1、MEDIA_+FACT+OR+FABLE1-1 及答案解析(总分：97.50，做题时间：90 分钟)一、B1/B(总题数：1，分数：47.50)BComplete the following summary of Text 1, using the words in the text./BNoam Chomsky studies the media in the way a scientist would study some complex U U 1 /U /U. Based on its U U 2 /U /Uinstitutional structure he makes some U
2、 U 3 /U /Uabout the media product. Then he investigates the media product and sees how well it U U 4 /U /Uto the hypotheses.The two sectors of mediaU U 5 /U /Umedia and U U 6 /U /Umediaare of different natures and purposes. The mass media are to U U 7 /U /Upeople with entertainment, sports, personal
3、ities, sex U U 8 /U /Uand anything not serious. The elite media, U U 9 /U /Ucontrolled by big private corporations, are at the top of the power structure of the private economy. They U U 10 /U /Uwith and relate to other major power centersthe government, other corporations, or the universities. Univ
4、ersities, like the elite media which are U U 11 /U /U, tyrannical and U U 12 /U /U-setting, are U U 13 /U /Uand geared to rewarding U U 14 /U /Uand obedience. Anything off line can be driven right back; anybody who fails to U U 15 /U /Uthe structure gets U U 16 /U /Uout; all sorts of U U 17 /U /Udev
5、ices get rid of people who are a U U 18 /U /Uin the neck and think independently. Likewise, the media target U U 19 /U /Upeople and produce elites as its end product.（分数：47.50）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1
6、:_填空项 1:_二、B2/B(总题数：10，分数：25.00)1.寿命的延长和慢性病的盛行对医疗体制提出了更高的要求。政策制定者在与公众就改革步骤和成本等问题交流时必须坦诚相待。(place great demands on，candid)（分数：2.50）_2.教育体制、雇佣者和工会已经对女性获得培训的机会施加限制，特别是那些传统上专门由男性从事的工作。有假设说女性之所以选择女性职业是因为这些职业要求不高、责任不大，对此许多研究都提出了质疑。(geared to，cast doubt on)（分数：2.50）_3.Schmidt 先生被指夸大了移动市场的竞争态势，因为谷歌控制了约 97%的
7、移动搜索业务。毋庸置疑，谷歌是全球网络搜索服务中占主导地位的供应商。(It goes without saying，play up)（分数：2.50）_4.在欠发达国家，对生育医疗的各种做法管理松散，市场交易般的情形普遍存在。比如印度以其生育旅游著称，收入估计达五亿美元。现在印度计划清除并遏制迅速蔓延的从事出租子宫或实施辅助生殖技术的诊所。(prevail，weed out)（分数：2.50）_5.正在魔兽世界游戏中努力升级的你，是真的享受这个过程，还是为了弥补你不想面对的自我价值的缺失?(grind out)（分数：2.50）_6.美国全国社论作家协会(The National Confer
8、ence of Editorial Writers)在一个有关礼貌问题的项目上起了表率的作用。目的是为了展示在民主社会里，最有用、最可靠的公众讨论方式来源于要做到诚信、合理、公正和公开的承诺。(get a head start，commitment to)（分数：2.50）_7.域名常被类比成房地产，最高质量的域名就像受欢迎的地产一样拥有很大的价值，价值通常来源于域名在网络上打造品牌的潜能。网络使用者常被有名气的域名所吸引。(analogy to，gravitate towards)（分数：2.50）_8.死亡是否能终止非正式的协议，记者们对此观点不一。例如，Levin 先生是否应该在 Jer
9、ry York 于2010 年去世后公布乔布斯先生在瑞士治疗的情况?根据他们的约定，York 希望这些事永远不见诸于报端。(off-the-record)（分数：2.50）_9.视与听杂志宣布了其近期由评论家投票选出的史上最伟大的电影：希区柯克的迷情记(又名迷魂记)最终位列榜首。选票倾向于六七十年代的电影，可以说是因为视与听投票人的平均年纪，还有怀旧在投票中所起的作用。(top，bias towards)（分数：2.50）_10.这些工作使他培养了自己的才能，与他人建立起深厚、持久的关系。另外，久而久之他的事业发展了，形成一连串的令人满意的经验，提升了他个人的成就感和幸福感，并使他意识到自己的
10、潜能。(continuum，add to that)（分数：2.50）_三、B3 Multiple Choi(总题数：10，分数：25.00)11.When discussing technology and finance, the book, started before the financial crisis but completed after it, is harsh on the prevailing economists _ view of financial markets. A. canon B. doctrinal C. doctrinaire D. dogmatic（
11、分数：2.50）A.B.C.D.12.The big bang theory _ that all matter consisted of one thing when it exploded and the matter was scattered across the universe. A. speculates B. presupposes C. conjectures D. hypothesizes（分数：2.50）A.B.C.D.13.This category combines all articles _ towards recent events to enable us t
12、o work through the backlog more systematically. A. inclined B. skewed C. slanted D. biased（分数：2.50）A.B.C.D.14.The media, some politicians and commentators tend to _ these disagreements and try to make it seem that we are opponents, if not outright enemies, caught up in an epic struggle for dominance
13、. A. play up B. play down C. play along D. play back（分数：2.50）A.B.C.D.15.Chevron has challenged the fine, arguing that lawyers and supporters of the indigenous groups who brought the case conspired to _ evidence. A. grind out B. manufacture C. churn out D. fabricate（分数：2.50）A.B.C.D.16.It is easy to _
14、 out a swear word at an inappropriate time, or to bark out a tactless or tasteless remark before you have a chance to consider the impact. A. blurt B. give C. spat D. throw（分数：2.50）A.B.C.D.17.The _ transportation innovations remind us that while thinking outside the box is cool, you should probably
