2024高考英語短文故事精讀與語法填空訓練（九）一：語法填空訓練Thepowerofthepress

新聞報道的威力

Indemocraticcountriesanyeffortstorestrictthe(free)ofthePressarerightlycondemned.,thisfreedomcaneasilybeabused.Storiesaboutpeopleoftenattractfarmorepublicattentionpoliticalevents.Thoughwemayenjoyreadingaboutthelivesofothers,itisextremely(doubt)whetherwewouldequallyenjoy(read)aboutourselves.Actingonthecontentionthatfactsaresacred,reporterscancauseuntoldsufferingtoindividualsbypublishingdetailsabouttheirprivatelives.Newspapersexertsuchtremendousinfluencethattheycannotonlybringaboutmajor(change)tothelivesofordinarypeoplebutcanevenoverthrowagovernment.Thestoryofapoorfamilythatacquiredfameandfortuneovernight,dramaticallyillustratesthepowerofthepress.ThefamilylivedinAberdeen,asmalltownof23,000inhabitantsinSouthDakota.Astheparentshadfivechildren,lifewasaperpetualstruggleagainstpoverty.Theywere(expect)theirsixthchildandwere(face)withevenmorepressingeconomicproblems.Iftheyhadonlyhadonemorechild,thefactwouldhavepassedunnoticed.Theywouldhavecontinuedtostruggleagainsteconomicoddsandwouldhavelivedinobscurity.Buttheysuddenlybecametheparentsofquintuplets,fourgirlsandaboy,aneventwhichradicallychangedtheirlives.Thedayafterthebirthofthefivechildren,anaeroplanearrivedinAberdeenbringingsixtyreportersandphotographers.Therisetofamewasswift.Televisioncamerasandnewspaperscarriedthenewstoeveryoneinthecountry.Newspapersandmagazinesofferedthefamilyhugesumsfortheexclusiverightstopublish(story)andphotographs.Giftspouredinnotonlyfromunknownpeople,butfrombabyfoodandsoapmanufacturerswhowishedtoadvertisetheirproducts.Theoldfarmhousethefamilylivedinwastobereplacedbyanew＄500,000home.Reporterskeptpressingforinterviewssolawyershadtobe(employ)toactasspokesmenforthefamilyatpressconferences.Whilethefivebabieswerestillquietlysleepinginoxygententsinahospitalnursery,theirparentswerepayingthepriceforfame.Itwouldneveragainbepossibleforthemtoleadnormallives.Theyhad(become)thevictimsofcommercialization,fortheirnameshadacquiredamarketvalue.Insteadbeingfivenewfamilymembers,thesechildrenhadimmediatelybecomeacommodity.二：詞句短語長難句釋義Thepowerofthepress

