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 wore 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 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 coverage from helicopters. This events 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 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 is 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 on television. The real healing, of course, will take much longer, but electronic media will continue to be a part of that process.
1. Where is the passage most likely to be from?
2. The 1989 San Francisco earthquake was mentioned to show（ ）.
3. The term "electronic city"（ para.2） refers to（ ）.
4. The 1992 Los Angeles riots broke out because（ ）.
5. It can be inferred from the passage that（ ）.
问题1选项
A.Textbook of Media
B.Thesis
C.Newspaper or Magazine
D.Speech
问题2选项
A.how damaging the earthquake was
B.how people carried out rescue work
C.the electronic media extend your consciousness and your contact
D.the viewers’ impression of total disaster
问题3选项
A.Los Angeles
B.San Francisco
C.Berkeley
D.Earth
问题4选项
A.the jury acquitted the policemen who had beaten Rodney King
B.people can make their own judgments
C.video coverage from helicopters had made people angry
D.video coverage had provided powerful feedback
问题5选项
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 jury.
C.the 1992 Los Angeles riots lasted a whole week.
D.Rodney King seemed very angry when he appeared on television on Friday.
第1题:D
第2题:C
第3题:D
第4题:A
第5题:A
第1题:
推理判断题。本文通俗易懂，列举了大量实例让公众能更好地理解，具有很强的煽动性，说明了媒体报道既有好的一面也可能带来坏的影响，全面公正，符合演讲的风格。A项“媒体的教科书”和B项“理论”涉及大量的理论支撑，本文并没有太多理论，相反举了大量例子。故AB项排除。C项“报纸或杂志”需要很强的画面感，语言应该言简意赅，与本文语言风格不符。故D项正确。
第2题:
细节事实题。由第二段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.这些媒体可以扩展你的意识和你的接触层面。例如，1989年旧金山地震的视频报道聚焦于“现场行动”，比如火灾或救援行动。这给观众一种灾难的印象。可知1989年旧金山地震的视频报道是对these media extend your consciousness and your contact的举例论证，故可推知该例子是为了表明这些媒体可以拓展你的意识和接触层面。C项是对“these media…”的同义转述，故C项正确。
第3题:
词义题。由第二段“Television and telephone communications are linking people to global village, or what one writer calls the electronic city.由or可知electronic city与“global village”地球村同义，再联系上下文可知，电子媒体将我们联系在一起，electronic city本意为电子城，在文中指电子媒体将地球上的人们联系起来。故D项正确。
第4题:
推理判断题。由第三段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 events was triggered by the verdict 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 was able to acquit（宣布无罪）the policemen involved.1992年的一个令人悲伤的周三晚上，洛杉矶爆发了骚乱，许多人惊恐地目睹了这一切，似乎直升机上的视频报道助长了骚乱。这一事件是由罗德尼•金殴打案的判决引发的。我们处于一个公众都能获得信息并且能作出判断的时代，大多数人看到这个殴打视频后都不能理解陪审团为什么会宣布殴打无辜者的警察无罪。可知1992洛杉矶爆发骚乱的原因在于陪审团宣布殴打King的警察无罪。故A项正确。
第5题:
推理判断题。由第三段Media coverage of events as they occur also provides powerful feedback that influences events. This can have harmful results, as is seemed on that Wednesday night in Los Angeles.媒体对事件发生时的报道也提供了影响事件的有力反馈。这可能会产生有害的结果，就像洛杉矶周三晚上发生的那样。可知媒体对事件的报道会产生有害影响。而第二段提到了电子媒体对人们的生活的积极影响。故综合全篇来看，媒体对事件的报道既可以带来积极影响也可能带来有害的影响。故A项正确。B项“大多数看过罗德尼•金殴打视频的人都同意陪审团的裁决。”与原文内容相反。C项“1992洛杉矶暴乱持续了一整个星期”，文中提到该暴乱开始于周三的晚上，于周六演变成和平集会，所以并不是持续了一整周。故C项不正确。D项与原文“By Friday night the public got to see Rodney King on television pleading, ‘Can we all get along?’到周五晚上，公众看到罗德尼•金在电视上恳求道：‘我们能和睦相处吗？’”不符，从原文可看出Rodney King并不是很生气。故D项错误。
