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[单项选择]The Future of the BBC
As a boy growing up in the 1930s in the Midlands, Norman Painting, the son of a railway-man, listened to a new radio service from the British Broadcasting Corporation. His mother hoped he would get a job as a manager at the mine, but listening to the voices from London talking about world affairs, culture and music gave him other ideas. "The radio opened a door to the world," says Mr. Painting, who went on to Oxford University on a scholarship and became an academic before later working for the BBC’s Radio 4 in its long-running soap, "The Archers".
Mr. Painting’s story helps to explain Britain’s devotion to what it calls "public-service broadcasting", and why the state has been standing by the BBC in the financing issue. The debate had raged for years over whether the BBC should still be publicly financed, especially by a license fee paid by all those with TV sets. The BBC hates the idea of losing its license fee. Rather than go commercial, it
A. It’s publicly financed.
B. It’s commercially financed.
C. It’s financed through private donations.
D. It’s financed through viewer subscriptions.
[单项选择]I would rather ______for a holiday than give up this good opportunity to attend the concert.
A. not going abroad
B. not go abroad
C. no going abroad
D. not went abroad
[填空题]What was the ambition of an eleven-year-old boy
The ambition of him is to be ().
[填空题]How much time will you give me (draw) ______ up the plan
[单项选择]One man shouted at the boy, Be ( ), boy! What’s the matter with you
A. quite
B. quietly
C. quiet
D. silently
[单项选择]A little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she was cooking supper, and (41) her a piece of paper that he had written something on. After his mother (42) her hands, she read what on the paper.
For (43) the grass $5.00
For cleaning up my room this week $1.00
For going to the supermarket for you $1.00
For looking after my baby brother while you went shopping $1.00
For taking out the rubbish $1.00
For getting a good report card $5.00
For cleaning up the garden $2.00
Total: $16.00
Well, his mother looked at him for a while, and then she picked up a pen, turned 44 the paper he had written on, and this was what she wrote:
For the nine (45) I carried you while you were growing inside me, free.
For all the nights that I’ve sat up with you, fed you and sung songs for you, free.
For all the tears(眼泪) that you’ve (46) through years, free.
When you add it up