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When we were having a meeting, the director（）the bad news by telephone.
A、was telling
B、was told
C、could tell
D、would tell
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When you hear three short blasts on the ships whistle and the same signal on the general alarm bells, you （）.
A . are required to go to your life-raft
B . are dismissed from drills
C . should point to the man overboard
D . should start the fire pum
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You hear on the radiotelephone the word SECURITE spoken three times. This indicates that（）.
A . a message about the safety of navigation will follow
B . a message of an urgent nature about the safety of a ship will follow
C . the sender is in distress and requests immediate assistance
D . you should secure your radiotelephone
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We can（）wait to hear the news.
A . rarely
B . hardly
C . nearly
D . seldom
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Hearing the good news, Betty laughed and ran out of the classroom ________.
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James turned pale when he heard the news on the radio because ________.
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Listen to the news report and choose the best answer to each question you hear.
A、Because the roads were damaged.
B、Because the bridges were damaged.
C、Because the communication systems were damaged.
D、Because the villagers were in a rural mountainous area.
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What will the hearing focus on?
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Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.
A、A hurricane came along.
B、An earthquake suddenly happened.
C、A fire broke out in a hotel.
D、A snowstorm attacked the city.
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Questions 1 to 2 will be based on the following news item.
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By focusing on the interesting, ______ the significant, the penny press newspapers of the 1830's helped to change the concept of news.
A．which does not necessarily
B．not necessarily
C．was not necessarily
D．nor necessarily being
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Why does the author mention CBS news on the French television？
A．To indicate that watching news is common in the evening.
B．To explain America's cultural invasion of France.
C．To give an example of the acceptance of American culture.
D．To show that France has submitted to America.
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He didn’t break the bad news to his mother ______ that she might break down.
A. unless
B. for
C. because
D. for fear
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Mr. Sun was glad to hear the news his daughter had got the first prize in the competition.
A．who
B．which
C．that
D．whom
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On hearing the news,the mother （ ） into tears and rushed out of the room,followed by a few other people.
Your answer(s) Correct answer(s)bursted burst
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She was disappointed______hearing the news that Chinese football team lost the first match in "World Cup".
A．at
B．in
C．of
D．with
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Hearing the news, the girl couldn't help ______ .
A．crying
B．cry
C．cried
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Questions 20 and 21 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.
A police spokesman said the devices were made safe by explosive experts in the Ardorn district, where a woman was shot in the leg and 13 police officers were injured during a second successive night of violence. Northern Ireland’s police chief had earlier called on community leaders to work together to end the violence. The violence has erupted sporadically throughout a summer of Sectarian tension in northern Belfast.
Questions 20 and 21 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the news.
20. Altogether how many people were injured during the violence？
A.1.
B.2.
C.13.
D.14.
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Hearing the news of the Klondike Gold Rush, Emery's father and his brother-in-law decided to go to Alaska together.
A．Y
B．N
C．NG
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Tile media can impact current events. As a graduate student at Berkeley in the 1960s, I re member experiencing the events related to the People's Park that were occurring on campus. Some of these events were given national media coverage in the press and on TV. I found it interesting to compare my impression of what was going on with perceptions obtained from the news media．I could begin to see events of that time feed on news coverage. This also provided me with some healthy insights into the distinctions between these realities.
Electronic media are having a greater impact on the people's lives every day. People gather more and more of their impressions from representations. Television and telephone communications are linking people to a global village, or what one writer calls the electronic city. Consider the information that television brings into your home every day. Consider also the contact you have with others simply by using telephone. These media extend your consciousness and your contact. For example, the video coverage of the 1989 San Francisco earthquake focused on "live action" such as the fires or the rescue efforts. This gave the viewer the impression of total disaster. Television coverage of the Iraqi War also developed an immediacy. CNN reported events as they happened．This coverage was distributed worldwide. Although most people were far away from these events, they developed some perception of these realities.
