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1、大学英语模拟试题（体验英语1-2册）PartIReadingcomprehension(40points)Directions:Inthissectiontherearefourpassages.Eachpassageisfollowedbyfivequestionsorincompletestatements.Foreachofthemtherearefourchoices.Choosethebestanswer.Passage1Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Ev
2、erydayfromthetimewewakeupuntilthetimewegotobed,wearebombardedwithinformationfromallsides,fromTV,radio,newspapersandbooks;fromfamily,friends,andcolleagues.Asanewcabletelevisionsubscriber,Iamabsolutelyamazedatthequantityandvaryinglevelsofinformationqualityoncablete
3、levision.Includingthenetworks,thereareeightTV“news”organizationsvyingtoprovideuswithalltheinformationwecanpossiblyabsorb.Newspapers,books,radio,email,snailmail,thetelephoneallcompeteforourattentionandourminds.Attheofficeconversationsaroundthewatercoolerandcoffeem
4、akerservetospreadevenmoreitemsofinformation.Thereisvaluableinformationoutthereabouttheworldwelivein,ontopicsasvariedashealth,safety,traffic,nutrition,business,finance,philosophy,nature,science,weather,historyandthehumancondition.Thereisalsoalargeamountofmisleadin
5、gandoutrightfalseinformation,notjustoncontroversialsubjectssuchaspoliticsandreligionbutonanytopiconecanthinkof,includingallofthetopicsmentionedabove.Withallthisinformationcomingatusfromalldirections,howdoesonesiftthroughitalltosortoutthefactsfromthefiction,thetru
6、thfromthelies,themoreimportantfromthelessimportant?ShouldweturnofftheTV,cancelournewspapersubscriptions,disconnectourphonesandmodemstobecomeinformation“hermits”?Probablynot.Abettermethodofsiftingthroughtheinformationwavewithoutbeingoverwhelmedandconfusedistobecom
7、easkepticalinquirer–orskeptic–withregardtothesurroundingworld.By“skeptic”Idonotmeanacynic–apersonwhorejectsnewideassimplybecausetheyarenew.Askepticisonewhoquestionsthevalidityofaparticularclaimbycallingforevidencetoproveordisproveit.Skepticismisamethod,notapositi
8、on.Itisaprovisionalapproachtoallfactualclaims.Intermsofprocessinginformation,askepticneedstobeabletograsprealityandacquireknowledgeabouttheenvironmentthatagree
