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News plays a significant role in shaping people’s beliefs and opinions. False news has always been a problem in ___________. The following pieces of news are well-travelled legends proved to be not ___________.

Trying to keep warm in ___________ weather, a 50-year-old Cypriot (塞浦路斯人) huddled over his oil heaters. ___________ overturning it, he set himself on fire. ___________ in pain, he ran out and jumped into a nearby river, where he ___________ like a stone and drowned.

Frank Perkins of Los Angeles made an attempt on the world flagpole-sitting record (坐旗杆记录). By the time he came down, eight hours short of the 400-day record, his ___________ had gone bust (破产), his girlfriend had ___________ him and his phone and electricity had been cut off.

In a hospital’s ICU, patients always died in the ___________ bed at about 11:00 a.m. on Sunday morning. This ____________ the doctors and some ____________ thought it had something to do with the supernatural. No one could solve the mystery as to why the deaths ____________ around 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, so out of ____________, a worldwide team of experts gathered to ____________ the cause of the incidents.

The next Sunday morning, all the experts ____________ waited outside the ICU to see what would ____________. Just when the clock struck 11:00, Pookie Johnson, the part-time Sunday ____________, entered the ICU and unplugged (拔出插头) the life support system. ____________, he could use the vacuum cleaner.

After being fact-checked, the above three pieces of news have been ____________ that they were almost entirely ____________.

2 . Vlogging is an increasingly popular activity. And it’s no wonder that with so many_________ vloggers sharing personal experiences in their countries online, young Chinese people have_________ to hear their stories. But what makes American Jerry Kowal_________ outstanding as such an influential vlogger?

In videos, Kowal offers his sincere_________ into current events to his over 53 million followers on video sharing platform Bilibili. _________ other vloggers who tend to focus on one topic, his videos_________ various issues, such as governance, pandemic and_________. After leaving Chengdu for New York in January, Kowal posted_________ America’s measures serve to face the COVID-19 outbreak, having visited local hospitals_________ at the risk of getting infected.

As a responsible citizen journalist, Kowal is deeply concerned about__________ issues. During the protests triggered by George Floyd, an innocent and__________ African American who died while in police custody(拘捕), Kowal__________ questions from his fans about his perspectives and attitude toward this situation. Kowal uploaded an informative video clip explaining that he believed this event was a__________ of racial bias and police violence.

“Vlogs help people learn the culture of other countries...”__________ by CCTV on June 10, he put, “the US, China and everything have all__________ my fancy, which inspires me to tell people what I have seen.”

3 . Over the past month, I have guided my team through the media. From the afternoon to the night, the team _________every day to rehearse（排练）a play which was aimed to lift our class _________ . When I glanced at that crowd of cheering students, I smiled to myself, seeing how our _________ had inspired the students to come together. _________ , I quickly realized that it wasn't all due to our performance, but to the power of the _________ like the Internet and the force of widespread communication, which brought us the _________ .

I often use the media to reach out to my _________ , because through it I am able to _________ different opinions to them. Most of the time, they don't realize it, but once I _________ the topic of media influence, they call it "magic".

In fact, the media has much ____________ now. It has become a channel of communication, and a powerful tool that____________ our views in society. It exists ____________ . In order to improve: my expectations as the "magician", I must be____________ in the media. As I explore the fields: of psychology, I come to ____________ more and more about media. It's ____________to see why so many compare it to "magic", because of its ____________ of influence. When the media can ____________ so many students together and lift the class spirits, it is fair to say that the media ____________ the title.

We live in a world ____________ with media, a world where the media constructs and represents reality. I am a member of this ____________ , and a student of the media.