
makes it possible for people living in different places to communicate with each other?
inted media B) Mass media
ectronic media D) Computers
of the following functions of mass media is Not mentioned?
ke people well informed about the world
use and entertain people
lp people arrange their time and life
ve people a sense of honor
in matters in newspapers or on TV tend to be talked about when people get together because ________.
e are curious about them
e are influenced by those mass media
fashionable for people to do so
easy for people to communicate in this way
oes advertisement make people purchase certain goods according to the passage?
ving an attractive account of the goods.
king people to buy them.
rcing people to buy them.
ving people something extra.
of the following media is mainly devoted to information according to the passage?
B) Magazines
tion Pictures D) Newspapers
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s the cost of gas and oil for home heating has gone up, many Americans have switched from these fuels to wood for heating their homes.
ately 200,000 wood-burning stoves, intended for home use, were sold in the United States; by 1979, this figure had reached one million
of 1981, there were as many as seven million home-owned wood-burning units in operation in the U.S.
n addition to low fuel bills, many people choose these stoves because their initial cost is very low, and because new technology has m
re efficient, cleaner, and therefore safer than ever before. One new technological feature of this type is the catalytic (催化的) combust
ut $ 100 to $ 200 to the cost of the stove, but which causes much more complete combustion of the wood and therefore burns up more of the po
incomplete combustion and produces more heat.
second cost-saving innovation is a device which agitates (煽动) the wood, increasing the amount of oxygen that reaches the center of
d leading to more efficient combustion. The real advantage of this device is that it allows the owner to make use of cheap sources of w
wood chips (an industrial byproduct) that have almost no commercial value, cost as little as $ 20 a ton, and burn very inefficiently in
an agitator. (239 words)
swer Questions:
American family have replaced fuels with wood for heating because of ______ ______ ________ _________ __________ _________ _________ _
________.
re these stoves safer?
_______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______.
ugh the catalytic combustor makes the stove more costly, it can _______ _______ ______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______
is the biggest advantage of the agitator ?
_______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______.
are the new technology mentioned in the passage ?
_______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______.
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early everyone had been on a diet at one time or another, and millions of us have learned that the weight we lose is all too easily r
ew question the wisdom of dieting. After all, the worst that can happen is that we’ll regain the weight we’ve lost – in which case
o on a diet again.
hen you cut calories and lose weight, your body goes on the defensive by reducing your basal metabolic rate (BMR) (基础代谢率). This is the
nergy used for routine maintenance function as breathing and cell repair – roughly 60 to 70 percent of the energy consumed by the body
ieting, your BMR drops substantially and can be a full 20 percent less within two weeks. This metabolic decrease is one reason that diete
plateau some weeks into a diet, and find that the same caloric produces no weight loss.
or those who are 20 percent or more overweight, there are good reasons to reduce: successful weight loss can lower blood pressure, help
gar and enable people to feel better about themselves.
ut the new research does suggest that dieting must be taken seriously by people at any weight. It also means that dieting alone is not
weight control. Permanent weight loss should be the main goal, so select a program that will help you change your lifestyle. The best
fat diet and regular exercise. (251 words)
Choice Questions:
ding to the survey of the people who have been on a diet, it is found that ________.
ll be difficult to maintain the result of dieting
not healthy to go on a diet a second time
lose too much weight by eating too little
questions need to be clarified about dieting
ding to the passage, which of the following is true?
60 to 70 percent of the energy is produced by calories
ill go up when one has lost weight by dieting
ll the people feel positive about the need of dieting
g severe dieting, one may lose 20 percent of one’s dieting
ord “plateau”(Para. 2, Line 5) in this passage means ________.
mber B) stage
ight D) place
ding to the writer, _______.
t loss doesn’t always take place during dieting
20 percent of the population need to reduce their weight
mount of calories people need is roughly the same
who have a high BMR should go on a diet
ding to the passage, the best way to control weight is to ________.
blood pressure regularly
dieting to reduce BMR
goal of weight loss
e the way of life
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man being has a unique arrangement of the skin on his fingers and this arrangement is unchangeable. Scientists and experts have proved un
r prints and discovered that no exactly similar pattern is passed on from parents to children, though nobody knows why this is the ca
cture on a person’s fingers does not change with growth and is not affected by superficial injuries. Burns, cuts and other damage to t
the skin will be replaced in time by new one which bears a reproduction of the original pattern. It is only when the inner skin is inju
ngement will be destroyed. Some criminals make use of this fact to remove their own fingerprints but this is a dangerous and rare step
ints can be made easily with printers ink. They can be recorded easily. With special methods, identification can be achieved successfull
time. Because of the simplicity and economy of this system, fingerprints have often been used as a method of solving criminal cases. A s
es a charge, but his finger prints can prove who he is even if his appearance has been changed by age or accident.
uspect leaves fingerprints behind at the scene of crime, they are difficult to detect with the naked eye. Special techniques are used to “
me of the marks found are incomplete but identification is possible if a print in the size of a quarter of an inch square can be obtain
Choice Questions:
is passage, the writer states that ________.
hape of one’s hands differs from that of others’
atterns of one’s skin are passed on from their parents
caused the uniqueness of the finger prints remains unknown.
tists have discovered a few unusual cases of finger prints
ding to this passage, if one’s finger gets wounded in the outer skin ________.
attern of the finger skin will be replaced by a new one
r prints will be the same when the wound is recovered
rrangement of the finger skin will be totally destroyed
attern of the finger skin will be changed partly
criminals removed their own fingerprints by ________.
ing the inner skin of their fingers
cing them with those of others’
ing the outer skin of their fingers
a kind of printer’s ink
rprints are often used as a method of solving criminal case because ________.
can be obtained whenever they are needed
can outline a criminal’s appearance
method is simple though costing
method is easy and inexpensive
ord “deny” (Para. 3, Line 4) most probably means ________.
lay doing B) refuse to accept
mit D) doubt
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