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* * * * * * * * * * * * * 选自《雅思考官写作 》 People think that the news media have a growing influence on peoples lives nowadays and that this is a negative development. To what extent do you agree or disagree. We are surrounded by the news media; for many of us it is there when we wake up, and it is the last thing we see at night before sleeping. And the media is shaping our thoughts and opinions in ways that we are often unaware of. ? We all love the entertainment and informative aspects of the media, whether it be TV, the Internet, newspapers, magazines, radio, or our MP3 players, yet we are often unaware of the bias inherent in some of the media organizations that we listen to. Governments expect that government controlled media be friendly to the government, while media owned by big business is under control of the capitalist who owns them, and the advertisers who pay the bills. 选自《雅思考官写作 》 It seems to be a cliché but the world seems to be changing faster this century, than at any other time in our history. Learning to cope with these changes is a challenge for all of us, both media consumers and media producers. It is not enough to complain that we are being negatively impacted by these changes, but like we teach children to read and to use computers, perhaps we should also help them to learn how to understand the media better, to think about who is making the information, who is editing the information, and what other factors are involved in its production. ? But does it really matter; perhaps we are better off not being aware of the truth of what is happening around us; perhaps it would damage our images of the peaceful and wonderful world that most of us think we live in. Perhaps ignorance is bliss. 选自《雅思考官写作 》 Increasing the price of petrol is the best way to solve traffic and pollution. What extend do you agree or disagree? What other measures do you think more effective? 选自《雅思考官写作 》 Consumers are very price sensitive. We shop around for the best deal when w