【正文】 KFC announced that no evidence had been found to support the story. This phenomenon is largely a product of the increasing pressure in newsrooms that care more about traffic figures. Brooke Binkowski, an editor, says that, during her career, she has seen a shift towards less editorial oversight in newsrooms. “Clickbait is king, so newsrooms will uncritically print something unreal. Not all newsrooms are like this, but a lot of them are.” Asked what the driving factor was, a journalist said, “You’ve an editor breathing down your neck and you have to meet your targets. And there are some young journalists on the market who are inexperienced and who will not do those checks. So much news that is reported online happens online. There is no need to get out and knock on someone’s door. You just sit at your desk and do it.” Another journalist says, “There is definitely pressure to churn out (粗制濫造 ) stories in order to get clicks, because they equal money. At my former employer in particular, the pressure was on I Sp2 Sp1 P2 C P1 P2 I P2P2 CC P1P1 Sp2 Sp2 Sp1Sp1 P2 I Sp2 Sp1 P3 C P1 P2 I Sp2 Sp1 P3 C P1 due to the limited resources. That made the environment quite horrible to work in.” In a February 2020 report for Digital Journalism, Craig Silverman wrote, “Today the bar for what is worth giving attention to seems to be much lower. Within minutes or hours, a badly sourced report can be changed into a story that is repeated by dozens of news websites, resulting in tens of thousands of shares. Once a certain critical mass is reached, repetition has a powerful effect on belief. The rumor(傳聞 ) bees true for readers simply by virtue of its ubiquity.” And, despite the direction that some newsrooms seem to be heading in, a critical eye is being more, not less important, according to the New York Times’ public editor, Margaret Sullivan. “Reporters and editors have to be more careful than ever before. It’s extremely important to question and to use every verification(驗證 ) method available before publication.” Yet those working in newsrooms talk of doubtful stories being tolerated because, in the words of some senior editors, “a click is a click, regardless of the advantage of a story”. And, “if the story does turn out to be false, it’s simply a chance for another bite at the cherry.” Verification and factchecking are regularly falling victim to the pressure to bring in the numbers, and if the only result of being caught out is another chance to bring in the clicks, that looks unlikely to change. 67. According to Brooke Binkowski, newsrooms produce false news because _____. A. clicks matter a lot B. resources are limited C. budgets are inadequate D. journalists lack experience 68. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 probably mean? A. Lies can’t sell without an atom of truth. B. Rumors are like a flame blown by the wind. C. You can hear rumors, but you can’t know them. D. A lie, repeated often enough, will end up as truth. 69. What’s Margaret Sullivan’s attitude towards false news online? A. Negative. B. Supportive. C. Sceptical. D. Neutral. 70. What is the passage mainly about? A. Consequences of false stories. B. Causes of online false news. C. Inpetence of journalists. D. A craze to get clicks. 第二節(jié)（共 5 小題；每小題 2 分，共 10 分） 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的七個選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。 Stop Negative Talk “I’m so fat,” one of your friends says. The girl next to her joins in, “Well, I hate my hair today.” Without thinking, you respond: “No, you are not fat! I am fat. And my hair is flat and boring.” 71 It is easy for people to engage in selfcritical conversations, and once it starts there is often pressure for you to join in. 72 Maybe it is because “just talking” feels harmless. But before you know it, those opinions flow out of your conversations and into your life, where they start eating away at your selfrespect. 73 When you start talking about yourself in a negative way, you are not only affecting your selfrespect, but your friends’! When you criticize yourself, your friends might think you have the same standards for them. You have heard that it is important to treat others the way you want to be treated, but there is also value in treating yourself like you treat your friends. If you wouldn’t criticize your friend for the same thing, chances are that you are being too hard on yourself. So, don’t start it. But what if someone else starts? For example, your friend feels insecure about how well he played in his soccer game, so he puts himself down: “I suck at soccer.” 74 Ask him, “Do you really think that? Why?” Maybe he is actually upset about a ment someone made, or is just getting down on himself over one bad play. Whatever it is, talking through the real issue will help him more than slipping into another negative talk. It is important to talk to your friend about your insecurities, but make sure you are not talking about them just to put yourself down. 75 Instead of just focusing on the negative, talk about what makes you and your friends beautiful and unique—including what you love about your body and what you have acplished. When you show yourself love, you set yourself as an example, and everyone benefits from you positively. A. Negative talk affects selfrespect. B. Criticizing yourself helps nobody. C. But why do we hesitate to praise ourselves? D. But why is it acceptable to talk so negatively? E. All it takes is just one ment and the negative talk starts. F. It is better to resist negative conversations and create more balanced ones. G. Before everyone puts himself down, see if you can get to the root of the problem. 第四部分 ： 書面表達 (共兩節(jié)， 35分 ) 第一節(jié)（ 15 分） 假設你是紅星中學高三學生李華。你的英國