TheBritisharethemostvoracious(如饥似渴的)newspaperreadersintheworld.

Theyreadnewspapersatbreakfast;theywalktothebusreadinganewspaper;theyreadanewspaperonbusastheygotowork;andonthewaybackhomeafterworktheyareengagedinreadinganeveningnewspaper.

Therearemany"morningpapers"bothnationalandprovincial.ThemostfamousisTheTimes.Differentfromwhatmanyforeignersbelievethisisnotagovernmentnewspaper.ThevariousnewspapersusuallyhavetheirownviewsoftheCommunistMorningStar.TheLaborPartyandtheTradesUnionCongressnolongerhaveadailynewspapertorepresentthem.

BoldheadlinesandavarietyofphotographsarefeaturesoftheBritishpress.SomenewspaperssuchasthesoberDailyTelegraphandTheTimesusephotographssparingly(节省).Themore“popular”newspapersusingthesmallor"tabloid"(小报)formatsuchastheDailyExpresstheMailtheDailyMirrorandtheSunusepicturesextensivelyandalsorunstripcartoonsandhumorousdrawingssomeofwhichpresentstrikingpictorialcommentonpolitics.

BesidesofferingfeaturescommontonewspapersallovertheworldBritishnewspapersspecializeinpagesdevotedtocriticismoftheartsandawoman'spage.OnefeaturefoundinmanyforeignnewspapersismissinginBritishpapers：theserial(连载).

Nearlyallpaperspayspecialattentiontothereportingofsportsandathletics.Theeveningnewspapersareoftenboughtbecausethebuyerwantstoknowthewinnerofaraceortogetgoodtipforaracethatisstilltoberun.Thereisnocensorship(审查)ofthepressinBritain(exceptinwartime)thoughofcourseallnewspapers—likeprivatepersons—areresponsibleforwhattheypublishandcanbesuedforlibel（为诽谤而被起诉）forpublishingarticlesthatgobeyondtheboundsofdecency(正派)orforignoranceofcourt”.(e.g.callingamanamurdererwhileheisstillbeingtried．Suchcasesarenotoften)

1．WhichofthefollowingdoesNOTserveasanevidence(证据)thattheBritisharethegreatnewspaperreaders?

A．Theyreadnewspapersatbreakfast. B．Theyreadnewspapersatwork.

C．Theyreadnewspapersonbus. D．Theyreadnewspapersonthewaybackhome.

2．Manyofforeignersthinkthat_______.

A．TheTi