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【题目】Fewer Americans are reading newspapers and more Americans are instead getting their news online, but television remains the leading source of news in the country，according to a survey.

Not surprisingly, younger people tend to get more of their news on the Internet，while older people use traditional media such as television and newspapers, the Pew Research Center's survey on the ways of getting news said. Pew said the results show an increasing change toward getting news online，but that there is now a fairly large group of betteroff people that use both traditional and online sources to get their news. The Pew researchers referred to these people as integrators (整合者), and said they accounted for 23 percent of those surveyed, spending the most time getting news on a typical day.

“Like Net news consumers, integrators are highly educated. However，they are older.” the survey said.

Pew found that the largest group of news consumers — 46 percent of those surveyed — watch television for their news at all times of the day. This group is the oldest，with an average age of 52, with 43 percent unemployed. They are unlikely to own a computer or go online for news.

The group that relies most on the Internet for news is the youngest at a median age of 35. It is also the smallest group，at 13 percent of those surveyed. Fewer than half of them watch television news regularly.

The survey was conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. It surveyed 3,615 adults by telephone.

【1】We can find this passage most probably ________.

A. in a textbook

B. in a government report

C. in an advertisement

D. on the Internet

【2】According to the passage, people who like getting news online are ________.

A. younger B. older

C. poorer D. richer

【3】According to the passage, Net consumers and integrators ________.

A. are mostly old people

B. have been welleducated

C. also like reading newspapers

D. must have their own computers

【4】What's the best title for this passage?

A. Advice on how to choose which media to get news.

B. Many people get their daily news on the Internet.

C. TV remains top source of news even as online grows.

D. Differences between the Internet and traditional media.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】本文是一篇关于人们获取新闻方式，上网获取新闻及通过电视获取新闻的调查。该调查显示尽管互联网发展迅速，电视仍然是人们最重要的消息来源。

【1】D

推理判断题。本文是关于人们获取新闻方式的调查，根据最后一段“The survey was conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. It surveyed 3,615 adults by telephone.”可知有三千多个成人受到电话调查。此类调查结果有可能出现在网络上，故选D项。

【2】A

细节理解题。根据第二段“…younger people tend to get more of their news on the Internet…”可知，年轻人喜欢从网上获取新闻信息，故选A项。

【3】B

细节理解题。根据第三段“Like Net news consumers, integrators are highly educated. However，they are older.”可知，网络新闻消费者与整合者一样，有着高等学历，年龄却较大，文章并未提到他们绝大部分都是老人，故选B项。

【4】C

主旨归纳题。本文是一项关于上网获取新闻及通过电视获取新闻的人数比例的调查。该调查显示尽管互联网发展迅速，电视仍然是人们最重要的消息来源，故选C项。