The BBC was founded in 1922, including radio and television services. It is based at Broadcasting House in London.
The BBC is controlled by some governors chosen by the government, but these people have complete freedom and the government can’t interfere. That is to say, the BBC is not the voice of the government. It has to be as fair as possible in giving radio and television time to, for example, political parties and religious groups.
There is a kind of interesting services in Britain--- rental services. Many people prefer to rent their television sets instead of buying them.
The rent for a black-white set is about 80 pence a week (in 1980). The rent of a color set is more than twice that of a black-white set. If the sets go wrong, people can have them mended free of charge or replaced at once.
Everyone who owns or rents a television set has to pay a yearly license. There is no advertising on BBC radio or television. It is from the sale of license that the BBC gets most of its money. A license for a black-white set cost 8 pounds, and for a color set 18 pounds a year.
There are four specialized radio channels, which broadcast different kinds of programs. Radio 1 is mainly pop music. Radio 2 is about light music, sports and other programs. Radio 3 broadcasts serious music, talks on serious subjects, etc. news broadcasts are mainly given by radio 4.
There are special programs for Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and certain parts of England. It also broadcasts programs about Britain--- in many different languages as well as in English to all parts of the world.
1. The officials in charge of the BBC _________________.
A. must stay what the government wants to say
B. should give more time to political parties than to religious groups
C. are elected by the citizens from all over the country
D. can decide things without the permission for the government
2.How does the BBC get most of its money?
A. It gets money from all kinds of advertisements
B. The BBC depends on the rent of TV sets
C. The BBC gets money by mending TV sets that have gone wrong
D. It gets its money mainly by selling license
3.If he wants to watch TV at home, everyone____________.
A. has to buy a television set of his own
B. must rent a TV set
C. has to buy a license once a year
D. can change his broken TV set for a new one without pay
4. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The BBC radio services includes 4 radio channels.
B. The BBC broadcasts to foreign countries only in English.
C. The programs of the four radio channels are not the same.
D. The BBC special programs are not only for foreign countries but also for different areas in its own country.
Here’s a test for young students each week. Here below is Frank’s completed test this week.
Weekly Test 1. I prefer to spend my spare time (a) with my family (b) with my friends (c) on my own. 2 If I have a problem, I prefer to (a) talk to my parents than to my friends. (b) talk to my friends than to my family. (c) solve it on my own. 3. I prefer to study (a) at home with my family around. (b) with my friends. (c) on my own. 4. For my birthday I would prefer to (a) be with my family (b)have a party with lots of friends. (c) go out with just my best friend.
·You get 1 point for each(a), 2 for each(b), and 3 for each(c) ·Go and find out what your score means on the right! | Scores and their meanings： 4-6： Your family is very important to you. You enjoy being with friends but your family comes first. You are kind and always think more of others. 7-9： You have lots of friends and like to have fun. You are close to your family but your friends are quite important to you, too. You are easy-going and generous. 10-12： You probably have one or two close friends, but you’d rather relax with a good book than go to a party. You are confident and like to do things for yourself.
·You can e-mail us at weeklytest@teens.com and tell us whether your result has described a REAL you. |
1. How many points did Frank get in the week’s test?
A.8 B.9 C.10 D. 11
2. From Frank’s result, we may know that .
A. he has many friends and they are the most important to him.
B. his family comes first although he loves being with friends
C. both his family and his friends are very important to him
D. he is a confident young student with only a few close friends
3.We can probably find the test in a __________.
A. tourist guide B. Teens newspaper
C. science magazine D. story book
A short Chinese man seems to be the tallest in the world right now. Jack Ma (Ma Yun), 50, is executive chairman (董事局主席) of Alibaba(阿里巴巴) Group. On Sept 19, Alibaba went public on the New York Stock Exchange (纽约证券交易所), raising $25 billion through an IPO (首次公开发行股票), the biggest in US history. Ma, a former English teacher, has become the richest man on the Chinese mainland.
Born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Ma grew up as a happy kid. At the age of 12, he wanted to learn English. Every morning, he woke up at 5 am, cycled 40 minutes to a hotel near the West Lake where he could chat to foreign tourists. He did it for nine years, rain or shine.
In a 1995 trip to the US, Ma was showed the Internet for the first time. He searched Yahoo using the word “Beer”, and found that there was nothing in there about China. Seeing the chance, Ma returned to China and set up a website called China Pages without even knowing much about computers.
Four years later, 18 people including Ma, his wife and his friends founded Alibaba in Hangzhou. He believed in the Internet business potential (潜力) when few other Chinese did. Now, Alibaba has developed into the world’s largest e-commerce (电子商务) company, owning popular shopping websites like Taobao and Tmall. It makes more profit than Amazon and e-Bay combined.
1. We can tell from the first paragraph that _____.
A. Ababa Group is the biggest company in China
B. Alibaba’s IPO has raised $25 billion
C. Jack Ma used to be a math teacher
D. Jack Ma is the richest man in the world
2. When did Ma and his team found Alibaba?
A. In 1995. B. In 1998.
C. In 1999. D. In 2014.
3. Which is the world’s largest e-commerce company?
A. Alibaba. B. Taobao. C. Amazon. D. e-Bay.
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A Thanksgiving Day article printed in a newspaper told of a school teacher who asked her class of first graders to draw a picture of something they were ________ for. She thought of how little these children from poor neighborhoods really had to be thankful for. ________ she knew that most of them would draw pictures of turkeys(火鸡) or tables with food. The teacher was ________ to see the picture Douglas handed in… a ________hildishly(幼稚地) drawn hand.
But whose hand? The class was greatly interested in the abstract(抽象的) image. “I think it must be the hand of God that brings us food,” said one child. “A farmer,” said another, “because he ________ the turkeys.” ________ when the others were at work, the teacher came over to Douglas’s desk and asked whose hand it was. “It’s your hand, Teacher.” he ________ .
She remembered that very often at break time she had taken Douglas, a short ________ child by the hand. She often did that with the children. But it ________ so much to Douglas. Perhaps this was everyone’s Thanksgiving, not for the material things given to us but for the ________ , in whatever small way, to give to others.
1.A. helpful B. thankful C. useful D. careful
2.A. So B. Because C. But D. Though
3.A. angry B. worried C. sorry D. amazed
4.A. simple B. difficult C. beautiful D. wild
5.A. plants B. makes C. raises D. produces
6.A. Sadly B. Luckily C. Carelessly D. Finally
7.A. whispered B. shouted C. cried D. laughed
8.A. cheerful B. lonely C. funny D. silly
9.A. meant B. said C. needed D. asked
10.A. change B. decision C. chance D. reply
Jane’s mother preferred _______TV at home to ______to the concert.
A. to watch, go B. to watch, going
C. watching, go D. watching, going
Last month, three thousand students took part in the _______ sports meeting.
A. three day B. three days
C. three-day D. three-days
