单选题
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单选题 What is this talk mainly about? a. Where to find good reporters. b. How to get news stories. c. How authorities affect the authenticity of news reports. d. How to become a good foreign correspondent.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[听力原文]21-25 You ask me to explain to you how I find out what is happening? Well, news can be something the authorities want you to know, or something they would rather keep secret. An announcement of a government success, a denial of a failure, or, a secret scandal that nobody really wants you to talk about. If the authorities want to tell the world some good news, they issue statements, communiques, and call press conferences. Or, politicians make speeches. Local newspapers, radio and television help to alert foreign correspondents to what is going on. And by making contacts with local officials, journalists can ask for more information or explanations to help them write their stories. Unless the correspondent is an eyewitness, it's rare to trust any single source. Officials have a policy to defend, opposition politicians want to attack it. Rumor and gossip can also confuse the situation. So, you have to check information as much as possible, using common sense and experience as final checks to help establish just what's likely to be the truth, or close to it.
单选题 The authorities may announce good news in several ways. Which of the following is NOT one of these ways as mentioned in the talk? a. Issuing statements or communiqu s. b. Calling press conferences. c. Making public speeches. d. Calling on the people to parade in streets.
【正确答案】 D
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单选题 How do foreign correspondents start to get the local news? a. They rely on local mass media. b. They frequently visit local people. c. They contact important figures in the region. d. They interview local officials.
【正确答案】 A
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单选题 What do foreign correspondents do to get more information? a. They discuss with local reporters. b. They interview eyewitnesses. c. They talk to local officials. d. They read more local newspapers or magazines.
【正确答案】 C
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单选题 What does a foreign correspondent do if he is not an eyewitness of what was happening? a. He trusts a single reliable source. b. He checks information using common sense and experience. c. He interviews officials and opposition leaders. d. He makes use of rumor and gossip as clues to the truth.
【正确答案】 B
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