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ViolenceinEntertainment

Doentertainmentinfluencesociety'sattitudetowardsviolentbehavior?Inordertofully

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esofthiswouldberapeormurder.

Violenceinentertainmentreachesthepublicbywayoftelevision,movies,plays,andnovels.

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thatofreportingthenewsandmaintainingcommunicationbetweenpeoplearoundtheworld.

Television'smostinfluential,t

children'sshowsandadultshowsalmostalwaysshowhumanbeingsresolvingtheirdifferencesin

aviolentmannerandarecklessattitudethatpromotesviolentactionfirstwithreflectiononthe

lauthoritiesindicatethattelevidviolenceisharmfultoallofus,but10

1989theresultsofafiveyearstudybythe

AmericanPsychologicalAssociationindicatedthattheaveragechildhaswitnesd8,000murders

and100,000otheractsofviolenceontelevisionbythetimeheorshehascompletedsixthgrade.

Infurtherstudiesitwasdeterminedthatbythetimethatsamechildgraduatesfromhighschoolhe

orshewillhavespentabout22,000hourswatchingtelevision,twiceasmanyhoursasheorshe15

hasspentinschool.

sionshows,

novels,butespeciallymovies—ntlyasNovemberof1995,

NewYorkCityofficialsbelievedthattheburningofatoll-booth(收费站)clerkwasaresultof

copycatviolence,1994,Nathan20

MartinezshotandkilledhisstepmotherandhalfsisterafterwatchingthemovieNaturalBorn

1993film,TheProgram,therewasasceneshowingcollegefootball

playerslyinginthecenterofahighwayinanattempttoshowtheircourageanddedicationtotheir

viewaslaterblamedforinspiringreal-lifeimitators;(oneofwhomdied).In

numerouxperimentsbadatpre-schools,rearchershaveobrvedchildrenplayingbefore25

ingtheviolentprogramthechildren's

emuchmorelikelytohit,punch,kick,andgrabtogettheirway.

Inotherwords,violententertainmentteacheschildrenhowtouaggressionforpersonalgain.

Onemustriouslyconsidertheideathatthemoviestudiosaretargetingayoungerandeasily

influencedmainaudience.30

Novels,justliketelevision,movies,houthistorynovels

hosaypeoplecan'tbeinfluencedbybooks

shouldreallylookintotheinfluenceofabookcalledUncleTom'sCabinpublishedtenyearsprior

1851UncleTom'sCabin,writtenbyHarrietBeecherStowewaspublished.

Thenoveltoldof35

novelpopularizedtheabolitionist(废奴主义的)movementandisbelievedtohavebeenamajor

caufortheCivilWar,whicheventhoughanoblecau,resultedinover500,000deaths.

In1980MarkChapman,aformermentalpatient,ked

whyhedidit,er'snovelThe

thatheandthemaincharacterinthestory,HoldenCaufield,werevery40

similarbecautheywerebothangrysocialoutcasts,whowererecoveringfromamental

breakdown.

Violenceisprominentinchildren''snovelTheBabysitterIII,tellsof

decapitating(斩首)ababyandinChristopherPike'snovel,Monster,thereisagraphicdescription

oftheeffectsofashotgunbeingfiredataperson'sheadatclorange.45

Withallofthividenceitishardtoignorethefactthatviolenceinentertainmentcancau

recopycatkillerswhogettheideafortheircrimesfromentertainment.

Ithasalsobeenshownthatthemoreviolentmoviesandtelevisionchildrenwatch,themorelikely

theyaretobecomeaggressiveandviolent.

