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17.Question:Which program is in Guinness World Records as the world's longest running TV quiz show?Answer:"It's Academic.""It's Academic"is a Saturday morning program for high school students.The show has been broadcast in the Washington area for fifty years.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton competed on the show when she was a teenager.Teams from local schools are questioned about subjects like history,literature,math,science,religion,politics and sports.
Sophie was a TV producer in the 1950s.She started"It's Academic"after local school officials asked her to create a program that showed outstanding students.
The show's host,84-year-old Mac McGarry,who has hosted"It's Academic"since the beginning,says,"When we first started,the young people from various countries were not evident so much.Now,each program presents young people from all over the world,at least descendants (后裔) from people all over the world."
Mac McGarry said,"Every time I look up,I see people who are just seventeen years old.And I think,‘Well,I must not be growing older at all.They are full of enthusiasm.I really have to become more active to keep up with them.'"More than 20,000students have appeared on the show.Mac McGarry has asked more than 200,000questions and gotten more than a few funny answers.
Kelly Reeder led the team from Rockville High School in Maryland last year.Her school has won the championship on"It's Academic"several times.She says,"We have put in a lot of effort over the years.It's a really huge honor to end up on the A Team.My friends who are on‘It's Academic'think it's cool that I'm the captain of the A Team,but my friends who are not on‘It's Academic'think it's kind of funny."
47.We learn from the text that"It's Academic"A.
A.was started half a century ago
B.was produced by Hillary Clinton
C.is broadcast across the US every week
D.is a TV show based on Guinness records
48.Sophie created the program originally toD.
A.pick out outstanding students
B.focus on students'schoolwork
C.attract more TV viewers
D.accomplish a given task
49.In Paragraph 4,McGarry mainly wants to sayC.
A.the show was not popular at first
B.they overcame difficulties in the beginning
C.the teams in the show are quite different now
D.the show becomes the longest running TV show
50.By saying"I must not be growing older at all",McGarry means that sheB.
A.will have to retire soon
B.hopes to go on with the work
C.feels younger together with teenagers
D.worries about her health condition.
分析 文章主要讲述了一档栏目It's Academic,它是杰出的学生展示自己的平台,至今已有很长时间的历史了.
解答 47.A.理解题.根据文意The show's host,84-year-old Mac McGarry,who has hosted"It's Academic"since the beginning可知84岁Mac McGarry从一开始就主持It's Academic,及Sophie was a TV producer in the 1950s,Sophie在19世纪50年代接受任务,可以推测出It's Academic已有50 的历史了,所以答案是A.
48.D.理解题.根据文意Sophie was a TV producer in the 1950s.She started"It's Academic"afterlocal school officials asked her to create a program that showed outstanding students可知Sophie在19世纪50年代的时候是一电视节目的制片人,它创办It's Academic是因为它接到领导的任务创办一个可以展示学生才能的节目,所以答案是D.
49.C.理解题.根据文意When we first started,the young people from various countries were not evident so much.Now,each program presents young people from all over the world,at least descendants(后裔) from people all over the world可知刚开始创办的时候来自各国的人们并不突出,现在来自世界各地的人们前来参加节目,可知现在的参赛队伍又很大的不同,所以答案是C.
50.B.推理判断题.根据倒数第二段They are full of enthusiasm.I really have to become more active to keep up with them可知Mac McGarry认为这项栏目很有激情,使她变得很积极,暗含之意有一颗年轻的心就不会老,希望能后继续自己的工作,所以答案是B.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
