《2025年实验班提优大考卷八年级英语上册译林版》

Help Children Think Critically About News
| | • Children aged eight were 1. interested in news.
• Two-thirds of the young 2. failed to tell whether the news was real or not. |
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| Results of the survey | |
| 3. Tips for helping children think critically about news | Help decide if a source can be trusted
• Find out the creator of the news.
• Make 4. sure that news should not present opinions as facts.
• Don't 5. miss any important people in the story.
Explain why some media make use of people's feelings
• Attract much attention with sensationalist news titles.
• Make a difference to votes by spreading wrong 6. information.
Discuss how news media report the stories differently
• Compare stories they read with others from different sources to consider whether their ideas are 7. honest.
• Have a discussion with children about what they think of the news. |
8. What makes it difficult for children to understand events?
The spread of wrong information.
9. How can parents help children decide which news programmes to watch?
By discussing children's feelings about news.
10. Why do people need trustworthy news?
To help make decisions in life.

答案： 1. interested [解析]根据第一段中的"The survey found children as young as eight were interested in news."可知,调查发现,8岁的孩子对新闻感兴趣。
2. failed [解析]根据第一段中的"The survey also found only one-third of young people felt they could tell whether the news they read was real or not."可知,只有三分之一的年轻人觉得他们能分辨出所读新闻的真假。因此,有三分之二的年轻人无法分辨新闻的真假。fail to do sth表示"未能做某事",句子为一般过去时,动词用过去式。
3. Tips [解析]根据第二段"Here are some things adults can do to help children think critically(批判地) about news."可知,本文给出了几个成年人可以帮助孩子进行批判性思考新闻的方法;结合空后的"for helping"可知,tips"提示"符合语境。注意首字母大写。
4. sure [解析]根据第三段中的"Does it show facts straight or does it include opinions? If opinions are presented as facts, this may lead to wrong ideas."可知,应该确保新闻不应将观点当作事实。make sure确保。
5. miss [解析]根据第三段中的"Does it include(包含) all the important people?"可知,要了解新闻中的重要人物有没有被遗漏,miss"错过"符合语境,助动词"Don't"后用动词原形。
6. information [解析]根据第四段中的"Adults can also explain to children why people spread（传播）wrong information, such as changing people's minds on who to vote for or attracting more clicks."可知,为了改变人们投票给谁的想法,人们可能会传播错误的信息。
7. honest [解析]根据第五段中的"In some stories people don't present their ideas honestly. In these cases, it's best to find other news sources to see how they are reporting the story."可知,需要将孩子们阅读的故事与其他不同来源的故事进行比较,以判断其观点是否真实可信。honest意为"诚实的",形容词作表语。
8. The spread of wrong information. [解析]根据第一段中的"However, the spread of wrong information makes it difficult for children to understand events."可知,错误信息的传播使孩子们很难了解事实。
9. By discussing children's feelings about news. [解析]根据第四段中的"Discussing children's feelings about news helps them decide which news programmes to watch."可知,讨论孩子们对新闻的感受有助于他们决定观看哪些新闻节目。
10. To help make decisions in life. [解析]根据最后一段中的"News that can be trusted is important to society. People need it to help make decisions in their lives."可知,可信的新闻对社会很重要,因为人们需要它来帮忙在生活中做出决定。