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The Olympics recovered a bit after "Idol" went off the air, but its overall audience of 18.6 million was the least-watched winter Olympics telecast since Nagano"s closing ceremonies in 1998, Nielsen said.
Since its opening on Friday, the Turin games have been running well below the 2002 Salt Lake City games in viewership interest. Much of that was expected, but Tuesday"s rating was the first alarming sign for NBC that increased TV competition has taken a toll.
"The competition from "Idol" is heavier than the Olympics has ever seen," said NBC Sports spokeswoman Alana Russo.
It doesn"t figure to get any easier, with "Idol" and ABC"s "Lost" on the air Wednesday. CBS" "Survivor" and "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" offer more competition on Thursday.
Even figure skating, the most popular winter Olympics sport for viewers, didn"t help much on Tuesday. NBC filled about two-thirds of the hour during which it competed with "American Idol" with tape of the men"s figure-skating competition.
Through five nights of Olympics coverage, NBC"s average prime time rating is 12.7 ( a rating point represents 1,102, 000 households, or 1 percent of the nation"s estimated 110.2 million TV homes). NBC said before the games started that it had promised its advertisers a rating of between 12 and 14. If it slips below that, NBC will have to make it up to advertisers with free commercial time.
" ‘American Idol" is clearly a phenomenon," said Randy Falco, president of the NBC Universal Television Group. "But we expected it and are tracking fight where we planned to be at this point." Between NBC and its networks, about 65 percent of the nation"s television homes have tuned in at least some of the games.
小题1:How many viewers watched the Winter Olympics on Tuesday night?
| A．110.2 million | B．12.7 million |
| C．27million | D．16.1million |
| A．To ask the "idol" to go off the air. |
| B．To play the tapes of men"s figure skating. |
| C．To add "Survivor" to its program. |
| D．To do more advertising. |
| A．do more advertising for nothing |
| B．stop running normally |
| C．never cover the Olympics |
| D．pay extra money for advertisers |
| A．paid off. | B．caused loss. | C．broken out. | D．picked up. |
答案
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:B
解析
小题1:细节题。根据第一段第三行head-to-head competition on Tuesday night, 27 million viewers to 16.1 million, according to Nielsen Media Research.可知答案为D。
小题2:细节题。第六段第2,3行NBC filled about two-thirds of the hour during which it competed with "American Idol" with tape of the men"s figure-skating competition.可知B正确。
小题3:细节题。根据倒数第二段最后两行If it slips below that, NBC will have to make it up to advertisers with free commercial time.可知A正确。
小题4:猜测词义题。根据上下文可知星期二的收视率给NBC敲响了警钟。越来越多的竞争导致了损失。
核心考点
试题【The Winter Olympics proved no match for television"s gold-medal winner, "America】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
Regardless of how you feel about the event, one conclusion is obvious. Using the theme of" A Day Without" as a way to focus national attention on a particular subject is a great idea, and could serve as a method for increasing public awareness about other issues that affect daily life in America. Here are my top three examples:
"A Day Without Speeding." How hard could this be? If all drivers would strictly obey every posted speed limit on highways, downtown, on neighborhood streets, and in parking lots for one 24-hour cycle, the benefits would be huge.
"A Day Without Losing Your Temper." A higher degree of difficulty here, and I know that from personal experience. When something goes wrong at home or on the job, there may be brief satisfaction in yelling or kicking the furniture, but erupting with anger usually doesn"t do anything to solve the problem, and in many cases it makes the situation more unpleasant.
"A Day Without Having All The Answers." I would like to get a break from hearing anyone speak the phrase, "Here"s what you"re doing wrong." Right now the US is jampacked with citizens who believe they can point out the cause of every single problem in existence and then solve it on the spot. I believe they need to be quiet sometimes and use their ears instead of their voices.
I wonder how would average Americans react to such a collective pause? Would it be a day of angry protests, or joyful celebrations?
小题1:The first paragraph suggests .
| A．the writer is against A Day Without Immigrants |
| B．immigrants are not equally treated by the US federal government |
| C．the writer cares little about the problems of the country. |
| D．some people move to America without the permission of the US government |
| A．"A Day Without Immigrants" |
| B．"A Day Without Having All The Answers" |
| C．"A Day Without Speeding" |
| D．"A Day Without Losing Your Temper" |
| A．personal | B．satisfying | C．pointless | D．unpleasant |
| A．he thinks the American are too proud |
| B．he doesn"t think what he is doing is wrong |
| C．he wants others to keep quiet |
| D．the writer is so tired that he needs a break |
Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works several hours each day. They do so not just to keep busy but to find meaning and enjoyment in work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make things like tables and chairs and to build houses. The adults teach them these skills.
There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn photo-taking or painting. Others sit around and talk to sing. Each teenager chooses his own way to spend his free time.
When people live together, rules are necessary. In this program the teenagers and the adults make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. They talk about it and ask, “Why did it happen? What should we do about it?”
One of the teenagers has this to say about the experience: “You stop thinking only about yourself. You learn how to think about the group.”
小题1:In one special program in New York State, young and older people_______.
| A．are friendly to one another |
| B．teach one another new ways of building houses |
| C．live together but do not work together |
| D．spend 8 weeks together, working as farmers. |
| A．the teenagers have to obey the rules the adults made. |
| B．the members don’t have to obey the rules. |
| C．the members are not allowed to break the rules they make together. |
| D．the members have no free time except on weekends |
| A．disappointing | B．helpful | C．tiring | D．unpleasant |
| A．Sadness of Living Together | B．Different Ideas About Living |
| C．Teenagers and Adults Together | D．Life in New York State |
It is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or many friends．Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking among themselves on the phone．This communication is very important in children’s growing up, because friends can discuss something difficult to say to their family members.
