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 freedom and the government can’t interfere（干扰）. That is, the BBC is supposed not to be the mouthpiece（代言人）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 service in British-rental 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 (1980). 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 replaced immediately.

Everyone has to buy a yearly license, since there is no advertising on BBC radio or television. It is from the sale of licenses that the BBC gets most of its money. A license for a black and white set costs 8 pounds, and for a colour set 18 pounds a year.

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

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

1. The officials in charge of the BBC       .

      A．must say what the government wants to say

      B．should give more time to political parties than to religious groups

      C．are elected by the citizens from all over the country

      D．can decide things without the permission of the government

2. If he wants to watch TV at home, everyone       .

      A．has to buy a television set of his own

      B．must rent a TV set

      C．had to buy a license once a year

      D．can change his damaged TV set for a new one without payment

3. How does BBC get most of its money?

      A．It gets money from all kinds of advertisements.

      B．The BBC depends on the rent of TV sets.

      C．The BBC gets money mainly by selling licenses and TV sets.

      D．It gets its money mainly by selling licenses.

4. Which of the following is true?

    A．If you rent a television set and there is something wrong with it, you should pay to fix it with your own money.

      B．It costs more to rent a color TV set than a black and white one.

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

D．You needn’t buy the license if you pay the rent on time.

5. Which of the following is NOT true?

      A．The BBC radio services include 4 radio channels.

      B．The BBC broadcasts to foreign countries only in English.

      C．The programmers of the four radio channels are not the same.

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

    After the First Word War，a French soldier named Francois retuned to his hometown with his sick wife.  Because he had been disabled in the war，Francois could hardly do anything Before long he became terribly poor.

    Every year the former soldiers in the town would hold a reunion party. This year the party was held in Grandin’s house Since he had become a rich man he provided them with lots of good wine and tasty food   

    Grandin was so glad that he took out his treasure -----a big gold coin to show them.  Pleased with himself，he told them the story of his coin

    The coin was passed round Everybody looked at it in turn with interest They talked and laughed Later most of them got drunk and the room was very noisy The gold coin was soon forgotten.

   When Grandin wanted to put the gold coin away，he found it was missing. Everybody helped to look for the coin in the room but they failed.

    Someone suggested every’ one should be searched. to which all agreed except Francois. “I am not a thief . Why should I be searched?” he shouted. Being looked at with suspicious(怀疑的)stares of his old friends. he went out of Grandin’s house.

    Since then Francois had been looked down upon. People kept away from him  Even when his wife died，no one offered condolences(吊唁)   

    Some years later，Grandin repaired his house.  One day he happened to find the coin in a creak of the floor. He hurried to François’ shabby house to tell him about it and apologized for having suspected him for such a long time.

    Grandin then asked Francois，”Why didn’t you allow a body search at that time?” Francois.  now an old sick man. answered. "Because my pockets were then full of food that I had take from your table and would carry home for my hungry wife and children. "

72. Francois became terribly poor，because        

A.  his wife was seriously ill              B.  he was rather lazy

C.  he became a man with disability    D. he did not know means of keeping alive

73. Grandin took out a big grid coin to   

A.  have them take a look           B tell them a story about himself

C.  play with together                D send Francois as a gift

74. Since the gold coin was missing，everyone helped to       

A. look every room for it        B.  search everywhere in the room for it

C. hunt for every room          D find it out

75 Francois did not allow a body search at that time，because        

A.  he had put the gold coin away     B.  it was a severe hurt his drive

C   he had stolen some food             D.  he had taken the gold coin

A long road leads through the woods to Don Robinson’s unfinished house. Wearing dirty sneakers and a shirt with holes, Don Robinson is an 81-year-old Missouri businessman. Although he’s rich, he didn’t use his money to buy himself a grand home. Instead, he used it to buy wild land.

Robinson has decided to donate 843 acres of his own personal wilderness to the Department of Natural Resources after his death, which can then be used to create a new state park. His generous donation is the same size as New York City’s Central Park. It is said that it’s the largest land donation to happen in the last 25 years.

How did he come up with this idea? For Robinson, the idea of donation came from his respect for the land and the environment. He doesn’t have children to pass it onto. He hoped that someone would make full use of it, or the land would probably turn into wasteland. A green park filled with trees can at least help deal with global warming, in addition to producing fresh air.

Robinson has lived here in a small wooden house since 1964．One room holds his bed, a few chairs and a desk. He said he didn’t care how much his donation was worth. Tom Pounders who used to work for Robinson said, "He doesn’t think material objects are important.” He also recalled that Robinson once repaired a broken tennis shoe with a spare tire.

Robinson has just one request for the new park that will be established after his death. He’d like it to be named the Don Robinson State Park. "There’s a lot of Robinsons, but only one me. It would be nice if people remembered to use my full name when walking through the park," he said.

In paragraph 2, the underlined word “wilderness” refers to _______.

       A．wild animals           B．wild land         C．wild plants       D．wild wounds

Don Robinson has decided to donate _____ to the Department of Natural Resources after his death.

       A．a green park            B．a big wooden house

       C．843 acres of land            D．all his money

According to the passage, which of the following statements about is TRUE?

       A．Don Robinson paid much attention to how much his donation was worth.

       B．New York City’s Central Park was built with Don Robinson’s help.

       C．Don Robinson had many children and lived with them.

       D．The idea of donation came from Robinson’s respect for the land and the environment.

Which of the following words can be used to describe Don Robinson?

       A．rich, generous and simple       B．rich, mean and lonely k+s-5#u 

       C．simple, lonely and cruel  D．rich, simple and mean