Which of the following is NOT one of the factors affecting the result of changing children

The invention of the method of altering childrens behavior. is owing to______.

A．the desirable behavior

B．reinforced practice

C．decades of study

D．replacement of unwanted behaviors

Which of the following best summarizes the main idea of the text?

A．We should regard such entertainment as an important part of our cultural heritage.

B．Entertainment was much better in the past than today.

C．We should never underestimate the skills used to deceive.

D．We need to make more people aware of this unique form. of entertainment.

It can be concluded from the text that______.

A．the entertainment died out as society became more skeptical

B．the skills the entertainment employed were part of its ultimate demise

C．the entertainment used highly skilled understanding of human nature

D．the entertainment served a very important part role in the lives of people

According to the author, the entertainment he discusses was so popular because______.

A．people didn"t know they were being tricked

B．people liked the performances and the chance to test their own judgment

C．people had a double consciousness of love and hate of it

D．people merely treated it an interesting game of deciding which was real and not

It can be learned from this text that the types of entertainment discussed______.

A．have become increasingly popular among scholars since the 1980s

B．were so sophisticated that audiences suspected nothing

C．actually involved very little actual fraud

D．were successful in discouraging people from doubting their perceptions

The author thinks current entertainment is inferior to that from the past because______.

A．it is not lively and doesn"t have enough charlatanism

B．the choices are controlled by corporate electronic media

C．there is a lack of funding towards quality entertainment

D．people"s values have changed for the worse

The text is most likely part of a______.

A．news article

B．column

C．research report

D．preface

Who are the kinds of reporters the writer seems to admire most?

A．Reporters who are highly trained.

B．Reporters who won"t sully themselves.

C．Reporters who are willing to sacrifice to chase after a story.

D．Reporters who know how to sift through a lot of information.

There is large concentration of ownership today______.

A．so the quality standards from them have declined

B．although competition among them has increased

C．but the standards among newsrooms have improved over the years

D．and this means that the qualifications of reporters is declining

The main idea of the first paragraph is that______.

A．there are too many ethical scandals going on in newspapers

B．there is a perception that newspapers should do more to correct mistakes

C．this has been a rough time for newspapers and many are wondering what is wrong

D．newsrooms are suffering from a decline in standards