Question

Many people to newspaper and magazines to express their opinions. Letters to the editor must carry the writer full name, address and telephone number, although the information is not necessary for publication. This requirement to provide personal particulars is a clear indication that writers are held responsible for what they say. When a writer wants his voice heard. He needs to claim ownership of his voice. Responsibility is the name of the game.

 “People today prefer living together to putting their signatures on a marriage certificate because they refuse to accept responsibility for the relationship,” said social worker Ken Yip, “and this is what is causing a lot of family problems.” When we sign a paper, for example, a business contract or a bank document, the signature is symbol of consent, an agreement to take the matter seriously. Most governments and many organizations will not process writer’s complaints if they do not bear the writer’s signature. The absence of a signature, they explain, tells us that the writer cannot be too serious and therefore does not deserve a reply.

There are people who wish to remain anonymous（匿名的）for various reasons. Multi-billionaire Mr. King donates generously to charity several times a year. He gives simply because he wants to help but not for the publicity his donations may bring, and he does not want his good deeds to make news. In other cases, people insist on anonymity because they are afraid of the consequences of revealing their identity. Crime witnesses may be willing to assist the police, but most are unwilling to give their names when reporting a crime.

Name or no name? The answer is very personal and lies in how much we want to get involved. We all have a name, it is a matter if responsibility to it when we make a statement, a claim or an accusation. We all want to honour our own name, and it is only by stamping our expression of an opinion with our own name that we honour what we say.

1.What does the writer mean by saying “Responsibility is the name of the game”?

A. Writers need to provide their personal information in the game.

B. Publication must bear the writer’s full name, address and phone number.

C. Writers should be responsible for their names.

D. Names are required to indicate writers’ responsibility for what they say.

2.The second paragraph suggests that a paper without a signature may       .

A. help to end a relationship

B. not get a reply

C. be accepted all the same

D. become a family problem

3.Some people don’t want their names known because they are         .

A. hesitant to make a donation         B. unwilling to draw public attention

C. afraid of an accusation            D. ready for involvement

4.The passage is mainly about           .

A. honour and writers                  B. identity and signature

C. signature and responsibility           D. anonymity and signature

Answer

1.D  

【解析】推理判断题。根据第一段 “ writers are held responsible for what thet say 可知。

2.B  

【解析】细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句可知。作者没有留下签名等于告诉我们编辑，他们太不严肃，因此不值得回复。

3.B  

【解析】推理判断题。根据第三段可知。匿名的人有很多原因，一是不愿公众所知，成为新闻。二是担心会导致后果，三是不公布罪犯名字有利于案件调查等。

4.C  

【解析】主旨大意题。整篇文章谈论的都是签名与责任的问题。

本文是篇关于签名与责任的议论文。介绍了一些人对于签名的不同观点与态度，以及签名的意义之所在。