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1、大学英语六级考试阅读模拟试题PassageOneMedia摘要：本文作者在给出对大众传媒持否定态度的人的意见后，立刻表明了自己的观点，传媒的益处比缺点要多得多。 Everydayweareallinfluencedbythemassmedia(television,movies,radio,magazines,newspapersandthelike).Althoughsomecriticsofthemediaclaimthatthesemeansofcommunicationareusedprimarilytocontrolo
2、urthinkingandgetustobuyproductsthatwedon’tneed,themediaalsocontributetokeepingpeopleinformed.Inotherwords,whiledangerstoexist,thebenefitsofthemediafaroutweighthedisadvantages.Mostofthemessagesbroughttoviewers,listeners,andreadersaredesignedeithertoinformortoentertain
3、---andneitherofthesegoalscanbeconsidereddangerousorharmful.Ifconsumersofthemediacouldbetaughtatanearlyagetoexaminemessagescritically---i.e.,tothinkcarefullyaboutwhatisbeingcommunicated---theywouldbeabletotakeadvantageoftheinformationandenjoytheentertainmentwithoutbei
4、nghurtbyit.Thekeytocriticalthinkingisrecognizingthepurposesofthenewsorscriptwriters,theadvisors,andsoon.Arebothsidesofanissuebeingpresented?Istheamountoftheviolenceandkillingshownnecessarytothepointofastory?Haveenoughfactsaboutaproductbeingadvertisedbeenpresented?Fur
5、thermore,inacountrywithademocraticformofgovernment,thepeoplecanbekeptinformedbythemassmedia.Tobeabletoexpresstheirviewsandvoteintelligently,citizensneedtheopportunitytohearnews,opinions,andpublicaffairsprogramming.Informationaboutcurrenteventsispresentedindepthonpubl
6、iclyfundedTVchannelsandradiostationsaswellasinnewspapers.Inaddition,thepublicbroadcastingmediacanhelpviewersandlistenerstocompleteorfurthertheireducation.Recentimmigrants,forexample,canimprovetheircommandofEnglishthroughTV.andradio,and,inaddition,somecollegecoursesar
7、etaughtoneducationaltelevision.Anotherrecognizedadvantageofthemediaisthatitgivesthepeopletheinformationtheyneedintheirdailylives:weatherandtrafficreportsaregoodexamples.Whilecommercialsandadvertisingdonotnecessarilypresentaccurateinformation,theydomakepeopleawareofth
8、eavailabilityofproductsthatcouldimprovetheirlives.Inaddition,theycreatealargerdemandforsomeitems,whichmayleadtoareductionintheirpri
