2008年职称英语真题之综合类B级阅读理解:
　　 第4部分：阅读理解(第31~45题，每题3分，共45分)
　　下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题。请根据短文内容，为每题确定1个最佳选项。
　　第一篇 Political Spins来源：www.examda.com
　　Last week，US White House spokesman Tony Snow sent journalists digging for their dictionaries．He called recent criticism by the former President Bill Clinton” chutzpah"(大胆放肆)．With just one sentence，Snow managed to make headlines，a joke and a defense of President George W．Bush．Interestingly, this is how battles are fought and won in US politics-with carefully-worded one-liners(一行字幕新闻)made for TV which often lack substance and clarity(清晰度)．
　　 "The amount of information that candidates attempt to communicate to people is actually getting smaller and smaller,” said Mark Smith，a political science professor at Cedarville University．This has been accompanied by a changing media environment， Smith said．In 1 968，the average TV or radio sound bite(演讲中的句子或短语)was 48 seconds，according to Smith．In 1996。the average sound bite had shrunk to 8 seconds． Thus，politicians wanting publicity try to make their public communication as quotable as possible.
　　Campaigning politicians also use 30-'second"I V ads and clever campaign slogans to boost their messages．Republican presidential candidate John McCain rides to campaign stops in a bus named the” Straight-Talk Express"．Mocking hopes the name will convince voters he plans to tell people the truth—whether it’s in fashion or not．Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton，on the other hand，has chosen the campaign slogan” Let the conversation begin"．She hopes it will help her appear open—minded and friendly．
　　But one—liners，TV ads and campaign slogans all have a single key ingredient： something commonly called political” spin"．Brooks Jackson，a former journalist and the current director of the non—partisan(无党派的)website Fact Check．org，calls spin” just a polite word for deception(欺骗)．"
　　"I do believe that very often politicians believe their own spin．"said Jackson．
　　"Strong partisans suffer from a universal human tendency：They ignore the evidence that would force them into the uncomfortable position of having to change their minds and admit that they were wrong."
　　31. Which statement is NOT true of one-liners?
　　AThey are unclear.来源：考试大
　　B. They contain a lot of information
　　CThey lack substance.
　　DThey are carefully constructed.
　　32 What changed from 1968 to 1996?
　　A. Publicity. B. Information.
　　C. Communication. D. The average sound bite.
　　33. The campaign slogan "Straight-Talk Express" aims at convincing voters that the
　　Presidential candidate is
　　A. honest.
　　B. friendly.
　　C. open-minded.
　　D. warm-hearted.来源：考试大
　　34. According to Brooks Jackson, all campaign slogans are
　　A. attractive.
　　B. impressive.
　　C. deceptive.
　　D. informative.
　　35. Which statement best describes strong partisans?
　　A .They are very funny.
　　B .They are very healthy.
　　C .They are very aggressive.
　　D .They are very stubborn (顽固的).