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Because of satellite links which now enable broadcast news organizations to originate liveprogramming from any part of the globe, the entire world is becoming one giant sound stage fortelevision news. As a result, Shakespeare's famous line, "all the worh is a stage," has taken on aninteresting new twist in meaning.
Even before today's worldwide satellite links were possible, the growing effect of broadcast news
technology on national and international politics was becoming increasingly evident.
Because television is a close-up medium and a medium that seerns to most readily involve
emotions, it is most effective when it is revealing the plights of people; During the Vietnam War, readingabout war was one thing, but war took on a deeper and more unsavor' ( 令人讨厌的) dimension when
it was exported directly into U. S. living rooms night after night by television. Public opinion eventuallyturned against the war and to some measure against President Johnson who was associated with it. As
a result of the public opinion backlash (消极反应) during these tines, the Pentagon was thereaftermuch more careful to control what foreign correspondents and TV crews would be allowed to see andreport.
It was during this time that President Carter brought the issue of human rights to the centre of hisforeign policy, and, to some degree, to the centre of international pol tics. "Human rights is the soul ofour foreign policy," Carter said. "Of all human rights the most basic s to be free of arbitrary violence,whether that violence comes from government, from terrorists, from criminals, or fi'om self-appointedmessiahs (救世主) operating under the cover of politics or religion. "
Although political viewpoints have changed since then, because of the emotional nature of humanrights, this has emerged as the "soul" of television news. The transgression (侵犯) of human rightshas been the focus of many, if not most, major international television news stories. The reporting ofthese stories has created outrage in the world, prompted attempts at censorship by dictators, and in many
cases resulted in the elimination of human rights abuses.
56、 The passage mainly discusses____________.
evolution of international politics in the United States
broadcast media gives its primary concern on human rights
global television communication has a huge impact on pet,pie's emotions
broadcast media plays a growing role in international poli ics
57、 According to the passage, people were against the Vietnam War may be as a result of____________.
influence of news broadcast on people's emotions
anger from the audiences of all nations
extensive coverage of the War
viewing of American army's cruel behaviors on TV
58、 What did the Pentagon do when faced with the public opinion backlash on the Vietnam War?
thereafter tried to control the news coverage.
punished the correspondents and TV crews.
put a ban on the discussion of the War.
did nothing about it.
59、 What was a possible result when President Carter brought the issue of human rights to the centre of his foreign policy?
Pentagon failed to control the report of the media.
le turned their attention to the transgression of human rights.
censorship of broadcast news was eliminated.
Vietnam War was ended.
60、 Which of the following has NOT been mentioned as a result of the television focus on the issue of human rights?
r aroused on the transgression of human rights.
er understanding and appreciation of different cultures.
pted attempts at censorship by dictators.
elimination of human rights abuses.
Questions 61-65 are based on the follow inggpassage.
You never see them, but they're with you every time you fly. They record where you are going,
how fast you're traveling and whether everything on your airplane is functioning normally. Their abilityto withstand almost any disaster makes them seem like something out of a comic book. They're knownas the black box.
When planes fall from the sky, as a Yemeni airliner did on its way to Comoros Islands in the Indiaocean June 30, 2009, the black box is the best bet for identifying what went wrong. So when a Frenchsubmarine (潜水艇) detected the device's homing signal five day; later, the discovery marked a huge
step toward determining the cause of a tragedy in which 152 passengers were killed.
In 1958, Australian scientist David Warren developed a flight-memory recorder that would trackbasic information like altitude and direction. That was the first mode for a black box, which becamea requirement on all U.S. commercial flights by 1960. Early model,, often failed to withstand crashes,
however, so in 1965 the device was completely redesigned and moved to the rear of the plane - the arealeast subject to impact - from its original position in the landing wells (起落架舱). The same year, theFederal Aviation Authority required that the boxes, which were never actually black, be painted orangeor yellow to aid visibility.
Modem airplanes have two black boxes: a voice recorder, which tracks pilots' conversations,
and a flight-data recorder, which monitors fuel levels, engine nois,~s and other operating functions thathelp investigators reconstruct the aircraft's final moments. Placed in an insulated ( 隔绝的) case
andsurrounded by a quarter-inch-thick panels of stainless steel, the boxes can withstand massive force andtemperatures up to 2,000~F. When submerged, they're also able to emit signals from depths of 20,000 ft.
Experts believe the boxes from Air France Flight 447, which crasned near Brazil on June l, 2009, are inwater nearly that deep, but statistics say they're still likely to turn the approximately 20 deep-seacrashes over the past 30 years, only one plane's black boxes were never recovered.
61、 What does the author say about the black box?
ensures the normal functioning of an airplane.
idea for its design comes from a comic book.
ability to ward off disasters is incredible.
is an indispensable device on an airplane.
62、 What information could be found from the black box on the Yemeni airliner?
for analyzing the cause of the crash.
total number of passengers on board.
scene of the crash and extent of the damage.
ng signals sent by the pilot before the crash.
63、 Why was the black box redesigned in 1965?
materials became available by that time.
much space was needed for its installation.
early models often got damaged in the crash.
early models didn't provide the needed data.
64、 Why did the Federal Aviation Authority require the black boxes be painted orange or yellow?
distinguish them from the colour of the plane.
caution people to handle them with care.
make them easily identifiable.
conform to international standards.
65、 What do we know about the black boxes from Air France Fligh 447?
e is still a good chance of their being recovered.
e is an urgent need for them to be reconstructed.
have stopped sending homing signals.
were destroyed somewhere near Brazil.
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