More than 95 percent of people in the world have phones today. Phone calls and messages help us easily keep in touch with others. It means that we seldom write letters now. But a TV show, Letters Alive is bringing back this old habit.

Letters Alive got its idea from a UK program with a similar name. Both shows invite famous actors and actresses, but there are no funny jokes or different competitions. Instead, it’s just one person walking up to microphone and read the letter.

The letters were written by people from different times in history. Guan Zhengwen, the director of the TV show, said, “Every letter opens another world for us. It seems that we can experience the real lives and feelings of the writers.”

Since its first episode(集)on December 5th, Letters alive has been widely praised. Many audiences-- the people who watched the TV show, said that it has provided a breath of fresh air to today’s TV shows.

Besides Letters Alive, some other cultural TV shows have also been well received by Chinese audiences. They include Chinese Poetry Conference, a classical Chinese poetry competition, and Readers, a program that invites people to read poems and articles they like or wrote.

“This means that our audiences are not only looking for entertainment like gossip(八卦)and eye-catching games, ” reported China Youth Daily. “Cultural values and true feeling are the keys to winning praise.”

1.According to the passage, people seldom ________to keep in touch with others today.

A.write letters B.make calls C.send messages D.send e-mails

2.We can enjoy ________ in the TV show Letters Alive.

A.funny jokes B.different competitions

C.eye-catching games D.the real lives and feelings of the writers

3.What does the underlined word “audiences” mean?

A.导演 B.作者 C.观众 D,朗读者

4.We can know that Readers is the name of________ from the passage.

A.a game B.a program C.a director D.a competition

5.Why is Chinese Poetry Conference popular with people?

A.It has the similar name as a UK program.

B.It can express the feelings of the readers.

C.Gossip and eye-catching games in it are funny.

D.There is the value of Chinese traditional culture in it.

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When Dr, Karen McComb came to Amboseli Park her first task was to learn the names of the one hundred or so elephants most often seen.

Scientists working in the park have learned to study elephants by watching them up close. They have a list of almost one thousand elephants. There are records for all of the elephants born since 1972. Amboseli was a good place for Dr. McComb to study animal communications. Elephants were a great subject because their lifestyle depends on communication.

Dr. McComb and her team had learned a lot about elephant communication, but they kept on thinking about one puzzling (困惑的) watch. Some families were better at distinguishing (区别) calls of friends from those of strangers.

What made some families smarter than others? The scientists searched their records for an explanation. To their surprise, there was only one factor (因素) of importance: The "smartest" families always had the oldest grandmothers. A family, as it did in all other activities, waited for some signal (信号) from the grandmother when they heard a strange contact call. And older, more experienced grandmothers were better at telling whether other elephants were strangers or friends just by their calls.

That was an important discovery. It showed how an elephant family depends on the experience of the grandmother.

回答下面5个问题,每题答案不超过5个词。

1.How do scientists working in the park study elephants?

2.What did Dr. McComb study?

3.What did Dr. McComb and her team do for an explanation?

4.Who does everyone in elephant families listen to?

5.What does an elephant family depend on in all the activities?

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