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C There are 5 channels on British television and each channel has several news programs all day...

C There are 5 channels on British television and each channel has several news programs all day long. Some programs are only for 3 minutes but some are one hour long. The people who read the news are called news presenters and because they appear on television every day, they are very famous. This is a popular news presenter in England called Trevor McDonald, in the news studio. He presents a program called “News at Ten”every Monday to Friday evenings.Another popular news presenter is Kirsty Young. She has a more modern style of reading the news, as you can see, she sits on the desk not on a chair! Television news presenters need to have worked as journalists because they have to write most of the news that they read. Sometimes an important new event happens after the program has started, so the presenter has to be able to read something without looking at it first. They must always keep calm even when there are many changes during the program. At the end of “News at Ten”Trevor McDonald says “And finally...”. Then he reads an unusual or interesting item. It’s a famous saying in England now.小题1:Who sits on the desk to read the news? A．Kirsty Young. B．Trevor McDonald. C．All the news presenters. D．Some journalists 小题2:People in Britain can watch TV news _______ every day. A．only for three minutes B．for an hour C．in the evening D．at any time 小题3:Which is the best title of this passage? A．Television News B．Trevor McDonald C．Evening News D．News at Ten

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小题1:A 小题2:D 小题3:A

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了英国的电视新闻播出情况及各个频道的著名播音员的特点。 小题1:根据第三段Another popular news presenter is Kirsty Young. She has a more modern style of reading the news, as you can see, she sits on the desk not on a chair!描述，可知选A。 小题2:根据There are 5 channels on British television and each channel has several news programs all day long.可知英国有五个电视频道，每个频道整天都有几个新闻节目，因此英国人可以每天任何时候看电视新闻。故选D。 小题3:这篇短文主要介绍了英国的电视新闻及各个频道的著名播音员，故选A，电视新闻。 点评：本文中长句较多，一时很难读懂句子含义，注意多读几遍，不要强求非得理解一词一句的含义，能把握文章大意就行。然后带着问题阅读短文，一般就能顺利找出答题依据。对于不能直接找到根据的问题注意联系上下文，根据短文中心总结出正确答案。