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1、1996Passage2 WiththestartofBBCWorldServiceTelevision,millionsofviewersinAsiaandAmericacannowwatchtheCorporation'snewscoverage,aswellaslistentoit. AndofcourseinBritainlistenersandviewerscantuneintotwoBBCtelevisionchannels,fiveBBCnationalradioservicesanddozensoflocalradiostation.The
2、yarebroughtsport,comedy,drama,music,newsandcurrentaffairs,education,religion,parliamentarycoverage,children'sprogrammesandfilmsforanannuallicencefeeof￡83perhousehold. Itisaremarkablerecord,stretchingbackover70years—yettheBBC'sfutureisnowindoubt.TheCorporationwillsurviveasapublicly-
3、fundedbroadcastingorganisation,atleastforthetimebeing,butitsrole,itssizeanditsprogrammesarenowthesubjectofanation-widedebateinBritain. ThedebatewaslaunchedbytheGovernment,whichinvitedanyonewithanopinionoftheBBC—includingordinarylistenersandviewers—tosaywhatwasgoodorbadabouttheCorpo
4、ration,andevenwhethertheythoughtitwasworthkeeping.ThereasonforitsinquiryisthattheBBC'sroyalcharterrunsoutin1996anditmustdecidewhethertokeeptheorganisationasitis,ortomakechanges. DefendersoftheCorporation—ofwhomtherearemany—arefondofquotingtheAmericanslogan."Ifitain'tbroke,don'tfixi
5、t."TheBBC"ain'tbroke",theysay,bywhichtheymeanitisnotbroken(asdistinctfromtheword"broke",meaninghavingnomoney),sowhybothertochangeit? YettheBBCwillhavetochange,becausethebroadcastingworldarounditischanging.ThecommercialTVchannels—ITVandChannel4—wererequiredbytheThatcherGovernment'sB
6、roadcastingActtobecomemorecommercial,competingwitheachotherforadvertisers,andcuttingcostsandjobs.Butitisthearrivalofnewsatellitechannels—fundedpartlybyadvertisingandpartlybyviewers'subscriptions—whichwillbringaboutthebiggestchangesinthelongterm.55.TheworldfamousBBCnowfaces________.
7、 [A]theproblemofnewcoverage [B]anuncertainprospect [C]inquiriesbythegeneralpublic [D]shrinkageofaudience56.Inthepassage,whichofthefollowingabouttheBBCisnotmentionedasthekeyissue? [A]ExtensionofitsTVservicetoFarEast. [B]Programmesasthesubjectofanation-widedebate. [C]Potentialsf
8、orfurtherinternatio
