Directions Read the texts
from a magazine article in which five people talked about censor and censorship.
For questions 61 to 65, match each people to one of the statements (A to G)
given below. A mother Just think you are
in the position of a parent. Would you allow your children to read any book they
wanted to without first checking its contents Would you take our children to
see any film without first finding out whether it is suitable for them Most of
you might answer "no". Then you are exercising your right as a parent to protect
your children from what you consider to be undesirable influences. In other
words, by acting as a censor yourself, you are admitting that there is a strong
case for censorship. A driver
Of course children need protection and it is the parents’ responsibility
to provide it. But what about adults Aren’t they old enough to decide what is
good for them Aren’t they have a good sense to solve their own problems
Different people have different tastes and interests. Why bother to limit and
control the way people feel and think An
actor It is disgraceful that a censor should interfere
with works of art. Who is this person to ban this great book or cut that great
film No one can set himself up as a superior being. The so called censorship is
no more than a few people’s subjective decisions. How can they distinguish
between works of art and others A government
official Where genuine works of art are concerned,
modern censors are extremely liberal in their views—often far more liberal than
a large section of the public. In fact, some of the books or films we permitted
are even considered "inappropriate" by a part of them. And for those books,
plays and films which come before the censor, I would say the great proportion
of them are very far from being "works of art." A
teacher Just imagine what disorder there would be if we
lived in a society without laws! Like the law, censorship contributes to the
common good. One of the great things that censorship does is to prevent certain
people from making fat profits by corrupting the minds of others. When
censorship laws are relaxed, unscrupulous people are given a license to produce
almost anything in the name of "art". Society would really be the poorer if it
deprived itself of the wise counsel and the restraining influence which a censor
provides. Statements A. Artistic merit is something which censors clearly
recognize. B. Censorship is for the benefit of children. C. Censorship
helps to maintain social order. D. Censorship is not consistent with the
ideal of democracy. E. Censors do not have the right to judge works of
art. F. Censorship interferes adults’ freedom. G. Works of art is
something beyond censors’ understanding. A teacher