The Seattle Times Company is one newspaper firm that has recognized the need for change and done something about it. In the newspaper industry, papers must reflect the diversity of the communities for which they provide information. It must __1__ reflect that diversity with their news coverage or risk losing their readers' interest and their advertisers' support. Operating within Seattle, which has 20 percents racial minorities, the __2__ paper has put into place polices and procedures for hiring and maintain a diverse workforce. The underlying reason for __3__ the change is that for information to be fair, appropriate, and ubjective, it should be reported by the same kind of population __4__ that reads it.
A diversity committee composed of reporters, editors, and photographers meets regularly to evaluate The Seattle Times' __5__ content and to educate the rest of the newsroom staff about diversity issues. In an addition, the paper instituted a content __6__ audit that evaluates the frequency and manner of representation of woman and people of color in photographs. Early audits __7__ showed that minorities were pictured far too infrequently and were pictured with a disproportionate number of negative articles.
The audit results from improvement in the frequency of __8__ majority, representation and their portrayal in neutral or positive __9__ situations. And, with a result, The Seattle Times has improved __10__ as a newspaper. The diversity training and content audits helped
The Seattle Times Company to win the Personal Journal Optima's Award for excellence in managing change.
【答案】
1 將it改為they.這里先行詞為復(fù)數(shù)名詞papers,故應(yīng)用復(fù)數(shù)代詞they/
2 percents改為percent.在表示分?jǐn)?shù)時(shí),percent總是用單數(shù). 考試大
3 將maintain改為maintaining.這里maintaining和hiring并列,并共同作介詞for的賓語.
4 將subjective改為objective.根據(jù)上下文,此處應(yīng)該表示 “客觀的”之意.
5 將meets改為meet.committee為集合名詞,如果看作一個(gè)整體,謂語動(dòng)詞要用復(fù)數(shù).
6 刪除an.固定短語 in addition 作 “另外”解.
7 將woman改為women
8 將from改為in.result in 作 “導(dǎo)致引起”講.
9 將majority改為minority
10 with改為as.固定搭配 as a result 作“因此,結(jié)果”講.
A diversity committee composed of reporters, editors, and photographers meets regularly to evaluate The Seattle Times' __5__ content and to educate the rest of the newsroom staff about diversity issues. In an addition, the paper instituted a content __6__ audit that evaluates the frequency and manner of representation of woman and people of color in photographs. Early audits __7__ showed that minorities were pictured far too infrequently and were pictured with a disproportionate number of negative articles.
The audit results from improvement in the frequency of __8__ majority, representation and their portrayal in neutral or positive __9__ situations. And, with a result, The Seattle Times has improved __10__ as a newspaper. The diversity training and content audits helped
The Seattle Times Company to win the Personal Journal Optima's Award for excellence in managing change.
【答案】
1 將it改為they.這里先行詞為復(fù)數(shù)名詞papers,故應(yīng)用復(fù)數(shù)代詞they/
2 percents改為percent.在表示分?jǐn)?shù)時(shí),percent總是用單數(shù). 考試大
3 將maintain改為maintaining.這里maintaining和hiring并列,并共同作介詞for的賓語.
4 將subjective改為objective.根據(jù)上下文,此處應(yīng)該表示 “客觀的”之意.
5 將meets改為meet.committee為集合名詞,如果看作一個(gè)整體,謂語動(dòng)詞要用復(fù)數(shù).
6 刪除an.固定短語 in addition 作 “另外”解.
7 將woman改為women
8 將from改為in.result in 作 “導(dǎo)致引起”講.
9 將majority改為minority
10 with改為as.固定搭配 as a result 作“因此,結(jié)果”講.