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0。 (profitable)media empire.5. Perhaps Katharine Graham39。s finest hour came during the Watergate scandal, when she stood by her journalists and (backed)the investigation that eventually (brought) (down)the President.6. Katharine Graham39。s (enduring) (role)brought her into contact with generations of America39。s (powerful).Practice IIIInformation RevolutionsSixRevolutionsNameTimePlace1st1) (Writing) (Revolution)About the 8thcentury .2) (Greece)2ndPrinting RevolutionIn the3) (second) (half) of the 15th century4) (Europe)3rdMass Media RevolutionDuring the middle of the5) (19th) (century)6) (Western) (Europe) and the7) (eastern) (United) (States)4th8) (Entertainment) (Revolution)Toward the endof the 19thcentury/5thCommunication ToolshedHome RevolutionIn the middleof the 20thcentury/6th9) (Information) (Highway)Now/What is the direct impact of the first information revolution?Humans were no longer bound by the ( limits) (of) (memory).What made the second revolution possible?(Paper)from China and the (printing) (system)developed by Johannes Gutenberg.Why is the third revolution called the Mass Media Revolution?Because advances in (paper) (production), (printing) (press) (methods)and the invention of the (telegraph)changed the way information was conveyed.Why did Professor Wilson pare entertainment products to the pots and pans?Because entertainment products were (printed)and (sold)cheaply. Like pots and pans, they could be infinitely (replicated)and (canned).What have contributed to the fifth revolution?The (telephone), broadcasting, (recording), improvements in (print) (technologies), and cheap, universal (mail) (services).Practice IVNews from BBC and VOA1. (Five/5) (percent)of all schoolage children in the United States have some form of (attention) (deficit) (hyperactivity) (disorder), or ADHD.2. ADHD has always been shown in twin and family studies to be extremely (heritable)—on the order of 70 to 80 percent—just as heritable as (height), (intelligence)and many other behaviors.3. Todd says several genes might be involved and slight differences among them might (predispose)a person to inattention or hyperactivity.4. At the first (stroke)of Big Ben at 11 o39。clock GMT on this cold morning, the crowd (observed)a twominute silence.5. Thousands of men and women, young and old, many with war medals pinned to their suits (marched)past the Cenotaph and (saluted)Prince Charles as they walked down the government district of Whitehall.6. A group of scientists say that if Britain is to meet its overall target for cutting damaging (emissions), other uses of fuel like for (heating) (homes)or (driving) (cars)would have to be cut dramatically.A A C C B BPart Four Testing YourselfSection IWhy Do We Have So Many Magazines?B A D D CSection II . Colleges Turn Portable Music Players into Educational DevicesF F T T T T F TSection III Seed School Aims to Help Students Grow with Skills for LifeAbout the Seed SchoolAbout the Educational Program and the Students—It is one of 1) (the) (few) (public) (boarding) (schools) in the country.—It opened in 2) (1998) . It is a modern, 3) (hightechnology)school in the poorest part of the District of Columbia.—It currently has 4) (more) (than) (300)students.—It is a charter school. This means it is 5) (privately) (operated) but receives 6) (public) (money) . Private gifts also help pay for the school.—The boarding school in the 7) (nation39。s) (capital) is the first opened by the Seed Foundation.—The educational program is designed to prepare students8) (for) (college) .—The boarding program is designed to help them learn 9) (life) (skills) .—The goal of the program is to prepare them for 10) (success) (in) (college)and11) (in) (future) (employment) .—Most of the students are12) (black) . Often they have grown up in areas of 13) (poverty) and 14) (crime) .—Students enter the program in the 15) (seventh) (grade) . They agree to stay for 16) (six) (years) .—Students learn about 17) (personal) (responsibility) . They learn to 18) (balance) (work) (and) (play) . They can help 19)(teach) (younger) (students) , or 20) (do) (munity) (service) .UNIT 5Part One Viewing, Understanding and SpeakingVideo WatchingC A B E D1. Freda put my cell phone in the bathtub while she was taking her bath and now (it) (won39。t) (work).2. The cell phone the man was talking about on TV is a(n) (new) (model). It39。s different.3. You can (match) (anything) (you39。re) (wearing)with New Look Color Contact Lenses.4. Stays put for lip color that lasts and leaves your lips (feeling) (soft) (and) (supple).5. It39。s called an abstract painting. You don39。t have to know what it is about. Just (get) (the) (feeling).6. Ever worried about not being able to pay for something youlove? (Here) (is) (a) (solution)—the Kingston credit card...7. A simple way to pay your bills with no annual fee. (Buy) (now) (and) (pay) (later).8. Oh, plus, the gallery owner said that the artist will be (a) (promising) (young) (man). He39。ll be really famous. This will be a good investment.9. It easily and thoroughly breaks up dirt, (lifting) (it) (away)from the surfaces.10. It removes scuffmarks and dirt from the floors, walls and doors. Even (tough) (crayon) (marks)!Part Two Listening, Understanding and SpeakingListening IColumn AColumn B(E)1. radio program()2. food()3. clothes()4. piano()5. record(B,C)6. magazine(D)7. soap(A)8. furnitureA. Simply SofabedsB.PrimaC.Car BuyerD. CutisE. LBC Pop ReviewF F T F F T T T T F F F F TListening IIF F F T F 1. The exterior symbols of McDonald39。s are: the huge (yellow)