NewspapersinGreatBritainvarygreatlyintheirwaysofcarryingthenews.Thereareseriouspapersforthosewhowanttoknowaboutimportanthappeningseverywherebothathomeandabroad.Therearepopularnewspapersforthosewhopreferentertainmenttoinformation.

TheLondonnewspaperthatisbestknownoutsideGreatBritainisprobablytheTimes.Itbeganin1785andhasahighreputationforbelievablenewsandseriousopinionsonthenews.Itcallsitselfanindependentpaperwhichmeansthatitdoesnotgiveitssupporttoaparticularpoliticalparty.Itsleadingarticlesgivetheopinionsoftheeditorsnotthoseoftheownersofthepaper.

Letterstotheeditorareprintedinthenewspaper.ThesepartsoftheTimesarealwaysinteresting.Mostofthelettersareserioussubjects.Butfromtimetotimetherewillbelonglettersonthesubjectwhichisnotatallseriousperhapsonanewfashionofdressorthebadmannersoftheyoungpeoplecomparedwithmannersofthirtyyearsago.

1.Ifyouwanttogetpleasurepleasebuyyourself.

A.aseriousnewspaper

B.foreignnewspaper

C.anyindependentpaper

D.apopularnewspaper

2.TheTimeshasbeenfamoustooutsideGreatBritainforyears.

A.19B.85C.221D.229

3.TheTimesisanindependentpaperbecause.

A.itsupportsnopoliticalparties

B.itisnotcontrolledbytheBritishGovernment

C.itgivesspecialsupporttoallthepoliticalparties.

D.theeditor’sopinionsarenotexaminedbytheownersofthepaper

4.Thewritertellsusinthispassage.

A.allkindsofnewspapersinBritain

B.allkindsofnewsinEnglishpapers

C.howTimesislikedbypeople

D.whyTimesiswell-known