[剑桥商务英语证书考试(BEC)考试密押资料]Media- Fact or Fable(1)

1、剑桥商务英语证书考试(BEC)考试密押资料Media: Fact or Fable(1)剑桥商务英语证书考试(BEC)考试密押资料Media: Fact or Fable(1)Media: Fact or Fable(1)1Complete 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 struc

2、ture 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 mediaare of different natures and purposes. The mass media are to 7 people with entertainment, sports, personalities, sex 8 and anythi

3、ng 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 centersthe government, other corporations, or the universities. Universities, like the elite media which are 11 , tyra

4、nnical 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

5、 produce elites as its end product. 1.答案: molecules2.答案: internal3.答案: hypotheses4.答案: conforms5.答案: mass6.答案: elite7.答案: divert8.答案: scandals9.答案: outright10.答案: interact11.答案: doctrinal12.答案: agenda13.答案: parasitic14.答案: conformity15.答案: internalize16.答案: weeded17.答案: filtering18.答案: pain19.答案: pr

6、ivileged2Translate the following sentences with the words and expressions provided.问题: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)答案: Longer life spans and greater prevalence of chronic illnesses has placed tremendous demands on the health care system. T

7、he policy makers must be candid in communicating with the public about the procedures and cost of the reform.问题: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)答案: The educational system, employers, and unions have imposed limit

8、ations 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 demand less effort or commitment.问题: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

9、地位的供应商。(It goes without saying，play up)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 Google is the dominant provider of web search services worldwide.问题: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

10、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)答案: In less developed countries, fertility practices are loosely regulated and market-like conditions prevail. For example, India is known for its reproductive tourism market with revenues estimated to be over half a billion dollars.

11、Now it plans to weed out and check the ever mushrooming clinics involved in renting a womb or carrying out Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART).问题: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)答案: Are you grinding out a level in World of Warcraft because you are truly enjoying the ex

12、perience, or are you doing it to replace missing feelings of self-worth that you dont want to confront?问题:6. 美国全国社论作家协会(The National Conference 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)答案: The National Conference of Ed

13、itorial 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 of public discussion in a democratic society is rooted in a commitment to honesty, logic, fairness and transparency.问题: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

14、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)答案: Domain names are often seen in analogy to real estate in that the highest quality domain names, like sought-after real estate, tend to carry significant value, usually due to their online brand-building potential. Intern

15、et users will gravitate towards established domain names.问题: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)答案: Journalists dont agree whether death should end an off-the-record agreement. For example, should Mr Levin release Job

16、ss treatment in Switzerland after Jerry Yorks death in 2010? Under their agreement, York wanted these facts to remain out of the news.问题: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)答案: Sight 答案: These jobs enabled him to culti

17、vate 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 realize his potential.3 Multiple Choice问题:1. When

18、 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.canonB.doctrinalC.doctrinaireD.dogmatic答案:B问题:2. The big bang theory _ that all matter consisted of one thing when it exploded

19、 and the matter was scattered across the universe.A.speculatesB.presupposesC.conjecturesD.hypothesizes答案:D问题:3. This category combines all articles _ towards recent events to enable us to work through the backlog more systematically.A.inclinedB.skewedC.slantedD.biased答案:C问题:4. The media, some politi

20、cians 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 upB.play downC.play alongD.play back答案:A问题:5. Chevron has challenged the fine, arguing that lawyers and supporters of the in

21、digenous groups who brought the case conspired to _ evidence.A.grind outB.manufactureC.churn outD.fabricate答案:D问题:6. 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.blurtB.giveC.spatD.throw答案:A问题:7. The _ transport