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1、Unit12ACaseof"SevereBias"KeytotheExercisesTextcomprehensionI.Decidewhichofthefollowingbeststatestheauthor'spurposeofwriting.AII.Judge,accordingtothetext,whetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.1.T(RefertoParagraph3.InAmericannewsmedia,blackAmericaispoor,criminal,addicted
2、anddysfunctional.Indeed,themediahavecoveredonlyasmallsegmentoftheblackcommunityandpresenteditasthenorm.)2.T(RefertoParagraph3,whereitissaidthat"itisaninsidiouspractice,alltheuglierforitsblatancy,"meaningthatthemedia'spracticeofmisrepresentingblackAmericaisobtrusiveandoffensi
3、ve.)3.F(RefertoParagraph4,whereitisindicatedthatmediareportsoncrackbabies,gangwarfare,violentyouth,povertyandhomelessnessareallfeaturedasblack,whilerarelyisthereanyarticleaboutblacksplayingapositiverole,oranyroleatall.)4.F(RefertoParagraphs6?,whereitisshownthatinnumbersthere
4、aremorewhiteAmericansonwelfare,butamongtheurbanunderclassthereisalargerproportionofblacks.)5.F(RefertoParagraph12,inwhichtheauthortellsusthatshehasnotseenarecognizable"gang"memberorany"gang"activity,norhasshebeenthevictimof"gangviolence.")6.F(RefertoParagraphs14?6,whichshowt
5、hatblacks'truecharacteristicsandcontributionsarethebiggestsecretinAmerica.Everyblack,eventhosewiththestrongestminds,cravesaffirmationoftheircontributionstoAmericansociety.)III.Answerthefollowingquestions.1.RefertoParagraph3.Itreferstothesmallgroupofblackswhoarepoor,criminal,
6、addictedanddysfunctional.2.RefertoParagraphs3?,and11.Theauthorespeciallyfocusesonthenewsmedia,andshealsotouchesuponthefilmindustry.3.RefertoParagraph7.Aspresentedinthemedia,whiteAmericaisalwayswholeandlovelyandhealthy,whileblackAmericaisusuallysickandpatheticanddeficient.4.R
7、efertoParagraph9.By"twilightzone,"theauthormeansthattheimageofblackAmericaisveryconfusingbecauseofthediscrepancybetweenitsimageinthemediaanditsrealcharacter.5.RefertoParagraph12.Accordingtotheauthor,shehasneverexperiencedany"gang"activityinDenver,norhasshebeenthevictimof"gan
8、gviolence."
6.RefertoParagraphs5?,and13.Yes,newsreportsandjournalismarealwa
