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填空题Where Is the News Leading Us? Not long ago I was asked to join in a public symposium on the role of the American press. Two other speakers were included on the program. The first was a distinguished TV anchorman. The other was the editor of one of the nation's leading papers, a newsman to the core-tough, aggressive, and savvy in the ways and means of solid reporting. The purpose of the symposium, as I understood it, was to scrutinize the obligations of the media and to suggest the best ways to meet those obligations. (1) . Why, he asked, are the newspapers and television news programs so disaster-prone? Why are newsmen and women so attracted to tragedy, violence, failure? The anchorman and editor reacted as though they had been blamed for the existence of bad news. Newsmen and newswomen, they said, are only responsible for reporting the news, not for creating it or modifying it. (2) . The gentleman who had asked it was not blaming them for the distortions in the world. He was just wondering why distortions are most reported. The news media seem to operate on the philosophy that all news is bad news. Why? Could it be that the emphasis on downside news is largely the result of tradition—the way newsmen and newswomen are accustomed to respond to daily events? (3) . News is supposed to deal with happenings of the past 12 hours—24 hours at most. Anything that happens so suddenly, however, is apt to be eruptive. A sniper kills some pedestrians; a terrorist holds 250 people hostage in a plane; OPEC announces a 25 percent increase in petroleum prices; Great Britain devalues by another 10 percent; a truck conveying radioactive wastes collides with a mobile cement mixer. (4) . Civilization is a lot more than the sum total of its catastrophes. The most important ingredient in any civilization is progress. But progress doesn't happen all at once. It is not eruptive. Generally, it comes in bits and pieces, very little of it clearly visible at any given moment, but all of it involved in the making of historical change for the better. It is this aspect of living history that most news reporting reflects inadequately. The result is that we are under informed about positive developments and over informed about disasters. This, in turn, leads to a public mood of defeatism and despair, which in themselves tend to be inhibitors of progress. An unrelieved diet of eruptive news depletes the essential human energies a free society needs. (5) . I am not suggesting that "positive" news be contrived as an antidote to the disasters on page one. Nor do I define positive news as in-depth reportage of functions of the local YMCA. What I am trying to get across is the notion that the responsibility of the news media is to search out and report on important events—whether or not they come under the heading of conflict, confrontation, or catastrophe. The world is a splendid combination of heaven and hell, and both sectors call for attention and scrutiny. A. Focusing solely on these details, however, produces a misshapen picture. B. Perhaps it would be useful here to examine the way we define the word news, for this is where the problem begins. C. A mood of hopelessness and cynicism is hardly likely to furnish the energy needed to meet serious challenges. D. During the open-discussion period, a gentleman in the audience addressed a question to my two colleagues. E. It didn't seem to me that the newsmen had answered the question.

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填空题People were riding horses much earlier than previously thought, new archaeological finds suggest. Scientists have now traced the first conclusive evidence of domesticated horses back to Kazakhstan, about 5,500 years ago. That"s 1,000 years earlier than we already knew about, and about 2,000 years before domesticated horses showed up in Europe. 1 Scientists analyzed the horses" lower leg bones, and found that they more closely resembled those of later known domestic horses rather than those of ancient wild horses. The researchers also developed a new method to identify the chemical signatures of fat from horse milk, and were able to find these traces on Botai pottery fragments. 2 . "The invention of a method to identify the fat residues left by horse milk in ceramic pots is a spectacular and brilliant advance," archaeologists David Anthony and Dorcas Brown of Hartwick College wrote in an e-mail. "If you"re milking horses, they are not wild." 3 . For one thing, it meant people could travel much farther, and much more quickly, than before. "When people began to ride, it revolutionized human transport," Anthony and Brown said. "We still measure the power of our transportation technologies in horsepower, because for millennia, until just about 150 years ago, that was the fastest transport humans had." 4 They were less nomadic than previous residents of that area, which is why archaeologists have an easier time studying their remains, compared to earlier peoples who moved around so often that they didn"t leave large deposits in any one place. 5 . "We"ll probably be looking more widely now trying to apply the same techniques to other sites," Brown said. "I wouldn"t be surprised if we find even earlier ones. I think even if there are earlier sites, they"re still going to be in the neighboring area, where those big grass plains are." A. The advent of horsemanship was a major advance for civilization, right up there with inventing the wheel and making tools out of iron. B. Finally, a few of the ancient horse skulls bore physical markings on the teeth that could have been made by the use of a harness with a bit in the mouth. C. Experts suspect that some of these even earlier groups may have also domesticated houses, though. D. Comparisons were also made to leg bones from modern and 3,000-year-old domesticated horses and from wild Siberian horses that lived more than 20,000 years ago. E. The Botai people lived in planned-out villages, with houses partly buried underground. F. Archaeologists have uncovered thousands of horse bones at the site of the ancient Botai culture in Kazakhstan.