In 1992, many people watched in horror as riots broke out on a sad Wednesday evening in Los Angeles, seemingly fed by video coverage from helicopters. This event was triggered by the verdict (裁定) in the Rodney King beating. We are now in an age where the public can have access to information that enables it to make its own judgements, and most people, who had seen the video of this beating, could not understand how the jury (陪审团) was able to acquit (宣布……无罪) the policemen involved．Media coverage of events as they occur also provides powerful feedback that influences events. This can have harmful results, as it seemed on that Wednesday night in Los Angeles. By Friday night the public got to see Rodney King on television plea ding, "Can we all get along？" By Saturday, television seemed to provide positive feedback as the Los Angeles riot turned out into a rally for peace. The television showed thousands of people marching with banners and cleaning tools. Because of that, many more people turned out to join the peaceful event they saw unfolding on television. The real healing, of course, will take much longer, but electronic media will continue to be a part of that process.
The best title for the passage is______.
A．The 1992 Los Angeles Riots
B．The Impact of Media on Current Events
C．The 1989 San Francisco Earthquake and the 1992 Los Angeles Riots
D．How Media Cover Events
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（) hearing the news of the air attack,most civilians headed for the border.
A．At
B．In
C．On
D．When
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听力原文：Peter Smith had just received the phone call that would bring him to the top position. Regulators had approved his purchase of a controlling share in Direct TV’s satellite service. Our reporter Kate Harvey interviewed the News Corp. Chairman in his Los Angeles office on September 30, just hours before the official announcement.
How does it feel to finally get the deal？
I’m very happy, of course, but it would have been better if it were a few years ago, otherwise cable wouldn’t have made those investments and would have been more vulnerable.
How are you going to win customers away from cable？
To a certain extent, we’re just going to give better service — cable and satellite both have had reputations for service — and if we want to get customers, we’d better have someone on the phone in 30 seconds rather than 20 minutes. And we will be investing a lot in research and development to get the most advanced technology for our set-top boxes and to get a lot of more interactivity.
Will you be giving set-top boxes for free？
Well, Jack Lonergan, Echo Star Communications Corp. Chairman, is already giving away some of the boxes. We will be matching him. But if we are manufacturing boxes with more features than he is giving, then we will charge something. But we will be subsidizing to the extent that he does.
Do you intend to undercut cable’s prices to start a price war？
We are not going into a price war with anyone. But overall, digital satellite today is getting about $54 a month per customer, and cable is averaging about $66 at the moment. People want digital offerings, because cable is just too expensive.
What about broadband？ Cable offers it; satellite can’t.
I am inclined to think that broadband will be a commodity. I am not sure about that, but it’s certainly physically possible to get first-class broadband service by satellite.
People genuinely seem to fear you. Why is that？
Ah, "the crazy people who will change the world". This company has always been a stimulus for change — Fox News is a stimulus for change, BSKYB was. Someone told me that there Were two crazy people in the media business — Ted Turner and me — and now there is only one. And that’s not a bad thing to keep people guessing.
Still, in Britain, you forced MTV to lower its rates for your BSKYB service. Will you force US programmers to lower their rates to get carried on Direct TV？
I hope to have a good relation and compromise. But they want give us more and more channels — and charge us for them. So if they want us to carry one of their channels, they have to promise it will get an audience.
You have said you would use sports as battering ram. Will Fox TV or the Fox Sports Network bid against ESPN for Sunday Night NEL football when it comes up in 2006？
It is too early to say. I would be happy to leave things as they are. but the NFL may try to do something with cable to expand their revenues. To try to take on ESPN would be too expensive. I am not committing myself, but at current prices we are to keep what we have.
Your sons, Lachlan and James. are both in top jobs, Who will succeed you？
They will both learn and develop. And my daughter may be coming back into the company. But the board will decide. I won’t be around. I’ll probably drop dead on the job.
？You will hear an interview with Peter Smith, CEO of Direct TV.
？For questions 23-30, mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer.
？You will hear the recording twice.
Mr. Smith believed that his promotion came
A．too early.
B．a bit late.
C．just in time.
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News 3 Questions 1 to 3 will be based on the following news item.
A．You need more calories to make up for the energy spent staying up
B．Lack of sleep makes you feel exhausteD
C．Sleeplessness will produce chemicals that will increase your pleasure of eating．
D．Eating delicious food helps you pass the time when you can’t fall asleep．
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On hearing the news, I________________（忍不住笑起来)and spread it among the class.
