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单项选择题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

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1.单项选择题It is easy to ______ 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

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2.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：interact

3.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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4.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

5.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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6.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

7.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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8.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

9.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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10.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

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