2 . 假如你是李华，中央电视台英文频道电视台的记者来采访你，请你向他说明哪些是你喜欢的节目并告诉他喜欢的原因。
1. 我喜欢"动物世界"(Animal World)这个节目。
2. 第一，我喜欢小动物；再有，主持人把节目办得生动活泼；第三，通过节目了解了许多你过去不知道的东西，例如，各种动物和它们的生活，人与动物，自然与人类的关系及保护动物的意义。
3. 动物是自然的一部分，与人不能分，人类要生活好必须保持生态平衡。
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3 . Reality TV show has been charged with making the nation silly, but a study suggests part of the show could be good for children.

Massey University PhD student Jacinta Hawkins looked at the influence of TV programs on kids’ health knowledge, attitudes and behavior. She said programs which showed overweight people on TV is making children say “I don’t want to grow up like that’.”

The research was part of Ms Hawkins’ paper on how schools improve health. She spoke to 92 children, ages from 7 to 13, from six Auckland primary schools to find out how they received information on nutrition and physical activity. Some said they learnt from TV news programs, but most of them mentioned reality shows such as Fat Chance, Honey We’re Killing the Kids and Downsize Me.

“ Earlier studies had looked at the effect junk-food advertising had on children,” Ms Hawkins said, “but messages within TV programs had not been explored. Children from the six schools largely recognized program content, rather than advertising, as a source of food and physical activity messages. They are learning habits of eating and exercise from TV programs. ”

The children also recognized that their parents had a role to play in shaping health behavior. Talking about Honey We’re Killing the Kids, which shows how people will look if they continue with good habits, children said they developed attitudes from their family’s habits. MMs Hawkins said children remembered what they had seen and thought it was the parents’ duty to lead by example.

1. What did Hawkins find about reality TV show?

A．It may teach kids much scientific knowledge.

B．Some shows may have kids develop ill habits.

C．Some shows may help kids eat more healthily.

D．It may draw kids’ attention away from studies.

2. What method did Hawkins use to get her findings?

A．Performing experiments.	B．Doing interviews.
C．Studying science reports.	D．Comparing earlier studies.

3. How did most students get information on health?

A．From health experts.	B．From news reports.
C．From television ads.	D．From TV shows.

4. According to the children, which may have a great influence on their health behavior?

A．School.	B．Friends.
C．Family.	D．Scientific research.

4 .         The Voice of America began during the World War II. When Germany was broadcasting a radio program to get international ____ , American officials believed they should ____ the German broadcast with words that they thought were the facts of world events. The first VOA news report began with words in ____ “The ____ may be good or bad, but we shall tell you the truth.” Within a week, other VOA ____ were broadcasting in Italian, French and English.
        After the World War II ended in 1945, some Americans felt VOA’s ____ had to be changed, ____ the Soviet Union became enemy of America. They wanted to ____ Soviet listeners. Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.
        In the early years VOA began adding something new to its broadcast that was ____ “ Music USA”. Another new idea came along in 1959. VOA knew that many listeners did not know ____ English to completely understand its ____ English broadcast. So VOA ____ simpler kind of English, ____ uses about 1,500 words and is spoken ____ of course, it is special English.
        In the ____ of most VOA listeners, the most ____ program is the news report. News from around the world ____ into the VOA news rooms in Washington 24 hours a day. It comes from VOA reporters in ____ cities and also from other ____ like BBC. VOA writers and editors use these materials to ____ news reports, which are being broadcast in 43 languages.1.

A．business

B．culture

C．support

D．information

2.

A．reply

B．answer

C．join

D．interrupt

3.

A．same

B．short

C．English

D．German

4.

A．news

B．problems

C．effects

D．opinions

5.

A．stations

B．news

C．announcers

D．officials

6.

A．home

B．position

C．purpose

D．results

7.

A．if

B．supposing

C．considering

D．in order that

8.

A．reach

B．satisfy

C．attack

D．support

9.

A．known

B．reported

C．called

D．printed

10.

A．American

B．British

C．standard

D．enough

11.

A．normal

B．fast

C．good

D．exact

12.

A．invented

B．discovered

C．taught

D．stopped

13.

A．it

B．who

C．which

D．that

14.

A．slowly

B．formally

C．normally

D．loudly

15.

A．pleasure

B．course

C．opinion

D．advice

16.

A．difficult

B．important

C．various

D．common

17.

A．flies

B．sends

C．delivers

D．pasts

18.

A．all

B．major

C．American

D．news

19.

A．broadcasts

B．forms

C．newspapers

D．countries

20.

A．broadcast

B．announce

C．translate

D．prepare

5 . There are probably no people on Earth who like to gossip as much as the British. If prying into (打探) other’s lives were an Olympic sport, then Team GB would surely take the gold medal.

And when the British can’t watch the lives of real people, they have another source of entertainment to fall back on — the soap opera. British soap operas are very different to US TV dramas. For one, they are normally longer running. The two most popular, Coronation Street and East-enders, have been running for 48 and 24 years respectively. Both are broadcast several times a week, so remarkably there have been more than 7,000 episodes of Coronation Street.

The most obvious difference is that, unlike US dramas, the British soap operas focus on the real world. There is little glamour (魅力), the stars are rarely rich, and they normally have boring jobs. Perhaps the appeal is that the lives of the characters often mirror the lives of the audience — but with some drama added. This means the viewer can relate to the characters and feel the pain and happiness they go through on the show.

Because these soap operas last for decades, the cast is ever changing. The shows rarely focus on one or two main characters. Like the real world, people come and go all the time. However, there are exceptions. Coronation Street’s William Roach, 76, has played the role of Ken Barlow since the very first episode of the show in 1960, and he is still a regular.

The choice of which soap opera you follow is often cultural: People from the north of British tend to watch Coronation Street as it is set in Manchester. People from the south generally prefer East-enders, which is set in the east of London. The show is generally considered grittier and is aimed at a younger audience.

1. What is the main difference between American dramas and British soap operas?

A．American dramas are longer.

B．British soap operas are longer.

C．American dramas deal with dangerous things.

D．British soap operas deal with real people.

2. Why do British people like to watch such operas?

A．They can find their own life from the operas.

B．They can enjoy the operas in their free time.

C．They can watch the operas for many years.

D．They care about the fate of the characters in the operas.

3. The underlined world “episodes” in the 2nd paragraph probably means ______.

A．plays

B．pages

C．issues

D．parts

4. One characteristic of British operas is that ______.

A．the characters play the same role for a long time.

B．the characters in the play often change

C．people don’t know what will happen next

D．there is only one or two characters in them