第三次段考 雜誌U13 選擇填空

畫線部分可以用哪個句子替換？

"The first casualty of war is the truth," or so the old saying goes.

• as the old saying goes

• as the old saying has it

What does the underlined part mean?

One group of professionals make it their mission to protect the truth from the ravages of war.

• have no intention to their task

• fail to accomplish their task

• ignore the needs to

• dedicate themselves to

One could, for example, point to ancient army messengers _____ took news of battles back to their leaders.

• which

• , which

• who

• , who

請排列以下句子：

that war correspondents

the rise of newspapers

as we think of them today

It wasn't until

came into being.

What's the meaning of the underlined word?

Arguably, the first war correspondent in the modern sense was a reporter named John Bell.

• definitely
• undoubtedly
• indisputably
• open to debate

His aim _____ send his newspaper a regular and faithful diary of events that might be of interest to its readers.

• is that

• was that

• is to

• was to

What does the underlined part mean?

His aim was to send his newspaper a regular and faithful diary of events that might be of interest to its readers.

• attract the attention of

• be valuable to

• sadden

• concern

What does the underlined word mean?

"I shall write frequently in the field, or under the first hedge that affords me safe retreat."

• provide or supply
• deny or refuse
• ignore or neglect
• destroy or demolish

What does the underlined part mean?

As the profession has developed, however, the role of modern war correspondents has grown beyond just giving blow-by-blow accounts of battles.

• Poetic descriptions of battles
• Historical analysis of battles
• Detailed and continuous reports of battles
• Summarized overview of battles

畫線部分可用哪些字會替代？

Today, war correspondents aim to capture the human side of the conflicts they report on.

• depict

• portray

• seize

• illustrate