Question

 In the old days,people got information from the radio. In China,almost every family had a big radio in the 19 70s. It was hard for people to carry it. They usually put it on the table. Over the radio,people could enjoy interesting stories and cross talk (相声) . The "stDfies,told by famous speech-makers such as Shan Tianfang,Yuan Kuocheng and Liu Lanfang,were very popular. The famous stories were Romance of Sui Tang，Romance oJ Three Kingdoms，Legend of Yue Fei and so on. People could also hear the weather report on the radio. At that time radios were very important in people’s life.

Now great changes have taken place. People not only carry pocket radios,but also have MP 4 or MP 5  players. They can get news from TV and the Internet as well. They even enjoy communicating with foreign friends by e-mail. What a wonderful life we live now!

(   ) 21. What was a radio like in the past?

   A. It was big but easy to carry.

13. It was small but very heavy.

   C. It was big and hard to carry.

   D. It was big but not heavy.

(   ) 22. What radio programmes were very popu lar in the old days?

   A. Classical music and story-telling.

   B. Pop songs and cross talk.

   C. Story-telling and cross talk.

   D. The weather report and news.

(   ) 23. How many famous speechmakers are mentioned in this passage?

   A. One.

   B. Three.

   C. Five.

   D. Seven.

(   ) 24. We can infer (推断) from the passage that        .

   A. the radio is less important now than it was in the old days

   B. the radio now is as important as it was in the old days

   C. the radio now is more important than it was in the old days

   D. people will not listen to the radio in the future

(   ) 25. The passage mainly tells us about       .

   A. the life in China

   B. the history of China

   C. the importance of the radio

   D. the change of the mass media

Answer 1

21. C根据第一段第二、三句可知，以前的收音机很大，不易携带。

22. C根据第一段第五句可知，故事和相声是以前很受欢迎的广播节目。

23. B根据第一段第六句可知，本文共提及了三位著名的演说家。

24. A根据第二段可知。

25. D通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了大众传媒的变化。