6．Recently some stars have been criticized by the public for their endorsing（代言） false medicines，tainted milk products and so on．An online surevey asked if celebrity（名人） spokes-persons should bear responsibility for endorsing false or bad products．Thirty-four percent answered"yes"．They said that the celebrities had betrayed the trust of the people and should be more morally responsible．
They are right．But what's more inportant is that we should train ourselves to be wise enough not to blindly accept what is being sold，even by our favorite stars．
No doubt，television advertisements-together with other media products-inform and entertain us．But，too often，there are hidden messages in the information we receive．The songs we hear，the images we see，and the articles we read，are carefully selected to convey political，cultural，economic and moral（道德的） messages．The mass media delivers us these messages in an attempt to persuade us into believing or buying whatever is being pushed．
The question is：should we always believe what the advertisement or mass media says？The answer is that we should use our minds to dig out the hidden meaning and rely on our own judgment to make a choice．
In some countries，students take a course called"media literacy（素养）"．They learn to analyze the mass media．They are encouraged to challenge everything they see or hear and to do research into missing views．They learn to ask questions and to be critical thinkers．
The training of independent thinking is important for Chinese teenagers，too．Always ask yourself．Who sent this message？Why？What points of view may have been ignored here？How might other people understand this message differently？
After answering these questions，we will be better prepared to make a decision on whether to buy the products or not．
54．At the beginning，the writer mentioned celetrity spokespersons toB．
A．stress that they are to blame for misleading people to buy those faulty goods．
B．call on us to think more about the product rather than believe the celebrity spokespersons．
C．point out the ignored holes in current advertisement laws
D．warn us that we shouldn't blindly worship our idols
55．In order to train ourselves to think critically，we need to do the following EXCEPTC．
A．analyze the intention of the messages presented．
B．ask questions about what we see and hear．
C．make a decision after asking for other's opinions．
D．dig out the missing views behind the information．
56．The underlined word"betrayed"can be replaced by the phrase ofA．
A．turned agginst
B．looked down upon
C．lived up to
D．used up．
57．Which is the main point the author focuses on in the pas-sage？D
A．Advertisement making．
B．Hidden messages．
C．Mass media．
D．Media literacy．
分析 本文属于社会现象类阅读，文章主要描述的是名人虚假宣传带来的影响以及我们的应对措施，作者呼吁我们要提高辨别意识．不要盲目相信明星代言的产品．
解答 54．B．细节理解题．根据第二段They are right．But what's more inportant is that we should train ourselves to be wise enough not to blindly accept what is being sold，even by our favorite stars．可知，作者在提醒我们不要盲目地相信明星的代言，要有自己的判断，也就是号召我们要多考虑产品，而不是名人的宣传；故选B．
55．C．细节理解题．根据第三段的The answer is that we should use our minds to dig out the hidden meaning and rely on our own judgment to make a choice．可知我们要利用自身的智慧挖掘出隐藏在宣传背后的产品信息，并独自做出选择，可排除D项；是独自做出判断，而不是询问别人做判断，C项的表述是错误的；第四段They are encouraged to challenge everything they see or hear and to do research into missing views．They learn to ask questions and to be critical thinkers．提示我们要质疑看到或听到的宣传，分析信息所传递的意图，可排除A和B项；故选C．
56．A．词意猜测题．开头一句Recently some stars have been criticized by the public for their endorsing（代言） false medicines，tainted milk products and so on．提到许多名人因为虚假宣传而受到批评，自然是背叛了公众的信任，所以和turn against（和…作对，反对，背叛，）意思接近，故选A．look down upon瞧不起，蔑视；live up to不辜负；use up用光．
57．D．写作意图题．根据短文内容的描述以及倒数第三段In some countries，students take a course called"media literacy（素养）"．可知，文章主要描述的是名人虚假宣传的影响以及我们的应对措施，总的说是强调对媒体的识别能力需要提高；故选D．
点评 本文主要考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的判断．在做推理判断题时不要以个人的主管想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．
