Decide whether the following correspondences are communicating： Hi Mike, I sincerely appreciate your filling in for me last week when I was too ill to attend the committee meeting for the summer exhibition. Without your participation much of my preparatory work would have been lost. It’s comforting to know that competent and generous individuals like you are part of our team, Mike. Moreover, it’s my good fortune to be able to have you as a friend. I’m grateful to what you have done for me. Yours best, John

A、Facts

B、Opinions

C、Emotions

D、/

Decide whether the following starements are true or false. 1. To Chomsky, it is almost impossible to study the media in the manner of scholarship. 2. Almost all work in the media analysis is in making the assumptions about the nature and structure of the media. 3. The real mass media are basically trying to divert people and the important contents are reserved for the elite media to manage. 4. There are filtering devices in academic institutions such as university to weed out people who think indepently and don't comform to the power system. 5. The New York Times makes money via two channels: selling newspapers to its audience and selling advertisements to big corporations.

Decide whether the following sentences chosen from a letter are communicating facts, opinions and/or emotions. Mr. Thomson, the postman of our area deserves to be fired. He does not deliver the mails in time. Sometimes, he throws the packages in the open courtyards instead of putting it properly into the letter boxes installed in the houses. I have seen him even handing down letters to little children. Above all, Mr. Thomson is very rude and discourteous. He is not ready to own his mistake when it is brought to his notice. Sometimes, he delivers the newspapers carelessly to wrong houses, without reading the addresses properly. It is, therefore, requested that Mr. Thomson should preferably be replaced by a more competent postman or at least he should be brought to a training.

A、Communicating facts

B、Communicating opinions

C、Communicating emotions

D、All above

Decide whether each of the following statements is Fact (F), Opinion (O) or Fact+Opinion(F+O) 1. Rice grows in a warm, wet climate. A. Fact B. Opinion C. Fact + Opinion 2. Rice is far better with stir-fried vegetables than noodles are. A. Fact B. Opinion C. Fact + Opinion 3. Brown rice provides more B vitamins than white rice does. A. Fact B. Opinion C. Fact + Opinion 4. White rice is the result of milling that removes much of the grain's nutrients; thus people should eat only brown rice. A. Fact B. Opinion C. Fact + Opinion 5. Comic strips are never suitable reading for young children. A. Fact B. Opinion C. Fact + Opinion 6. In 1907, the San Francisco Chronicle began publishing the first daily comic strip---"Mr. Mutt," later named "Mutt and Jerf." A. Fact B. Opinion C. Fact + Opinion 7. Before Popeye the Sailor became a children's cartoon character, he was a freely swearing character in an adult comic strip. A. Fact B. Opinion C. Fact + Opinion 8. Fighting during hockey games should be outlawed. A. Fact B. Opinion C. Fact + Opinion 9. Basketball was invented in 1891 when a YMCA instructor created a game using two peach baskets and a soccer ball. A. Fact B. Opinion C. Fact + Opinion 10. Baseball players have been known to do some really ridiculous things; for example, some players break in a new glove by rubbing it with shaving cream. A. Fact B. Opinion C. Fact + Opinion

Decide whether each of the following statements is Fact (F) or Opinion (O) 1. A person’s opinions are always right or wrong. A. Fact B. Opinion 2. George Washington was the first president of the United States. A. Fact B. Opinion 3. Last night, a tree outside our house was struck by lightning. A. Fact B. Opinion 4. The waiters at that restaurant are rude, and the food costs twice as much as it’s worth. A. Fact B. Opinion 5. Tom Cruise and Halle Berry are the most gorgeous movie stars in Hollywood today. A. Fact B. Opinion