13.A.occurred to B.took to
C.appealed to D.held to
14.A.change B.chance C.mission D.function
15.A.seriously B.proudly C.casually D.naturally
17.A.proved B.showed C.stressed D.meant
18.A.pushing B.dragging C.lifting D.rushing
19.A.admiring B.pitying C.annoying D.teasing
20.A.over B.aside C.behind D.out
第二节 任务型阅读
People select news in expectation of a reward.This reward may be either of two kinds.One is related to what Freud calls the Pleasure Principle,the other to what he calls the Reality Principle.For want of better names,we shall call these two classes immediate reward and delayed reward.
In general,the kind of news which may be expected to give immediate reward are news of crime and corruption,accidents and disasters,sports,social events,and human interest.Delayed reward may be expected from news of public affairs,economic matters,social problems,science,education,and health.
News of the first kind pays its rewards at once.A reader can enjoy an indirect experience without any of the dangers or stresses involved.He can tremble wildly at an axe-murder,shake his head sympathetically and safely at a hurricane,identify himself with the winning team,laugh understandingly at a warm little story of children or dogs.
News of the second kind,however,pays its rewards later.It sometimes requires the reader to tolerate unpleasantness or annoyance-as,for example,when he reads of the threatening foreign situation,the mounting national debt,rising taxes,falling market,scarce housing,and cancer.It has a kind of "threat value".It is read so that the reader may be informed and prepared.When a reader selects delayed reward news,he pulls himself into the world of surrounding reality to which he can adapt himself only by hard work.When he selects news of the other kind,he usually withdraws from the world of threatening reality toward the dream world.