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An issue that many corporate executives ignore is the possibility that aggressive people seek reinforcement for their own destru

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问题     An issue that many corporate executives ignore is the possibility that aggressive people seek reinforcement for their own destructive acts. Television violence, for instance, and the widespread public concern accompanying it have led to calls for strict controls on the depiction of violent programs.
    In their decision making, some producers do not take responsibility for the equally important minority. Instead, they may gear their content toward the masses, who crave sexually explicit and violent action. Fortunately, this group has the ability to disseminate violent action rationally, realizing that in reality, people who commit acts of violence have to compensate for their actions by taking full responsibility for the harm they cause to others.
    Not everyone can distinguish fact from fantasy. Studies show that in one week of content analysis of prime-time output on seven New York City channels, there were 3, 421 acts and threats of violence observed. Children’s fictional entertainment programs had three times the frequency of violent acts or threats recorded in adult programs.
    Similarly, aggressive adults are seeking reinforcement for their own anti-social behavior from seeing attractive television characters behave in the same way. Behavioral evidence has indicated that the anti-social effects of violent television portrayals are strongest and are most likely to occur among individuals who are already aggressive. The ethical question is, should television submit to mass appeal or take into consideration the effects on certain members of society, including children? The consequences of televising violence are not only harmful to some viewers but concurrently affect the television stations in the form of loss of viewers and possibly gaining a bad reputation. Even though many associations have been condemning television violence, their efforts have had little effect on the large money-making corporations.
    In his article, " Sex and Violence " , Joe Saltzman states, " If, as producers argue, violence is a part of the human condition, then so is responsibility. In real life, you just do not commit mayhem and then go on to the next scene. "
    It is also necessary to realize that violence is part of our nature and of our life. Almost every day we are participants and observers of violence, whether it is natural violence, theatrical or fictional violence, sporting event violence, or political violence. To exclude all scenes of violence form television would be to falsify the picture of life. Television media can " encourage or aid " destructive behavior, not " cause " it. We hope that the decision makers will promote strong moral, ethical values in their decision making or at least consider them, in order to help prevent our violent self-destructive behavior.
The " mayhem " Joe Saltzman’s mentioned refers to______.
选项 A、responsibility
B、disorder and confusion
C、violent crime
D、embarrassment
答案C
解析 词义题；首先寻找mayhem这个考点词在原文的位置，其实词汇题考查生僻词对我们考生是大有裨益的，首先可以排除背景知识的干扰，其次可以更加快速地完成定位的过程，我们在第五段的最后一句话中可以找到这样的信息，“In real life，you just do not commit mayhem and then go on to the next scene”，从这个句子要表达的“在现实生活中，你不可以做了______，然后就一走了之了”的意思来看，对比4个选项，A表示“责任”，B表示“无序混乱”；C表示“暴力活动”；D表示“尴尬”，从上下文的搭配程度，结合文章讨论的主题，以及我们对commit表示的commit a crime之类的表达的认识，这里最恰当的答案就是“暴力活动”了，考生也可以从前面一句话的主语中去寻找答案，也可以对应到violence上来。
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