新聞報道的威力

IndemocraticcountriesanyeffortstorestrictthefreedomofthePressarerightlycondemned.However,thisfreedomcaneasilybeabused.Storiesaboutpeopleoftenattractfarmorepublicattentionthanpoliticalevents.Thoughwemayenjoyreadingaboutthelivesofothers,itisextremelydoubtfulwhetherwewouldequallyenjoyreadingaboutourselves.Actingonthecontentionthatfactsaresacred,reporterscancauseuntoldsufferingtoindividualsbypublishingdetailsabouttheirprivatelives.Newspapersexertsuchtremendousinfluencethattheycannotonlybringaboutmajorchangestothelivesofordinarypeoplebutcanevenoverthrowagovernment.Thestoryofapoorfamilythatacquiredfameandfortuneovernight,dramaticallyillustratesthepowerofthepress.ThefamilylivedinAberdeen,asmalltownof23,000inhabitantsinSouthDakota.Astheparentshadfivechildren,lifewasaperpetualstruggleagainstpoverty.Theywereexpectingtheirsixthchildandwerefacedwithevenmorepressingeconomicproblems.Iftheyhadonlyhadonemorechild,thefactwouldhavepassedunnoticed.Theywouldhavecontinuedtostruggleagainsteconomicoddsandwouldhavelivedinobscurity.Buttheysuddenlybecametheparentsofquintuplets,fourgirlsandaboy,aneventwhichradicallychangedtheirlives.Thedayafterthebirthofthefivechildren,anaeroplanearrivedinAberdeenbringingsixtyreportersandphotographers.Therisetofamewasswift.Televisioncamerasandnewspaperscarriedthenewstoeveryoneinthecountry.Newspapersandmagazinesofferedthefamilyhugesumsfortheexclusiverightstopublishstoriesandphotographs.Giftspouredinnotonlyfromunknownpeople,butfrombabyfoodandsoapmanufacturerswhowishedtoadvertisetheirproducts.Theoldfarmhousethefamilylivedinwastobereplacedbyanew＄500,000home.Reporterskeptpressingforinterviewssolawyershadtobeemployedtoactasspokesmenforthefamilyatpressconferences.Whilethefivebabieswerestillquietlysleepinginoxygententsinahospitalnursery,theirparentswerepayingthepriceforfame.Itwouldneveragainbepossibleforthemtoleadnormallives.Theyhadbecomethevictimsofcommercialization,fortheirnameshadacquiredamarketvalue.Insteadofbeingfivenewfamilymembers,thesechildrenhadimmediatelybecomeacommodity.1：將標記的詞匯短語釋義2：長難句分析釋義三：文意梳理在民主國家里，任何限制新聞自由的企圖都天經地義地受到指責。然而，這種自由很簡單被濫用。常人軼事往往比政治事務更能引起公眾留意。我們都喜愛看關于別人生活的報道，但是否同樣喜愛看關于自己生活的報道，就很難說了。記者按事實至上的論點行事，發表有關別人私生活的細微環節，有時會給當事人造成極大的苦痛。新聞具有巨大的威力。它們不僅可以給尋常人家的生活帶來重大的改變，甚至還能推翻一個政府。下面這戶窮人一夜之間出名發財的故事戲劇性地說明白新聞報道的威力。這戶人家住在南達科他州一個人口為23，000的小鎮上，鎮名為阿拜丁。家里已有5個孩子，全家人常年在貧困中掙扎。第6個孩子即將問世，他們面臨著更為嚴峻的經濟問題。假如他們只是添了1個孩子，這件事原來就不會引起任何人的留意。這家人會接著為克服經濟上的拮據而奮斗，并靜默無聞地活下去。但是他們出人意料地生了個五胞胎，4女1男。這事使他們的生活發生了根本的改變。五胞胎降生其次天，一架飛機飛抵阿拜丁，隨機帶來60名記者與攝影師。這一家快速出了名。電視攝像機和報紙把消息傳送到全國。報紙、雜志出高價向他們購買文字、圖片的獨家報道權。不但素昧平生的人寄來了大量的禮物，而且嬰兒食品、嬰兒肥皂制造廠商為了替自己產品做廣告也寄來了大量的禮物。這家人住的舊農舍將由一座價值50萬美元的新住宅所取代。由于記者紛紛要求會見，他們不得不請了律師充當他們家的發言人實行記者款待會。眼下，五胞胎還靜靜地躺在醫院嬰兒室的氧氣帳里，他們的父母卻為這名聲付出了代價，他們再也無法過正常的生活。他們成了商業化的受害者，因為他們的名字具有了市場價值。這些孩子馬上成了商品，而不是5個新的家庭成員。四：語法填空練習AroundthreeinfivepeopleintheUKwillfind1necessarytocareforanelderlyoradisabledlovedoneatsomepoint.Thiscanbemademuch2(easy)bybearinginmindafewsimpleprinciplesandpiecesofadvice.

3(care)foranelderlylovedone—mostlikelyaparent,isnevereasy.Itcancausegreatpainemotionallyand4(physical)andthefinancialchallengescansometimesseemdifficulttodealwith,too.

Oftenoneofthehardestthingsisstrikingabalancebetweenyourparents’desire5(feel)independentandtheneedtoensurethattheyaresafeandtheirhealthneedsarebeingattendedto.Sometimesthiscancreatetensionsand6(argue),onlyaddingtothestressofanalreadydifficultsituation.Itisimportantheretomakethemfeelthattheyarebeinglistenedtoand7youonlyhavetheirbestinterests