However, parents often try to choose their children’s friends for them．Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends. The question of “choice” is an interesting one．Have you ever thought of the following questions?
Who choose your friends?
Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you?
Have you got good friend your parents don’t like?
小题1:Many teenagers think their know them better than their parents do．
| A．friends | B．teachers | C．brothers and sisters | D．classmates |
| A．go to their friends. |
| B．talk with their parents |
| C．have a d discussion with their family |
| D．talk with their friends on the phone |
| A．Parents cannot choose friends for their children successfully． |
| B．Perhaps some children’s friends are chosen by their parents． |
| C．Children won’t let their parents choose friends for them． |
| D．Parents often try to choose their children’s friends for them． |
Thesebuses,onaverage,use4litersofdiesel(柴油)fueltotravellessthan16kilometers. When theschoolyearbeganlastfall,dieselaveraged55centsaliternationally.Thepricenearlydoubledby theendofschool inJune.
BobRileyisthespokesmanfortheAmericanSchoolBusCouncil.Hesaysfuelpricesnegotiated(商议) for schools arenot lower thanothers have to pay. Asaresult,schoolsarelookingfor waystoreducetransportationcosts.Busroutesarebeing redrawnor,insomecases,canceled.Someareas arebuyingbusesthatuse naturalgas orother alternativefuels.
Otherstepsincludefewerfieldtrips andlesstravel bysports teams.Someschool districtsmayend any busservicenotrequiredby law.
Studiesshowthatschoolbusesarethesafestform oftransportationtoandfrom school.
The AmericanSchoolBus Councilsayscutsinbus serviceare badfor childrenandpossiblythe environment.Itsaysremovingbusesfromtheroadwillmeananincreaseinothervehiclestransporting students. Spokesman Bob Riley saysanotherconcern is thatreducing busservicemightreduce attendance.
It couldalso getmorechildren to walkor bicycle to school.That wouldsurely makepeople happy attheNationalCenterforSafeRoutestoSchool.Morekidswalkingorbikingsafelytoschoolisthe aimofa3-year-oldfederal program,partofaninternationalmovement.Thegoalis toincreasephysical activity and reduce air pollution.
小题1:Inthesecondparagraph,theauthorwantsto provethat .
| A．toomany schoolchildren takebuses every day |
| B．thecost offuelhasincreased |
| C．theschoolbusesconsumemorefuelthanaverage |
| D．the school busesusuallygoon long routes |
| A．Thefuel pricesforschool busesneed to be negotiated again. |
| B．High fuelprices are also affecting the efficiency of their services. |
| C．The fuelprices for school are much higher thanothers pay. |
| D．TheAmericanSchool BusCouncilshould workforstudents’benefit. |
| A．Morefuelwillbesaved. |
| B．Studentscangotoschool inasaferway. |
| C．Studentscanexercisebywalkingorriding toschool. |
| D．Trafficjams willbereducedduringrushhour. |
| A．Bob Riley"s concern about the resultsof reducing school buses. |
| B．Theconvenience brought by school buses. |
| C．Thebad effectsofreducingschool buses. |
| D．Thestudiesabout students"choicescarried out by theAmericanSchool BusCouncil. |
People with gray hair often are given the discounts without even asking for them；yet, millions of Americans above age 60 are healthy and solvent（有支付能力的）. Businesses that would never dare offer discounts to college students or anyone under 30 freely offer them to older Americans. The practice is acceptable because of the widespread belief that “elderly” and “needy” are synonymous（同义的）. Perhaps that once was true, but today, to be sure, there is economic variety within the elderly, and most of them aren’t poor.
It is impossible to determine the effect of the discounts on individual companies. For many firms, they are a stimulus to income. But in other cases the discounts are given at the expense, directly or indirectly, of younger Americans. Moreover, they directly annoy some politicians and scholars who consider it a coming conflict between the generations.
Generational tensions are being fueled by continuing debate over Social Security benefits, which mostly involves a transfer of resources from the young to the old. Employment is another point. Supported by laws and court decisions, more and more older Americans are refusing the retirement dinner in favor of staying on the job-thereby lessening employment and promotion opportunities for younger workers. Far from a kind of charity they once were, senior citizen discounts have become a powerful economic privilege（特权）to a group with millions of members who don’t need them.
It no longer makes sense to treat the elderly as a single group whose economic needs deserve priority over those of others. Senior citizen discounts only enrich the myth that older people can’t take care of themselves and need special treatment；and they threaten the creation of a new myth, that the elderly ale ungrateful and taking for themselves at the expense of children and other age groups. Senior citizen discounts are the heart of the very thing older Americans are fighting against－discrimination by age.
小题1:We learn from the first paragraph that .
| A．offering senior citizen discounts has become routine commercial practice |
| B．senior citizen discounts have enabled many old people to live a good life |
| C．giving senior citizen discounts has increased the market for the elderly |
| D．senior citizens have to show their birth certificates to get a discount |
| A．the elderly need humane help from society |
| B．businesses should do something for society in return |
| C．old people are entitled to special treatment for their contribution to society |
| D．the senior discounts can make up for the lack of the Social Security system |
| A．It encourages elderly people to retire in time. |
| B．It opens up broad career chances for young people. |
| C．It benefits the old at the expense of the young. |
| D．It should be strengthened by laws and court decisions. |
| A．Senior citizens should fight hard against age discrimination. |
| B．The elderly are selfish and taking senior discounts for granted. |
| C．Senior citizen discounts may well be a type of age discrimination. |
| D．Discount should be given to the economic needs of senior citizens. |
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