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1、 Section Use of EnglishDirections: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points) The mass media is a big part of our culture, yet it can also be a helper, adviser and teacher to our young generation. The mass media affec
2、ts the lives of our young by acting as a（an） 1 for a number of institutions and social contacts. In this way, it 2 a variety of functions in human life. The time spent in front of the television screen is usually at the 3 of leisure: there is less time for games, amusement and rest. 4 by what is hap
3、pening on the screen, children not only imitate what they see but directly 5 themselves with different characters. Americans have been concerned about the 6 of violence in the media and its 7 harm to children and adolescents for at least forty years. During this period, new media 8 , such as video g
4、ames, cable television, music videos, and the Internet. As they continue to gain popularity, these media, 9 television, 10 public concern and research attention.Another large societal concern on our young generation 11 by the media, is body image. 12 forces can influence body image positively or neg
5、atively. 13 one, societal and cultural norms and mass media marketing 14 our concepts of beauty. In the mass media, the images of 15 beauty fill magazines and newspapers, 16 from our televisions and entertain us 17 the movies. Even in advertising, the mass media 18 on accepted cultural values of thi
6、nness and fitness for commercial gain. Young adults are presented with a 19 defined standard of attractiveness, a(n) 20 that carries unrealistic physical expectations. 1. A alternative B preference C substitute D representative 2. A accomplishesB fulfills C provides D suffices 3. A risk B mercy C he
7、ight D expense 4. A Absorbed B Attracted C Aroused D Addicted 5. A identify B recognize C unify D equate 6. A abundance B incidence C prevalence D recurrence 7. A disposed B hidden C implicit D potential 8. A merged B emerged C immerged D submerged 9. A apart from B much as C but for D along with 10
8、. A promote B propel C prompt D prosper 11. A inspired B imposed C delivered D contributed 12. A External B Exterior C Explicit D Exposed 13. A As B At C For D In 14. A mark B effect C impact D shock 15. A generalized B regularized C standardizedD categorized 16. A boom B bottom C brim D beam 17. A
9、over B with C on D at 18. A play B take C profit D resort 19. A barely B carefully C narrowly D subjectively 20. A ideal B image C stereotype D criterionSection Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark yo
10、ur answers on ANSWER SHEET1.(40points)Text 1 The heat wave in Europe in early August 2003 was a catastrophe of heartbreaking proportions. With more than 3,500 dead in Paris alone, France suffered nearly 15, 000 fatalities from the heat wave. Another 7, 000 died in Germany, 8, 000 in Spain and Italy,
11、 and 2, 000 in the United Kingdom. Understandably, this event has become a psychologically powerful metaphor for the frightening vision of a warmer future and our immediate need to prevent it. For Europe as a whole, about 200,000 people die from excess heat each year. However, about 1.5 million Euro
12、peans die annually from excess cold. That is more than seven times the total number of heat deaths. Just in the past decade, Europe has lost about 15 million people to the cold, more than 400 times the iconic heat deaths from 2003. That we so easily neglect these deaths and so easily embrace those c
13、aused by global warming tells us of a breakdown in our sense of proportion. How will heat and cold deaths change over the coming century with global warming? Let us for the moment assumevery unrealisticallythat we will not adapt at all to the future heat. Still, the biggest cross-European cold/heat
14、study concludes that for an increase of 3. 6 degrees Fahrenheit in the average European temperatures, “our data suggest that any increases in mortality due to increased temperatures would be outweighed by much larger short-term declines in cold- related mortalities.” For Britain, it is estimated a 3
15、.6F increase will mean 2,000 more heat deaths but 20,000 fewer cold deaths. Likewise, another paper incorporating all studies on this issue and applying them to a broad variety of settings in both developed and developing countries found that “global warming may cause a decrease in mortality rates, especially of cardiovascular diseases.” But of course, it seems very unrealistic and conservative to assume that we will not adapt to rising temperatures throughout the 21st century. Several recent studies hav
