第三篇 The Child Witness
Going to court can be frightening, especially if you are a child. You may have to stand up in the witness (證人) box, and swear (發(fā)誓) to tell the truth and answer questions is front of a crowd of adults. It would be even more frightening if you were the victim of a crime and you had to sit in the same courtroom (法庭) as the person accused of attacking you, for instance.
So the law in Britain has made it easier for children to act as witnesses. Children are allowed to tell what they know, from another room in the same courthouse. This way they do not have to face all those people in the courtroom.
It works on a closed-circuit (閉路的) television link, which means that the TV only operates inside the court. The child witness sits in a room with a social worker in front of a TV camera. Everyone in the courtroom can see the child on a TV screen, but the child can only see the judge and the lawyers who will ask him or her questions. The system has been so successful that is will be extended to more courts this year.
Another way to make it easy for a child to act a witness is to set up a screen is the court room around the witness box so that the child cannot see the defendant (被告).
Information given by children can be very important to a court trial (審判), but before 1988 the law did not really recognizes that children told the truth. It stated that anything a child said in court had to be supported by other evidence in the case.
11. A child witness, if he were the victim of the crime, would be frightened most by ____________.
○A. all the questions he had to answer
○B(yǎng). the crowd of adults he had to face
○C. the judge and the lawyers
○D. the person accused of attacking him
12. The most important point of the new system that made things easier for a child witness is that ______________.
○A. he does not see the defendant
○B(yǎng). he speaks in front of a TV camera
○C. he is in another room is the same courthouse
○D. everyone in the courtroom can see the child
13. What does the author think of the new system according to the third paragraph?
○A. Not very good.
○B(yǎng). Very successful.
○C. Just an experiment.
○D. Hardly acceptable.
14. Has the law always recognized the importance of children’s information in court?
○A. No.
○B(yǎng). Yes.
○C. Not until 1988.
○D. Before 1988, yes.
15. The word ’case’ in the last paragraph means __________.
○A. a particular situation
○B(yǎng). a particular incident
○C. a trial
○D. a box
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Television is the USA
Thirty-four percent of the world’s television sets are in the USA. But it is not fair that some foreigners have concluded that America has a TV culture. Still it is true that American TV has great power and can make or break well-known people in front of the camera. There are a thousand stations in the 50 states, and in most places there is a choice of five or six channels. The major networks (National Broadcasting Company, Columbia Broadcasting System and the American Broadcasting Company) introduce a lot of new shows of every kind. Those dramas, soap operas, talk shows, news shows, and sport shows which are successful, are relayed (轉(zhuǎn)播) throughout America and are often sold abroad. Roots, by the black writer Ales Haley, for example, was sold all over the world.
Nearly all TV in the USA is commercial, and programs are interrupted every quarter of an hour or so for advertisements. These breaks make people upset, especially during some exciting action in a good film. However, commercials do make it possible to show programs on TV that are expensive to produce.
There is one channel where there are no commercial breaks. Programs on this channel are run by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and can be seen all over the USA. Although the PBS gets a grant from the government, the government does not interfere in any way in the organization of its programs. There are programs on everyday affairs, music, the arts, as well as serious discussions on al kinds of topics. Some programs are supported by companies or institutions, but these organizations are not allowed to influence the content of program.
16. The conclusion made by some foreigners that America has a television culture is not f .
17. A great number of new shows are introduced by t he leading n in the USA.
18. There is just one c without breaks for advertisements in the USA.
19. While people are watching TV programs, breaks for advertisements can make them w .
20. Although some companies supply money for some programs, they are not a to have influence upon the content of the programs in any way.
Going to court can be frightening, especially if you are a child. You may have to stand up in the witness (證人) box, and swear (發(fā)誓) to tell the truth and answer questions is front of a crowd of adults. It would be even more frightening if you were the victim of a crime and you had to sit in the same courtroom (法庭) as the person accused of attacking you, for instance.
So the law in Britain has made it easier for children to act as witnesses. Children are allowed to tell what they know, from another room in the same courthouse. This way they do not have to face all those people in the courtroom.
It works on a closed-circuit (閉路的) television link, which means that the TV only operates inside the court. The child witness sits in a room with a social worker in front of a TV camera. Everyone in the courtroom can see the child on a TV screen, but the child can only see the judge and the lawyers who will ask him or her questions. The system has been so successful that is will be extended to more courts this year.
Another way to make it easy for a child to act a witness is to set up a screen is the court room around the witness box so that the child cannot see the defendant (被告).
Information given by children can be very important to a court trial (審判), but before 1988 the law did not really recognizes that children told the truth. It stated that anything a child said in court had to be supported by other evidence in the case.
11. A child witness, if he were the victim of the crime, would be frightened most by ____________.
○A. all the questions he had to answer
○B(yǎng). the crowd of adults he had to face
○C. the judge and the lawyers
○D. the person accused of attacking him
12. The most important point of the new system that made things easier for a child witness is that ______________.
○A. he does not see the defendant
○B(yǎng). he speaks in front of a TV camera
○C. he is in another room is the same courthouse
○D. everyone in the courtroom can see the child
13. What does the author think of the new system according to the third paragraph?
○A. Not very good.
○B(yǎng). Very successful.
○C. Just an experiment.
○D. Hardly acceptable.
14. Has the law always recognized the importance of children’s information in court?
○A. No.
○B(yǎng). Yes.
○C. Not until 1988.
○D. Before 1988, yes.
15. The word ’case’ in the last paragraph means __________.
○A. a particular situation
○B(yǎng). a particular incident
○C. a trial
○D. a box
第二部分 完成句子 (25分)
根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容完成句子，每個(gè)空格只能填一個(gè)單詞。有的單詞第一個(gè)字母已經(jīng)給出，請(qǐng)將其余字母補(bǔ)全。
Television is the USA
Thirty-four percent of the world’s television sets are in the USA. But it is not fair that some foreigners have concluded that America has a TV culture. Still it is true that American TV has great power and can make or break well-known people in front of the camera. There are a thousand stations in the 50 states, and in most places there is a choice of five or six channels. The major networks (National Broadcasting Company, Columbia Broadcasting System and the American Broadcasting Company) introduce a lot of new shows of every kind. Those dramas, soap operas, talk shows, news shows, and sport shows which are successful, are relayed (轉(zhuǎn)播) throughout America and are often sold abroad. Roots, by the black writer Ales Haley, for example, was sold all over the world.
Nearly all TV in the USA is commercial, and programs are interrupted every quarter of an hour or so for advertisements. These breaks make people upset, especially during some exciting action in a good film. However, commercials do make it possible to show programs on TV that are expensive to produce.
There is one channel where there are no commercial breaks. Programs on this channel are run by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and can be seen all over the USA. Although the PBS gets a grant from the government, the government does not interfere in any way in the organization of its programs. There are programs on everyday affairs, music, the arts, as well as serious discussions on al kinds of topics. Some programs are supported by companies or institutions, but these organizations are not allowed to influence the content of program.
16. The conclusion made by some foreigners that America has a television culture is not f .
17. A great number of new shows are introduced by t he leading n in the USA.
18. There is just one c without breaks for advertisements in the USA.
19. While people are watching TV programs, breaks for advertisements can make them w .
20. Although some companies supply money for some programs, they are not a to have influence upon the content of the programs in any way.