新闻英语（外语拓展）(华侨大学) 中国大学mooc慕课答案2024版 m67733

1. 新闻英语概论 Overview of News English 第一章测试题

1、 Which one of these is not British Newspaper?

答案: The Wall Street Journal 《华尔街日报》

2、 Which one of these is the first American newspaper?

答案: Publick Occurrences-Both Forreign and Domestick

3、 Which one of these is not a commonly recognized news value?

答案: Fraud（欺诈）

4、 The more prominent the person, the bigger the story.

答案: 正确

5、 The Daily Telegraph started as London’s first penny paper.

答案: 正确

6、 Which one of these is not newspaper?

答案: The Declaration of Independence 《独立宣言》

7、 News is information about current events.

答案: 正确

8、 The invention of the telegraph in 1844 changed the shape of journalism.

答案: 正确

9、 The invention of the ______ in 1844 changed the shape of journalism.

答案: telegraph

10、 Downing Street is used to refer to __.

答案: British government

11、 Which one of these is not true about Johannes Gutenberg?

答案: He printed the first newspaper of the world.

12、 Quality Papers are also called _.

答案: broadsheets

13、 What are the principles of journalism?

答案: Journalism’s first obligation is to the truth.;
Its essence is a discipline of verification.;
It must serve as an independent monitor of power.

14、 News is information about current events.

答案: 正确

15、 The most important information is presented first in the inverted-pyramid style of writing.

答案: 正确

16、 People are interested in events that seem close to them.

答案: 正确

17、 Yellow journalism used sensationalism as a way to increase readership.

答案: 正确

2. 新闻英语的特点 Features of News English 第二章测试题

1、 What can “Downing Street” and “White House” refer to?

答案: British government and American government.

2、 News about politics, war, economics, and crimes used to be considered _____.

答案: hard news

3、 The most commonly used structure in a news report is __

答案: Inverted pyramid.

4、 Midget words are _____words.

答案: simple

5、 Which one of these is NOT included in the three typical structures of news articles?

答案: Balanced form

6、 Which of the following is not true about news report?

答案: News reports always put the most important in the end.

7、 In what kinds of news are passive sentences frequently used?

答案: News about disasters.;
News about wars.;
News about conflicts.

8、 What rhetorical devices are used in the sentence, “And those stories filled with secret societies, fight for thrones, honor and betrayal, hospitality and love, revenge and duty as well as the magical kung fu style”?

答案: Consonance.;
Antithesis.;
Parallelism.

9、 What can “White House” refer to?

答案: American government.

10、 What does “acronym” refer to?

答案: Word formed from the initial letters of the original group of words.

11、 ____ are words or expressions used as substitutes for something else with which they are closely associated.

答案: Metonyms

12、 What are the disadvantages of the inverted pyramid form?

答案: The repetition of the important information makes the news boring and tedious.;
The standardized structure of makes the news lack of variety.;
Readers cannot find suspense and loose interest for the climax comes first.

13、 In order to increase the credibility and objectivity of the news reports, quotations are usually inserted directly, indirectly or partially.

答案: 正确

14、 Backgrounds are mostly provided in the lead of the news.

答案: 错误

15、 British PM vows to move on with her Brexit plan. PM is a metonym.

答案: 错误

3.新闻英语阅读概览 A Browse over English News 第三章测试题

1、 The hyphen in the headline, “Little Anti-US Feeling——Diplomat” , stands for _.

答案: said by

2、 In the section of _ in China Daily there is a subsection of cartoons.

答案: Opinion

3、 Which of the following sections is not included in The China Daily?

答案: Crossword

4、 Which of the following newspapers is popular among British young people?

答案: The Guardian

5、 Which of the following headlines is giving a future event?

答案: Japan to Help Elderly Jobless

6、 What does “to” mean in the headline “China to issue white paper on China-US economic, trade talks stance”?

答案: is to

7、 A summary lead ______.

答案: gives information about the 5W1H elements of a news story

8、 Active reading is ___.

答案: reading while thinking

9、 What are the common sections included in most English newspapers?