lsovery50

eevidenceshowingthatviolencein

entertainmentcausreallifeviolence,itisveryhardtosaythatviolenceinentertainmentis

ttlechildren,andadultsalike,fallvictimtoentertainment'sviolentinfluenceit

isnotjustifiableanditispeciallynotjustifiablewhenviolententertainmentcreatesreallife

victims.55

Iscensorship(审查制度)theanswertotheproblemofviolententertainment?Shouldwetell

peoplewhattheycanorcan'treadorwatch?Thesimpleanswertothisquestionisno,wecan't

overnmenteverdidcensorviolententertainment,whoknows

stheywouldtrytocensorviolentspeechortrytocensorthespeech

plemessageisnottopromote60

censorship,becauitmightgetoutofhand,andastheoldsayinggoes"theroadtohellispaved

withgoodintentions."Therearethenonlytwowaystogetridoftheviolententertainmentinour

lives:wecouldshamethowhomaketheviolentmovies,televisionshows,books,andplays,

intohavingasocialconscience,makingthembelesspronetocreatingviolententertainment;or

wecouldsimplysolvetheproblemourlves,withapushofabutton,ortheturnofapage.65

Questions:

sagediscussviolenceinTVprograms,newspapers,andadvertiments.

tTVprogramsshowpeoplettlingdifferencesinaviolentwayregardlessofthe

results.

emorelikelytobeinfluencedbyviolentprograms.

ceinentertainmentisanewprobleminthemodernsociety.

withviolence,TheBabysitterIIIisbelievedtohavebeenacauoftheCivilWar.

ceinentertainmentisnotjustifiableifitcausreallifeviolence.

horsuggeststwowaystoprotectpeopleagainstviolententertainment.

lauthoritiespointoutthatviolenttelevisionisparticularlyharmfulto__________.

echildrenareexpodtotheviolentprograms,themoretheyarelikelytobecome

__________.

tentertainmentcensorshipisnotadoptedsimplybecau__________.

Keysforreferences:

1.(N)

2.(Y)

3.(NG)

4.(N)

5.(N)

6.(Y)

7.(Y)

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[解析]

1.本题大意是：文章论述了在电视节目，报纸和广告中的暴力现象。根据第4行，Violence

inentertainmentreachesthepublicbywayoftelevision,movies,plays,andnovels，文章关

注电视，电影，剧本和小说中的暴力，并可从下文所举例子得到证实，判断该句为错误。

2.本题大意是：充斥暴力内容的电视节目向人们展示用暴力方式不及后果地解决问题。根

据文章第7-10行，resolvingtheirdifferencesinaviolentmannerandarecklessattitude，判

断该句正确。

3.本题大意是：男孩子们更容易受暴力节目的影响。文章第26-27行指出Followingthe

violentprogramthechildren'emuchmorelikelytohit,

punch,kick,andgrabtogettheirway，但没有提到性别差异，因此判断该句为未提到。

4.本题大意是：娱乐中的暴力现象是一个在现代社会新产生的问题。根据第50-51行，

Violenceinentertainmentandsocietyisnotisolatedtotheprent，且在Shakespeare作品中

已经很突出，因此判断该句错误。

5.本题大意是：充满暴力的小说TheBabysitterIII是南北战争爆发的原因之一。文章第

35-37行提到Thenovel…isbelievedtohavebeenamajorcaufortheCivilWar，根据前

文，thenovel为UncleTom’sCabin，因此该句判断错误。

6.本题大意是：如果娱乐性暴力节目引发了生活中的暴力行为，那么暴力节目就是不合理

的。文章第54-55行指出，…itispeciallynotjustifiablewhenviolententertainmentcreates

reallifevictims，因此判断该句正确。

7.本题大意是：作者提出两种免受暴力性娱乐节目影响的方式。根据文章第62-63行，There

are…twowaystogetridoftheviolententertainment…，判断该句正确。

8.本题大意是：医学权威指出暴力电视节目对什么尤其有害？根据第10-11行，televid

violenceisharmfultoallofus,butparticularlytothementalhealthofchildren，答案显然为

thementalhealthofchildren。

9.本题大意是：孩子们置身于暴力节目越多，他们就更有可能变得怎么样？文章48-49行

指出Ithasalsobeenshownthatthemoreviolentmoviesandtelevisionchildrenwatch,the

morelikelytheyaretobecomeaggressiveandviolent，答案显然为aggressiveandviolent。

10.本题大意是：娱乐节目的暴力审查不可行，是因为什么？根据文章第60-61行，Thesimple

messageisnottopromotecensorship,becauitmightgetoutofhand，得出答案itmightget

outofhand。