British Broadcasting Corporation(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 government can’t interfere. That is, the BBC is not the mouthpiece (喉舌) 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 (租借) services. Many people prefer to rent their television sets instead of buying them. The rent for a black and white set is about 80 pence a week. The rent of a color set is more than twice that of a black and white set. If the sets go wrong, people can have them repaired free of charge or replace immediately.

Everyone who owns or rents a television set has to pay a yearly licence, there is no advertising on BBC radio or television. It is from the sale of licence that the BBC gets most of its money. A licence for a black and white set costs 8 pounds, and for a color set 18 pounds a year.

There are four specialized radio channels, which broadcast different kinds of programmes. Radio I is mainly pop music. Radio 2 deals with light music, sports and other programmes. Radio 3 broadcasts serious music, talks on serious subjects etc. News broadcasts are mainly given by Radio 4.

There are special programmes for Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and certain parts of England. It also broadcasts programmes about Britain - in many different languages as well as in English to all parts of the world.

1.The BBC Broadcasting House lies in ______.

A. Scotland B. England C. Wales D. Northern Ireland

2.How much should you pay if you rent a color TV set and use it for a year?

A. More than 100 pounds B. About 37 pounds

C. About 83 pounds D. 18 pounds

3.The BBC gets most of its money ______.

A. from the government B. from rental services

C. by selling licences D. by advertising

4.Which of the following is true?

A. You can listen to classical music from Radio 1.

B. If you rent a TV set and there is something wrong with it, you should fix it with your own money.

C. The BBC special programmes are not only for different areas in its own country but also for foreign countries.

D. The BBC broadcasts to foreign countries only in English

 

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.C

【解析】

試題分析: BBC英語(yǔ)廣播電臺(tái)成立于1922年，其中包括電視和無(wú)線電節(jié)目，總部設(shè)在倫敦。BBC廣播電臺(tái)不是政府的喉舌，它必須要在政黨和宗教團(tuán)體方面做到公正和公平。BBC的特別節(jié)目不僅面向國(guó)內(nèi)，同時(shí)也面向世界上的許多國(guó)家和地區(qū)。

1.It is based at Broadcasting House in London.可知答案選B。

2.The rent for a black and white set is about 80 pence a week. The rent of a color set is more than twice that of a black and white set.可知彩色電視機(jī)每周的租賃費(fèi)是240多便士，也就是2.4英鎊多，一年共52周，通過(guò)計(jì)算可知答案選A。

【小題3C】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第四段It is from the sale of licence that the BBC gets most of its money.可知答案選C。

3.

考點(diǎn)：考查社會(huì)生活類短文閱讀。

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