Directions: In this part, there is a passage with ten blanks. For each blank there are four choices marked, A, B, C, and D. Choose the best answer for each blank and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.
When asked about the impact of disturbing news on children, one mother said: “My 11-year-old daughter doesn’t like watching the news. She has 1 about what she has seen. One time, she watched a report about a person who killed a family member with a knife. That night she dreamed that she too was being killed.” Another interviewee said: “ My six-year-old niece saw reports of tornadoes (龙卷风) from elsewhere in the country. For weeks 2 , she was terrified. She 3 call me on the phone, convinced that a tornado was coming her way and that she was going to die.”
Do you think disturbing news reports can frighten children? In one survey, nearly 40 percent of parents said that their children had been 4 by something they saw in the news and that,
5 ; the children had feared that a similar event would happen to them or their loved ones. Why? One factor is that children often 6 he news differently from adults. For example, small children may believe that a 7 that is broadcast repeatedly is really happening repeatedly.
A second factor is that daily reports of disturbing events can distort a child’s 8 of the world. True, we live in “critical times hard to 9 .” But repeated exposure to disturbing news reports can cause children to develop lasting fears. “Children who watch a lot of TV news 10 to overestimate the occurrence of crime and may perceive the world to be a more dangerous place than it actually is,” observes the Kaiser Family Foundation.
1. A. thoughts
B. nightmares
C. ideas
D. pictures
2. A. afterward
B. ago
C. before
D. later
3. A. should
B. might
C. could
D. would
4. A. bored
B. angered
C. upset
D. disappointed
5. A. in no time
B. by all means
C. all the more
D. as a result
6. A. tell
B. interpret
C. narrate
D. treat
7. A. tragedy
B. comedy
C. play
D. drama
8. A. imagination
B. view
C. sight
D. look
9. A. give up
B. stick to
C. deal with
D. set down
10. A. prefer
B. turn
C. come
D. tend
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正确答案
1.【答案】B
【考点】考查名词的辨析。
【解析】根据空格的下一句所述，她女儿看了杀人的报道后，随后就梦到自己被杀。由此可以推知她女儿对于看到的事情会有梦魇，因此选B项nightmare:梦魇。
【误项排除】A项thought:想法;C项idea:主意;D项picture:图片，该三项不符合原文。
2.【答案】A
【考点】考查副词辨析。
【解析】根据原文所述，另一位被采访者的女儿，在看了龙卷风的报道后，随后的几周都处于恐惧中，因此选A项afterward:随后，之后，符合原文。
【误项排除】B项ago:以前;C项before:之前;D项later:以后(该词常指具体时间之后，而afterward强调的是一整段时间之后)，该三项不符合原文。
3.【答案】D
【考点】考查情态动词的辨析。
【解析】根据句意：她侄女害怕时，就会给她打电话，因此选D项would:会，将要，符合原文。
【误项排除】A项should:应当;B项might:可能;C项could:能够，都不符合原文。
4.【答案】C
【考点】考查形容词的辨析。
【解析】根据空格前后句意：孩子们对于所看到的新闻是有困扰的，因此选C项upset:
苦恼的，心烦的，符合原文。
【误项排除】A项bored:无聊的;B项angered:生气的;D项disappointed:失望的，都不符合原文。
5.【答案】D
【考点】考查词组的辨析。
【解析】本题考查对固定词组的掌握及理解上下句之间逻辑关系的能力。题句是一并列句，前一个分句说：在一项调查中，近40%的父母说他们的孩子由于看到新闻报道而感到不安，下一个分句又说，他们害怕类似的情况会发生在自己或亲人身上，所以这里选D项 as a result 结果，因此，符合上下句逻辑关系。
【误项排除】A项in no time:马上，立即;B项by all means:一定，务必;C项all the more:更加，甚至，都不符合原文。
6.【答案】B
【考点】考查动词辨析。
【解析】根据后文，如果新闻被重复报道，那么孩子会认为这种事情也一样重复发生了。所以孩子与大人的解读新闻的方式不同，因此选B项interpret解释，理解，符合原文。
【误项排除】A项tell:告知;C项narrate:叙述;D项treat:对待，处理，都不符合原文。
7.【答案】A
【考点】考查名词辨析。
【解析】根据上文阐述了令人担忧的新闻报道对孩子的影响，孩子们会恐惧，甚至会梦魇，由此可见，令人担忧的新闻报道都是一些悲惨性事件，因此选A项tragedy:悲剧，符合原文。
【误项排除】B项comedy:喜剧，C项play:戏剧，D项drama:话剧，与原文不符合。
8.【答案】B
【考点】考查名词辨析。
【解析】该句所述日常报道的这些令人担忧的事件会歪曲孩子们对这个世界的看法，可推知选B项view:观点，看法，符合原文。
【误项排除】A项imagination:想象;C项sight:视力;D项look:看，样子，都不符合原文。
9.【答案】D
【考点】考查动词词组辨析。
【解析】该句阐述了批判时代，人们很难安定下来，因此选D项set down:制定，定下来，符合原文。
【误项排除】A项give up:放弃;B项stick to:坚持;C项deal with:处理，应对，都与原文不符合。
10.【答案】D
【考点】考查动词辨析。
【解析】根据连词and并列时内容上的一致性，后半句说明孩子们认为这个世界更危险，可知，经常看电视的孩子往往会夸大犯罪发生率，因此选D项tend:往往(通常与to搭配)，符合原文。
【误项排除】A项prefer：喜欢;B项turn：转向;C项come：到来，都与原文不符合。
