Unit 12 A Case of \
Key to the Exercises
Text comprehension I.
II. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false. 1.
T (Refer to Paragraph 3. In American news media, black America is poor, criminal, addicted and dysfunctional. Indeed, the media have covered only a small segment of the black community and presented it as the norm.)
2. T (Refer to Paragraph 3, where it is said that \for its blatancy,\obtrusive and offensive.)
3. F (Refer to Paragraph 4, where it is indicated that media reports on crack babies, gang warfare, violent youth, poverty and homelessness are all featured as black, while rarely is there any article about blacks playing a positive role, or any role at all.)
4. F (Refer to Paragraphs 6?, where it is shown that in numbers there are more white Americans on welfare, but among the urban underclass there is a larger proportion of blacks.)
5. F (Refer to Paragraph 12, in which the author tells us that she has not seen a recognizable \violence.\
6. F (Refer to Paragraphs 14?6, which show that blacks' true characteristics and contributions are the biggest secret in America. Every black, even those with the strongest minds, craves affirmation of their contributions to American society.)
III. Answer the following questions. 1.
Refer to Paragraph 3. It refers to the small group of blacks who are poor, criminal, addicted and dysfunctional.
2. Refer to Paragraphs 3?, and 11. The author especially focuses on the news media, and she also touches upon the film industry.
3. Refer to Paragraph 7. As presented in the media, white America is always whole and lovely and healthy, while black America is usually sick and pathetic and deficient. 4. Refer to Paragraph 9. By \America is very confusing because of the discrepancy between its image in the media and its real character.
5. Refer to Paragraph 12. According to the author, she has never experienced any
Decide which of the following best states the author's purpose of writing. A
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6. Refer to Paragraphs 5?, and 13. Yes, news reports and journalism are always supposed to be the mirror on American reality.
IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences. 1.
The media's malicious use of a small segment to represent all black America is shameless and offensive.
2. The media are supposed to present American culture and American experience truthfully by reflecting American reality, and people usually accept news reports as truth without any doubt. Unfortunately, in many cases what they present is anything but the truth.
3. The distorted, inaccurate news coverage is worse than covering nothing at all about blacks.
4. I am not suggesting we close our eyes to the very real problems associated with the lower class in cities, nor denying that blacks are overrepresented in this class.
5. Most black people work hard, obey the law and pay their taxes. We have made our contributions to American society, but the media never notice and cover it. That makes blacks resentful.
Structural analysis of the text
With a series of sentences beginning with \image of blacks established by the media is from reality. And using again the same sentence structure in Paragraph 6, the author emphasizes that she is not an exception but one of the majority of blacks. With this structural repetition, the author is comparing herself with the majority of blacks and contrasting the image of blacks in the media with that in real life.
Rhetorical features of the text
Nor is it a matter of closing one's eyes to the very real problems of the urban underclass -- which undeniably is disproportionately black. (Interrupting a sentence)
And as self-reliant as most black Americans are -- because we've had to be self-reliant -- even the strongest among us still crave affirmation. (Interrupting a sentence)
I want America to know us -- all of us -- for who we really are. (Putting special emphasis) That is the real portrait of black America -- that we're strong people, surviving people, capable people. (Introducing an explanation)
Vocabulary exercises I. 1.
Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words. that's it
2. supply
3. people in the lowest social position 4. hazy area; marginalized area 5. independent; self-dependent
II. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase from the box in its appropriate form. 1.
are guilty of
2. have been screaming out 3. contribution 4. was featured 5. being reminded of 6. in the light of 7. in the eyes of
8. deserving the attention of
III. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words. 1.
victim 2. blatant
6. relegation
8. addictive
3. nutritional 4. Vibrations 5. denial
IV. Choose the word or phrase that can replace the underlined part in each sentence without changing its original meaning. 1. C 2. D 3. D 4. A 5. B 6. A 7. C 8. B
V. Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each sentence in the sense it is used. 1.
Synonym: favour (support) 2. Antonym: balanced (fair, objective) 3. Antonym: honest (straightforward, sincere) 4. Synonym: impaired (harmed, incomplete) 5. Synonym: serious
6. Synonym: infer (derive, conclude, reason) 7. Synonym: inexact (faulty, mistaken, erroneous) 8. Antonym: elite (gentry)
VI. Explain the meaning of the underlined part in each sentence. 7. aberration
(完整版)Unit12ACaseof“SevereBias”习题答案综合教程四