填空题 One way of improving one's writing is to get into the habit of keeping a record of your observations, of storing {{U}}(46) {{/U}} in a note-book or journal. You should make notes on your experiences and on your {{U}}(47) {{/U}} of everyday life so that they are preserved. It is sad {{U}}(48) {{/U}} to be able to retrieve a lost idea that seemed brilliant when it flashed across your {{U}}(49) {{/U}}, or a forgotten fact that you need to make a point in a argument or to illustrate a conclusion. The journal habit has still {{U}}(50) {{/U}} value. Just {{U}}(51) {{/U}} you need to record observations--the material for writing--you need to practice putting thoughts on paper, learning to write is more like learning to ski {{U}}(52) {{/U}} it is like studying calculus or anthropology. Practice helps you discover ways to improve. Writing down ideas for your own use forces you to examine them. Putting thoughts on paper for someone else to read {{U}}(53) {{/U}} you to evaluate not {{U}}(54) {{/U}} the content--what you say but also the expression {{U}}(55) {{/U}} you say it. Many writers have benefited from this habit.

填空题Solving a problem can be broken into several steps. First, the problem must be identified correctly. Psychologists refer 1 this step as problem representation. For many problems, figuring 2 which information is relevant and which is extraneous can be difficult and can interfere 3 arriving at a good solution. Clearly, before a problem can be solved, it must be obvious 4 the problem is, however, this is not as easy 5 it might seem. One obstacle to efficient problem representation is functional fixedness, that is, allowing preconceived notions and even prejudices to color the facts. Moat people tend 6 see objects and events in certain fixed ways, and by being inflexible in viewing the problem, they may be unable to notice the tools 7 the solution. Once the problem is identified accurately, 8 , the second step consists 9 considering the alternatives for a solution. A common way to evaluate alternatives is to write them 10 and then make a list 11 advantages and disadvantages for each solution. Here again, people may be limited by prior experiences. Often people adopt mental sets 12 lead them to the same problem-solving strategies that were successful for problems 13 the past. Although that can be helpful most 14 the time, sometimes a new situation requires a different strategy. 15 that case, the mental set must be abandoned, and new alternatives must be explored.

填空题Student life at American universities is chaotic during the first week of each quarter or semester. Registering for classes, becoming familiar (51) the buildings (52) campus, (53) books, adding and dropping classes, and (54) fees are confusing for everyone. During this busy period there is little time for students to anticipate (55) they will later encounter in the classroom. International students, (56) to their countries' educational expectations, must adapt (57) new classroom norms in a foreign college or university. Whereas in one country prayer may be acceptable in a classroom, in another it may be (58) . In some classrooms around the world students must humbly obey their teacher's commands and remain absolutely silent during a class period. In (59) , students may talk, eat and smoke during lectures as (60) as criticize a teacher's methods or contradict his or her statements. It is not always easy to understand a new educational system. There is considerable variety in university classrooms in the United States. Because of diverse teaching methods and non-standardized curricula, no two courses are (61) . Undergraduate courses are considerably different from graduate courses. The classroom atmosphere in expensive, private universities may differ from (62) in community college s (63) are free and open to everyone. State-funded universities have different requirements and expectations than (64) parochial colleges. (65) , there are shared features in American college and university classrooms (66) the diversity of educational institutions of higher learning. Participation (67) the classroom is not only accepted but also expected of the student in many courses. Some professors base part of the final grade (68) the student's oral participation. Although there are formal lectures during (69) the student has a passive role(i, e. , listening and taking notes), many courses are organized around classroom discussions, student questions, and informal lectures. In graduate seminars the professor has a "managerial" role and the students (70) presentations and lead discussions. The students do the actual teaching in these seminars.

填空题The (severity) of the housing problem (is stemmed) from (a shortage) of space and lack of (funds). A. severity B. is stemmed C. a shortage D. funds