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Unit5

Passage1

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6分45秒

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Unhappypeoplegluethemselvestothetelevision30percentmorethanhappypeople.

Thefinding,announcedonThursday,comesfromasurveyofnearly30,000Americanadultsconductedbetween1975and2006aspartoftheGeneralSocialSurvey.

Whilehappypeoplereportedwatchinganaverageof19hoursoftelevisionperweek,unhappypeoplereported25hoursaweek.Theresultsheldevenaftertakingintoaccounteducation,income,ageandmarital（婚姻的）status.

Inaddition,happyindividualsweremoresociallyactive,attendedmorereligiousservices,votedmoreandreadnewspapersmoreoftenthantheirlesschippercounterparts.

Theresearchersarenotsure,though,whetherunhappinessleadstomoretelevision-watchingormoreviewingleadstounhappiness.

Infact,peoplesaytheylikewatchingtelevision:

pastresearchhasshownthatwhenpeoplewatchtelevisiontheyenjoyit.Inthesestudies,participantsreportedthatonascalefrom0（greatlydislike）to10（greatlyenjoy）,TV-watchingwasnearlyan8.

Butperhapsthehighfromwatchingtelevisiondoesn’tlast.

“TheseconflictingdatasuggestthatTVmayprovideviewerswithshort-runpleasure,butattheexpenseoflong-termmalaise（不适）,”saidresearcherJohnRobinson,asociologistattheUniversityofMaryland,CollegePark.

Inthisscenario（局面；事态）,eventhehappiestcamperscouldturnintoDebbie-downers（扫兴的人）iftheycontinuetostareattheboobtube.Theresearcherssuggestthatovertime,television-viewingcouldpushoutotheractivitiesthatdohavemorelastingbenefits.Exerciseandsexcometomind,asdopartiesandotherformsofsocializationknowntohavepsychologicalbenefits.

Or,maybetelevisionissimplyarefugeforpeoplewhoarealreadyunhappy.

“TVisnotjudgmentalnordifficult,sopeoplewithfewsocialskillsorresourcesforotheractivitiescanengageinit,”RobinsonandUMcolleagueStevenMartinwriteintheDecemberissueofthejournalSocialIndicatorsResearch.

Theyadd,“Furthermore,chronicunhappinesscanbesociallyandpersonallydebilitating（使虚弱）andcaninterferewithworkandmostsocialandpersonalactivities,buteventheunhappiestpeoplecanclickaremoteandbepassivelyentertainedbyaTV.”Theresearcherssayfollow-upstudiesareneededtoteaseouttherelationshipbetweentelevisionandhappiness.（389words）

Pleasedecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrue（T）orfalse（F）.

1.Happypeoplearemorelikelytobetemptedintowatchingtelevisionthanunhappypeople.（）

2.Takingintoconsiderationpeople’seducation,age,andmarriage,frustratedpeoplewatchtelevisionlessthanhappypeopledo.（）

3.Researchersfirmlybelievethatunhappinessleadstomoretelevisionwatching.（）

4.Watchingtelevisionmayprovideviewerswithtemporaryenjoymentbutinthelongrunitcausesviewersuneasiness.（）

5.Television-viewingismorebeneficialthanotheractivities.（）

[参考答案和解析]

1.F（Correct）Theresearchersarenotsure,though,whetherunhappinessleadstomoretelevision-watchingormoreviewingleadstounhappiness.

本题为细节判断题，信息基点是第五段的第一句。

句中只提到研究者们对这一结论并不确定，是不幸福会导致看更多的电视还是看电视会导致更多的不幸福还是不能确定的。

2.F本题为细节判断题，信息基点是第三段的第一句：

Whilehappypeoplereportedwatchinganaverageof19hoursoftelevisionperweek,unhappypeoplereported25hoursaweek.

3.F（Correct）Theresearchersarenotsure,though,whetherunhappinessleadstomoretelevision-watchingormoreviewingleadstounhappiness.

本题为细节判断题，信息基点是第五段内容。

4.T本题为细节判断题，信息基点是第七段的内容。

第八段的第一句更是给出了详细的解释：

“TheseconflictingdatasuggestthatTVmayprovideviewerswithshort-runpleasure,butattheexpenseoflong-termmalaise（不适）”。

5.F（Correct）Theresearcherssuggestthatovertime,television-viewingcouldpushoutotheractivitiesthatdohavemorelastingbenefits.

本题为细节判断题，信息基点是倒数第四段和第五段的内容。

别的活动更有意义，而且看电视成为不愉快的人们的一种逃避，显然不能说比别的活动更有益。

Passage2

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8分16秒

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Concernaboutthetoughearningsseasonlyingaheadforcorporationshas

depressedmarketsinAsiaandEurope.Thegloomyoutlookhascomeasmany

countriesfacerisingunemployment.InLondon,Britain’sprimeministerhas

outlinedanew,wide-rangingjobcreationprogram.

AsthelatestU.S.corporateearningsreportsstarttocomeout,overseas

marketsarebracingfor（面对）somedifficultnumbers.

Overallweakeconomicindicatorscoupledwithdepressedcorporatedataareseenasthemainobstaclesblockingasustainedrally（止跌回升）insharesoverthecomingweeksandmonths.

Asianmarketsdown

InAsia,Japan’smarketwasclosedMondayforanationalholidaybutelsewhere,therewasnotmuchtobeoptimisticabout.

