[单项选择]When delivering a lecture on ethics in journalism, tile senior correspondent for CNN said that we’re entered into a new era, where the ethics of journalism no longer value truth in the same-way it was valued 20 years ago. There is such an appetite for immediate information that deadlines hardly exist any more. Viewers receive the information nearly as quickly as the reporters do. The problem lies in the fact that viewers get sucked in by the pictures. Those first impressions of a story are lasting, even if they are misleading. Sometimes first impressions are accurate. Sometimes they’re not. The journalists are in the business of getting it right.
Take the role scandal has played in the media for example. There’s been a push away from substance and towards sensationalism, a prominent example being the extensive coverage of the Simpson trial; people get drawn in by the celebrity. Such coverage contributed to the’ coarsening (粗鄙) of our culture. People forever lowered the bar by co
A. The lasting effect.
B. The rapid change.
C. The fast speed.
D. The misleading aspect.

[单项选择]When delivering a lecture on ethics in journalism, tile senior correspondent for CNN said that we’re entered into a new era, where the ethics of journalism no longer value truth in the same-way it was valued 20 years ago. There is such an appetite for immediate information that deadlines hardly exist any more. Viewers receive the information nearly as quickly as the reporters do. The problem lies in the fact that viewers get sucked in by the pictures. Those first impressions of a story are lasting, even if they are misleading. Sometimes first impressions are accurate. Sometimes they’re not. The journalists are in the business of getting it right.
Take the role scandal has played in the media for example. There’s been a push away from substance and towards sensationalism, a prominent example being the extensive coverage of the Simpson trial; people get drawn in by the celebrity. Such coverage contributed to the’ coarsening (粗鄙) of our culture. People forever lowered the bar by co
A. the focus of news has been changed into the seeking of sensation
B. people take less notice to coverage about scandals
C. the extensive coverage has a lot of negative effects
D. people are often cheated by the inaccurate news

[填空题]
·Read the advice below about delivering a lecture.
·In most of the lines 34-45 there is one extra word. It is either grammatically incorrect or does not fit in with the sense of the text. Some lines, however, are correct.
·If a line is correct, write CORRECT .
·If there is an extra word in the line, write the extra word in CAPITAL LETTERS
eight common mistakes people frequently make in front of an audience. Second is the

[多项选择]* Have you ever attended any lecture
* When talking about Western culture, what do you think of
* Do you have any difficulty in learning English
* Did you attend any training program to pass this exam

[填空题]When was this lecture given