閱讀理解。
London has a new magazine. But it is not printed on paper. Everyone who has a television can receive it
because it in on TV.
If you want to read the magazine, you have to have a decoder (解碼器). Each page of it is numbered,
so you only have to dial the number to choose which subject you want to read about. There is a wide
choice-everything is included from cooking to the latest sports news.
If you want to read the news, the first thing you have to do is to turn to the index (索引) page which
has an easy-to -temember page number, 100 for example. The news is on pages 101 to 109 so you push
out the numbers and the news appears written across your screen. Perhaps you want to go out in the
afternoon, so you press 181, and a brightly colored weather map appears on the screen.But the weather
is terrible so you decide to go shopping and dial 162 for a list of the week's best bargains. But should you
drive or take the train? To answer that question you only have to press 189 for the traffic report. It is very
simple to use. But probably the best thing about the service is that it is being updated all the time. Journalists
type new material directly onto the screen and whole pages of the magazine can be replaced in minutes.
1. Where can you see this new magazine?
A. In a bookshop.
B. In a library.
C. On television.
D. In a reading room.
2. If you want some information about weather, you should press _____.
A. 162
B. 189
C. 109
D. 181
3. We can know from the passage that _____.
A. the magazine can be bought at any shop
B. most of the postmen in London will lose their jobs some day
C. everyone can read this magazine if they have a television
D. the readers can get all kinds of information staying at home
4. In the sentence "Each page of it is numbered", here "it" means the _____.
A. decoder
B. magazine
C. subject
D. program
5. The passage is mainly about _____.
A. a new magazine that is printed in London
B. a new way of getting news
C. a popular TV program about magazines
D. a new idea of reading quickly