HongKong’sHangSengindexwasdownforafifthstraightday,droppingnearlythreepercent.TheSouthKoreanmarketlosttwopercent,draggeddownbyanannouncementbycarmakerHyundaithatitwouldcutproductionbyatleast25percentatitsdomesticplants.

HereinEurope,similarworrieskeptmostsharesonthedownsidewithlargeenergystockstakingthebiggesthitsascrudeoilfellbelowthe$40-a-barrelmark.

U.S.unemploymentratealsotroublesome

Meanwhile,risingunemploymentintheU.S.andelsewherearoundtheworldisforcingsomegovernmentstoactnow.HereinBritain,PrimeMinisterGordonBrownhaspledgedtospendatleast$750milliontotrytostemgrowingunemploymentcausedbytheworldfinancialcrisis.

“ItisourdeterminationthatBritaincanleadtheworldinshowingwhatwecandotohelpthosewhobecomeunemployedandwhatwecanalsodotocreatethejobsofthefuture,”Brownsaid.“AndIbelievewecandoitworkinginpartnership.BritainworksbestwhenBritainworkstogetherandIbelievethatwecanshowthisinthepartnershiptocreatejobs.”

BrowndeterminedtokeepBritishjoblessrateundercontrol

SpeakingatameetingofBritishbusinessandunionleaders,Brownsaidhe

wasdeterminednottoletunemploymentspiral（急剧增长）outofcontrol.

“Wewillbeabletohelp500,000peopleintoworkorwork-focusedtrainingoverthenexttwoyears,”hesaid.“Now,Ibelievethatbyactingtogetherandworkingtogether,wecanhelpfamiliesandbusinessesthroughthedownturnandatthesametimeandbythesamemeasures,wecanalsosecureourfuturecompetitivenessasaglobaleconomy.”

Hereiterated（重申）thatprovidingtrainingnowforthejobsofthedigitalfuturewhenthedownturnisoveristhecorrectwaytoproceed.

Butnoteveryonehereagreeswithhisspendingplans.OppositionleaderDavidCameronsaysrapidly-risinggovernmentdebtwillunduly（过度地）burden

thenextgenerationoftaxpayers.（482words）

Pleaseanswerthefollowingquestions.

1.Whatproblemsdomanycountrieshavetofaceaccordingtothepassage?

2.WhatreasonledtothedropoftheSouthKoreanmarket?

3.AccordingtoGordonBrown,howmuchisthebudgetforcontrollinggrowing

unemploymentcausedbytheworldfinancialcrisis?

4.AccordingtoGordonBrown,whatistheproperpreparationforthejobsof

thedigitalfuture?

5.WhatisDavidCameronworryingaboutaccordingtothepassage?

[参考答案和解析]

1.Risingunemployment.

原文为“Thegloomyoutlookhascomeasmanycountriesfacerisingunemployment.”。

2.AnannouncementbycarmakerHyundaithatitwouldcutproductionbyat

least25percentatitsdomesticplants.

原文为“TheSouthKoreanmarketlosttwopercent,draggeddownbyanannouncementbycarmakerHyundaithatitwouldcutproductionbyatleast25percentatitsdomesticplants.”。

3.Atleast$750million.

原文为:

“HereinBritain,PrimeMinisterGordonBrownhaspledgedtospendatleast$750milliontotrytostemgrowingunemploymentcausedbytheworldfinancialcrisis.”政府采取行动，给出了明确的预算数字。

4.Providingtrainingnow.

原文为：

“Hereiterated（重申）thatprovidingtrainingnowforthejobsofthedigitalfuturewhenthedownturnisoveristhecorrectwaytoproceed.而且这一段的大标题就是政府要如何控制，这是首要谈到的措施。

5.Thatrapidly-risinggovernmentdebtwillundulyburdenthenextgeneration

oftaxpayers.

原文为:

“OppositionleaderDavidCameronsaysrapidly-risinggovernmentdebtwillunduly（过度地）burdenthenextgenerationoftaxpayers.”

Passage3

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Theroughguidetomarketingsuccessusedtobethatyougotwhatyoupaidfor.Whiletraditional“paid”media-suchastelevisioncommercialsandprintadvertisements-stillplayamajorrole，companiestodaycanexploitmanyalternative（供选择的）formsofmedia.Consumerspassionateaboutaproductmaycreate“earned”mediabywillinglypromotingittofriends，andacompanymayleverage“owned”mediabysendinge-mailalertsaboutproductsandsalestocustomersregisteredwithitsWebsite.Infact，thewayconsumersnowapproachtheprocessofmakingpurchasedecisionsmeansthatmarketing'simpactstemsfromabroadrangeoffactorsbeyondconventionalpaidmedia.

Paidandownedmediaarecontrolledbymarketerspromotingtheirownproducts.Forearnedmedia，suchmarketersactastheinitiator（发起者）forusers'responses.Butinsomecases，onemarketer'sownedmediabecomeanothermarketer'spaidmedia-forinstance，whenane-commerceretailersellsadspaceonitsWebsite.Wedefinesuchsoldmediaasownedmediawhosetrafficissostrongthatotherorganizationsplacetheircontentore-commerceengineswithinthatenvironment.Thistrend，whichwebelieveisstillinitsinfancy，effectivelybeganwithretailers（零售商）andtravelproviderssuchasairlinesandhotelsandwillnodoubtgofurther.Johnson&Johnson，forexample，hascreatedBabycenter，astand-alonemediapropertythatpromotescomplementaryandevencompetitiveproducts.Besidesgeneratingincome，thepresenceofothermarketersmakesthesiteseemobjective，givescompaniesopportunitiestolearnvalua