题目

Television broadcasting started in the United Kingdom in 1936 as a public service . In 1953 the Conservative Government introduced a bill to commercial television. This was opposed very strongly by the Parties, but the bill was passed and commercial television flourishes. Now there is a collection of services over a variety of distribution media, through which there are over 480 channels for consumers as well as . In the United Kingdom and , any household watching or recording live television transmissions as they are being broadcast (terrestrial, satellite, cable, or Internet) is required to hold . Since April 1, 2010 the has been ￡145.50 for color and ￡49.00 for . On October 24, 2012, all television broadcasts in the United Kingdom were in a digital format.

Television broadcasting started in the United Kingdom in 1936 as a public service     . In 1953 the Conservative Government introduced a bill to    commercial television. This was opposed very strongly by the      Parties, but the bill was passed and commercial television flourishes. Now there is a collection of      services over a variety of distribution media, through which there are over 480 channels for consumers as well as       . In the United Kingdom and        , any household watching or recording live television transmissions as they are being broadcast (terrestrial, satellite, cable, or Internet) is required to hold        . Since April 1, 2010 the       has been ￡145.50 for color and ￡49.00 for    . On October 24, 2012, all television broadcasts in the United Kingdom were in a digital format.

题目解答

答案

1.free of advertising 2.make arrangements for 3.Labor and Liberal 4.free and subscription 5.on-demand content 6.the Crown Dependencies 7.television license 8.annual license fee 9.black and white

解析

本题主要考查对关于英国电视广播相关信息的理解与词汇运用。解题思路是根据上下文的语境和句子逻辑，结合所给的词汇，选择合适的内容填入相应的空格，使文章内容完整且逻辑通顺。

第一个空

前文提到“Television broadcasting started in the United Kingdom in 1936 as a public service”，说明早期电视广播是公共服务性质，可推测是免费且无广告的。所以“free of advertising”符合语境，即早期电视广播是免费且没有广告的。

第二个空

“make arrangements for”表示“为……做安排”，这里说保守党政府引入一项法案来为商业电视做安排，符合文意。

第三个空

根据常识，在英国政治中，工党（Labor）和自由党（Liberal）通常会对一些政策有不同意见，这里说该法案受到强烈反对，“Labor and Liberal Parties”符合逻辑。

第四个空

现在电视服务有多种，对于消费者来说有免费的和需要订阅付费的，“free and subscription”能准确描述这种情况。

第五个空

前面提到有超过480个频道，除了常规的直播内容，还有按需提供的内容，“on - demand content”符合语境。

第六个空

这里说在英国和一些地区，结合常识，“the Crown Dependencies”（王室属地）是符合的，即在英国和王室属地，观看或录制直播电视节目需要持有相关许可。

第七个空

根据后文提到费用等信息，可知这里说的是需要持有电视许可证，“television license”正确。

第八个空

从“Since April 1, 2010 the...has been ￡145.50 for color”可知，这里说的是年度许可证费用，“annual license fee”符合。

第九个空

前面提到彩色电视的费用，这里与之对应，应该是黑白电视的费用，“black and white”正确。