2014年北京成人学位英语冲刺试题及答案十一
Television has opened windows in everybody’’s life. Young men will never again go to war as they did in 1914.
Millions of people now have seen the effects of a battle. And the result has been a general dislike of war, and perhaps more interest in helping those who suffer from all the terrible things that have been shown on the screen.
Television has also changed politics. The most distant areas can now follow state affairs, see and hear the politicians before an election. Better informed, people are more likely to vote, and so to make their opinion count.
Unfortunately, television’’s influence has been extremely harmful to the young. Children do not have enough experience to realize that TV shows present an unreal world; that TV advertisements lie to sell products that are sometimes bad or useless. They believe that the violence they see is normal and acceptable. All educators agree that the "television generations" are more violent than their parents and grandparents.
Also, the young are less patient. Used to TV shows, where everything is quick and interesting, they do not have the patience to read an article without pictures; to read a book that requires thinking; to listen to a teacher who doesn’’t do funny things like the people on children’’s programs. And they expect all problems to be solved happily in ten, fifteen, or thirty minutes. That’’s the time it takes on the screen.
11. In the past, many young people_________.
A knew the effects of war
B went in for politics
C liked to save the wounded in wars
D were willing to be soldiers
答案:D
本题考查的是考生对细节的把握。根据短文段，A、C选项都是错误的。B选项文中没有提到。只有D选项根据文章段可以得出此结论，“Young men will never again go to war as they did in 1914．”
12. Now with TV people can_________.
A discuss politics at an information center
B show more interest in politics
C make their own decisions on political affairs
D express their opinions freely
答案:C
本题考查的是考生对文章的理解。根据短文第二段，A、B、D选项都不符合文章的意思。C选项的依据：“Better informed，people are more likely to vote，and so to make their opinion count．”
13. The author thinks that TV advertisements_________.
A are not reliable on the whole
B are useless to people
C are a good guide to adults
D are very harmful to the young
答案:D
本题考查考生对文章句子意思的理解。“Children do not have enough experience to realize that TV shows present an unreal world；that TV advertisements lie to sell products that are sometimes bad or useless．”该句子的理解如下：儿童由于经验不足，不能判断电视节目所展现的不真实的世界。虚假和不真实广告往往会为一些劣质的产品做宣传。由此判断，A、B、C选项文中均未明确提到。只有D选项可以通过以上句子直接推出。
14. Which is NOT true according to the passage?
A People have become used to crimes now.
B With a TV set some problems can be solved quickly.
C People now like to read books with pictures.
D The adults are less violent than the young.
答案:B
此题考查的是考生对整篇短文的观点的理解。A选项文章未提到。“Used to TV shows，where everything is quick and interesting，they do not have the patience to read an article without pictures；to read a book that requires thinking；to listen to a teacher who doesn’t do funny things like the people on children’s programs．”习惯于电视节目的快捷有趣，人们已经失去耐心去读一本没有图片的文章，一本需要精心研读和思考的书，去听一位老师在讲课时缺少儿童节目当中的风趣。根据这个句子，我们来判断C选项正确。“They believe that the violence they see is normal and acceptable．All educators agree that the “television generations” are more violent than their parents and grandparents．”由此判断D选项正确。至于B选项，在文中可以找到依据，“And they expect all problems to be solved happily in ten，fifteen，or thirty minutes．That’s the time it takes on the screen．”
15. From the passage, we can conclude that_________.
A children should keep away from TV
B TV programs should be improved
C children’s books should have pictures
D TV has a deep influence on the young
答案:D
本题考查的是考生对全文意思的整体把握。我们直接根据文中具体的段落或者句子可以推导出来的结论只有D选项。A选项“孩子们应该远离电视”文中没有提到。文章只讲到电视对年轻人有害。B选项“电视节目应该提高”文章中也没有依据。C选项也是无依据的。D选项的依据是“Unfortunately，television’s influence has been extremely harmful to the young．”整个后两段讲的都是年轻人的影响。
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