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单项选择题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.

A. play up
B. play down
C. play along
D. play back

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1.填空题Complete the following summary of Text 1, using the words in the text.
Noam Chomsky studies the media in the way a scientist would study some complex 1 . Based on its 2 institutional structure he makes some 3 about the media product. Then he investigates the media product and sees how well it 4 to the hypotheses.
The two sectors of media— 5 media and 6 media—are of different natures and purposes. The mass media are to 7 people with entertainment, sports, personalities, sex 8 and anything not serious. The elite media, 9 controlled by big private corporations, are at the top of the power structure of the private economy. They 10 with and relate to other major power centers—the government, other corporations, or the universities. Universities, like the elite media which are 11 , tyrannical and 12 -setting, are 13 and geared to rewarding 14 and obedience. Anything off line can be driven right back; anybody who fails to 15 the structure gets 16 out; all sorts of 17 devices get rid of people who are a 18 in the neck and think independently. Likewise, the media target 19 people and produce elites as its end product.

参考答案：outright

2.单项选择题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

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3.填空题Complete the following summary of Text 1, using the words in the text.
Noam Chomsky studies the media in the way a scientist would study some complex 1 . Based on its 2 institutional structure he makes some 3 about the media product. Then he investigates the media product and sees how well it 4 to the hypotheses.
The two sectors of media— 5 media and 6 media—are of different natures and purposes. The mass media are to 7 people with entertainment, sports, personalities, sex 8 and anything not serious. The elite media, 9 controlled by big private corporations, are at the top of the power structure of the private economy. They 10 with and relate to other major power centers—the government, other corporations, or the universities. Universities, like the elite media which are 11 , tyrannical and 12 -setting, are 13 and geared to rewarding 14 and obedience. Anything off line can be driven right back; anybody who fails to 15 the structure gets 16 out; all sorts of 17 devices get rid of people who are a 18 in the neck and think independently. Likewise, the media target 19 people and produce elites as its end product.

参考答案：scandals

4.单项选择题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

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5.填空题Complete the following summary of Text 1, using the words in the text.
Noam Chomsky studies the media in the way a scientist would study some complex 1 . Based on its 2 institutional structure he makes some 3 about the media product. Then he investigates the media product and sees how well it 4 to the hypotheses.
The two sectors of media— 5 media and 6 media—are of different natures and purposes. The mass media are to 7 people with entertainment, sports, personalities, sex 8 and anything not serious. The elite media, 9 controlled by big private corporations, are at the top of the power structure of the private economy. They 10 with and relate to other major power centers—the government, other corporations, or the universities. Universities, like the elite media which are 11 , tyrannical and 12 -setting, are 13 and geared to rewarding 14 and obedience. Anything off line can be driven right back; anybody who fails to 15 the structure gets 16 out; all sorts of 17 devices get rid of people who are a 18 in the neck and think independently. Likewise, the media target 19 people and produce elites as its end product.

参考答案：divert

6.单项选择题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

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7.填空题Complete the following summary of Text 1, using the words in the text.
Noam Chomsky studies the media in the way a scientist would study some complex 1 . Based on its 2 institutional structure he makes some 3 about the media product. Then he investigates the media product and sees how well it 4 to the hypotheses.
The two sectors of media— 5 media and 6 media—are of different natures and purposes. The mass media are to 7 people with entertainment, sports, personalities, sex 8 and anything not serious. The elite media, 9 controlled by big private corporations, are at the top of the power structure of the private economy. They 10 with and relate to other major power centers—the government, other corporations, or the universities. Universities, like the elite media which are 11 , tyrannical and 12 -setting, are 13 and geared to rewarding 14 and obedience. Anything off line can be driven right back; anybody who fails to 15 the structure gets 16 out; all sorts of 17 devices get rid of people who are a 18 in the neck and think independently. Likewise, the media target 19 people and produce elites as its end product.

参考答案：elite

8.问答题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)

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9.填空题Complete the following summary of Text 1, using the words in the text.
Noam Chomsky studies the media in the way a scientist would study some complex 1 . Based on its 2 institutional structure he makes some 3 about the media product. Then he investigates the media product and sees how well it 4 to the hypotheses.
The two sectors of media— 5 media and 6 media—are of different natures and purposes. The mass media are to 7 people with entertainment, sports, personalities, sex 8 and anything not serious. The elite media, 9 controlled by big private corporations, are at the top of the power structure of the private economy. They 10 with and relate to other major power centers—the government, other corporations, or the universities. Universities, like the elite media which are 11 , tyrannical and 12 -setting, are 13 and geared to rewarding 14 and obedience. Anything off line can be driven right back; anybody who fails to 15 the structure gets 16 out; all sorts of 17 devices get rid of people who are a 18 in the neck and think independently. Likewise, the media target 19 people and produce elites as its end product.

参考答案：mass

10.问答题《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)

参考答案：Sight & Sound magazine has announced the results of its late...

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