Part C
Directions:
Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined
segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER
SHEET2. (10 points)
It is not easy to t
alk about the role of the mass media in this
overw
helmingly significant phase in European history. History and news become
confused, and one's impressions tend to be a mixture of skepticism and optimism.
(46)Television is one of the means by which these feelings are created and
conveyed-and perhaps never before has it served to much to connect different
peoples and nations as is the recent events in Europe .The Europe that is now
forming cannot be anything other than its peoples, their cultures and national
identities. With this in mind we can begin to analyze the European television
scene. (47) In Europe, as elsewhere multi-media groups have been increasingly
successful groups which bring together television, radio newspapers, magazines
and publishing houses that work in relation to one another.One Italian example
would be the Berlusconi group while abroad Maxwell and Murdoch come to mind.
Clearly, only the biggest and most flexible television companies are going
to be able to compete complete in such a rich and hotly-contested market. (48)
This alone demonstrates that the television business is not an easy world to
survive in a fact underlined by statistics that show that out of eighty European
television networks no less than 50% took a loss in 1989.
Moreover, the integration of the European community will oblige television
companies to cooperate more closely in terms of both production and
distribution.
(49) Creating a “European identity” that respects the different cultures
and traditions which go to make up the connecting fabric of the Old continent is
no easy task and demands a strategic choice - that of producing programs in
Europe for Europe. This entails reducing our dependence on the North American
market, whose programs relate to experiences and cultural traditions which are
different from our own.
In order to achieve these objectives, we must concentrate more on
co-productions, the exchange of news, documentary services and training. This
also involves the agreements between European countries for the creation of a
European bank will handle the finances necessary for production costs. (50) In
dealing with a challenge on such a scale, it is no exaggeration to say “Unity we
stand, divided we fall” -and if I had to choose a slogan it would be “Unity in
our diversity.” A unity of objectives that nonetheless respect the varied
peculiarities of each country.
Section Ⅲ Writing
Part A
51. Directions:
Two months ago you got a job as an editor for the magazine Designs &
fashions. But now you find that the word is not what you expected. You decide to
quit. Write a letter to
your boss, Mr. Wang, telling him your decision
stating your reason(s), and making an apology.
Write your letter with no less than 100 words. Write it neatly on ANSWER
SHEET2. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter, use “Li Ming”
instead. You do not need to write the address. (10 points)
Part B
52. Directions:
Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing. In your
essay ,you should first describe the drawing the interpret its meaning, and give
your comment on it.
You should write neatly on ANSWER SHEET2. (20 points)
