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 to which they provide information.
It must reflect that diversity with their news coverage or risk S1.____________
losing their readers' interest and their advertisers' support.
Operating within Seattle, which has 20 percents racial S2. ___________
minorities, the paper has put into place policies an
d procedures for hiring and maintain a diverse workforce. The S3. __________
underlying reason for the change is that for information to be
fair, appropriate, and subjective, it should be reported by the S4. ____________
same kind of population that reads it.
A diversity committee composed of reporters, editors, and
photographers meets regularly to value the Seattle Times' S5. ____________
content and to educate the rest of the newsroom staff about
diversity issues. In an addition, the paper instituted a content S6. ____________
audit (审查) that evaluates the frequency and manner of
representation of woman and people of color in photographs. S7. _____________
Early audits showed that minorities were pictured far too
infrequently and were pictured with a disproportion
ate number of negative articles. The audit results from S8. _____________
improvement in the frequency of majority representation and S9. _____________
their portrayal in neutral or positive situations. And, with a S10. ____________
result, the Seattle Times has improved as a newspaper.
The diversity training and content audits helped the Seattle
Times Company to win the Personnel Journal Optimal Award
for excellence in managing change.
2003年6月21日大学英语六级A卷参考答案
Part I Listening Comprehension 1－20： DBACA DCCBA CBCBD DDABC
Part II Reading Comprehension 21－40： CADCA BCDAA BBDAA CDBDD
Part III Vocabulary And Structure 41－70：ABBAB DDCDB DACDA ABABC CBABC DCBAC
Part IV Error Correction
71.it->they
72.percents->percent
73.maintain->maintaining
74.subjective->objective
75.meets->meet
76.去掉an
77.woman->women
78.from->in
79.majority->minority
80.with->as
Part V
Writing Changes on State-owned Houses and Private Houses of China
6月21日六级听力原文及译文
Section A
Question 1
W: Raise your head a little bit and hold the saddle and smile a little. You look wonderful posing like that. Shall I crack the shutter? Shall I press the shutter?
M: Wait a minute. Let me put on a cowboy hat.
[Q] What are the speakers doing?
W：头在抬起来一点，拿着那个鞍，笑一笑。你摆的姿势太棒了。我可以照了吗？（按快门了吗？）
M：等等，让我戴上这顶牛仔帽。
Q：谈话者在干什么？
Question 2
M: I'm still waiting for my sister to come back and type the application letter for me.
W: Why bother her. I'll show you how to use the computer. It's quite easy.
[Q] What does the woman mean?
M：我在等我姐姐（妹妹）回来帮我打印求职信。
W：干嘛麻烦她？我示范给你看怎么使用电脑。非常简单。
Q：女士的话什么意思？
Question 3
M: Hey, where did you find the journal? I need it, too.
W: Right here on the shelf. Don't worry, John. I'll take it out on my card for both of us.
[Q] What does the woman mean?
M：你在哪找到那本杂志的？我也需要。
W：我用我的（借书）卡借出来
Q：女士的话什么意思？
Question 4
M: Thank you for your helpful assistance. Otherwise, I'd surely have missed it. The place is so out of the way.
W: It was a pleasure meeting you. Good bye!
[Q] Why did the man thank the woman?
M：谢谢你的帮助，不然我真迷路了，这地方太偏了。
W：很高兴遇见你。再见！
Q：男士为什么感谢女士？
Question 5
W: We are informed that the eleven thirty train is late again.
M:
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