Now, 4 bombs exploding in Baghdad, a sudden increase in wartime 5 for online news has become a central test of the 6 of high-speed Internet connections. It is also a good 7 both to attract users to online media 8 and to persuade them to pay for the material they find there, 9 the value of the Cable News Network persuaded millions to 10 to cable during the last war in Iraq.

11 by a steady rise over the last 18 months in the number of people with high-speed Internet 12, now at more than 70 million in the United States, the web sites of many of the major news organizations have 13 assembled a novel collage (拼贴) of 14 video, audio reports, photography collections, animated weaponry 15, interactive maps and other new digital reportage.

These Internet services are 16 on the remarkable abundance of sounds and images 17 from video cameras 18 on Baghdad and journalists traveling with troops. And they have found a 19 audience of American office workers 20 their computers during the early combat. (245 words)

1. [A] notified [B] publicized [C] followed[D] pursued

2. [A] means[B] medium[C] method [D]measure

3. [A] coverage[B] publication [C] convention [D] conveyance

4. [A] during[B] in [C] as [D] with

5. [A] report [B] demand[C] concern[D] prospect

6. [A] ability [B] chance [C] potential [D] power

7. [A] opportunity [B] perspective [C] message [D] response

8. [A] outlets [B] resources[C] circumstances[D] positions

9. [A] for all that[B] now that [C] just as[D] as if

10. [A] subject[B] contribute[C] apply [D] subscribe

11. [A] Discouraged [B] Inspired [C] Impressed[D] Effected

12. [A] approach [B] usage[C] application[D] access

13. [A] radically [B] plausibly [C] orderly[D] hastily

14. [A] living[B] alive[C] live [D] lively

15. [A] destruction [B] displays [C] installation [D] contest

16. [A] capitalizing [B] embarking[C] broadcasting[D] operating

17. [A] accessible [B] desirable [C] feasible[D] available

18. [A] focused[B] rested [C] reckoned [D] depended

19. [A] continuous [B] perpetual[C] captive [D] temporary

20. [A] with [B] at [C] beside[D] near

Section ⅡReading Comprehension

Part A

Directions:

Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)

Text1

Of all the areas of learning the most important is the development of attitudes: emotional reactions as well as logical thought processes affect the behavior of most people. “The burnt child fears the fire” is one instance; another is the rise of despots like Hitler. Both these examples also point up the fact that attitudes come from experience. In the one case the experience was direct and impressive; in the other it was indirect and cumulative. The Nazis were influenced largely by the speeches they heard and the books they read.

The classroom teacher in the elementary school is in a strategic position to influence attitudes. This is true partly because children acquire attitudes from those adults whose words are highly regarded by them.

Another reason it is true is that pupils often devote their time to a subject in school that has only been touched upon at home or has possibly never occurred to them before. To a child who had previously acquired little knowledge of Mexico his teacher?s method of handling such a unit would greatly affect his attitude toward Mexicans.