1、雅思（写作）模拟试卷 130及答案与解析 1 Many newspapers and magazines feature stories about the private lives of famous people. We know what they eat, where they buy their clothes and who they love. We also often see pictures of them in private situations. Is it appropriate for a magazine or newspaper to give this k
2、ind of private information about people? 2 News editors decide what to broadcast on television and what to print in newspapers. What factors do you think influence these decisions? Do we become used to bad news? Would it be better if more good news were reported? 雅思（写作）模拟试卷 130答案与解析 1 【正确答案】 General
3、ly speaking, people read newspapers to find out about world current affairs and they read magazines to be entertained. Therefore, one would expect to find articles that feature the private iives of famous people in magazines rather than newspapers. However, nowadays, more and more newspapers include
4、 stories like these which are neither informative nor useful. In my opinion, this type of gossip about peoples private lives should not be in newspapers for several reasons. Firstly, for example, the fact that Princess Diana is going out with a sportsman is not important news. Secondly, if newspaper
5、s want to publish articles about famous people they should focus on their public events and achievements. In other words, if there is an article about Princess Diana it shouid be about her works of charity, which will increase public awareness of important problems, in addition, journalists should m
6、ake sure that they write about the facts only, not rumours. One should be able to rely on newspapers for the actual truth. Magazines, on the other hand, focus on social news. But I feel it is more acceptable for them to contain some features about famous personalities, in addition to being popuiar r
7、eading, these stories often benefit the stars by giving free publicity to them, thereby helping their careers. However, I also believe that magazine stories should not mention things that are too embarrassing or untrue just to attract people to buy the magazine. Sensational stories, such as these, c
8、ause great unhappiness to the people concerned. In conclusion, I think newspapers should concentrate on real news but magazines can feature some articles on peoples private lives. 2 【正确答案】 The mass media, such as TV and newspapers, are the windows through which the public looks at what changes are t
9、aking place around the world. As for editors, it is really an important, but hard job to select the main news events from the hundreds of updated current items on behalf of their audience or readers, when many factors need to be considered in making such choices. First of all, the news should report
10、 the latest developments as soon as possible and editors react accordingly. What most people are concerned about is themselves and their immediate environment rather than events occurring on other distant continents, so editors also tend to present audiences with more local news. Finally, significan
11、t and unusual events are most newsworthy in the eyes of editors. On this last point, editors seem to display a preference for “bad“ news over “good“ news, because bad news is more uncommon and abnormal. Good weather is just not news, but natural disasters like floods and earthquakes, and their casua
12、lties are another selling point. Therefore, editors frequently seek to base their headlines on something appalling, such as disasters. They have done this so much that we audiences have become used to this kind of reporting. What is presented to audiences and readers directly determines what attitud
13、es they hold towards the world. Reporting too much bad news has many negative effects, such as scaring the public and contributing to their pessimism and sense of insecurity. There is no doubt that increasing the number of good news reports would be advisable and would help to foster a more constructive and optimistic view of the world.
