填空题Direction:In this part of the test, you will hear a
passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks
with the words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the
corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will
hear the passage ONLY ONCE. News
can be something the authorities want you to know, or something they would
rather keep secret: an announcement of a {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}}
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world some good news, they issue statements, communiques, and call {{U}}
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newspapers, radio and television help to {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}}
{{/U}}to what is going on. And by making contacts with {{U}} {{U}} 5
{{/U}} {{/U}}, journalists can ask for more information or explanations to
help them {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}. Unless
the correspondent is an {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}, it is rare
to trust any single source. Officials have a policy to defend, and {{U}}
{{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}want to attack it. Rumor and gossip can also
confuse the situation. So, you have to {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}}
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help establish just what's likely to be the truth, or {{U}} {{U}}
10 {{/U}} {{/U}}. Just getting the news is only half
the job. A correspondent may be well-informed, but his job is to {{U}}
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available it has to be written {{U}} {{U}} 12 {{/U}} {{/U}}which
is also easily understood. Particularly for radio, since, while a newspaper
reader can turn back and reread a sentence or two, the radio listener has
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limited number of facts can be contained in a sentence and that there should be
an {{U}} {{U}} 14 {{/U}} {{/U}}. And vital information necessary
to understand the latest development should be presented {{U}} {{U}}
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{{U}} {{U}} 16 {{/U}} {{/U}}an item, by cutting for example the
last sentence or two. Finally, the style of presentation must
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perfect for a {{U}} {{U}} 18 {{/U}} {{/U}}. But it would be
sadly out of place for a report of a {{U}} {{U}} 19 {{/U}}
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{{U}} 20 {{/U}} {{/U}}just what had happened and to whom.