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Unit 1 The mass media
Reading dictation
1.Firefighters quickly ____ ____(扑灭) the Henderson Tower fire last night .
2.The fire , which ___ ______ ___ (被认为)have started from the 8th floor , spread quickly through the ____ ____(大楼)on Sunday night , ____ people on the upper floors ____ ____(让...被困).
3.Fire engines and ambulances ,____ (呼叫) at 9:30 p . m ., ____ ____ ____ (赶到现场)within 15 minutes .
4. Firefighters ____ the situation ____ ____(控制住)around 11 p . m .
5.A terrible fire ____ ____(突然发生) on Sunday night , leaving the Henderson Tower seriously ____ (破坏) .
6.By this morning ,4 people ____ ____ ____ ____ (已经确认死亡).
7. The fire has also left ____ ____(数十) people injured , ____ ____ ____ (其中五人)are____ ____ ____ ____(伤势严峻)
8. Mr Peterson , ____ (负责人) of the fire service , ____ (证实,确认)that a dropped ____ (香烟) end on a ____ (地毯) of the 8th floor started the fire and that the ____ (自动的) fire alarms did not ____ ____ (发出声音)quickly enough to prevent the disaster .
9. A team is currently ________ (调查)the accident ____ (进一步地).
10. We should read news ____ (批判性地).
11. How do these differences ____ ____ (发生)?
12. ____ ____ ____ ____ (明智地做法是) remember that journalists may have different ____ (优先事项), which would influence how they report an event .
13. When we read more than one report , we come to understand an event ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ (更全面地) .
14. Even if news reports are written ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ (从基本相同的角度), they may contradict each other ____ ____ ____ (就...而言,在...方面)factual details , as events in the real world are usually complicated and constantly changing .
15.We also need to ____ ____ ____ (批判性的对待) the information we receive and remember____ (不要) to blindly trust what we have read .
1.Firefighters quickly put out the Henderson Tower fire last night .
2.The fire , which is thought to have started from the 8th floor , spread quickly through the tower block on Sunday night , leaving people on the upper floors trapped .
3.Fire engines and ambulances