2002年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题参考答案

　　Part B

　　W：When I was getting divorced in 1975，reporters and cameramen were camped out for days in the lobby and on the sidewalk outside.They came from all over the country.Foreign reporters too.It was terrible.My neighbors could barely get in and out of the building. One reporter，who had been a friend of mine，got up to my apartment after persuading the doorman into believing that he was there on a personal visit.I wouldnt let him in .He just wanted to talk，he said.I was certain that he had a camera and wanted a picture of me looking depressed.I just couldnt believe this attempt to invade my privacy.TV is the worst.TV reporters present themselves as having the perfect right to be anywhere，to ask any question.It doesnt matter how personal the matter may be.

　　People dont trust the press the way they used to. In most cases，stories are sensationalized in order to attract more public attention. Some papers print things that simply are not true.In many papers，if a correction has to be made，its usually buried among advertisements.Ive received hundreds of letters from people asking me how do you know whats true in the press these days.I find it difficult to respond sometimes.I tell them that there are good newspapers and serious，responsible and honest reporters.Dont judge all of us by the standards of the bad ones.Unless the guys at the top—the editors and the news directors-take firm action，pretty soon no one is going to believe anything they read in the papers of see on television news.

　　M：You now have 50 seconds to check your answers to Questions 6-10.

　　Part C

　　（一）

　　M：Next time you bring your kids in for a checkup，dont be surprised if the doctor asks about their tastes in entertainment.The American Academy of Medicine suggested last week that doctors work with parents to evaluate how much TV kids watch and what they see， what video and computer games they play，which websites they visit on the Internet，whether they view R-rated videos without the company of their parents，what music they like and what books they read.Doctors are worried that kids who spend too much time in front of the tube dont get enough exercise and can become overweight.The academy is also concerned that the messages kids get from entertainment media can make them more violent and sexually active.

　　The academy recommends that children under age two not watch any TV.“Children need activities to stimulate the brain during the first two years of life，”says Dr.Miriam Baron，who chairs the academys committee on public education.“They need feedback and socialization.”Older children，she says，should watch TV in a common area.Their bedrooms should be “electronic media-free”zones where they can have a quiet place to read，study，play or just relax.

　　W：You now have 30 seconds to check your answers to Questions 11-13.

　　（二）

　　W：If youre in your 20s，you own your first car，your career is more or less launched，and youre starting to look forward to owning a home.But youre worried，too.Perhaps youve got some debt.You probably dont have much in the way of savings.And with all your expenses，it doesnt look like youll be able to improve that situation soon.

　　If you wonder how to cut corners，theres an obvious place to look-at your spending habits.

　　Do you buy a soda each weekend？Waste $ 1 a day for 40 years and，when youre set to retire，youll find your account is short by $ 190，000.Grab a calculator and youll discover that，over 40 years going out to dinner twice a month at $ 40 each time amounts to half a million.Even a pack-a day cigarette habit will lighten your retirement account by $ 330，000.And the same with cable TV and those cool earrings.They will probably amount to as much as one million.

　　So，the first clue to accumulating wealth is this：focus on your spending habits.Here are a couple of tricks to help you save even if you swear you can't afford to. Stop buying things that fall rather than rise in value.Pay yourself first：Before you pay the monthly bills，send $ 25 to a mutual fund. Stop spending coins.From nwo on，spend only paper currency，and keep the change every day.Get your family involved，and youll double your savings.Use discount tickets at the supermarket—but use them correctly.How？ If you really want to make these tickets worthwhile，you actually must invest into your mutual fund the amount you save by using the tickets.Otherwise，youre wasting your time—and your money.

　　M：You now have 30 seconds to check your answers to Questions 14-16.