Part Ⅰ．Reading Comprehension

Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or incomplete statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET.

Passage One

Do parents owe their children anything? Yes, they owe their children a great deal.

    One of their chief duties is to give their children a sense of personal worth. A youngster, who is often made to feel stupid and compared to brighter brothers, sisters or cousins, will not feel confident and become so afraid of failing that he won't try at all. O ……此处隐藏40215个字…… s media is bad for us because the news is often presented to us in certain ways, using specific words to try to control our feelings and thoughts. Very often, the news media portrays people in simplistic ways, giving us some facts, but not the whole story. This is somewhat inevitable. because the editors, journalists and owners of the news media probably have their own opinions and bias.

    Despite the fact that the news media can report events incorrectly or with bias, I think that its general influence on society is good. After all, more factual information that the news media provides gives us the chance to make better decisions, both in our personal lives and in our working lives.