15、make sure that there isnt a cheaper, less unintentionally hilarious version already in the box. A. mystifying B. polished C. baffling D. problematic（分数：2.50）A.B.C.D.18.The popularity of the film shows that the reviewers fear was totally _. A. unjustified B. unjust C. misguided D. unaccepted（分数：2.50）
16、A.B.C.D.19.Kuwait faces an aging population as well as an epidemic of diabetes, heart disease and obesity-related complications that place great demands _ its health care system. A. with B. for C. to D. on（分数：2.50）A.B.C.D.20.The accursed shark alone can in any generic respect be said to bear compara
17、tive _ to him. A. conjecture B. analogy C. molecule D. pew（分数：2.50）A.B.C.D.MEDIA_+FACT+OR+FABLE1-1 答案解析(总分：97.50，做题时间：90 分钟)一、B1/B(总题数：1，分数：47.50)BComplete the following summary of Text 1, using the words in the text./BNoam Chomsky studies the media in the way a scientist would study some complex U
18、U 1 /U /U. Based on its U U 2 /U /Uinstitutional structure he makes some U U 3 /U /Uabout the media product. Then he investigates the media product and sees how well it U U 4 /U /Uto the hypotheses.The two sectors of mediaU U 5 /U /Umedia and U U 6 /U /Umediaare of different natures and purposes. Th
19、e mass media are to U U 7 /U /Upeople with entertainment, sports, personalities, sex U U 8 /U /Uand anything not serious. The elite media, U U 9 /U /Ucontrolled by big private corporations, are at the top of the power structure of the private economy. They U U 10 /U /Uwith and relate to other major
20、power centersthe government, other corporations, or the universities. Universities, like the elite media which are U U 11 /U /U, tyrannical and U U 12 /U /U-setting, are U U 13 /U /Uand geared to rewarding U U 14 /U /Uand obedience. Anything off line can be driven right back; anybody who fails to U
21、U 15 /U /Uthe structure gets U U 16 /U /Uout; all sorts of U U 17 /U /Udevices get rid of people who are a U U 18 /U /Uin the neck and think independently. Likewise, the media target U U 19 /U /Upeople and produce elites as its end product.（分数：47.50）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：molecules）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：internal）
22、解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：hypotheses）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：conforms）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：mass）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：elite）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：divert）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：scandals）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：outright）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：interact）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：doctrinal）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：agenda）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：parasitic）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：conf
23、ormity）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：internalize）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：weeded）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：filtering）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：pain）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：privileged）解析：二、B2/B(总题数：10，分数：25.00)1.寿命的延长和慢性病的盛行对医疗体制提出了更高的要求。政策制定者在与公众就改革步骤和成本等问题交流时必须坦诚相待。(place great demands on，candid)（分数：2.50）_正确答案：(Longer life spans and greater pr
24、evalence of chronic illnesses has placed tremendous demands on the health care system. The policy makers must be candid in communicating with the public about the procedures and cost of the reform.)解析：2.教育体制、雇佣者和工会已经对女性获得培训的机会施加限制，特别是那些传统上专门由男性从事的工作。有假设说女性之所以选择女性职业是因为这些职业要求不高、责任不大，对此许多研究都提出了质疑。(gear
25、ed to，cast doubt on)（分数：2.50）_正确答案：(The educational system, employers, and unions have imposed limitations on womens opportunity to obtain training, especially training geared specifically to traditionally male jobs. Studies cast doubt on the hypothesis that women opt for female jobs because they de