答案: local news;
international news;
business or economy;
science and technology

10、 What are the popular newspapers and magazines established in the United States of America?

答案: New York Times;
USA Today;
The Washington Post

11、 Which of the following headlines are about the past event?

答案: Shanghai children’s hospital getting big AI boost;
China’s national supercomputing center launches AI testbed;
Overseas media gain broader knowledge

12、 Which of the following headlines omitted “a” or “an”?

答案: five killed in Connecticut power plant blast;
Journalist fired in spy debate;
Longevity Star Dies at 110

13、 Which of the following are the features of leads?

答案: intriguing;
providing important information;
short and concise

14、 What are the basic types of lead?

答案: direct lead;
summary lead;
delayed lead;
question lead

15、 What are the features of news pictures?

答案: a helper for a quick understanding of the news;
a hook to lure readers to read more;
a presenter of the direct view of a news event

16、 What is skim reading?

答案: It is a process of speed reading.;
It is visually searching for clues to the main idea.;
It is an important academic skill at college.

17、 When skimming a piece of news, we do not __.

答案: passively receive what the reporter writes;
only focus on the lead;
read every sentence

18、 When do skim reading, we ______.

答案: read the first and last sentences of every paragraph;
think actively while reading;
raise questions while reading;
search for the visual and verbal signs

19、 Skimming is not a lazy way out or a half-hearted attempt at reading.

答案: 正确

20、 “Obituaries” is one of the sections in The Guardian.

答案: 正确

21、 The section of business always includes technological news.

答案: 错误

22、 Lead is the opening sentence or paragraph(s) of a news story.

答案: 正确

23、 5W1H refers to who, what, where, when, why and how.

答案: 正确

24、 A news photo pictures the live view of a news event.

答案: 正确

25、 A caption or cutline is the words beside or underneath a picture, cartoon, etc. that explain or describe it.

答案: 正确

26、 A cartoon is shot by a photographer.

答案: 错误

27、 When skimming, we watch for signal words or phrases to follow the author’s direction.

答案: 正确

28、 When skimming a news story, we read only the lead to get the main idea.

答案: 错误

29、 When skimming a news story, we just go through the whole story quickly with no questions in mind.

答案: 错误

4. 新闻英语阅读精析 Detailed Analysis of Print English News 第四章测试题

1、 Which of the following words is related to a scandal？

答案: Iraqgate

2、 Which of the following is not what we read about a graph in a news article?

答案: The author of the news.

3、 Which of the following is not a strategy to identify the author’s opinion?

答案: Learn about the world.

4、 1. IL is the short form for the state of ______ in the U.S.A..

答案: Illinois

5、 The suffix “-holic” means ______.

答案: being addicted to

6、 A long sentence can be understood quickly by __.

答案: identifying the main clause and the relatives

7、 When reading a graph with several lines, we ___.

答案: compare the trends of the lines

8、 Where can we find the name of a news agency?

答案: Below a headline.

9、 Why should we pay attention to the event location?

答案: Because it will be named with the event or the achievement.

10、 Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

答案: The people interviewed present objective opinions toward the news.

11、 Which of the following sentences includes emotional expressions?

答案: A defensive Trump calls a Cabinet meeting and uses it to boast, deflect and distract.

12、 In the sentence “Trump trashed his former secretary of defense, retired four-star Marine Gen. Jim Mattis, as a failure after once holding him out as a star of his administration.”, which of the following is not emotional?

答案: secretary of defense

13、 The comment from a reader online “I don’t know how much more a rational person watching and listening to this fool can take. If anything – ever – called for application of the 25 Amendment, this meeting today was it.” gives a(n) ______ attitude toward Trump’s inauguration at a cabinet meeting.

答案: negative

14、 What are the main methods to understand the long sentence?

答案: Identify the subject and predicate.;
Make clear which modifies the predicate.;
Distinguish other modifiers.

15、 We can analyze ______ to guess the meaning of a new words when reading a piece of news.

答案: the etymology or structure of the unfamiliar word;
the grammatical structure of the sentence with the word;
the context the word is in

16、 Which of the following words refers to a scandal?

答案: Watergate;
Zippergate;
Iraqgate

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