26、mand less effort or commitment.)解析：3.Schmidt 先生被指夸大了移动市场的竞争态势，因为谷歌控制了约 97%的移动搜索业务。毋庸置疑，谷歌是全球网络搜索服务中占主导地位的供应商。(It goes without saying，play up)（分数：2.50）_正确答案：(Mr Schmidt is accused of playing up the mobile competition because Google controls roughly 97% of mobile search. It goes without saying that Go
27、ogle is the dominant provider of web search services worldwide.)解析：4.在欠发达国家，对生育医疗的各种做法管理松散，市场交易般的情形普遍存在。比如印度以其生育旅游著称，收入估计达五亿美元。现在印度计划清除并遏制迅速蔓延的从事出租子宫或实施辅助生殖技术的诊所。(prevail，weed out)（分数：2.50）_正确答案：(In less developed countries, fertility practices are loosely regulated and market-like conditions prevai
28、l. For example, India is known for its reproductive tourism market with revenues estimated to be over half a billion dollars. Now it plans to weed out and check the ever mushrooming clinics involved in renting a womb or carrying out Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART).)解析：5.正在魔兽世界游戏中努力升级的你，是真的享受这
29、个过程，还是为了弥补你不想面对的自我价值的缺失?(grind out)（分数：2.50）_正确答案：(Are you grinding out a level in World of Warcraft because you are truly enjoying the experience, or are you doing it to replace missing feelings of self-worth that you dont want to confront?)解析：6.美国全国社论作家协会(The National Conference of Editorial Write
30、rs)在一个有关礼貌问题的项目上起了表率的作用。目的是为了展示在民主社会里，最有用、最可靠的公众讨论方式来源于要做到诚信、合理、公正和公开的承诺。(get a head start，commitment to)（分数：2.50）_正确答案：(The National Conference of Editorial Writers is getting a head start on civility issues with a civility project. The goal is to demonstrate that the most useful and reliable form
31、of public discussion in a democratic society is rooted in a commitment to honesty, logic, fairness and transparency.)解析：7.域名常被类比成房地产，最高质量的域名就像受欢迎的地产一样拥有很大的价值，价值通常来源于域名在网络上打造品牌的潜能。网络使用者常被有名气的域名所吸引。(analogy to，gravitate towards)（分数：2.50）_正确答案：(Domain names are often seen in analogy to real estate in t
32、hat the highest “quality“ domain names, like sought-after real estate, tend to carry significant value, usually due to their online brand-building potential. Internet users will gravitate towards established domain names.)解析：8.死亡是否能终止非正式的协议，记者们对此观点不一。例如，Levin 先生是否应该在 Jerry York 于2010 年去世后公布乔布斯先生在瑞士治
33、疗的情况?根据他们的约定，York 希望这些事永远不见诸于报端。(off-the-record)（分数：2.50）_正确答案：(Journalists dont agree whether death should end an off-the-record agreement. For example, should Mr Levin release Jobss treatment in Switzerland after Jerry Yorks death in 2010? Under their agreement, York wanted these facts to remain o
34、ut of the news.)解析：9.视与听杂志宣布了其近期由评论家投票选出的史上最伟大的电影：希区柯克的迷情记(又名迷魂记)最终位列榜首。选票倾向于六七十年代的电影，可以说是因为视与听投票人的平均年纪，还有怀旧在投票中所起的作用。(top，bias towards)（分数：2.50）_正确答案：(Sight & Sound magazine has announced the results of its latest critics poll to decide the greatest film of all time: Hitchcocks Vertigo eventually t
35、opped the critics poll. The polls bias towards the sixties and seventies can be explained by pointing to the average age of the S&S voter and the role played by nostalgia in the voting.)解析：10.这些工作使他培养了自己的才能，与他人建立起深厚、持久的关系。另外，久而久之他的事业发展了，形成一连串的令人满意的经验，提升了他个人的成就感和幸福感，并使他意识到自己的潜能。(continuum，add to that
36、)（分数：2.50）_正确答案：(These jobs enabled him to cultivate his talents and build deep, lasting relationships with others. Add to that his career has developed over time to form a continuum of satisfying experiences that would increase his personal sense of accomplishment and well-being and enable him to r
37、ealize his potential.)解析：三、B3 Multiple Choi(总题数：10，分数：25.00)11.When discussing technology and finance, the book, started before the financial crisis but completed after it, is harsh on the prevailing economists _ view of financial markets. A. canon B. doctrinal C. doctrinaire D. dogmatic（分数：2.50）A.B
38、. C.D.解析：12.The big bang theory _ that all matter consisted of one thing when it exploded and the matter was scattered across the universe. A. speculates B. presupposes C. conjectures D. hypothesizes（分数：2.50）A.B.C.D. 解析：13.This category combines all articles _ towards recent events to enable us to work through the backlog more systematically. A. inclined B. skewed C. slanted D. biased（分数：2.50）A.B.C. D.解析：14.The media, some politicians and commentators tend to _ these disagreements and try to make it seem that we are opponents, if not outright enemies, caught up in an epic struggle for do
